Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics explained

Event:	Table tennis
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Dates:	25 August – 3 September 2021
Competitors:	280 in 31 events
Prev:	2016
Next:	2024

Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan took place at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.^[1] There were 280 qualified slots (174 male, 106 female) which competed in male and female events.^[2]

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^{[3] [4]}

Classification

There are 11 classifications in table tennis. Classes 1 – 5 are assigned to athletes who sit in a wheelchair while competing. Classes 6 – 10 are assigned to athletes who stands while competing. The lower number indicates a greater degree of impairment. Class 11 is for athletes with intellectual impairment.

Qualification

See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

Events

31 events were contested. The events are men's and women's team and individual competitions for the various disability classifications.

Men's singles Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6 Class 7 Class 8 Class 9 Class 10 Class 11

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Men's team Class 1–2 Class 3 Class 4–5 Class 6–7 Class 8 Class 9–10

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Women's singles Class 1–2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6 Class 7 Class 8 Class 9 Class 10 Class 11

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Women's team Class 1–3 Class 4–5 Class 6–8 Class 9–10

Participating nations

As of 25 August 2021.^[5]

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (Host country)

Schedule

Men

Events	Dates
	Wed 25 Aug	Thurs 26 Aug	Fri 27 Aug		Sat 28 Aug		Sun 29 Aug	Mon 30 Aug	Tues 31 Aug		Wed 1 Sept		Thurs 2 Sept	Fri 3 Sept
Men's individual C1	Q	¼	½			F
Men's individual C2	Q	¼	½			F
Men's individual C3	Q	¼	½	F
Men's individual C4	Q	¼	½			F
Men's individual C5	Q		¼	½		F
Men's individual C6	Q	¼	½	F
Men's individual C7	Q	¼	½	F
Men's individual C8	Q	½			F
Men's individual C9	Q		¼	½	F
Men's individual C10	Q	½		F
Men's individual C11	Q	¼	½		F
Men's team C1-2									Q	¼		½		F
Men's team C3									Q		¼	½	F
Men's team C4-5									Q	¼	½		F
Men's team C6-7									Q		¼	½		F
Men's team C8									Q	¼		½	F
Men's team C9-10									Q	¼	½			F

Women

Events	Dates
	Wed 25 Aug	Thurs 26 Aug	Fri 27 Aug		Sat 28 Aug		Sun 29 Aug	Mon 30 Aug	Tues 31 Aug		Wed 1 Sept		Thurs 2 Sept	Fri 3 Sept
Women's individual C1-2	Q	¼		½	F
Women's individual C3	Q	¼	½		F
Women's individual C4	Q	¼	½	F
Women's individual C5	Q	¼	½		F
Women's individual C6	Q	¼	½			F
Women's individual C7	Q	½			F
Women's individual C8	Q		½		F
Women's individual C9	Q		½		F
Women's individual C10	Q		½		F
Women's individual C11	Q		½	F
Women's team C1-3									Q	¼	½		F
Women's team C4-5									Q		¼	½		F
Women's team C6-8									Q	¼	½		F
Women's team C9-10									Q		¼	½		F

Medalists

Men

Men's individual	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
Men's team	1–2	Fabien Lamirault Stéphane Molliens	Cha Soo-yong Park Jin-cheol Kim Hyeon-uk	Martin Ludrovský Ján Riapoš
		Rafał Czuper Tomasz Jakimczuk
	3	Feng Panfeng Zhai Xiang Zhao Ping	Thomas Brüchle Thomas Schmidberger	Petr Svatoš Jiři Suchánek
			nowrap	Anurak Laowong Yuttajak Glinbancheun Thirayu Chueawong
	4–5	Cao Ningning Guo Xingyuan Zhang Yan	Kim Jung-gil Kim Young-gun Baek Young-bok	Boris Trávníček Peter Mihálik
				Florian Merrien Nicolas Savant-Aira Maxime Thomas
	6–7	Yan Shuo Liao Keli Chen Chao	Will Bayley Paul Karabardak	Thomas Rau Björn Schnake
				Jordi Morales Álvaro Valera
	8	Zhao Shuai Peng Weinan Ye Chaoqun	Viktor Didukh Maksym Nikolenko	Thomas Bouvais Clément Berthier
				Ross Wilson Aaron McKibbin Billy Shilton
	9–10	Lian Hao Zhao Yiqing	Ma Lin Joel Coughlan Nathan Pellissier	Ivan Mai Lev Kats
				Tajudeen Agunbiade Alabi Olufemi Victor Farinloye

Women

Women's individual	1–2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
Women's team	1–3	Xue Juan Li Qian Liu Jing	Yoon Ji-yu Lee Mi-gyu Seo Su-yeon	Michela Brunelli Giada Rossi
				Anđela Mužinić Helena Dretar Karić
	4–5	Zhang Bian Zhou Ying Zhang Miao	Anna-Carin Ahlquist Ingela Lundbäck	Megan Shackleton Sue Bailey
				Borislava Perić Nada Matić
	6–8	Mao Jingdian Huang Wenjuan Wang Rui	Frederique van Hoof Kelly van Zon	Anne Barnéoud Thu Kamkasomphou
				Viktoriia Safonova Maliak Alieva Raisa Chebanika
	9–10	Natalia Partyka Karolina Pęk	Yang Qian Lei Lina Melissa Tapper	nowrap	Bruna Costa Alexandre Danielle Rauen Jennyfer Marques Parinos
				Zhao Xiaojing Xiong Guiyan

See also

• Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Venues . 7 November 2018 . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . tokyo2020.org.
2. Web site: 2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide . 13 April 2021 . International Paralympic Committee.
3. Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee . International Olympic Committee . Olympic.org . 24 March 2020.
4. News: Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021 . . 30 March 2020.
5. Web site: 9 July 2021 . Tokyo 2020 final list of athletes and teams . International Table Tennis Federation.