2004 Summer Olympics / table tennis

At the 2004 Olympic Games in the Greek capital Athens , four table tennis competitions were held.

The venue was the Galatsi Olympic Hall .

Competition mode

All competitions are held in the knockout system using four sets of wins. The bronze medal is played.

Individual competition

Each association is allowed to register a maximum of three players. The first 16 players on the seeding list start in round three, ranks 17 to 32 of the seeding list move on in round two. During the draw, care is taken to ensure that active players from one association play against each other as late as possible.

Double competition

Similarly, in doubles, the first 8 of the seeding list begin in round three, the ranks 9 to 16 of the seeding list in round two. Both players in a doubles must belong to the same association. Each association can register a maximum of two doubles. During the draw, the doubles from one association will be drawn into the same half, so that doubles from different associations will definitely meet in the final.

Cutting off the Germans

Men's

Jörg Roßkopf started in round 2 with a victory over Poland's Tomasz Krzeszewski. He then lost to Wang Hao 1: 4. Torben Wosik started in lap 1. Here he eliminated Mohamed Gueye (Senegal) only to loseto Trinko Keen (Netherlands). Timo Boll only started in the third round due to the seeding list. After victories over Patrick Chila (France) and Werner Schlager (Austria) he reached the quarterfinals, where he was defeated by the Swede Jan-Ove Waldner .

Hielscher / Roßkopf won against Hugo Hanashiro / Hugo Hoyama (Brazil) and lost against Joo Se-hyuk / Oh Sang-eun (South Korea). Boll / Fejer-Konnerth were eliminated after defeating Shu Arai / Ryo Yuzawa (Japan) in the round of 16 against Lee Chul Seung / Ryu Seung-min (Korea).

Ladies

Nicole Struse lost in the first round to Nanthana Komwong from Thailand . The other two German players advanced one round. Jie Schöpp won against Nikoleta Stefanova (Italy) and lost against Aya Umemura (Japan). Elke Wosik prevailed against Lay Jian Fay (Australia), then failed to Niu Jianfeng (China).

The double Struse / Wosik lost against the New Zealand siblings Li Chunli / Li Karen.

Men

singles

space	country	player
1	South Korea	Ryu Seung-min
2	People's Republic of China	Wang Hao
3	People's Republic of China	Wang Liqin

Results (place in brackets):

Endgame:
COR	Ryu Seung-min (3)	-	CHN	Wang Hao (4)	4: 2 (11: 3; 9:11; 11: 9; 11: 9; 11:13; 11: 9)
3rd place match:
CHN	Wang Liqin (1)	-	SWE	Jan-Ove Waldner (16)	4: 1 (10:12; 11: 3; 11: 8; 11: 7; 11: 9)
Semifinals:
CHN	Wang Hao (4)	-	CHN	Wang Liqin (1)	4: 1 (11: 8; 11: 5; 6:11; 11: 9; 11: 3)
COR	Ryu Seung-min (3)	-	SWE	Jan-Ove Waldner (16)	4: 1 (11: 9; 9:11; 11: 9; 11: 5; 11: 5)
Quarter finals:
CHN	Wang Liqin (1)	-	HKR	Ko Lai Chak (25)	4: 1 (11: 9; 13:11; 6:11; 11: 8; 11: 4)
CHN	Wang Hao (4)	-	TPE	Chuang Chih-Yuan (5)	4: 2 (5:11; 12:10; 9:11; 11: 4; 11: 6; 11: 7)
COR	Ryu Seung-min (3)	-	HKG	Leung Chu Yan (30)	4: 2 (5:11; 10:12; 11: 6; 11: 6; 11: 9; 11: 5)
SWE	Jan-Ove Waldner (16)	-	GER	Timo Boll (9)	4: 1 (11: 7; 13:11; 6:11; 11: 7; 13:11)

Double

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Chen Qi / Ma Lin
2	Hong Kong	Ko Lai Chak / Li Ching
3	Denmark	Michael Maze / Finn Tugwell

Results (in brackets the seeding place):
Final: Chen Qi / Lin MA (1) - Ko Lai Chak / Ching LI (3): 4: 2 (11: 6 - 11: 9 - 7:11 - 11: 8 - 8 : 11 - 11: 5)
Game for 3rd place: Michael MAZE / Finn TUGWELL (16) - Dmitri Masunow / Alexei Smirnow , RUS (9): 4: 2 (11: 3 - 11: 8 - 12:14 - 3: 11 - 11: 9 - 11: 8)
1st semifinals: Chen Qi / Lin MA - Michael MAZE / Finn TUGWELL: 4: 2 (11: 9 - 10:12 - 11: 7 - 8:11 - 13:11 - 13:11)
2nd semifinals: Ko Lai Chak / Ching LI - Dmitri Masunow / Alexei Smirnow : 4: 2 (11: 5 - 11: 9 - 5:11 - 8:11 - 11: 8 - 11: 6)

