Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Table tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 13 to August 23, at the Peking University Gymnasium. The competition featured the team events for the first time, replacing the doubles events competed in previous games. A total of four sets of medals were awarded for the four events contested. China, as the host country, would win every medal possible, claiming the podium in both the Men's and Women's Singles events and claiming Gold in both the Men's and Women's Team Event, leading the IOC and ITTF, to change the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics, to ensure that countries could only enter 2, instead of 3 athletes into the Singles event.

Table tennis at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Peking University Gymnasium
Dates	August 13 to August 23, 2008
Competitors	171 from 56 nations
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Peking University Gymnasium as the venue of the 2008 Summer Olympics

Inside the Peking University Gymnasium

Qualification

Further information: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Competition schedule

P	Preliminary rounds	¼	Quarterfinals	B	Bronze playoff	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Event↓/Date →	Wed 13	Thu 14	Fri 15		Sat 16	Sun 17	Mon 18	Tue 19	Wed 20	Thu 21		Fri 22		Sat 23
Men's singles								P				¼		½	F
Men's team	P		B		½	B	F
Women's singles							P				¼	½	F
Women's team	P		B	½	B	F

Participating nations

A total of 171 athletes (86 men and 85 women), representing 56 NOCs, competed in four events.^[1]

•  Algeria (1)
•  Argentina (2)
•  Australia (6)
•  Austria (6)
•  Belarus (4)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Brazil (4)
•  Cameroon (1)
•  Canada (5)
•  China (6)
•  Colombia (1)
•  Republic of the Congo (2)
•  Croatia (6)
•  Czech Republic (2)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Dominican Republic (4)
•  Egypt (5)
•  France (4)
•  Germany (6)
•  Greece (3)
•  Hong Kong (6)
•  Hungary (4)
•  India (2)
•  Iran (1)
•  Italy (3)
•  Japan (6)
•  Jordan (1)
•  Kazakhstan (1)
•  Kuwait (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Luxembourg (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Netherlands (3)
•  Nigeria (6)
•  North Korea (5)
•  Paraguay (1)
•  Poland (4)
•  Portugal (3)
•  Romania (4)
•  Russia (5)
•  Serbia (1)
•  Singapore (6)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Korea (6)
•  Spain (5)
•  Sweden (3)
•  Chinese Taipei (5)
•  Thailand (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•  Turkey (2)
•  Ukraine (3)
•  United States (4)
•  Vanuatu (1)
•  Venezuela (1)
•  Vietnam (1)

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	4	2	2	8
2	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	0	1
4	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Ma Lin  China	Wang Hao  China	Wang Liqin  China
Men's team details	China (CHN) Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin	Germany (GER) Christian Suss Dimitrij Ovtcharov Timo Boll	South Korea (KOR) Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min Yoon Jae-young
Women's singles details	Zhang Yining  China	Wang Nan  China	Guo Yue  China
Women's team details	China (CHN) Guo Yue Wang Nan Zhang Yining	Singapore (SIN) Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu	South Korea (KOR) Dang Ye-seo Kim Kyung-ah Park Mi-young

See also

• Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics