Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Table tennis ; at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Oxenford Studios
Dates	5–15 April 2018
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Last updated February 26, 2019

Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Oxenford Studios on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5th to 15th.^[1]^[2] A total of nine events are scheduled to be held, three each for men and women and a mixed doubles event. A further two para sport events are also scheduled to be held.

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce one time on their side of the table, and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side at least once. A point is scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage.

The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was the fifth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games and the first time a major multi-sport event achieved gender equality by having an equal number of events for males and female athletes.

The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the Australian state of Queensland, approximately 66 kilometres (41 mi) south-southeast of the state capital Brisbane and immediately north of the border with New South Wales. With a census-estimated 2016 population of 638,090, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, making it the largest non-capital city, and Queensland's second-largest city.

Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	3	2	3	8
2	Singapore	3	2	1	6
3	England	2	2	2	6
4	Australia*	1	0	1	2
5	Nigeria	0	3	0	3
6	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
6	Wales	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		9	9	9	27

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Gao Ning Singapore	Quadri Aruna Nigeria	Sharath Achanta India
Women's singles details	Manika Batra India	Yu Mengyu Singapore	Feng Tianwei Singapore

Men's doubles details	England Paul Drinkhall Liam Pitchford	India Sharath Achanta Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	India Harmeet Desai Sanil Shankar Shetty
Women's doubles details	Singapore Feng Tianwei Yu Mengyu	India Manika Batra Mouma Das	Malaysia Ho Ying Karen Lyne
Mixed doubles details	Singapore Gao Ning Yu Mengyu	England Liam Pitchford Tin-Tin Ho	India Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Manika Batra

Men's team details	India Sharath Achanta Anthony Amalraj Harmeet Desai Sanil Shetty Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Nigeria Bode Abiodun Quadri Aruna Azeez Jamiu Olajide Omotayo Segun Toriola	England Paul Drinkhall David McBeath Liam Pitchford Sam Walker
Women's team details	India Manika Batra Mouma Das Sutirtha Mukherjee Madhurika Patkar Pooja Sahasrabudhe	Singapore Feng Tianwei Lin Ye Yu Mengyu Zhang Wanling Zhou Yihan	England Tin-Tin Ho Denise Payet Kelly Sibley Maria Tsaptsinos

Para

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's TT6-10 details	Ross Wilson England	Kim Daybell England	Joshua Stacey Wales
Women's TT6-10 details	Melissa Tapper Australia	Faith Obazuaye Nigeria	Andrea McDonnell Australia

Participating nations

There are 35 participating nations in Table tennis with a total of 160 athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Australia competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was Australia's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. Australia previously hosted the Games four times – 1938 Sydney, 1962 Perth, 1982 Brisbane and 2006 Melbourne.

The Bahamas competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. The Bahamas announced it will send a squad of 31 athletes. It was The Bahamas's 15th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

Barbados competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. It was Barbados's 16th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

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References

↑ "Official Ticketing Guide" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
↑ "Venues". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

External links

Results Book – Table tennis

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[schedule-1] "Official Ticketing Guide" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[2] "Venues". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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