Summer Paralympics 2008 / table tennis

Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
information
venue	Beijing People's Republic of China
Competition venue	university
Teams	8 (3 , 5 )
Athletes	?
date	September 7-16, 2008
decisions	24
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At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing , medals were awarded in a total of 24 table tennis competitions. The decisions were made between September 7th and 16th, 2008. The venue was the sports hall of Peking University , where the Olympic competitions were also held.

Classes

There were ten different table tennis classes. Classes TT 1 to TT 5 started in a wheelchair, classes TT 6 to TT 10 while standing:

• TT 1: Considerable muscle stiffness all over the body, reduced speed and accuracy of arm movement and seat balance.
• TT 2: As with TT 1, but with an almost normal flapping arm and little strength.
• TT 3: With minor restrictions in control of both arms and considerable tension in both legs.
• TT 4: Normal arm and trunk movements and with limited accuracy of arm movements, as well as double thigh amputees with short stumps.
• TT 5: With good forward stability of the trunk, little restriction on the legs and little loss of accuracy in arm movements.
• TT 6: Combination of disabilities on the hitting arm and on the legs, as well as involuntary movements in the whole body.
• TT 7: Unilateral or bilateral upper or lower amputation or a combination of both and moderate involuntary movements.
• TT 8: With severe disability in one or both legs, unilateral thigh amputation or bilateral lower leg amputation. Loss of accuracy and stiffness in arms and legs.
• TT 9: Minimal disability in one or both arms or legs of different lengths, good dynamic balance. Slight reduction in accuracy on one side of the body.
• TT 10: With normal function of the flapping arm with little restriction in the free arm. Amputation up to a third of the forearm with minimal involuntary movements.

In the individual and team competition, different classes were combined for women and men. There were eight individual competitions for women and eight men. In the team competition, three medals were awarded for women and five medals for men. A total of 24 medals were awarded. The classes have been summarized as follows:

Women		Men
singles	team	singles	team
TT 1 - TT 2 TT 3 TT 4 TT 5 TT 6 - TT 7 TT 8 TT 9 TT 10	TT 1 - TT 3 TT 4 - TT 5 TT 6 - TT 10	TT 1 TT 2 TT 3 TT 4 - TT 5 TT 6 TT 7 TT 8 TT 9 - TT 10	TT 1 - TT 2 TT 3 TT 4 - TT 5 TT 6 - TT 8 TT 9 - TT 10

Game mode

Individual competition

The individual competitions initially started with a group phase in which everyone played against everyone. Then the winners of each group progressed and played against each other in a knockout system . Three sets of wins were played per match.

Team competition

The team competition was played in the knockout system. The teams started in the eighth or quarter-finals depending on the number of participating nations.

To win an encounter, a team had to finish three games victoriously. An encounter consisted of at least two singles and one double. If no decision was made after these three games, one or two additional singles were played until one team had won three games. Three sets of wins were played per game.

Qualified athletes

Two women and ten men started for Germany at the Games in Beijing.

Women:

Surname	class	discipline
Monika Sikora-Weinmann (Bielefeld)	TT 4	Individual, team
Andrea Zimmerer (Preetz)	TT 5	Individual, team

Both women played in one team in the team competition of class TT 4 - TT 5 .

Men:

Surname	class	discipline
Daniel Arnold (Munich)	TT 6	Individual, team
Selcuk Cetin (Koblenz)	TT 5	Individual, team
Jan Gürtler (Berlin)	TT 3	Individual, team
Walter Kilger (Plattling)	TT 1	Individual, team
Dietmar Kober (Bayreuth)	TT 4	Individual, team
David Korn (Walldorf)	TT 10	singles
Holger Nikelis (Cologne)	TT 1	Individual, team
Rainer Schmidt (Offenburg)	TT 6	Individual, team
Otto Vilsmaier (Plattling)	TT 2	Individual, team
Jochen Wollmert (Solingen)	TT 7	Individual, team

In the team competition, Holger Nikelis, Otto Vilsmaier and Walter Kilger started in the TT 1 - TT 2 class , Dietmar Kober, Jan Gürtler and Selcuk Cetin in the TT 4 - TT 5 team class . Jochen Wollmert, Daniel Arnold and Rainer Schmidt played in a team in the TT 6 - TT 8 class . The order of the players listed here corresponds to the official entry for the competitions.

