Major achievements in table tennis by nation

This is a list of achievements in major international table tennis events according to gold, silver and bronze medal results obtained by athletes representing different nations. The objective is not to create a combined medal table; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by athletes in major global events, ranking the countries according to the most podiums accomplished by athletes of these nations. In order to be considered for the making of the list, competitions must be ranked among the highest possible rank (R1) by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF); ^[1] these competitions are: 1) Summer Olympic Games, 2) Youth Olympic Games, 3) World Table Tennis Championships, 4) ITTF World Youth Championships, and 5) Table Tennis World Cup. ^[2] Masters, as well as Para meets, such as the Para World Championships and the Paralympic Games, were not taken into consideration, as per ITTF guidelines.

Results

The conventions used on this table follow the ITTF guidelines, namely: MS for men's singles, WS for women's singles, MD for men's doubles, WD for women's doubles, XD for mixed doubles, MT for men's team and WT for women's team. The Mixed Team event at the World Cup and the Youth Olympic Games is referred to as XT.

Notes

• A red background   indicates that the result was achieved in doubles or mixed team events where each athlete represented a different country. These results are considered valid for both countries and accounted for in the final ranking.
• The table is pre-sorted by total number of medal results. In case of a tie, countries are then compared according to most gold medal results, silver medal results and bronze medal results, respectively. Persisting a tie, equal ranks are given, with countries being listed in alphabetical order.

Senior

Best international results by nation (1926 – May 2025)

		World Championships							Olympic Games							World Cup
Rk.	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MT	WT	XT
1	China
2	South Korea
3	Japan
4	Germany
5	Hong Kong
6	Chinese Taipei
7	North Korea
8	France
9	Hungary
10	Austria
11	Czechoslovakia
12	England
13	United States
14	Romania
15	Yugoslavia
16	Sweden
17	Singapore
18	Poland
19	Soviet Union
20	Belgium
21	West Germany
22	Belarus
23	Korea
24	Croatia
25	Egypt
26	Wales
27	Greece
28	Brazil
28	Russia
30	Scotland
31	East Germany
32	Luxembourg
32	Spain
34	Denmark
34	India
34	Portugal
37	Netherlands
38	Canada
38	Italy
40	New Zealand
40	Vietnam

Junior and Youth

Best international results by nation (2003 – May 2025)

		Youth Olympics			World Junior Championships (U18)
Rk.	Nation	MS	WS	XT	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT
1	China
2	Japan
3	South Korea
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Hong Kong
6	Germany
7	Romania
8	France
9	Russia
10	Poland
10	United States
12	Hungary
12	Serbia and Montenegro
14	England
14	North Korea
14	Singapore
14	Spain
18	Croatia
18	Serbia
20	Portugal
20	Sweden
22	Brazil
22	Canada
22	Czech Republic
25	India
25	Italy
25	Slovenia
25	Tunisia 1

¹ The medal was officially awarded under the Olympic flag at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics to a Mixed-NOCs team consisting of one athlete from China and one athlete from Tunisia.

Further reading

• Table tennis at the Summer Olympics
• World Table Tennis Championships
  • List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
• Table Tennis World Cup
• Table tennis at the Youth Olympic Games
• ITTF World Youth Championships
  • List of World Junior Table Tennis Championships medalists

See also

Major tournaments for disabled athletes

• Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics
• World Para Table Tennis Championships

Other major world tournaments

• List of ITTF World Tour Grand Finals medalists
• Table tennis at the Summer Universiade

Continental tournaments

• Asian Table Tennis Championships
• Table tennis at the Asian Games
• European Table Tennis Championships
• Table tennis at the 2015 European Games
• Table tennis at the Pan American Games

Achievements in sports

• List of major achievements in sports by nation

References

1. ITTF WR Events
2. Sports 123 (archived)