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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.
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.
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.
The world number two, who with Jun Mizutani brought Japan its first ever gold in table tennis after an epic victory against China on Monday night in the mixed doubles, beat Portugal's Yu Fu 4-1.
TOKYO (Reuters) -World number one Chen Meng said winning gold was payback for her coach as she won the women's singles Olympic table tennis final on Thursday, leading China to yet another ...
1. Fan Zhendong (Final, silver medalist) 2. Ma Long (champion, gold medalist) 3. Tomokazu Harimoto (fourth round) 4. Hugo Calderano (quarterfinals)
Egypt's Omar Assar lost 4-1 in a battle against defending champion Ma Long on Wednesday, but he leaves with confidence as the first paddler to storm into Olympic singles quarter-finals from his ...