Table tennis at the Summer Olympics

Table tennis at the Summer Olympics
IOC Code	TTE
Governing body	ITTF
Events	6 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 2)
Summer Olympics
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Medalists

Table tennis competition has been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988, with singles and doubles events for men and women. ^{[1] [2]} Athletes from China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 66 medals in 42 events, including 37 out of a possible 42 gold medals, and only failing to win at least one medal in one event, the inaugural men's singles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation 24 1988 4   China (1) 25 1992 4   China (2) 26 1996 4   China (3) 27 2000 4   China (4) 28 2004 4   China (5) 29 2008 4   China (6) 30 2012 4   China (7) 31 2016 4   China (8) 32 2020 5   China (9) 33 2024 5   China (10) 34 2028 6

Events

In 1992 (only), two bronze medals were awarded in each event. In 2008, the doubles events were replaced by team events to lessen the emphasis on doubles play. Chinese table tennis team won 8 medals and made podium sweeps on the men's and women's singles events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Due to China's dominance in the sport, the format was changed for the 2012 Olympics so that each NOC may enter up to two competitors in singles events. With gender equality a big focus, mixed doubles event became one of the nine new mixed-gender events at the 2020 Summer Olympics. ^[3] The IOC will introduce the mixed team event for the 2028 Summer Olympics, while the men's and women's team events will be dropped and in their places are scheduled to be reinstated as men's and women's doubles events. ^{[4] [5]}

Event	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	28	Years
Men's singles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Men's doubles	X	X	X	X	X						X	6
Men's team						X	X	X	X	X		5
Women's singles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Women's doubles	X	X	X	X	X						X	6
Women's team						X	X	X	X	X		5
Mixed doubles									X	X	X	3
Mixed team											X	1
Events	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6

Medal table

See also: List of Olympic medalists in table tennis

Updated after the 2024 Olympics.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China  (CHN)	37	21	8	66
2	South Korea  (KOR)	3	3	14	20
3	Japan  (JPN)	1	4	5	10
4	Sweden  (SWE)	1	3	1	5
5	Germany  (GER)	0	4	5	9
6	North Korea  (PRK)	0	2	3	5
7	France  (FRA)	0	1	3	4
8	Chinese Taipei  (TPE)	0	1	2	3
	Singapore  (SIN)	0	1	2	3
10	Hong Kong  (HKG)	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia  (YUG)	0	1	1	2
12	Denmark  (DEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		42	42	46	130

Source: ^[6]

Number of athletes by nation

In addition to independent Olympians and the Unified Team in 1992, athletes from 108 NOCs had competed in the Olympic table tennis tournaments. ^[7]

