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The table tennis tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 27 July to 10 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. [1] [2] A total of 175 table tennis players, with an equal distribution between men and women, competed across five medal events (two per gender and a mixed) at these Games, the exact same amount as those in the previous editions.
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.
1. Sun Yingsha (final, silver medalist) 2. Chen Meng (champion, gold medalist) 3. Hina Hayata (semifinals, bronze medalist) 4. Shin Yu-bin (semifinals, fourth place) 5. Bernadette Szőcs (round of 16) 6. Adriana Díaz (round of 16) 7. Cheng I-ching (quarterfinals) 8. Miu Hirano (quarterfinals) 9. Jeon Ji-hee (first round) 10. Yang Xiaoxin (first round) 11. Nina Mittelham (second round) 12 ...
Sweden's Truls Möregårdh pulled off the upset of the 2024 Paris Olympics after he defeated China's Wang Chuqin, the top-ranked table tennis player in the world, in men's singles action on Wednesday.
A maximum of fifteen table tennis players will secure a spot through the ITTF World Singles Ranking list of June 18, 2024, respecting the four-player (two per gender) NOC limit, while the remaining men's and women's singles spots are entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have their table tennis players compete for Paris 2024 under the ...
The women's singles table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The event took place from 24 July to 29 July 2021 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium .
The men’s team Olympic qualification rankings published in July 2021 was used for seeding purposes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The results of the draw are announced on 21 July at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Each team is eligible to nominate one reserve player to the Tokyo Games to replace a team member who is injured or has an illness.
China has been the most successful nation in Olympic table tennis, winning 66 medals (37 gold, 21 silver, and 8 bronze). Since 1992, Chinese players have won at least one medal in every event. At the 2008 Games, China achieved an unprecedented medal sweep in both the men's and women's singles tournaments, [ 6 ] and won both team tournaments.