Dimitrij Ovtcharov is a table tennis player who has competed for Germany. He competed at the 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympic Games. He is widely regarded as the most decorated table tennis player outside China in Olympic history. Among his five Olympic trips, he won a total of six medals without receiving a single gold. Four of them were attributed to his role in the men's table tennis team tournament with two more in the men's singles.
Olympic Results[]
| Year | Event | Result |
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| 2008 | Men's singles | 9th |
| Men's team | 
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| 2012 | Men's singles | 
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| Men's team |
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| 2016 | Men's singles | 5th |
| Men's team |
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| 2020 | Men's singles |
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| Men's team |
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| 2024 | Men's singles | 9th |
| Men's team | 5th |
2008[]
| Discipline | Stage | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Round 1 | Bye | |
| Round 2 | |||
| Round 3 |  Adrian Crisan
|
4 – 3 | |
| Round 4 |  Ko Lai Chak
|
1 – 4 | |
| Quarterfinal | Did not advance | ||
| Semifinal | |||
| Final | |||
| Team | Group stage | Croatia | 3 – 0 |
| Canada | 3 – 0 | ||
| Singapore | 3 – 1 | ||
| Semifinal | Japan | 3 – 2 | |
| Final | China | 0 – 3 | |
2012[]
| Discipline | Stage | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Round 1 | Bye | |
| Round 2 | |||
| Round 3 |  Paul Drinkhall
|
4 – 0 | |
| Round 4 |  Weixing Chen
|
4 – 0 | |
| Quarterfinal |  Michael Maze
|
4 – 3 | |
| Semifinal |  Zhang Jike
|
1 – 4 | |
| 3rd place |  Chuang Chih-yuan
|
4 – 2 | |
| Team | Round 1 | Sweden | 3 – 1 |
| Quarterfinal | Austria | 3 – 0 | |
| Semifinal | China | 1 – 3 | |
| 3rd place | Hong Kong | 3 – 1 | |
2016[]
| Discipline | Stage | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Round 1 | Bye | |
| Round 2 | |||
| Round 3 |  Ping Li
|
4 – 3 | |
| Round 4 |  Bojan Tokic
|
4 – 1 | |
| Quarterfinal |  Vladimir Samsonov
|
2 – 4 | |
| Semifinal | Did not advance | ||
| Final | |||
| Team | Round 1 | Chinese Taipei | 3 – 1 |
| Quarterfinal | Austria | 3 – 1 | |
| Semifinal | Japan | 1 – 3 | |
| 3rd place | South Korea | 3 – 1 | |
2020[]
| Discipline | Stage | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Round 1 | Bye | |
| Round 2 | |||
| Round 3 |  Kirill Skachkov
|
4 – 0 | |
| Round 4 |  Koki Niwa
|
4 – 1 | |
| Quarterfinal |  Hugo Calderano
|
4 – 2 | |
| Semifinal | Ma Long
|
3 – 4 | |
| 3rd place | Lin Yun-ju
|
4 – 3 | |
| Team | Round 1 | Portugal | 3 – 0 |
| Quarterfinal | Chinese Taipei | 3 – 2 | |
| Semifinal | Japan | 3 – 2 | |
| Final | China | 1 – 3 | |
2024[]
| Discipline | Stage | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Round 1 | Bye | |
| Round 2 |  Marcos Madrid
|
4 – 0 | |
| Round 3 | Vitor Ishiy
|
4 – 1 | |
| Round 4 |  Felix Lebrun
|
3 – 4 | |
| Quarterfinal | Did not advance | ||
| Semifinal | |||
| Final | |||
| Team | Round 1 | Canada | 3 – 0 |
| Quarterfinal | Sweden | 0 – 3 | |
| Semifinal | Did not advance | ||
| Final | |||
 Table Tennis 2020 • Men's team
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| Timo Boll |
| Patrick Franziska |
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov |
| Table Tennis 2024 • Men's team
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| Timo Boll |
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov |
| Dang Qiu |