Since table tennis was introduced to the Summer Olympics in 1988, only 38 table tennis players have represented China at the event. By contrast, at least 124 Chinese-born players have competed for other countries and territories. Table tennis is the only Olympic sport with over 30% of players representing an adopted country (more than double the rate for all other sports), and the vast majority hail from China. This list includes Hong Kong players from mainland China but not foreign-born players of Chinese descent (e.g. the entire 2012 U.S. team: Timothy Wang, Ariel Hsing, Erica Wu and Lily Zhang), with the exception of Hui So Hung who was born in Indonesia but was already a Chinese citizen when she emigrated to British Hong Kong in 1978.
Male players CountryPlayerOlympic appearancesLiu Song2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Justin Han2012Chris Yan2016Ding Yi1988, 1992, 1996, 2000Qian Qianli1996Chen Weixing2004, 2008, 2012Wenguan Johnny Huang1996, 2000, 2004Shen Qiang2008Wilson Zhang2008Eugene Wang2012, 2016, 2020Tan Ruiwu2008Lin Ju2004, 2008, 2012Lo Chuen Tsung1988, 1992, 1996Chan Kong Wah1996Cheung Yuk2000, 2004, 2008Leung Chu Yan2000, 2004, 2012Ko Lai Chak2004, 2008Li Ching2004, 2008Tang Peng2012, 2016Jiang Tianyi2012Yang Min2004Seiko Iseki2000represented China in 1988Shu Arai2004Yo Kan2008Wang Zengyi2012, 2016Li Ping2016Wang Jianan2016Gao Ning2008, 2012, 2016Yang Zi2008, 2012Cai Xiaoli2008Zhan Jian2012Chen Feng2016Wang Yang2016, 2020He Zhiwen2004, 2008, 2012, 2016Cem Zeng2008Bora Vang2012Ahmet Li2016Kou Lei2008, 2016, 2020Chen Xinhua1996David Zhuang1996, 2000, 2008Cheng Yinghua2000Feng Yijun2016
Female players CountryPlayerOlympic appearancesYing Kwok1992Shirley Zhou1996, 2000Stella Zhou1996, 2000Jian Fang Lay2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020Miao Miao2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Stephanie Sang2008Vivian Tan2012Ziyu Zhang2016Liu Jia2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016Li Qiangbing2008, 2012, 2016, 2020Gui Lin2012Barbara Chiu1992, 1996Geng Lijuan1996, 2000Chris Xu2000Xiao-Xiao Wang2000Zhang Mo2008, 2012, 2016, 2020Judy Long2008Zhiying Zeng2024Tian Yuan2012Wu Xue2004, 2008Lian Qian2008Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou1992, 1996Xian Yi Fang2008, 2012Li Xue2012, 2016Jia Nan Yuan2020Jie Schöpp1996, 2000, 2004Qianhong Gotsch2000Jing Tian-Zörner2000Wu Jiaduo2008, 2012Zhenqi Barthel2008Han Ying2016, 2020Shan Xiaona2016, 2020Hui So Hung1988Mok Ka Sha1988Chan Tan Lui1992, 1996Chai Po Wa1992, 1996Song Ah Sim2000Tie Ya Na2004, 2008, 2012, 2016Lau Sui Fei2004, 2008Lin Ling2004, 2008Jiang Huajun2012Wenling Tan Monfardini2004, 2008, 2012Chire Koyama1996, 2000Taeko Todo1996Dang Ye-seo2008, 2012Seok Ha-jung2012Jeon Ji-hee2016Ni Xialian2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020Xiaoxin Yang2020, 2024Li Jie2008, 2012, 2016Li Jiao2008, 2012, 2016Chunli Li1992, 1996, 2000, 2004Karen Li2000, 2004Li Qian2008, 2012, 2016Xu Jie2008Lei Huang Mendes2012Fu Yu2016, 2020Shao Jieni2016, 2020Yang Fen2008Han Xing2012, 2016Jing Junhong1996, 2000, 2004Li Jiawei2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Zhang Xueling2004Feng Tianwei2008, 2012, 2016, 2020Wang Yuegu2008, 2012Yu Mengyu2016, 2020Zhou Yihan2016Shen Yanfei2008, 2012, 2016Zhu Fang2008Li Fen2016Dai-Yong Tu1996Chen Jing1996, 2000represented China in 1988Xu Jing1996, 2000Chen-Tong Fei-Ming2000Melek Hu2008, 2012, 2016Na Liu2012Lily Yip1992, 1996Amy Feng1996Wei Wang1996Gao Jun2000, 2004, 2008represented China in 1992Crystal Huang2008Wang Chen2008Wu Yue2016Zheng Jiaqi2016
See also List of table tennis players
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