| Table tennis at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Seoul National University Gymnasium |
| Dates | 23 September to 1 October 1988 |
| Competitors | 129 from 41 nations |
| Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Singles | men | women |
| Doubles | men | women |
Table tennis was first included in the Olympic program at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, with four events contested. [1]
A total of 129 athletes (81 men and 48 women), representing 41 NOCs, competed in four events. [2]
Argentina (1)
Australia (3)
Austria (2)
Belgium (2)
Brazil (2)
Bulgaria (2)
Canada (3)
Chile (3)
China (7)
Czechoslovakia (4)
Dominican Republic (3)
Egypt (3)
France (2)
Ghana (1)
Great Britain (4)
Hong Kong (6)
Hungary (5)
India (3)
Indonesia (1)
Iraq (1)
Italy (1)
Jamaica (1)
Japan (7)
Jordan (1)
Malaysia (2)
Mauritius (2)
Netherlands (2)
New Zealand (2)
Nigeria (6)
Pakistan (1)
Peru (1)
Poland (3)
South Korea (7)
Soviet Union (5)
Sweden (4)
Chinese Taipei (6)
Tunisia (4)
United States (3)
Venezuela (2)
Yugoslavia (5)
West Germany (6)| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles | Yoo Nam-Kyu  South Korea | Kim Ki-Taik South Korea | Erik Lindh  Sweden |
| Men's doubles | Chen Longcan and Wei Qingguang (CHN) | Ilija Lupulesku and Zoran Primorac (YUG) | Ahn Jae-Hyung and Yoo Nam-Kyu (KOR) |
| Women's singles | Chen Jing  China | Li Huifen China | Jiao Zhimin China |
| Women's doubles | Hyun Jung-Hwa and Yang Young-Ja (KOR) | Chen Jing and Jiao Zhimin (CHN) | Jasna Fazlić and Gordana Perkučin (YUG) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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