1999 World Table Tennis Championships

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The 1999 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Eindhoven from August 2 to August 8, 1999. [1] [2] The Championships were originally scheduled from April 26 to May 9 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia but were postponed after the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War in March 1999. [3] Individual events were relocated to Eindhoven and team competitions were moved to Kuala Lumpur in 2000.

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Results

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Guoliang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin Flag of Austria.svg Werner Schlager
Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Ove Waldner
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Ji-hae
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Nan
Men's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Guoliang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Sen
Flag of Croatia.svg Zoran Primorac
Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Samsonov
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Taek-soo
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sang-joon
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ju
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Jin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Ying
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yingying
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Moo-kyo
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Hae-jung
Mixed doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yingying
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Zhe
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Jin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qin Zhijian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Ying

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References

  1. "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "ITTF postpones World Championships". AP. 25 March 1999. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013.