Table tennis at the Olympic Games

Table tennis has beenon the program of the Summer Olympics since the 1988 Olympic Games .

In 1992, two bronze medals were awarded in each competition. Due to China's dominance of the sport, the rules of the tournament were changed for the 2012 Olympics. Since then, only two participants from the same country have been allowed to play in the same competition. This means that all three medals can no longer go to the same country.

A list of the Olympic champions in table tennis can be found at: List of Olympic champions in table tennis .

history

In 1931, the world association ITTF first came up with the idea of ​​making table tennis an Olympic sport. In 1932 it was proposed to perform table tennis during the Winter Olympics. However, this did not find the support of ITTF President Ivor Montagu , who explicitly opposed it in 1946. It was not until his successor, Roy Evans , that table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1967. In 1977 the ITTF changed its statutes to make them compatible with the requirements of the International Olympic Committee IOC . Table tennis was then officially recognized by the IOC. In 1981 the IOC decided to organize table tennis events for the first time at the 1984 Games. After the competitions women singles, women doubles and men singles and men doubles were played in the years 1988 to 2004, the IOC decided to replace the doubles competitions with the team competition for the upcoming Olympic Games. The mixed competition was also included for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Competitions

Overview of competitions for men

Table tennis - current competitions
competition	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Men
singles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
team						•	•	•	•	4th
Table tennis - Former competitions
competition	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Men
Double	•	•	•	•	•					5
Number of competitions	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Overview of competitions for women

Table tennis - current competitions
competition	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Women
singles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
team						•	•	•	•	4th
Table tennis - Former competitions
competition	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Women
Double	•	•	•	•	•					5
Number of competitions	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Overview of the mixed competitions

Table tennis - current competitions
competition	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Mixed
Double									•	1
Number of competitions									1

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	People's Republic of China	28	17th	8th	53
2.	South Korea	3	3	12	18th
3.	Sweden	1	1	1	3
4th	Germany	-	3	4th	7th
5.	Japan	-	2	2	4th
6th	North Korea	-	1	3	4th
7th	Singapore	-	1	2	3
8th.	France	-	1	1	2
8th.	Yugoslavia	-	1	1	2
8th.	Chinese Taipei	-	1	1	2
11.	Hong Kong	-	1	-	1
12.	Denmark	-	-	1	1

As of August 19, 2016

Records

So far (2016) four players have qualified for participation seven times: Jörgen Persson (Sweden), Zoran Primorac (Croatia), Jean-Michel Saive (Belgium) and Segun Toriola (Nigeria).

Web links

• Table Tennis in the Olympic Games - the history (accessed October 8, 2011)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minutes of the ITTF Congress 1931, Item 11.b. (accessed on March 9, 2016)
2. ↑ Minutes of the ITTF Congress 1932  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Item 8. (accessed on March 11, 2017)  
3. ↑ Minutes of the ITTF Congress 1946 (accessed on March 9, 2016)
4. ^ Minutes of the ITTF Congress 1967 (accessed March 9, 2016)
5. ^ Minutes of the ITTF Congress 1977 (accessed March 9, 2016)
6. ↑ Decision made: Olympia 2020 in Tokyo now also with mixed competition . In: Table tennis Olympia . June 13, 2017 ( tischtennis-olympia.de [accessed June 14, 2017]).
7. ↑ Welcome to the club: Nigeria's Toriola qualifies for the seventh Olympic Games ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article from February 22, 2016 on tischtennis.de (accessed March 9, 2016)