Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 1

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Table tennis
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Dates25–30 August 2021
Competitors21 from 17 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Joo Young-dae Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Silver medal icon.svg Kim Hyeon-uk Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Bronze medal icon.svg Nam Ki-won Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Bronze medal icon.svg Thomas Matthews Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
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The Men's individual table tennis – Class 1 tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics [1] in Tokyo took place between 25 and 30 August 2021 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Classes 1–5 were for athletes with a physical impairment that affected their legs, and who competed in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment aws on an athlete's ability to compete.

Contents

In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in seven groups of three. Winners and runners-up of each group qualified for the knock-out stage, with the best two group winners receiving a bye to the quarter-finals and the other 12 teams playing from the round of 16. In this edition of the Games, no bronze medal match was held. Losers of each semifinal were automatically awarded a bronze medal.

Results

All times are local time in UTC+9.

Preliminary round

The first two matches were played on 25 August, and the third on 26 August.

Qualified for the knock-out stage

Group A

SeedAthleteMatches wonMatches lostGames wonGames lostPoints
diff
Rank
1Flag of South Korea.svg  Joo Young-dae  (KOR)201
8Flag of Italy.svg  Federico Falco  (ITA)112
9Flag of Argentina.svg  Fernando Eberhardt  (ARG)023

Group B

SeedAthleteMatches wonMatches lostGames wonGames lostPoints
diff
Rank
7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Thomas Matthews  (GBR)201
2Flag of South Korea.svg  Nam Ki-won  (KOR)112
10Flag placeholder.svg  Dmitrii Lavrov  (RPC)023

Group C

SeedAthleteMatches wonMatches lostGames wonGames lostPoints
diff
Rank
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Endre Major  (HUN)201
6Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Borgato  (ITA)112
12Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Godfrey  (USA)023

Group D

SeedAthleteMatches wonMatches lostGames wonGames lostPoints
diff
Rank
4Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Hyeon-uk  (KOR)201
5Flag of Cuba.svg  Yunier Fernandez Izquierdo  (CUB)112
11Flag of Switzerland.svg  Silvio Keller  (SUI)023

Final rounds

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
                     
A1 Flag of South Korea.svg  Joo Young-dae  (KOR)8 11112 11
B2 Flag of Cuba.svg  Yunier Fernandez Izquierdo  (CUB)118 4 117
A1 Flag of South Korea.svg  Joo Young-dae  (KOR)111111
D2 Flag of South Korea.svg  Nam Ki-won  (KOR)Bronze medal icon.svg6 3 8
D2 Flag of South Korea.svg  Nam Ki-won  (KOR)111411
C1 Flag of Hungary.svg  Endre Major  (HUN)6 12 3
A1 Flag of South Korea.svg  Joo Young-dae  (KOR)Gold medal icon.svg11132 12
D1 Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Hyeon-uk  (KOR)Silver medal icon.svg8 11 1110
D1 Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Hyeon-uk  (KOR)111111
A2 Flag of Italy.svg  Federico Falco  (ITA)7 6 5
D1 Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Hyeon-uk  (KOR)111211
B1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Thomas Matthews  (GBR)Bronze medal icon.svg7 10 9
C2 Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Borgato  (ITA)9 124 12
B1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Thomas Matthews  (GBR)1110 1114

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References

  1. "Table Tennis - Men's Singles - Class 1 Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.