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Table tennis is among the sports contested at the Summer Olympic Games. It was introduced at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where singles and doubles tournaments were held for both genders. [1] The men's and women's doubles events were dropped from the 2008 Summer Olympics program and replaced by team events. [2]
1.1 Men's singles. 1.2 Men's doubles. 1.3 Men's team. 1.4 Women's singles. 1.5 Women's ... This is the complete list of Pan American Games medalists in table tennis ...
Held since 1976, the annual U.S. National Table Tennis Championships (often referred to as the U.S. Closed) is a closed tournament that only U.S. citizens may enter. It is held by USA Table Tennis (USATT). The U.S. Nationals also serves as a qualifying tournament for USA Table Tennis National Team Trials and determines the USA Table Tennis ...
The phrase "Table Tennis" was created because the name "Ping Pong" had already been trademarked by Parker Brothers. [7] Though the legal name of the USATT remains the "United States Table Tennis Association, Inc.", the non-profit corporation adopted "USA Table Tennis" as their d/b/a name effective 1994. [8]
Table tennis competition has been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988, with singles and doubles events for men and women. [1] [2] Athletes from China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 66 medals in 42 events, including 37 out of a possible 42 gold medals, and only failing to win at least one medal in one event, the inaugural men's singles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Table tennis player Zeng Zhiying left China all alone for an adventure in Chile in 1989. As her native country boiled with street protests that led to the Tiananmen Square massacre that year, she ...
This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is available in the individual players' articles, and in the ITTF database.
Sports portal; 1980s portal ... 1980s in women's table tennis (6 C) 0–9. 1980 in table tennis (2 P) ... 1989 in table tennis (2 C, 2 P)