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Timo Boll has competed for Germany Timo Boll has won 2 silver medals at the Olympic Games Timo Boll has won 2 bronze medals at the Olympic Games

Timo Boll is a table tennis player who has competed for Germany. He competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympic Games. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful German table tennis players in Olympic history, along with Dimitrij Ovtcharov. Among his seven Olympic trips, he won a total of four medals without receiving a single gold, all of which were attributed to his role in the men's team tournament. He became the sixth table tennis player to participate in seven editions of the Olympic Games, following Jörgen Persson, Jean-Michel Saive, Zoran Primorac, Segun Toriola, and Olofunke Oshonaike. He was also selected to carry the German flag during the Rio de Janeiro 2016 opening ceremony.

Olympic Results[]

Year Event Result
2000 Men's singles 9th
Men's doubles 17th
2004 Men's singles 5th
Men's doubles 9th
2008 Men's singles 9th
Men's team
2012 Men's singles 9th
Men's team
2016 Men's singles 9th
Men's team
2020 Men's singles 9th
Men's team
2024 Men's team 5th

2000[]

Discipline Stage Opponent Result
Singles Group stage Argentina Liu Song 3 – 1
Qatar Hamad Al Hammadi 3 – 0
Round 1 South Korea Kim Taek-soo 3 – 1
Round 2 Austria Werner Schlager 2 – 3
Quarterfinal Did not advance
Semifinal
Final
Doubles Group stage Yugoslavia 0 – 2
Australia 2 – 0
Round 1 Did not advance
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final

2004[]

Discipline Stage Opponent Result
Singles Round 1 Bye
Round 2
Round 3 France Patrick Chila 4 – 1
Round 4 Austria Werner Schlager 4 – 3
Quarterfinal Sweden Jan-Ove Waldner 1 – 4
Semifinal Did not advance
Final
Doubles Round 1 Bye
Round 2 Japan 1 4 – 0
Round 3 South Korea 2 0 – 4
Quarterfinal Did not advance
Semifinal
Final

2008[]

Discipline Stage Opponent Result
Singles Round 1 Bye
Round 2
Round 3 North Korea Kim Hyok-bong 4 – 1
Round 4 South Korea Oh Sang-eun 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 Iran Noshad Alamiyan 4 – 0
Round 4 Romania Adrian Crisan 0 – 4
Quarterfinal Did not advance
Semifinal
Final
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 Russia Alexander Shibaev 4 – 3
Round 4 Nigeria Quadri Aruna 2 – 4
Quarterfinal Did not advance
Semifinal
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 Kazakhstan Kirill Gerassimenko 4 – 1
Round 4 South Korea Jeong Young-sik 1 – 4
Quarterfinal Did not advance
Semifinal
Final
Team Round 1 Portugal 3 – 0
Quarterfinal Chinese Taipei 3 – 2
Semifinal Japan 3 – 2
Final China 1 – 3

2024[]

Discipline Stage Opponent Result
Team Round 1 Canada 3 – 0
Quarterfinal Sweden 0 – 3
Semifinal Did not advance
Final
Germany Table Tennis 2020 • Men's team Germany
Timo Boll
Patrick Franziska
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Germany Table Tennis 2024 • Men's team Germany
Timo Boll
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Dang Qiu