Women

singles

space	country	Player
1	People's Republic of China	Zhang Yining
2	North Korea	Kim Hyang-mi
3	South Korea	Kim Kyung-ah

Results (place in brackets):

Endgame:
CHN	Zhang Yining (1)	-	PRK	Kim Hyang-mi (25)	4: 0 (11: 8; 11: 7; 11: 2; 11: 2)
3rd place match:
COR	Kim Kyung-ah (4)	-	SIN	Li Jia Wei (6)	4: 1 (9:11; 11: 8; 11: 7; 11: 5; 11: 8)
Semifinals:
CHN	Zhang Yining (1)	-	COR	Kim Kyung-ah (4)	4: 1 (13:11; 11: 8; 11: 6; 5:11; 11: 8)
PRK	Kim Hyang-mi (25)	-	SIN	Li Jia Wei (6)	4: 3 (8:11; 11: 6; 0:11; 8:11; 11: 8; 11: 6; 11: 9)
Quarter finals:
CHN	Zhang Yining (1)	-	CRO	Tamara Boros (5)	4: 0 (12:10; 15:13; 13:11; 11: 3)
COR	Kim Kyung-ah (4)	-	HKG	Tie Yana (7)	4: 1 (11: 6; 10:12; 11: 9; 11: 7; 11: 7)
PRK	Kim Hyang-mi (25)	-	SIN	Zhang Xueling (29)	4: 2 (11: 7; 11: 4; 9:11; 11: 8; 8:11; 12:10)
SIN	Li Jia Wei (6)	-	CHN	Wang Nan (2)	4: 1 (11: 7; 11: 7; 11:13; 11: 9; 11: 8)

Double

space	country	Players
1	People's Republic of China	Wang Nan / Zhang Yining
2	South Korea	Lee Eun-Sil / Suk Eun-mi
3	People's Republic of China	Guo Yue / Niu Jianfeng

Results (place in brackets):
Final: Wang Nan / Zhang Yining (2) - Lee Eun-Sil / Suk Eun-mi (3): 4: 0 (11: 9 - 11: 7 - 11: 6 - 11: 6)
Game for 3rd place: Guo Yue / Niu Jianfeng (1) - Kim Bok-rae / Kim Kyung-ah , KOR (9): 4: 3 (11: 7 - 5:11 - 11: 4 - 11: 9 - 7:11 - 9:11 - 11: 9)
1st semifinals: Wang Nan / Zhang Yining - Guo Yue / Niu Jianfeng: 4: 2 (11: 7 - 13:11 - 9:11 - 13:11 - 6 : 11 - 13:11)
2nd semifinals: Lee Eun-Sil / Suk Eun-mi - Kim Bok-rae / Kim Kyung-ah : 4: 0 (11: 6 - 12:10 - 11: 7 - 11: 2 )

Table tennis medal table

Table tennis medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	People's Republic of China	3	1	2	6th
2	South Korea	1	1	1	3
3	Hong Kong	-	1	-	1
	North Korea	-	1	-	1
5	Denmark	-	-	1	1

useful information

• The youngest participant was 15 year old Ai Fukuhara (Japan), the oldest was 42 year old Li Chunli (New Zealand). For men, the range ranged from 17 years (José Luyindula, Congo) to 42 years ( He Zhiwen , Spain).
• The Singapore government has promised its participants $ 500,000 for a gold medal. There should be $ 250,000 for bronze. Li Jia Wei missed these prizes when she lost in the semi-finals.
• Karl-Josef Flühr (Bad Kreuznach) was the only German referee at this TT Olympiad. He directed the women's final.
• ITTF President Adham Sharara suggested to the International Olympic Committee IOC that team fights instead of doubles should be held in table tennis at the next Summer Olympic Games.

literature

• Olympic preview: tischtennis magazine , 2004/8, pp. 8–24
• Review by Susanne Heuing: tischtennis magazine , 2012/6 p. 45

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2004/9 p. 7 + 2005/9 p. 7

Web links

• OL 2004 on ittf.com (accessed December 11, 2013)
• All participants and results (accessed on September 7, 2016)