Table tennis at the Commonwealth Games
Table tennis · Commonwealth Sport (the Commonwealth Games Federation)
Table tennis has been held at six Commonwealth Games, from Manchester 2002 to Birmingham 2022, with seven events for able-bodied players at each and one to four para events at most of them.
- Next
- Not held at Glasgow 2026; Ahmedabad 2030 confirmed. Table tennis and para table tennis are core sports on Commonwealth Sport's current list
- Most golds (nation)
- Singapore, 25; then India, 10
- India
- 27 medals: 10 gold, 5 silver, 12 bronze; second in the all-time table
- Cycle
- Every four years
India at the Commonwealth Games
India on the podium
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester 2002 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Melbourne 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Delhi 2010 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Glasgow 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gold Coast 2018 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Birmingham 2022 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | 10 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
India's golds:
Birmingham 20221 event
Event Winners Para women's C3–5 Bhavina Patel Birmingham 20221 event
Event Winners Mixed doubles Sharath Kamal, Sreeja Akula Birmingham 20221 event
Event Winners Men's team Harmeet Desai, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sharath Kamal, Sanil Shetty Birmingham 20221 event
Event Winners Men's singles Sharath Kamal Gold Coast 20181 event
Event Winners Women's team Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Madhurika Patkar, Pooja Sahasrabudhe Gold Coast 20181 event
Event Winners Men's team Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Gold Coast 20181 event
Event Winners Women's singles Manika Batra Delhi 20101 event
Event Winners Men's doubles Sharath Kamal, Subhajit Saha Melbourne 20061 event
Event Winners Men's team India Melbourne 20061 event
Event Winners Men's singles Sharath Kamal
More about this tournament
Birmingham 2022 champions
| Section | Event | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| Men | Singles | Sharath Kamal (India) |
| Men | Doubles | England (Paul Drinkhall, Liam Pitchford) |
| Men | Team | India (Harmeet Desai, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sharath Kamal, Sanil Shetty) |
| Women | Singles | Feng Tianwei (Singapore) |
| Women | Doubles | Singapore (Feng Tianwei, Zeng Jian) |
| Women | Team | Singapore (Zeng Jian, Zhou Jing Yi, Feng Tianwei, Wong Xin Ru) |
| Mixed | Doubles | India (Sharath Kamal, Sreeja Akula) |
| Para | Men's C3–5 | Jack Hunter-Spivey (England) |
| Para | Men's C8–10 | Joshua Stacey (Wales) |
| Para | Women's C3–5 | Bhavina Patel (India) |
| Para | Women's C6–10 | Yang Qian (Australia) |
Medal table (2002 to 2022)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 25 | 16 | 16 | 57 |
| 2 | India | 10 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | England | 9 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Australia | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Wales | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Para events included.
History
How it began
Table tennis joined the Commonwealth Games at Manchester 2002 with seven events and a women's wheelchair singles.
Champions by era
Singapore was the best nation at the first four Games; India was the best at Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022.
India's story
Sharath Kamal won the men's singles in 2006 and again in 2022, sixteen years apart; he is named in six of India's ten golds (the 2006 men's team gold has no names in the source). Manika Batra won the women's singles in 2018, and Bhavina Patel India's first para table tennis gold in 2022.
Firsts and facts
- First Games with table tennis: Manchester 2002.
- Best nation: Singapore 2002 to 2014, India 2018 and 2022.
- India's first para table tennis gold: Bhavina Patel, 2022.