Table tennis at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis
at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games
Table tennis; at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Singapore Indoor Stadium
Dates	21 – 26 August 2010
No. of events	3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)
Competitors	64 (32 boys, 32 girls) from 47 nations
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Last updated January 12, 2025

The table tennis competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics took place in Singapore Indoor Stadium between 21 and 26 August, with training hall set in National University of Singapore (NUS).^[1]^[2] 64 athletes composed of 32 boys and 32 girls at the age between 14 and 16 (born between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1995) competed in different events of Men's Singles and Women's Singles.^[3] Further, each athlete paired with another athlete of the opposite sex participated in Mixed Team event. Each team match consisted of the best of three matches. The Women's Singles was played first, followed by Men's Singles and Mixed Doubles.

Qualifiers

Singles

A total of 64 athletes qualified mainly from tournaments including ITTF Cadet Challenge, five ITTF Junior Circuit events, and five continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, Europe, Pan America, Oceania).^[3]^[4] The others qualified from ITTF under 15 world ranking and the host National Olympic Committee (NOC). The maximum number of athletes per NOC was one man and one woman.

Event (Qualifiers)	Date	Location	Qualifiers
Event (Qualifiers)	Date	Location	Men's Singles	Women's Singles
ITTF Cadet Challenge (4)	19–25 October 2009	Tokyo	Yin Hang (cancelled) Koki Niwa Simon Gauzy Hampus Soderlund Adem Hmam (reallocated)	Yang Ha-Eun Ayuka Tanioka Bernadette Szocs Sutashini Sawetabut
African Qualification Tournament (2)	21–23 November 2009	Cairo	Bedair Omar Ojo Onalaopo	Dina Mesheref Islem Laid
ITTF U-15 World Ranking (4)	31 December 2009	-	Hung Tzu-Hsiang Kim Dong-Hyun Chiu Chung Hei Phillip Kumiov (rejected) Ondrej Bajger (reallocated)	Gu Yuting Petrissa Solja Yana Noskova Isabelle Siyun LI
Pan American Qualification Tournament (3)	1–3 February 2010	San Salvador	Jouti Eric Rodrigo Tapia Pablo Saragovi	Ariel Hsing Caroline Kumahara Carelyn Cordero
ITTF Specific Tournament (1)	6–7 February 2010	Manama	Emilien Vanrossomme	Britt Eerland
ITTF Specific Tournament (1)	14–15 February 2010	Cairo	Leornado Mutti	Sofia Polcanova (rejected) Alice Loveridge (reallocated)
ITTF Specific Tournament (1)	23–24 March 2010	Lignano	Tamas Lakatos	Celine Pang
Oceanian Qualification Tournament (1)	1 April 2010	Auckland	Kevin Wu	Julia Wu
Asian Qualification Tournament (4)	2–4 April 2010	Bangkok	Kim Kwang-Song Hasintha Arsa Marakkala Avik Das Elmurod Holikov	Kim Song-i Ng Ka Yee Huang Hsin Mallika Bhandarkar
ITTF Specific Qualification Tournament (1)	10 April 2010	Auckland	Tanapol Santiwattanatarm	Lily Phan
European Qualification Tournament (4)	16–18 April 2010	Novara	Konrad Kulpa Luka Fucek Stefan Leitgeb Koen Hageraats	Mateja Jeger Olga Bliznet Alekseja Galič Mercedes Nagyvaradi
ITTF Specific Qualification Tournament (1)	24–25 April 2010	Valencia	Florian Wagner	Katsiaryna Baravok
Host Country Representation (1)	-	-	Clarence Chew	Qualified in previous tournament
Unused Quota of Host Country Representation (replacement)	-	-	Quota used	Maria Xiao
NOC Universality Places (4)	-	-	Luis Mejia Patrick Massah Warren Li Kam Wa Axel Gavilan	Jolie Mafuta Ivoso Letizia Giardi Nuwani G. Vithange Adielle Roshuevel
TOTAL			32	32

Mixed team

Qualified athletes from the same NOC teamed up first (17 teams).^[5]^[6] The remaining players formed continental mixed teams as a second option (2 African teams, 6 European teams, 3 Pan American teams), and an intercontinental team was the last consideration (4 teams).