Results

The players from China were superior in these summer Paralympics. They won over half of the gold medals (13 out of 24). France occupies second place in the medal table with 4 gold medals, followed by South Korea (3rd place), Germany and Slovakia (4th place each) with one gold medal each.

In the following, the individual results of the encounters with German participation and the results from the knockout round are listed. The medal winners in each class are shown in the appropriate tables.

Women

Single TT 1 - TT 2

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Liu Jing
2	Italy	Pamela Pezzutto
3	Italy	Clara Podda

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/10
	Clara Podda	1
	Liu Jing	3
					Liu Jing	3
					Pamela Pezzutto	1
					Game for third place 10.09.
	Pamela Pezzutto	3			Clara Podda	3
	Isabelle Lafaye Marziou	2			Isabelle Lafaye Marziou	1

Single TT 3

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Li Qian
2	Slovakia	Alena Kanova
3	Slovenia	Mateja Pintar

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/10
	Mateja Pintar	1
	Li Qian	3
					Li Qian	3
					Alena Kanova	0
					Game for third place 10.09.
	Michela Brunelli	1			Mateja Pintar	3
	Alena Kanova	3			Michela Brunelli	0

Single TT 4

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Zhou Ying
2	Serbia	Borislava Peric
3	South Korea	Moon Sung-Hye

Group stage:

Group D	07.09.	Monika Sikora-Weinmann	Teresa Arenales	3-0
		Monika Sikora-Weinmann	Patrizia Sacca	3-0
	09.09.	Monika Sikora-Weinmann	Jung Ji-Nam	3-0

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/10
	Borislava Peric	3
	MS Weinmann	2
					Borislava Peric	0
					Zhou Ying	3
					Game for third place 10.09.
	Zhou Ying	3			MS Weinmann	1
	Moon Sung-Hye	0			Moon Sung-Hye	3

Single TT 5

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Ren Guixiang
2	People's Republic of China	Gu Gai
3	Germany	Andrea Zimmerer

Group stage:

Group A	07.09.	Andrea Zimmerer	Barbara Barszcz	3-0
	08.09.	Andrea Zimmerer	Chan Siu Ling	3-0
	09.09.	Andrea Zimmerer	Zhang Bian	3: 1

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/10
	Andrea Zimmerer	1
	Gu Gai	3
					Gu Gai	0
					Ren Guixiang	3
					Game for third place 10.09.
	Khetam Abuawad	0			Andrea Zimmerer	3
	Ren Guixiang	3			Khetam Abuawad	0

Single TT 6 - TT 7

space	country	player
1	Russia	Natalia Martyasheva
2	Russia	Yulia Ovsyannikova
3	Netherlands	Kelly van Zon

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/11
	Kelly van Zon	2
	Natalia Martyasheva	3
					Natalia Martyasheva	3
					Yulia Ovsyannikova	1
					Game for third place 11.09.
	Faiza Mahmoud Afify	0			Kelly van Zon	3
	Yulia Ovsyannikova	3			Faiza Mahmoud Afify	0

Single TT 8

space	country	player
1	France	Thu Kamkasomphou
2	Sweden	Josefin Abrahamsson
3	People's Republic of China	Zhang Xiaoling

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/11
	Thu Kamkasomphou	3
	Claire Mairie	1
					Thu Kamkasomphou	3
					Josefin Abrahamsson	0
					Game for third place 11.09.
	Josefin Abrahamsson	3			Claire Mairie	0
	Zhang Xiaoling	2			Zhang Xiaoling	3

Single TT 9

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Lei Lina
2	People's Republic of China	Liu Meili
3	Turkey	Neslihan Kavas

