Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Table tennis
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Table tennis - Paris 2024.svg
Venue Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Dates27 July – 10 August 2024
No. of events5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors175 from 60 nations
  2020
2028  

The table tennis tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 27 July to 10 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. [1] [2] A total of 175 table tennis players, with an equal distribution between men and women, competed across five medal events (two per gender and a mixed) at these Games, the exact same amount as those in the previous editions. After a successful tournament during the 2020 Summer Olympics, the mixed doubles event remained in the table tennis program for the second time at the Olympics. [3]

Chinese players swept all of the available events, winning five gold medals. [4]

Qualification

172 table tennis quota places, with an equal split between men and women, were available for Paris 2024; NOCs could enter a maximum of six table tennis players across five medal events (men's and women's singles; men's and women's teams, and mixed doubles) with a maximum of two each for the men's and women's singles. [3] The host nation France reserved a direct spot each in the men's and women's teams, respectively, with one per gender competing in the singles tournament; and in the mixed doubles (previously inaugurated in Tokyo 2020). [5] [6] [7]

Each team event features a draw of sixteen NOCs with a trio of table tennis players. The initial half of the total quota will be awarded to the quarterfinalists at the 2024 ITTF World Teams Championships, scheduled for February 16 to 25 in Busan, South Korea, while six continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, with the Americas divided between North and Latin for an ITTF competition) will offer the men's and women's team spot each to the top-ranked NOC from a respective continent. Apart from the host nation, the remaining slot will be attributed to the highest-ranked eligible NOC based on the ITTF World Team Ranking list of March 2024. [3]

The mixed doubles tournament shares the same amount with the teams, consisting of sixteen NOCs with a pair of table tennis players. The initial quarter of the total quota will be awarded to the semifinalists of the designated qualifying meet, scheduled for March or April 2024, while six continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, with the Americas divided between North and Latin for an ITTF competition) will offer the mixed doubles spot each to the top-ranked NOC from a respective continent. Apart from the host nation, the five highest-ranked eligible pairs will obtain the remaining berths to complete the field based on the ITTF World Ranking list of May 7, 2024. [3]

About 70 table tennis players may participate in the men's and women's singles, depending on the number of slots available after the distribution of the mixed doubles quota. Each NOC can enter a maximum of four table tennis players (two per gender). Thirty-two places are reserved for each of the qualified men's and women's teams, with twenty-two more attributed to the individuals coming from NOCs without a qualified team through the continental meets organized by ITTF (four for Africa, six each for Asia and Europe, five for the Americas, and one for Oceania). A maximum of fifteen table tennis players will secure a spot through the ITTF World Singles Ranking list of June 18, 2024, respecting the four-player (two per gender) NOC limit, while the remaining men's and women's singles spots are entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have their table tennis players compete for Paris 2024 under the Universality system. [3]

Participating nations

There were 60 participating nations:

Competition schedule

Legend
PPreliminary round¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsFFinal
Schedule [8]
Event↓ / Date →Sat 27Sun 28Mon 29Tue 30Wed 31Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 9Sat 10
Men's singles P¼½F
Men's team P¼½F
Women's singles P¼½F
Women's team P¼½F
Mixed doubles P¼½F

Medal summary

A total of 15 medals were won by six NOC's. [9]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5106
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0202
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0112
4Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 0101
5Flag of France.svg  France*0022
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0022
Totals (6 entries)55515

Medalists

During the competition Matchs de 32e de finale - Tennis de table Jeux Olympiques 2024 - Paris Arena Sud - 2024-07-29 - 14.jpg
During the competition
EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles
details
Fan Zhendong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Truls Möregårdh
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Félix Lebrun
Flag of France.svg  France
Men's team
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Fan Zhendong
Ma Long
Wang Chuqin
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Anton Källberg
Kristian Karlsson
Truls Möregårdh
Flag of France.svg  France
Simon Gauzy
Alexis Lebrun
Félix Lebrun
Women's singles
details
Chen Meng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Sun Yingsha
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Hina Hayata
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Women's team
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Sun Yingsha
Wang Manyu
Chen Meng
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Hina Hayata
Miwa Harimoto
Miu Hirano
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Shin Yu-bin
Jeon Ji-hee
Lee Eun-hye
Mixed doubles
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Wang Chuqin
Sun Yingsha
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Ri Jong-sik
Kim Kum-yong
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Lim Jong-hoon
Shin Yu-bin

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