Table tennis at the 2022 Asian Games | |
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Venue | Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium |
Dates | 22 September – 2 October 2023 |
Competitors | 174 from 24 nations |
Table tennis at the 2022 Asian Games was held in Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China, from 22 September to 2 October 2023. [1]
China continued to dominate at table tennis in the Asian games, winning six out of seven gold medals. Only South Korea's victory in the women's doubles denied China a clean sweep of the gold medals on offer.
P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
Event↓/Date → | 22nd Fri | 23rd Sat | 24th Sun | 25th Mon | 26th Tue | 27th Wed | 28th Thu | 29th Fri | 30th Sat | 1st Sun | 2nd Mon | ||||
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Men's singles | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||
Men's doubles | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||
Men's team | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||
Women's singles | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||
Women's doubles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||
Women's team | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||
Mixed doubles | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
2 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
3 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
7 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
A total of 174 athletes from 24 nations competed in table tennis at the 2022 Asian Games: [2]
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