Table tennis at the Olympic Games
Table tennis · the IOC, with the ITTF
Table tennis has been held at every Games since Seoul 1988. Men's and women's doubles were held from 1988 to 2004 and were replaced by team events from Beijing 2008; mixed doubles was added at Tokyo 2020 [from the rows].
- Next
- Los Angeles 2028, 14 to 30 July
- Most golds (nation)
- China, 37 of the 42 awarded
- Most golds (player)
- Ma Long (China), 6
- India
- No medal; best result =5, women's team, Paris 2024
- Cycle
- Every four years
Golds not won by China
Tokyo 20201 event
Event Champion Mixed doubles Japan (Jun Mizutani, Mima Ito) Athens 20041 event
Event Champion Men's singles Ryu Seung-min (South Korea) Barcelona 19921 event
Event Champion Men's singles Jan-Ove Waldner (Sweden) Seoul 19881 event
Event Champion Women's doubles South Korea (Hyun Jung-hwa, Yang Young-ja) Seoul 19881 event
Event Champion Men's singles Yoo Nam-kyu (South Korea)
India at the Olympic Games
India has entered every Games since 1988. Its best results:
| Games | Event | Players | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris 2024 | Women's team | Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra, Archana Kamath | =5 |
| Paris 2024 | Women's singles | Sreeja Akula; Manika Batra | =9 each |
| Paris 2024 | Men's team | Sharath Kamal Achanta, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar | =9 |
| Tokyo 2020 | Mixed doubles | Sharath Kamal Achanta, Manika Batra | =9 |
Sharath Kamal Achanta played five Games, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020 and 2024.
More about this tournament
Paris 2024 champions
| Section | Event | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| Men | Singles | Fan Zhendong (China) |
| Men | Team | China (Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Fan Zhendong) |
| Women | Singles | Chen Meng (China) |
| Women | Team | China (Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng) |
| Mixed | Doubles | China (Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha) |
Medal table (1988 to 2024, top 10)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 37 | 21 | 8 | 66 |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | North Korea | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | France | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Singapore | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
History
How it began
Seoul 1988 held four events, men's and women's singles and doubles; Yoo Nam-kyu of South Korea won the men's singles and Chen Jing of China the women's.
Champions by era
China has won 37 of the 42 golds, including every gold at Paris 2024. Ma Long won six, the most of any player [from the rows].
India's story
India's women's team reached the last eight at Paris 2024, India's best Olympic result in the sport; Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra each reached the last 16 of the women's singles there.
Firsts and facts
- First Games with table tennis: Seoul 1988.
- Team events: from Beijing 2008. Mixed doubles: from Tokyo 2020.
- India's best result: =5, women's team, 2024.