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The men's and women's doubles events were dropped from the 2008 Summer Olympics program and replaced by team events. [2] The competitions are conducted in accordance with the rules established by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). [3] Ma Long is the all-time Olympic medal leader, having won six golds. [4]
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.
2005 World Table Tennis Championships; Date: Apr 29–May 6: Edition: 48th: Location: Shanghai, China: Venue: Shanghai Grand Stage: Champions; Men's singles; Wang Liqin: Women's singles; Zhang Yining: Men's doubles; Kong Linghui / Wang Hao: Women's doubles; Wang Nan / Zhang Yining: Mixed doubles; Wang Liqin / Guo Yue
The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping). A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account.
Andy Murray is the only men's player to have won two singles gold medals. Only on three occasions has a player defended their gold medal: Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández in women's doubles in 1992 and 1996, Serena Williams and Venus Williams in women's doubles in 2008 and 2012, and Andy Murray in the men's singles in 2012 and 2016.
3 Medal table. 4 References. ... Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Galatsi Olympic Hall with 172 competitors in 4 events. [1] ... Women's doubles
The Olympic medal table is a method of sorting the medal placements of countries in the modern-day Olympics and Paralympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not officially recognize a ranking of participating countries at the Olympic Games. [ 1 ]
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2005. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup , and the Fed Cup .