Table Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from 13 to 23 August 2008 at Beijing University Gymnasium.
Medal Table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
2 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medalists[]
Event | |||
---|---|---|---|
Men's singles | Ma Lin |
Wang Hao |
Wang Liqin |
Men's team | China Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin |
Germany Timo Boll Dimitrij Ovtcharov Christian Suss |
South Korea Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min Yoon Jae-young |
Women's singles | Zhang Yining |
Wang Nan |
Quo Yue |
Women's team | China Guo Yue Wang Nan Zhang Yining |
Singapore Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu |
South Korea Dang Ye-seo Kim Kyung-ah Park Mi-young |
Statistics[]
- There were 171 total athletes from 56 countries.
- Marcelo Aguirre was the youngest participant with 15 years and 210 days.
- Zhiwen He was the oldest participant with 46 years and 80 days.
- China won 8 out of 8 possible medals.
- China won 4 out of 4 gold medals.
- 5 athletes were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.