Nation	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
Algeria  (ALG)	–	–	–	2	5	1	–	–	1	2	5
Argentina  (ARG)	1	2	–	2	3	2	1	–	2	1	8
Australia  (AUS)	3	2	5	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	10
Austria  (AUT)	2	2	4	5	4	6	6	6	6	2	10
Belarus  (BLR)	URS	EUN	2	5	5	4	3	3	–	AIN	6
Belgium  (BEL)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	–	–	2	8
Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)	YUG	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2
Brazil  (BRA)	2	4	4	3	5	4	6	6	6	6	10
Bulgaria  (BUL)	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	3
Cameroon  (CMR)	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	1	4
Canada  (CAN)	3	2	5	6	4	5	4	2	3	4	10
Chile  (CHI)	3	3	4	5	4	–	1	–	1	3	8
China  (CHN)	7	8	8	9	9	6	6	6	7	6	10
Chinese Taipei  (TPE)	6	–	6	7	4	5	3	6	6	6	9
Colombia  (COL)	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	3
Republic of the Congo  (CGO)	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	3	–	1	4
Democratic Republic of the Congo  (COD)	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	1
Croatia  (CRO)	YUG	2	4	4	3	6	4	1	3	4	9
Cuba  (CUB)	–	4	–	5	–	–	1	2	2	3	6
Czech Republic  (CZE)	TCH		3	2	4	2	2	4	2	1	8
Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	4	5	Dissolved								2
Denmark  (DEN)	–	–	–	2	2	1	3	1	1	3	7
Djibouti  (DJI)	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
Dominican Republic  (DOM)	3	–	1	–	2	4	1	–	–	–	5
Ecuador  (ECU)	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	3
Egypt  (EGY)	3	2	–	5	–	5	6	5	6	7	8
Estonia  (EST)	URS	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Fiji  (FIJ)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	3
Finland  (FIN)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
France  (FRA)	2	6	6	5	1	4	3	4	6	6	10
Germany  (GER)	–	5	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	9
Ghana  (GHA)	1	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Great Britain  (GBR)	4	6	4	1	–	–	6	3	3	2	8
Greece  (GRE)	–	–	2	2	4	3	2	1	1	1	8
Guyana  (GUY)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2
Honduras  (HON)	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
Hong Kong  (HKG)	6	4	4	4	8	6	6	6	6	4	10
Hungary  (HUN)	5	1	4	3	3	4	4	3	6	3	10
Independent Olympic Athletes  (IOA)	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
India  (IND)	3	4	2	3	2	2	2	4	4	6	10
Indonesia  (INA)	1	3	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
Iran  (IRI)	–	1	–	1	1	1	2	3	1	3	8
Iraq  (IRQ)	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Israel  (ISR)	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
Italy  (ITA)	1	1	3	–	5	3	2	–	1	2	8
Jamaica  (JAM)	1	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Japan  (JPN)	7	8	8	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	10
Jordan  (JOR)	1	1	–	1	1	1	–	–	–	1	6
Kazakhstan  (KAZ)	URS	EUN	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	1	4
Kuwait  (KUW)	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	3
Latvia  (LAT)	URS	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
Lebanon  (LBN)	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	4
Libya  (LBA)	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Lithuania  (LTU)	URS	–	1	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	3
Luxembourg  (LUX)	–	–	–	2	–	1	1	1	2	3	6
Madagascar  (MAD)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Malaysia  (MAS)	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Maldives  (MDV)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Mauritius  (MRI)	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Mexico  (MEX)	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	2	–	2	5
Moldova  (MDA)	URS	EUN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Monaco  (MON)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2
Mongolia  (MGL)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	1
Morocco  (MAR)	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Nepal  (NEP)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Netherlands  (NED)	2	3	6	2	2	3	3	3	1	1	10
New Zealand  (NZL)	2	3	1	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	5
Nigeria  (NGR)	6	6	4	7	8	6	4	5	4	4	10
North Korea  (PRK)	–	8	7	–	4	5	6	3	–	3	7
Pakistan  (PAK)	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Paraguay  (PAR)	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	3
Peru  (PER)	1	4	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	4
Philippines  (PHI)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
Poland  (POL)	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	6	3	5	10
Portugal  (POR)	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	5	5	5	5
Puerto Rico  (PUR)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	3	3
Qatar  (QAT)	–	–	1	1	–	–	1	1	–	–	4
ROC	URS	EUN	RUS						3	AIN	1
Romania  (ROU)	–	4	5	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	9
Russia  (RUS)	URS	EUN	4	3	6	5	5	3	ROC		6
Saudi Arabia  (KSA)	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	3
Senegal  (SEN)	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	1	3
Serbia  (SRB)	YUG	IOP	SCG			1	2	1	3	1	5
Serbia and Montenegro  (SCG)	YUG	IOP	3	2	3	Dissolved					3
Singapore  (SGP)	–	–	1	2	4	6	6	5	4	3	8
Slovakia  (SVK)	TCH		1	–	–	1	–	3	3	1	5
Slovenia  (SLO)	YUG	1	–	–	–	1	1	1	3	3	6
South Africa  (RSA)	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
South Korea  (KOR)	7	8	8	8	9	6	7	6	6	6	10
Soviet Union  (URS)	5	EUN	Dissolved								1
Spain  (ESP)	–	4	–	–	1	5	5	3	3	2	7
Sudan  (SUD)	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Sweden  (SWE)	4	6	7	6	3	3	3	5	5	6	10
Switzerland  (SUI)	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2
Syria  (SYR)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	2
Thailand  (THA)	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	7
Togo  (TOG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	2
Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2
Tunisia  (TUN)	4	3	1	1	2	–	–	1	2	–	7
Turkey  (TUR)	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	2	–	1	4
Turkmenistan  (TKM)	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Uganda  (UGA)	–	1	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Ukraine  (UKR)	–	–	–	1	–	3	4	2	3	3	6
Unified Team  (EUN)	URS	6	Dissolved								1
United States  (USA)	3	5	6	8	7	4	4	6	6	4	10
Uzbekistan  (UZB)	URS	EUN	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2
Vanuatu  (VAN)	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	1	1	1	5
Venezuela  (VEN)	2	–	1	2	2	1	1	1	–	–	7
Vietnam  (VIE)	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	2
West Germany  (FRG)	6	GER									1
Yugoslavia  (YUG)	5	Dissolved									1
Nations	41	48	51	48	50	56	57	56	57	60
Athletes	129	159	166	171	172	171	174	172	173	175
Year	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24

Winners

Further information: List of Olympic medalists in table tennis

See also

• List of Olympic venues in table tennis
• List of naturalised Olympic table tennis players from China
• Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics
• Table tennis at the Youth Olympic Games

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