1980 Summer Paralympics / table tennis

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem , medals were awarded in a total of 32 table tennis competitions. There were ten medals for women and 22 for men. For the first time, no more double competitions were held. The athletes fought for medals in individual and team competitions.

Classes

The women played individually in classes 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4 and C, as well as in the team competition in classes 1B, 2, 3 and 4.

There were twelve individual classes for men: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 3, 4, C, C1, D, E, F and J. In the team competition, classes 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 3, 4, C, D, E and F played for the medals.

Medalists women

singles

Class 1A

space	country	player
1	Ireland	Toomey, J.
2	Zimbabwe	James, Sandra
3	Mexico	Cornejo, Josefina

Class 1B

space	country	player
1	United Kingdom	Blackburn, Jane
2	Norway	Lijsen, M.
3	Italy	Sicari, pink

2nd grade

space	country	player
1	Switzerland	Bisquolm, Elisabeth
2	Austria	Swiss, pink
3	BR Germany	Lamsbach, Ruth

Class 3

space	country	player
1	Switzerland	Chiari, Verena
2	United Kingdom	Swann, J.
3	France	Andre, R.

Grade 4

space	country	player
1	Netherlands	Schmidt, I.
2	Sweden	Karlsson, L.
3	Netherlands	Becker, G.

Class C

space	country	player
1	United Kingdom	Smith, A.
2	Sweden	Bosrup, G.
3	France	Kabous, N.

team

Class 1B

space	country	player
1	Norway	Lysen, Marit Klausen, A.
2	Ireland	O'Sullivan, Frances Twomey, John
3	-	-

2nd grade

space	country	player
1	Austria	Schweizer, Rosa Wicher, A.
2	United Kingdom	Blackburn, Jane Matthews, G.
3	Ireland	Hendra, A. Sinnott, Anne

Class 3

space	country	player
1	Switzerland	Bisquolm, Elisabeth Chiari, Verena
2	France	Andre, R. Ramousse, M.
3	Jamaica	White, Quida Brown, Jennifer

Grade 4

space	country	player
1	Netherlands	Schmidt, I. Becker, G.
2	United Kingdom	Swann, J. Gibbs, B.
3	Sweden	Karlsson, L. Soderberg, R.

Medalists men

singles

Class 1A

space	country	player
1	Switzerland	Rosenast, Hans
2	Switzerland	Go back, Rolf
3	Finland	Moods, Matti

Class 1B

space	country	player
1	United Kingdom	Taylor, T.
2	Austria	Frank, G.
3	BR Germany	Hassler, Bruno

Class 1C

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Emmel, Manfred
2	BR Germany	Boerstler, B.
3	France	Jeannin, Daniel

2nd grade

space	country	player
1	Austria	Mandl, Franz
2	South Korea	Choi, Tae Am
3	United States	Kerr, Gary

Class 3

space	country	player
1	South Korea	Chou, Dong Sik
2	Austria	Rangger, Engelbert
3	Netherlands	Brand, R.

Grade 4

space	country	player
1	United States	Dempsey, Michael
2	Netherlands	Uyt de Boogaardt, G.
3	Netherlands	van den Leur, A.

Class C

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Boy, Manfred
2	Netherlands	Baas, E.
3	BR Germany	Hoppe, HJ

Class C1

space	country	player
1	United States	Stephens, M.
2	Egypt	El Zeini, Salem Mohamed
3	Egypt	Salama, Ahmed Mohamed

Class D.

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Kroll, P.
2	France	Chassagne, P.
3	Canada	Chrak, G.

Class E.

space	country	player
1	Yugoslavia	Dimitrijevic, Svetislav
2	Yugoslavia	Simunic, Franc
3	BR Germany	Lieven, H.

Class F

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Kelzenberg, K.
2	Sweden	Larsson, E.
3	BR Germany	Mauelshagen, L.

Class J

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Majer, G.
2	Netherlands	Suters, T.
3	Netherlands	Berings, J.

team

Class 1A

space	country	player
1	Switzerland	Going back, Rolf Rosenast, Hans
2	Finland	Hatinen, Pekka Launonen, Matti
3	Norway	Stenberg, Jan Erik Caspersen, Casper

Class 1B

space	country	player
1	United Kingdom	Taylor, T. Bradshaw, S.
2	Austria	Sailer, Walter Frank, G.
3	United States	McNichol, Bernard Brooks, Kenneth

Class 1C

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Laner, G. Boerstler, B.
2	South Korea	Uh, Jong Hoe Kim, Si Un
3	Netherlands	Suijkerbuijk, P. Broos, E.

2nd grade

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Emmel, Manfred Loercher, R.
2	Austria	Mandl, Franz Altendorfer, Fritz
3	France	Peeters, Michel Caillon, G.

Class 3

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Gentner, H. Simon, Heinz
2	Switzerland	Mrose, Peter Buehler, Erich
3	France	Jeannin, Daniel Hennaert, Andre

Grade 4

space	country	player
1	Netherlands
2	United States
3	South Korea

Class C

space	country	player
1	Netherlands
2	BR Germany
3	Hong Kong

Class D.

space	country	player
1	France	Chassagne, P. Cathelineau, P.
2	Netherlands	van Kessel, Th. Hertog, V.
3	Belgium	de Vriese, Jozef van Dooren, Noel

Class E.

space	country	player
1	Yugoslavia	Simunic, Franc Dimitrijevic, Svetislav
2	Sweden	Pettersson, A. Johansson, S.
3	BR Germany	Lieven, H. Huhnerbein, W.

Class F

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Mauelshagen, L. Kelzenberg, K.
2	Sweden	Larsson, E. Bergstrom, K.
3	Netherlands	Suters, T. Berings

Table tennis medal table

Table tennis medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	BR Germany	9	2	6th	17th
2	Switzerland	5	2	-	7th
3	Netherlands	4th	4th	6th	14th
4th	United Kingdom	4th	3	-	7th
5	Austria	2	5	-	7th
6th	United States	2	1	2	5
7th	Yugoslavia	2	1	-	3
8th	France	1	2	5	8th
9	South Korea	1	2	1	4th
10	Ireland	1	1	1	3
	Norway	1	1	1	3
12	Sweden	-	5	1	6th
13	Egypt	-	1	1	2
	Finland	-	1	1	2
15th	Zimbabwe	-	1	-	1
16	Belgium	-	-	1	1
	Hong Kong	-	-	1	1
	Italy	-	-	1	1
	Jamaica	-	-	1	1
	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Mexico	-	-	1	1

literature

• International Paralympic Committee: Selection fields under "General Search": Competition = "1980 Arnhem", Sports = "Table Tennis", Event = select (accessed on January 17, 2016)