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Olympic Medallists Table Tennis
Table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988.
Which players have been olympic medallists? Find out here...
By Martin Hughes
Owner and Editor
Since 1988, when table tennis first joined the Olympic Games, Chinese players have captured the majority of the medals.
2020 saw the introduction of the mixed doubles to increase the number of events from 4 to 5.
So with five table tennis events and Gold, Silver and Bronze medals available in each event, there are now 15 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, Zhang Jike at London 2012 and Ma Long in Rio 2016 and at Tokyo 2020 whilst Fan Zhendong was victorious in Paris 2024.
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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 (South Korea) | |
| Silver | Kim Ki Taek (South 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 (South Korea) | |
| Women's Doubles | ||
| Gold | Yang Young Ja & Hyun Jung Hwa (South Korea) | |
| Silver | Jiao Zhimin & Chen Jing (China) | |
| Bronze | Jasna Fazlic & Gordana Perkucin (Yugoslavia) | |
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| 1992 - BARCELONA, SPAIN | ||
| Men's Singles | ||
| Gold | Jan-Ove Waldner (Sweden) | |
| Silver | Jean-Philippe Gatien (France) | |
| Bronze | Ma Wenge (China) & Kim Taek Soo (South Korea) | |
| Women's Singles | ||
| Gold | Deng Yaping (China) | |
| Silver | Qiao Hong (China) | |
| Bronze | Hyun Jung Hwa (South Korea) & Li Bun Hui (North Korea) | |
| Men's Doubles | ||
| Gold | Lu Lin & Wang Tao (China) | |
| Silver | Jorg Rosskopf & Steffen Fetzner (Germany) | |
| Bronze | Kang Hee Chan & Lee Chul Seung (South Korea) & | |
| Kim Taek Soo & Yoo Nam Kyu (South Korea) | ||
| Women's Doubles | ||
| Gold | Deng Yaping & Qiao Hong (China) | |
| Silver | Chen Zihe & Gao Jun (China) | |
| Bronze | Li Bun Hui & Yu Sun Bok (North Korea) & | |
| Hong Cha Ok & Hyun Jung Hwa (South Korea) | ||
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| 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 (South Korea) | |
| Women's Doubles | ||
| Gold | Deng Yaping & Qiao Hong (China) | |
| Silver | Liu Wei & Qiao Yunping (China) | |
| Bronze | Park Hae Jung & Ryu Ji Hae (South Korea) | |
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| 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 (South Korea) | |
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| 2004 - ATHENS, GREECE | ||
| Men's Singles | ||
| Gold | Ryu Seung Min (South Korea) | |
| Silver | Wang Hao (China) | |
| Bronze | Wang Liqin (China) | |
| Women's Singles | ||
| Gold | Zhang Yining (China) | |
| Silver | Kim Hyang Mi (North Korea) | |
| Bronze | Kim Kyung Ah (South 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 (South Korea) | |
| Bronze | Guo Yue & Niu Jianfeng (China) | |
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| 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 | South 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 | South Korea | |
| (Kim Kyung Ah, Dang Ye Seo, Park Mi Young) | ||
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| 2012 - LONDON, ENGLAND | ||
| 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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| 2016 - RIO, BRAZIL | ||
| Men's Singles | ||
| Gold | Ma Long (China) | |
| Silver | Zhang Jike (China) | |
| Bronze | Jun Mizutani (Japan) | |
| Women's Singles | ||
| Gold | Ding Ning (China) | |
| Silver | Li Xiaoxia (China) | |
| Bronze | Kim Song I (North Korea) | |
| Men's Team Event | ||
| Gold | China | |
| (Ma Long, Zhang Jike, Xu Xin) | ||
| Silver | Japan | |
| (Jun Mizutani, Koki Niwa, Maharu Yoshimura) | ||
| Bronze | Germany | |
| (Timo Boll, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Bastian Steger) | ||
| Women's Team Event | ||
| Gold | China | |
| (Ding Ning, Li Xiaoxia, Liu Shiwen) | ||
| Silver | Germany | |
| (Han Ying, Petrissa Solja, Shan Xiaona) | ||
| Bronze | Japan | |
| (Ai Fukuhara, Kasumi Ishikawa, Mima Ito) | ||
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| 2020 - TOKYO, JAPAN | ||
| Men's Singles | ||
| Gold | Ma Long (China) | |
| Silver | Fan Zhendong (China) | |
| Bronze | Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany) | |
| Women's Singles | ||
| Gold | Chen Meng (China) | |
| Silver | Sun Yingsha (China) | |
| Bronze | Mima Ito (Japan) | |
| Mixed Doubles | ||
| Gold | Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito (Japan) | |
| Silver | Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen (China) | |
| Bronze | Lin Yun Ju and Cheng I Ching (Chinese Taipei) | |
| Men's Team Event | ||
| Gold | China | |
| (Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin) | ||
| Silver | Germany | |
| (Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Timo Boll, Patrick Franziska) | ||
| Bronze | Japan | |
| (Tomokazu Harimoto, Koki Niwa, Jun Mizutani) | ||
| Women's Team Event | ||
| Gold | China | |
| (Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Liu Shiwen) | ||
| Silver | Japan | |
| (Mima Ito, Kasumi Ishikawa, Miu Hirano) | ||
| Bronze | Hong Kong China | |
| (Doo Hoi Kem, Soo Wai Yam Minnie, Lee Ho Ching) | ||
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| 2024 - PARIS, FRANCE | ||
| Men's Singles | ||
| Gold | Fan Zhendong (China) | |
| Silver | Truls Moregard (Sweden) | |
| Bronze | Felix Lebrun (France) | |
| Women's Singles | ||
| Gold | Chen Meng (China) | |
| Silver | Sun Yingsha (China) | |
| Bronze | Hina Hayata (Japan) | |
| Mixed Doubles | ||
| Gold | Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha (China) | |
| Silver | Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong (North Korea) | |
| Bronze | Lim Jonghoon and Shin Yubin (South Korea) | |
| Men's Team Event | ||
| Gold | China | |
| (Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long) | ||
| Silver | Sweden | |
| (Truls Moregard, Kristian Karlsson, Anton Kallberg) | ||
| Bronze | France | |
| (Felix Lebrun, Alexis Lebrun, Simon Gauzy) | ||
| Women's Team Event | ||
| Gold | China | |
| (Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu) | ||
| Silver | Japan | |
| (Miwa Harimoto, Miu Hirano, Hina Hayata) | ||
| Bronze | South Korea | |
| (Lee Eunhye, Shin Yubin, Jeon Jihee) | ||
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