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/11
	Lei Lina	3
	Malgorzata Grzelak	0
					Lei Lina	3
					Liu Meili	0
					Game for third place 11.09.
	Neslihan Kavas	1			Malgorzata Grzelak	0
	Liu Meili	3			Neslihan Kavas	3

Single TT 10

space	country	player
1	Poland	Natalia Partyka
2	People's Republic of China	Fan Lei
3	People's Republic of China	Hou Chunxiao

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/10
	Natalia Partyka	3
	Michala la Bourdonnaye	0
					Natalia Partyka	3
					Fan Lei	0
					Game for third place 10.09.
	Hou Chunxiao	1			Michala la Bourdonnaye	0
	Fan Lei	3			Hou Chunxiao	3

Team TT 1 - TT 3

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Li Qian Liu Jing
2	Italy	Michela Brunelli Clara Podda Frederica Cudia Pamela Pezutto
3	France	Stephanie Mariage Isabelle Lafaye Marziou Fanny Bertrabd Marie-Christine Fillou

Final round:

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	13.09.
	-
					14.09.
	-
					Italy	3
					United Kingdom	0
	Iran	2
									15.09.
	United Kingdom	3
									Italy	1
									People's Republic of China	3
	France	3
	Ireland	1
					France	1			Game for third place
					People's Republic of China	3
	-								United Kingdom	0
	-								France	3

Team TT 4 - TT 5

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Ren Guixiang Gu Gai Zhang Bian Zhou Ying
2	Germany	Andrea Zimmerer Monika Sikora-Weinmann
3	Jordan	Khetam Abuawad Fatemah Al Azzam Maha Bargouti

Final round:

	Round of 16 13.09.				Quarter-finals 14.09.				Semi-finals 15.09.				Final 16.09.
	-
	-
					People's Republic of China	3
					Sweden	0
	Poland	1
	Sweden	3
									People's Republic of China	3
									Jordan	1
	Chinese Taipei	3
	Mexico	0
					Chinese Taipei	2
					Jordan	3
	South Africa	0
	Jordan	3
													People's Republic of China	3
													Germany	1
	Serbia	3
	United Kingdom	0
					Serbia	3
					Italy	1
	South Korea	1
	Italy	3
									Serbia	1
									Germany	3			3rd place match
	Slovenia	3
	Hong Kong	1
					Slovenia	1							Jordan	3
					Germany	3							Serbia	1
	-
	-

Team TT 6 - TT 10

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Fan Lei Lei Lina Liu Meili Hou Chunxiao
2	Poland	Natalia Partyka Malgorzata Grzelak Katarzyna Pitry
3	France	Thu Kamkasomphou Audrey Le Morvan Claire Mairie Anne Barneoud

Final round:

	Round of 16 13.09.				Quarter-finals 14.09.				Semi-finals 14.09.				Final 15.09.
	-
	-
					Poland	3
					Czech Republic	0
	Egypt	1
	Czech Republic	3
									Poland	3
									Russia	0
	-
	-
					Russia	3
					Sweden	1
	-
	-
													Poland	1
													People's Republic of China	3
	-
	-
					France	3
					Brazil	0
	-
	-
									France	0
									People's Republic of China	3			3rd place match
	Ukraine	3
	Australia	0
					Ukraine	0							Russia	0
					People's Republic of China	3							France	3
	-
	-

Men

Single TT 1

space	country	player
1	Austria	Andreas Vevera
2	South Korea	Cho Jae-Kwan
3	South Korea	Lee Hae-Kon

Group stage:

Group A	07.09.	Walter Kilger	Yunier Fernandez	0: 3
	08.09.	Walter Kilger	Andreas Vevera	0: 3
		Walter Kilger	Cho Jae-Kwan	0: 3
Group B	07.09.	Jean-Francois Ducay	Holger Nikelis	3: 2
	08.09.	Lee Hae-Kon	Holger Nikelis	3: 2
		Holger Nikelis	Isvel Trujillo	3-0

