| Table tennis at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Estació del Nord Sports Hall |
| Dates | 28 July to 6 August 1992 |
| Competitors | 159 from 48 nations |
| Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Singles | men | women |
| Doubles | men | women |
The table tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics consisted of four events. [1] Bronze medal match was dropped with both losing semi-finalists receiving bronze medals, but it was brought back in Atlanta 1996.
A total of 159 athletes (80 men and 79 women), representing 48 NOCs, competed in four events. [2]
Argentina (2)
Australia (2)
Austria (2)
Belgium (2)
Brazil (4)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (2)
Chile (3)
China (8)
Croatia (2)
Cuba (4)
Czechoslovakia (5)
Ecuador (1)
Egypt (2)
Estonia (1)
France (6)
Germany (5)
Ghana (2)
Great Britain (6)
Hong Kong (4)
Hungary (1)
India (4)
Independent Olympic Athletes (5)
Indonesia (3)
Iran (1)
Italy (1)
Jamaica (1)
Japan (8)
Jordan (1)
Libya (1)
Morocco (1)
Netherlands (3)
New Zealand (3)
Nigeria (6)
North Korea (8)
Peru (4)
Poland (3)
Romania (4)
Saudi Arabia (1)
Slovenia (1)
South Africa (2)
South Korea (8)
Spain (4)
Sweden (6)
Tunisia (3)
Uganda (1) Unified Team (6)
United States (5)| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles | Jan-Ove Waldner  Sweden | Jean-Philippe Gatien  France | Kim Taek-soo  South Korea |
Ma Wenge  China | |||
| Men's doubles | Lü Lin and Wang Tao (CHN) | Steffen Fetzner and Jörg Roßkopf (GER) | Kang Hee-chan and Lee Chul-seung (KOR) |
| Kim Taek-soo and Yoo Nam-kyu (KOR) | |||
| Women's singles | Deng Yaping China | Qiao Hong China | Li Bun-hui  North Korea |
| Hyun Jung-hwa South Korea | |||
| Women's doubles | Deng Yaping and Qiao Hong (CHN) | Chen Zihe and Gao Jun (CHN) | Li Bun-hui and Yu Sun-bok (PRK) |
| Hyun Jung-hwa and Hong Cha-ok (KOR) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
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