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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.
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.
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.
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.
China's Ma Long celebrates during their men's table tennis doubles match in the team quarter-finals between China and South Korea on day twelve of the Paris Summer Olympics on Aug. 7, 2024.
Medal table | Olympic schedule | Olympic news. PARIS — At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zhiying Zeng needed to find a way to get some exercise when going to the gym was not an option.
1. Fan Zhendong (Final, silver medalist) 2. Ma Long (champion, gold medalist) 3. Tomokazu Harimoto (fourth round) 4. Hugo Calderano (quarterfinals)
This Olympic Games results index is a list of links to articles containing results of each ... table tennis did not appear in the Olympics until 1988. 1988; 1992 ...