Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
competition has been in the
Summer Olympic Games since
1988
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, with singles and doubles events for men and women. Athletes from
China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 60 medals in 37 events, including 32 out of a possible 37 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.
Summary
Events
In 1992 (only), two bronze medals were awarded in each event. In 2008, the doubles events were replaced by team events to lessen the emphasis on doubles play. Chinese table tennis team won 8 medals and made
podium sweep
A podium sweep is where a team or nation comes in first, second and third, such as at the Olympics, and wins all available medals, which are recognized by a podium ceremony. The word Whitewash (sport), sweep is commonly used in North American sport ...
s on the men's and woman's singles events at the
2008 Summer Olympics. Due to China's dominance in the sport, the format was changed for the 2012 Olympics so that each NOC may enter up to two competitors in singles events. With gender equality a big focus, mixed doubles event became one of the nine new mixed-gender events at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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.
Medal table
Sources:
Number of athletes by nation
In addition to
independent Olympians and the
Unified Team in 1992, athletes from 104 NOCs had competed in the Olympic table tennis tournaments.
Winners
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Men's team
Women's team
See also
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List of Olympic venues in table tennis
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List of naturalised Olympic table tennis players from China
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Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics
Paralympic table tennis has been competed at every Summer Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1960. Men and women compete in singles and team events in ten different classes according to the extent of their disability.
Summary
Over ...
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Table tennis at the Youth Olympic Games
References
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Sports at the Summer Olympics
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