Table tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 13 to August 23, at the Peking University Gymnasium. The competition featured the team events for the first time, replacing the doubles events competed in previous games. A total of four sets of medals were awarded for the four events contested. China, as the host country, would win every medal possible, claiming the podium in both the Men's and Women's Singles events and claiming Gold in both the Men's and Women's Team Event, leading the IOC and ITTF, to change the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics, to ensure that countries could only enter 2, instead of 3 athletes into the Singles event.
Qualification
Competition schedule PPreliminary rounds¼QuarterfinalsBBronze playoff½SemifinalsFFinal Event↓/Date → Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Sun 17 Mon 18 Tue 19 Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Men's singles P ¼ ½F Men's team P B ½ B F Women's singles P ¼ ½ F Women's team P B ½ B F
Participating nations A total of 171 athletes (86 men and 85 women), representing 56 NOCs, competed in four events.
Medal summary
Medal table
Events Men's singles Men's team Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin Christian Suss Dimitrij Ovtcharov Timo Boll Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min Yoon Jae-young Women's singles Women's team Guo Yue Wang Nan Zhang Yining Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu Dang Ye-seo Kim Kyung-ah Park Mi-young
See also Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Table Tennis Official Results Book. Official Report of the XXIX Olympiad. Digitally published by the LA84 Foundation.
Table Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Olympedia.