Summer Paralympics 1992 / table tennis

Csaba Bobary (Australia)

At the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona , medals were awarded in a total of 30 table tennis competitions. There were nine medals for women and 21 for men. The athletes fought in individual and team competitions, as well as in open competitions for the medals.

Classes

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

For the women, competitions were not held in all classes. There were four competitions in the individual, three in the team competition, and two in the open competitions.

The men's singles were played in all ten classes. As with the women, there were two open competitions here too. Men's team competitions were held in nine out of ten classes.

A total of 30 medals were awarded. The following classes were played:

Women

singles	team	Open competition
TT 3 TT 4 TT 5 TT 9	TT 3 TT 5 TT 10	TT 1 - TT 5 TT 6 - TT 10

Men

singles	team	Open competition
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	TT 1 - TT 5 TT 6 - TT 10

Medalists women

singles

Class TT 3

space	country	player
1	Netherlands	Paardekam, Jolanda
2	Germany	Bartheidel, Monica
3	Germany	Lamsbach, Ruth
	Hungary	Sasvarine, Ilona

Class TT 4

space	country	player
1	Germany	Sikora, Monika
2	Germany	Weninger, Christiane
3	Austria	Kirchmair, Gabriele
	Austria	Witschnig, Susanne

Class TT 5

space	country	player
1	Germany	Roosen, Gisela
2	Switzerland	Zaugg, Rosa
3	Hong Kong	Fung, Yuet Wah
	Italy	Nardelli, Maria

Class TT 9

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China	Zhang, Xiao
2	People's Republic of China	Yang, Yi
3	Japan	Nuruki, Michiyo
	Belgium	Borre, Ingrid

team

Class TT 3

space	country	player
1	Germany
2	Hungary
3	Ireland

Class TT 5

space	country	player
1	Hong Kong
2	Germany
3	Italy
	Austria

Class TT 10

space	country	player
1	People's Republic of China
2	France
3	Netherlands
	Germany

Open competition

Class TT 1 - TT 5

space	country	player
1	Germany	Weninger, Christiane
2	Italy	Nardelli, Maria
3	United States	Terranova, Terese
	Hong Kong	Fung, Yuet Wah

Class TT 6 - TT 10

space	country	player
1	Belgium	Borre, Ingrid
2	People's Republic of China	Zhang, Xiao
3	People's Republic of China	Yang, Yi
	Japan	Nuruki, Michiyo

Medalists men

singles

Class TT 1

space	country	player
1	Finland	Moods, Matti
2	Germany	Kirchhoff, Ralf
3	South Korea	Lee, Hae Gon
	South Korea	Kang, Seong Hoon

Class TT 2

space	country	player
1	Austria	Hajek, Rudolf
2	Finland	Kurkinen, Jari
3	Germany	Hassler, Bruno
	South Korea	Kim, Kyung Mook

Class TT 3

space	country	player
1	France	Peeters, Michel
2	United Kingdom	Robinson, Neil
3	Switzerland	Andrey, Marcel
	independent paralymp. Attendees	Kesler, Zlatko

Class TT 4

space	country	player
1	Germany	Thomas Kreidel
2	France	Benedetti, Bruno
3	South Korea	Um, Tae Hyung
	United Kingdom	Chan, Arnie

Class TT 5

space	country	player
1	Hong Kong	Kwong, Kam Shing
2	France	Tisserant, guy
3	South Korea	Kim, So Boo
	Spain	Robles, Manuel

Class TT 6

space	country	player
1	Germany	Rainer Schmidt
2	Denmark	Nielsen, Brian
3	Sweden	Stromstedt, Peter
	Denmark	Lundsteen, Kai

Class TT 7

space	country	player
1	Israel	Glikman, Zeev
2	Germany	Kurfeß, Thomas
3	Netherlands	Vossen, Matheus
	Germany	Jochen Wollmert

Class TT 8

space	country	player
1	United States	Seidenfeld, Mitchell
2	Japan	Suzuki, Kenichi
3	Germany	Maissenbacher, Werner
	Japan	Fujii, Hiroshi

Class TT 9

space	country	player
1	Finland	Jokinen, Kimmo
2	Germany	Boy, Manfred
3	Netherlands	Zijda, Rein
	France	Garofalo, Thierry

Class TT 10

space	country	player
1	Germany	Gerke, Michael
2	France	de la Bourdonnaye, Gilles
3	Austria	Goeller, Thomas
	Spain	Agudo, Enrique

team

Class TT 1

space	country	player
1	South Korea	Lee, Hae Gon Kang, Seong Hoon
2	Switzerland	Going back, Rolf Rosenast, Hans
3	Germany	Essbach, Dieter Kirchhoff, Ralf

Class TT 2

space	country	player
1	Austria	Sharp, Gerhard Hajek, Rudolf
2	South Korea	Park, Hyun Sang Kim, Kyung Mook
3	Germany	Hassler, Bruno Sperling, Helmut
	Finland	Launonen, Matti Kurkinen, Jari

Class TT 3

space	country	player
1	United Kingdom
2	Germany
3	France
	South Korea

Class TT 4

space	country	player
1	Hong Kong	Wong, Yin Biu Ho, Sum Tak
2	Sweden	Gustavsson, Jan-Krister Johansson, Joergen
3	Germany	Altenburg, Gunter Hühn, Winfried
	Belgium	Lorent, Robert Ghion, Dimitri

Class TT 5

space	country	player
1	Germany
2	South Korea
3	Hong Kong
	Austria

Class TT 6

space	country	player
1	Denmark	Nielsen, Brian Lundsteen, Kai
2	Germany	Stelzner, Winfried Rainer Schmidt
3	Sweden	Karlsson, Mattias Stromstedt, Peter

Class TT 8

space	country	player
1	Japan
2	Sweden
3	Germany
	United Kingdom

Class TT 9

space	country	player
1	Japan
2	Italy
3	Germany
	France

Class TT 10

space	country	player
1	Germany
2	France
3	Denmark
	United States

Open competition

Class TT 1 - TT 5

space	country	player
1	France	Tisserant, guy
2	United States	Dempsey, Michael
3	Austria	Mandl, Franz
	France	Hatton, Daniel

Class TT 6 - TT 10

space	country	player
1	Finland	Jokinen, Kimmo
2	Germany	Gerke, Michael
3	France	de la Bourdonnaye, Gilles
	Spain	Agudo, Enrique

Table tennis medal table

Table tennis medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	Germany	9	9	10	28
2	Finland	3	1	1	5
3	Hong Kong	3	-	3	6th
4th	France	2	5	5	12
5	People's Republic of China	2	2	1	5
6th	Japan	2	1	3	6th
7th	Austria	2	-	6th	8th
8th	South Korea	1	2	6th	9
9	Denmark	1	1	2	4th
	United States	1	1	2	4th
	United Kingdom	1	1	2	4th
12	Netherlands	1	-	3	4th
13	Belgium	1	-	2	3
14th	Israel	1	-	-	1
15th	Italy	-	2	2	4th
	Sweden	-	2	2	4th
17th	Switzerland	-	2	1	3
18th	Hungary	-	1	1	2
19th	Spain	-	-	3	3
20th	Ireland	-	-	1	1
	independent paralymp. Attendees	-	-	1	1

Remarks

literature

• International Paralympic Committee: Selection fields under "General Search": Competition = "1992 Barcelona", Sports = "Table Tennis", Event = select (accessed on January 17, 2016)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Used in 1992, when Serbia and Montenegro was not yet recognized as the successor state of Yugoslavia. See also: Independent Olympian .