Seed	Team	Female athlete	Male athlete
1	Japan (JPN)	Ayuka Tanioka (JPN)	Koki Niwa (JPN)
2	South Korea (KOR)	Yang Ha-Eun (KOR)	Kim Dong-Hyun (KOR)
3	Europe 1	Bernadette Szocs (ROU)	Hampus Soderlund (SWE)
4	Intercontinental 1	Gu Yuting (CHN)	Adem Hmam (TUN)
5	Germany (GER)	Petrissa Solja (GER)	Florian Wagner (GER)
6	Hong Kong (HKG)	Ng Ka Yee (HKG)	Chiu Chung Hei (HKG)
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Huang Hsin (TPE)	Hung Tzu-Hsiang (TPE)
8	France (FRA)	Celine Pang (FRA)	Simon Gauzy (FRA)
9	Singapore (SIN)	Isabelle Siyun LI (SIN)	Clarence Chew (SIN)
10	Croatia (CRO)	Mateja Jeger (CRO)	Luka Fucek (CRO)
11	Europe 2	Maria Xiao (POR)	Emilien Vanrossomme (BEL)
12	Thailand (THA)	Suthasini Sawettabut (THA)	Tanapol Santiwattanatarm (THA)
13	Egypt (EGY)	Dina Mesheref (EGY)	Bedair Omar (EGY)
14	Netherlands (NED)	Britt Eerland (NED)	Koen Hageraats (NED)
15	Hungary (HUN)	Mercedes Nagyvaradi (HUN)	Tamas Lakatos (HUN)
16	Pan America 1	Ariel Hsing (USA)	Axel Gavilan (PAR)
17	Europe 3	Alice Loveridge (GBR)	Leornado Mutti (ITA)
18	Brazil (BRA)	Caroline Kumahara (BRA)	Jouti Eric (BRA)
19	Europe 4	Olga Bliznet (MDA)	Konrad Kulpa (POL)
20	Europe 5	Katsiaryna Baravok (BLR)	Ondrej Bajger (CZE)
21	North Korea (PRK)	Kim Song-I (PRK)	Kim Kwang-Song (PRK)
22	Intercontinental 2	Yana Noskova (RUS)	Elmurod Holikov (UZB)
23	Pan America 2	Carelyn Cordero (PUR)	Pablo Saragovi (ARG)
24	India (IND)	Mallika Bhandarkar (IND)	Avik Das (IND)
25	Europe 6	Alekseja Galič (SLO)	Stefan Leitgeb (AUT)
26	Africa 1	Islem Laid (ALG)	Ojo Onalaopo (NGR)
27	Intercontinental 3	Lily Phan (AUS)	Luis Mejia (ESA)
28	Sri Lanka (SRI)	Nuwani G. Vithange (SRI)	Hasintha Arsa Marakkala (SRI)
29	New Zealand (NZL)	Julia Wu (NZL)	Kevin Wu (NZL)
30	Pan America 3	Adielle Roshuevel (GUY)	Rodrigo Tapia (ECU)
31	Intercontinental 4	Letizia Giardi (SMR)	Patrick Massah (MAW)
32	Africa 2	Jolie Mafuta Ivoso (CGO)	Warren Li Kam Wa (MRI)

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	2	0	0	2
2	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
3	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	1	2
4	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	0	1
4	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	0	1
6	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
–	Mixed-NOCs (MIX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		3	3	3	9

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Koki Niwa Japan	Hung Tzu-Hsiang Chinese Taipei	Simon Gauzy France
Women's singles details	Gu Yuting China	Isabelle Li Siyun Singapore	Yang Ha-Eun South Korea
Mixed team details	Japan (JPN) Ayuka Tanioka Koki Niwa	South Korea (KOR) Yang Ha-Eun Kim Dong-Hyun	Intercontinental 1 Gu Yuting (CHN) Adem Hmam (TUN)

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References

↑ "Webpage for 2010 First Youth Olympic Games at ITTF.com". ittf.com . ITTF. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.{{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
↑ "Specific Rules for 2010 Youth Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
1 2 "Qualification System for the First Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
↑ "Players Qualified for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore" (PDF). ITTF. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
↑ "YOG Clothing and Composition of Teams" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
↑ "Teams Seeding List of Youth Olympic Games 2010" (PDF). ITTF. 17 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

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[1] "Webpage for 2010 First Youth Olympic Games at ITTF.com". ittf.com . ITTF. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.{{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

[2] "Specific Rules for 2010 Youth Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[qualification-3] 1 2 "Qualification System for the First Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[4] "Players Qualified for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore" (PDF). ITTF. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[5] "YOG Clothing and Composition of Teams" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[6] "Teams Seeding List of Youth Olympic Games 2010" (PDF). ITTF. 17 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

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