Olympic Medallists - Table Tennis

Olympic medallists - table tennis.
Which players have been olympic medallists? Find out here ...

Since 1988, when table tennis first joined the Olympic Games, the Chinese players have captured the majority of the medals.

With four table tennis events and Gold, Silver and Bronze medals available in each event, there are 12 olympic medals up for grabs at each Olympic Games.

However, in the prestigious men's singles event, China have been beaten to the Gold Medal on three occasions.

So let's take a look at which players have been Olympic medallists in the table tennis events since it became an olympic sport in 1988.

 

  Gold medal winners

The previous winners of the gold medal in the prestigious men's singles event reads like a who's who of fabulous table tennis players ...

Yoo Nam Kyu was the first winner in 1988, then we had Jan-Ove Waldner winning gold in Barcelona in 1992, Liu Guoliang in Atlanta in 1996, Kong Linghui in Sydney in 2000, Ryu Seung Min in Athens in 2004 and Ma Lin in Beijing in 2008.

 

But let's take a look at all the medal winners since 1988 ...

 

  Olympic medallists

Here's a list of all the medal winners at the previous Olympic Games table tennis events ...

The 1992 Barcelona Olympics was the only occasion that Bronze medals were awarded to both losing semi-finalists.

1988 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
Men's Singles
	Gold	Yoo Nam Kyu (Korea)
	Silver	Kim Ki Taek (Korea)
	Bronze	Erik Lindh (Sweden)
Women's Singles
	Gold	Chen Jing (China)
	Silver	Li Huifen (China)
	Bronze	Jiao Zhimin (China)
Men's Doubles
	Gold	Chen Longcan & Wei Qingguang (China)
	Silver	Ilije Lupulesku & Zoran Primorac (Yugoslavia)
	Bronze	Yoo Nam Kyu & Ahn Jae Hyung (Korea)
Women's Doubles
	Gold	Yang Young Ja & Hyun Jung Hwa (Korea)
	Silver	Jiao Zhimin & Chen Jing (China)
	Bronze	Jasna Fazlic & Gordana Perkucin (Yugoslavia)

  

1992 - BARCELONA, SPAIN
Men's Singles
	Gold	Jan-Ove Waldner (Sweden)
	Silver	Jean-Philippe Gatien (France)
	Bronze	Ma Wenge (China) &
		Kim Taek Soo (Korea)
Women's Singles
	Gold	Deng Yaping (China)
	Silver	Qiao Hong (China)
	Bronze	Hyun Jung Hwa (Korea) &
		Li Bun Hui (PRK)
Men's Doubles
	Gold	Lu Lin & Wang Tao (China)
	Silver	Jorg Rosskopf & Steffen Fetzner (Germany)
	Bronze	Kang Hee Chan & Lee Chul Seung (Korea) &
		Kim Taek Soo & Yoo Nam Kyu (Korea)
Women's Doubles
	Gold	Deng Yaping & Qiao Hong (China)
	Silver	Chen Zihe & Gao Jun (China)
	Bronze	Li Bun Hui & Yu Sun Bok (PRK) &
		Hong Cha Ok & Hyun Jung Hwa (Korea)

 

1996 - ATLANTA, USA
Men's Singles
	Gold	Liu Guoliang (China)
	Silver	Wang Tao (China)
	Bronze	Jorg Rosskopf (Germany)
Women's Singles
	Gold	Deng Yaping (China)
	Silver	Chen Jing (Taipei)
	Bronze	Qiao Hong (China)
Men's Doubles
	Gold	Kong Linghui & Liu Guoliang (China)
	Silver	Lu Lin & Wang Tao (China)
	Bronze	Lee Chul Seung & Yoo Nam Kyu (Korea)
Women's Doubles
	Gold	Deng Yaping & Qiao Hong (China)
	Silver	Liu Wei & Qiao Yunping (China)
	Bronze	Park Hae Jung & Ryu Ji Hae (Korea)

 

2000 - SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Men's Singles
	Gold	Kong Linghui (China)
	Silver	Jan-Ove Waldner (Sweden)
	Bronze	Liu Guoliang (China)
Women's Singles
	Gold	Wang Nan (China)
	Silver	Li Ju (China)
	Bronze	Chen Jing (Taipei)
Men's Doubles
	Gold	Wang Liqin & Yan Sen (China)
	Silver	Kong Linghui & Liu Guoliang (China)
	Bronze	Jean-Philippe Gatien & Patrick Chila (France)
Women's Doubles
	Gold	Wang Nan & Li Ju (China)
	Silver	Yang Ying & Sun Jin (China)
	Bronze	Kim Moo Kyo & Ryu Ji Hae (Korea)

 

2004 - ATHENS, GREECE
Men's Singles
	Gold	Ryu Seung Min (Korea)
	Silver	Wang Hao (China)
	Bronze	Wang Liqin (China)
Women's Singles
	Gold	Zhang Yining (China)
	Silver	Kim Hyang Mi (PRK)
	Bronze	Kim Kyung Ah (Korea)
Men's Doubles
	Gold	Ma Lin & Chen Qi (China)
	Silver	Ko Lai Chak & Li Ching (Hong Kong)
	Bronze	Michael Maze & Finn Tugwell (Denmark)
Women's Doubles
	Gold	Wang Nan & Zhang Yining (China)
	Silver	Lee Eun Sil & Suk Eun Mi (Korea)
	Bronze	Guo Yue & Niu Jianfeng (China)

 

2008 - BEIJING, CHINA
Men's Singles
	Gold	Ma Lin (China)
	Silver	Wang Hao (China)
	Bronze	Wang Liqin (China)
Women's Singles
	Gold	Zhang Yining (China)
	Silver	Wang Nan (China)
	Bronze	Guo Yue (China)
Men's Team Event
	Gold	China
		(Wang Hao, Ma Lin, Wang Liqin)
	Silver	Germany
		(Timo Boll, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Christian Suss)
	Bronze	Korea
		(Ryu Seung Min, Oh Sang Eun, Yoon Jae Young)
Women's Team Event
	Gold	China
		(Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, Guo Yue)
	Silver	Singapore
		(Feng Tianwei, Li Jia Wei, Wang Yue Gu)
	Bronze	Korea
		(Kim Kyung Ah, Dang Ye Seo, Park Mi Young)

  Read more about the Olympic Games

• How did table tennis become an olympic sport?

• Which events make up the olympic TT competition?

• Who are the olympic medallists?

2004 Olympic Games - Athens, Greece

• Who won the 2004 Olympic Men's Singles Gold Medal?

2008 Olympic Games - Beijing, China

• See the table tennis venue

• Who qualified for the men's singles?

• Who qualified for the women's singles?

• Which men's teams qualified?

• Which women's teams qualified?

• What were the seedings for the team events?

• Table tennis schedule

• Men's Singles results

• Women's Singles results

• Men's Team event results

• Women's Team event results

2012 Olympic Games - London, England

• Get the lowdown on the preparations for 2012

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