Table tennis at the Summer Youth Olympics | |
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Governing body | ITTF |
Events | 3 (men: 1; womens: 1; mixed: 1) |
Games | |
Table tennis was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2010. There's one singles event for both boys and girls. Moreover, a mixed-NOC team event is staged every Games.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
2 | Japan | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
3 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
– | Mixed-NOCs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
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