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/11
	Cho Jae-Kwan	3
	Jean-Francois Ducay	1
					Cho Jae-Kwan	0
					Andreas Vevera	3
					Game for third place 11.09.
	Andreas Vevera	3			Jean-Francois Ducay	0
	Lee Hae-Kon	1			Lee Hae-Kon	3

Single TT 2

space	country	player
1	France	Vincent Boury
2	France	Stephane Molliens
3	South Korea	Kim Kyung-Mook

Group stage:

Group D	07.09.	Otto Vilsmaier	Rastislav Revucky	2: 3
	08.09.	Hemerson Kovalski	Otto Vilsmaier	0: 3
		Lars Hansen	Otto Vilsmaier	3-0

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/11
	Stephane Molliens	3
	Lars Hansen	1
					Stephane Molliens	0
					Vincent Boury	3
					Game for third place 11.09.
	Vincent Boury	3			Lars Hansen	1
	Kim Kyung-Mook	1			Kim Kyung-Mook	3

Single TT 3

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Feng Panfeng
2	France	Jean-Philippe Robin
3	Spain	Tomas Pinas

Group stage:

Group D	07.09.	Jan Gürtler	Wu Cheng-Sheng	3: 1
	09.09.	Jan Gürtler	Kim Jeong-Seok	3: 1

Final round:

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	09.09.
	Florian Merrien	0
					10.09.
	Luiz Algacir Vergilio da Silva	3
					Luiz Algacir Vergilio da Silva	0
					Feng Panfeng	3
	Feng Panfeng	3
									11.09.
	Kim Young Gun	2
									Feng Panfeng	3
									Jean-Philippe Robin	0
	Jan Gürtler	1
	Tomas Pinas	3
					Tomas Pinas	0			Game for third place
					Jean-Philippe Robin	3
	Jean-Philippe Robin	3							Luiz Algacir Vergilio da Silva	0
	Zlatko Kesler	2							Tomas Pinas	3

Single TT 4 - TT 5

space	country	player
1	France	Christophe Durand
2	South Korea	Jung Eun-Chang
3	Norway	Tommy Urhaug

Group stage:

Group J	07.09.	Dietmar Kober	Andre Scott	1: 3
	09.09.	Dietmar Kober	Scott Robertson	3-0
Group L	08.09.	Andrei Meszaros	Selcuk Cetin	0: 3
	09.09.	Rolf-Erik Paulsen	Selcuk Cetin	3: 2

Final round:

	Round of 16 09.09.				Quarter-finals 09.09.				Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/11
	-
	-
					Tommy Urhaug	3
					Zhang Yan	2
	Dietmar Kober	1
	Zhang Yan	3
									Tommy Urhaug	2
									Christophe Durand	3
	Choi Kyoung-Sik	1
	Christophe Durand	3
					Christophe Durand	3
					Peter Mihalik	0
	-
	-
													Christophe Durand	3
													Jung Eun-Chang	2
	-
	-
					Ernst Bollden	2
					Sameh Saleh	3
	Guo Xingyuan	0
	Sameh Saleh	3
									Sameh Saleh	1
									Jung Eun-Chang	3			3rd place match
	Jung Eun-Chang	3
	Rolf-Erik Paulsen	1
					Jung Eun-Chang	3							Tommy Urhaug	3
					Emeric Martin	2							Sameh Saleh	0
	-
	-

Single TT 6

space	country	player
1	Denmark	Peter Rosenmeier
2	Germany	Daniel Arnold
3	Netherlands	Nico Blok

Group stage:

Group A	07.09.	Daniel Arnold	Chen Chao	3: 2
	08.09.	Daniel Arnold	Vjekoslav Gregorovic	3-0
	09.09.	Daniel Arnold	Alexander Esaulov	3-0
Group D	07.09.	Rainer Schmidt	David Wetherill	1: 3
	08.09.	Carlo Franco Michell	Rainer Schmidt	0: 3
	09.09.	Miroslaw Kowalski	Rainer Schmidt	0: 3

