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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.
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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, Ma Lin in Beijing in 2008 and Zhang Jike at London 2012.
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) | ||
2012 - LONDON, ENGLAND |
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| Men's Singles | ||
| Gold | Zhang Jike (China) | |
| Silver | Wang Hao (China) | |
| Bronze | Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany) | |
| Women's Singles | ||
| Gold | Li Xiaoxia (China) | |
| Silver | Ding Ning (China) | |
| Bronze | Feng Tianwei (Singapore) | |
| Men's Team Event | ||
| Gold | China | |
| (Zhang Jike, Wang Hao, Ma Long) | ||
| Silver | South Korea | |
| (Joo Saehyuk, Oh Sang Eun, Ryu Seung Min) | ||
| Bronze | Germany | |
| (Timo Boll, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Bastian Steger) | ||
| Women's Team Event | ||
| Gold | China | |
| (Li Xiaoxia, Ding Ning, Guo Yue) | ||
| Silver | Japan | |
| (Ai Fukuhara, Kasumi Ishikawa, Sayaka Hirano) | ||
| Bronze | Singapore | |
| (Feng Tianwei, Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu) | ||
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