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Olympic Medallists - Table Tennis

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

 

China - Olympic medallists - table tennisSince 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

2004 Olympic Games - Athens, Greece

2008 Olympic Games - Beijing, China

2012 Olympic Games - London, England

 


 

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