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/11
	Daniel Arnold	3
	Nico Blok	1
					Daniel Arnold	1
					Peter Rosenmeier	3
					Game for third place 11.09.
	Rainer Schmidt	2			Nico Blok	3
	Peter Rosenmeier	3			Rainer Schmidt	1

Single TT 7

space	country	player
1	Germany	Jochen Wollmert
2	People's Republic of China	Ye Chaoqun
3	Spain	Alvaro Valera

Group stage:

Group A	07.09.	Jochen Wollmert	Will Bayley	3-0
	08.09.	Jochen Wollmert	Shmuel Shur	3-0
	09.09.	Jochen Wollmert	Mykhaylo Popov	3-0

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/11
	Jochen Wollmert	3
	Alvaro Valera	1
					Jochen Wollmert	3
					Ye Chaoqun	1
					Game for third place 11.09.
	Mitchell Seidenfeld	0			Alvaro Valera	3
	Ye Chaoqun	3			Mitchell Seidenfeld	1

Single TT 8

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Chen Gang
2	Poland	Piotr Grudzien
3	Slovakia	Miroslav Jambor

Final round:

	Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/11
	Li Manzhou	1
	Chen Gang	3
					Chen Gang	3
					Piotr Grudzien	1
					Game for third place 11.09.
	Miroslav Jambor	0			Li Manzhou	2
	Piotr Grudzien	3			Miroslav Jambor	3

Single TT 9 - TT 10

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Ge Yang
2	People's Republic of China	Ma Lin
3	Sweden	Fredrik Andersson

Group stage:

Group A	07.09.	Jose Manuel Ruiz	David Korn	3: 2
	08.09.	David Korn	Christophe Rozier	1: 3

Final round:

	Round of 16 09.09.				Quarter-finals 09.09.				Semi-finals 09/10				Final 09/11
	-
	-
					Jose Manuel Ruiz	2
					Fredrik Andersson	3
	Stanislaw Fraczyk	0
	Fredrik Andersson	3
									Fredrik Andersson	0
									Ma Lin	3
	-
	-
					Esa Miettinen	0
					Ma Lin	3
	-
	-
													Ma Lin	1
													Ge Yang	3
	-
	-
					Gilles de la Bourdonnaye	0
					Ge Yang	3
	-
	-
									Ge Yang	3
									Tanning load	0			3rd place match
	Tanning load	3
	Olabiyi Alabi Olufemi	0
					Tanning load	3							Fredrik Andersson	3
					Dezso Berecki	0							Tanning load	1
	-
	-

Team TT 1 - TT 2

space	country	player
1	Slovakia	Jan Riapos Rastislav Revucky
2	France	Vincent Boury Stephane Molliens Damien Menella Jean-François Ducay
3	South Korea	Kim Kong Yong Kim Kyung Mook Lee Hae Kon Cho Jae Kwan

Final round:

	Quarter-finals 13.09.				Semifinals				final
	13.09.
	-
					14.09.
	-
					South Korea	2
					Slovakia	3
	Cuba	0
									15.09.
	Slovakia	3
									Slovakia	3
									France	0
	Austria	3
	Brazil	1
					Austria	1			Game for third place
					France	3
	Germany	0							South Korea	3
	France	3							Austria	0

Team TT 3

space	country	player
1	France	Florian Merrien Jean-Philippe Robin Yann Gulihem
2	Brazil	Luiz Algacir Vergilio da Silva Welder Knaf
3	People's Republic of China	Feng Panfeng Zhao Ping Gao Yanming

Final round:

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	13.09.
	France	3
					14.09.
	Slovenia	0
					France	3
					United Kingdom	0
	Libya	0
									15.09.
	United Kingdom	3
									France	3
									Brazil	1
	Austria	0
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	3			Game for third place
					People's Republic of China	2
	People's Republic of China	3							United Kingdom	1
	South Korea	1							People's Republic of China	3

Team TT 4 - TT 5

space	country	player
1	South Korea	Kim Byoung Young Choi Kyoung Sik Jung Eun Chang
2	People's Republic of China	Zhang Yan Guo Xing Yuan Bai Gang
3	France	Emeric Martin Maxime Thomas Christophe Durand

	Round of 16 13.09.				Quarter-finals 14.09.				Semi-finals 14.09.				Final 16.09.
	-
	-
					Norway	3
					Serbia	0
	Italy	2
	Serbia	3
									Norway	1
									People's Republic of China	3
	Chinese Taipei	3
	Brazil	1
					Chinese Taipei	0
					People's Republic of China	3
	Nigeria	1
	People's Republic of China	3
													People's Republic of China	1
													South Korea	3
	-
	-
					South Korea	3
					Sweden	2
	Slovakia	0
	Sweden	3
									South Korea	3
									France	2			3rd place match
	Germany	3
	Hong Kong	2
					Germany	0							Norway	0
					France	3							France	3
	-
	-

Team TT 6 - TT 8

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Ye Chaoqun Chen Gang Li Manzhou Qin Xiaojun
2	Slovakia	Richard Csejtey Miroslav Jambor
3	France	Stéphane Messi François Serignat Alain Pichon

	Round of 16 13.09.				Quarter-finals 14.09.				Semi-finals 15.09.				Final 16.09.
	-
	-
					Belgium	1
					Israel	3
	South Africa	0
	Israel	3
									Israel	0
									People's Republic of China	3
	People's Republic of China	3
	United Kingdom	0
					People's Republic of China	3
					Germany	2
	Chinese Taipei	0
	Germany	3
													People's Republic of China	3
													Slovakia	0
	-
	-
					France	3
					Poland	1
	Denmark	1
	Poland	3
									France	1
									Slovakia	3			3rd place match
	Spain	3
	Russia	1
					Spain	0							Israel	2
					Slovakia	3							France	3
	-
	-

Team TT 9 - TT 10

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Ma Lin Ge Yang Lu Xiaolei Chen Chao
2	Spain	Jose Manuel Ruiz Jorge Cardona
3	France	Gilles de la Bourdonnaye Christophe Rozier Jeremy Rousseau

	Round of 16 13.09.				Quarter-finals 14.09.				Semi-finals 15.09.				Final 16.09.
	-
	-
					People's Republic of China	3
					Sweden	0
	Italy	0
	Sweden	3
									People's Republic of China	3
									France	0
	-
	-
					Hungary	1
					France	3
	-
	-
													People's Republic of China	3
													Spain	0
	-
	-
					Czech Republic	3
					Ukraine	1
	United States	2
	Ukraine	3
									Czech Republic	2
									Spain	3			3rd place match
	Netherlands	3
	Nigeria	1
					Netherlands	0							France	3
					Spain	3							Czech Republic	1
	-
	-

Table tennis medal table

Table tennis medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	People's Republic of China	13	6th	3	22nd
2	France	4th	3	5	12
3	South Korea	1	2	4th	7th
4th	Germany	1	2	1	4th
	Slovakia	1	2	1	4th
6th	Poland	1	2	-	3
7th	Russia	1	1	-	2
8th	Denmark	1	-	-	1
	Austria	1	-	-	1
10	Italy	-	2	1	3
11	Spain	-	1	2	3
12	Sweden	-	1	1	2
13	Brazil	-	1	-	1
	Serbia	-	1	-	1
15th	Netherlands	-	-	2	2
16	Jordan	-	-	1	1
	Norway	-	-	1	1
	Slovenia	-	-	1	1
	Turkey	-	-	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} ITTF Paralympic Table Tennis: Technical Information for Players and Team Managers (PDF; 43 kB) . Retrieved September 9, 2008.
2. ↑ ITTF Paralympic Table Tennis: Beijing 2008, TT single Final Seedings, July 15 (xls file) . Retrieved September 9, 2008.
3. ↑ ^{a b} ITTF Paralympic Table Tennis: Beijing 2008, TT-Team Final Seeding, July 20 (xls file) . Retrieved September 9, 2008.
4. ↑ Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games: Schedules & Results - Table Tennis ( Memento of March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) . Retrieved September 10, 2008.