Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles explained

Event:	Table tennis – Men's doubles
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	State Sports Centre
Date:	16 to 23 September 2000
Competitors:	72
Nations:	29
Gold:	Wang Liqin Yan Sen
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Liu Guoliang Kong Linghui
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Jean-Philippe Gatien Patrick Chila
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

See main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

These are the results of the men's doubles competition, one of two events for male competitors in table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.^[1]

Among 36 entries, eight seeded pairs were allocated into the draw of knockout stage which started from the round of 16. The rest 28 pairs were reduced to 24 pairs by four knockout matches. 24 pairs competed in eight groups of three pairs per group. Winners of each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Seeds

(final, silver medalists)
(champions, gold medalists)
(quarterfinals)
(semifinals, bronze medalists)
(quarterfinals)
(first round)
(quarterfinals)
(semifinals, fourth place)

Qualification round

The winners of each qualification match advanced to the group stage.

Pair 1	Pair 2
beat
beat
beat
beat

Group stage

Group A

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	width=30	FRA!	width=30	CAN!	width=30	ARG
1		2	0	4	1	96	80	X	2–1	2–0
2		1	1	3	3	115	102	1–2	X	2–1
3		0	2	1	4	73	102	0–2	1–2	X

Group B

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	width=30	NED!	width=30	NGR!	width=30	IND
1		2	0	4	1	96	86	X	2–1	2–0
2		1	1	3	3	119	117	1–2	X	2–1
3		0	2	1	4	94	106	0–2	1–2	X

Group C

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	width=30	HKG!	width=30	GRE!	width=30	AUS
1		2	0	4	1	98	79	X	2–1	2–0
2		1	1	3	2	91	82	1–2	X	2–0
3		0	2	0	4	56	84	0–2	0–2	X

Group D

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	width=30	DEN!	width=30	JPN!	width=30	USA
1		2	0	4	0	84	42	X	2–0	2–0
2		1	1	2	2	65	63	0–2	X	2–0
3		0	2	0	4	40	84	0–2	0–2	X

Group E

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	width=30	JPN!	width=30	BEL!	width=30	CHI
1		2	0	4	0	84	39	X	2–0	2–0
2		1	1	2	2	63	74	0–2	X	2–0
3		0	2	0	4	50	84	0–2	0–2	X

Group F

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	width=30	SWE!	width=30	BLR!	width=30	USA
1		2	0	4	1	102	81	X	2–0	2–1
2		1	1	2	2	83	78	0–2	X	2–0
3		0	2	1	4	72	98	1–2	0–2	X

Group G

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	width=30	POL!	width=30	BRA!	width=30	CZE
1		2	0	4	0	84	57	X	2–0	2–0
2		1	1	2	2	70	76	0–2	X	2–0
3		0	2	0	4	63	84	0–2	0–2	X

Group H

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	width=30	YUG!	width=30	GER!	width=30	AUS
1		2	0	4	0	84	51	X	2–0	2–0
2		1	1	2	0	78	62	0–2	X	2–0
3		0	2	0	4	35	84	0–2	0–2	X

Competitors

Athlete	Nation	Eliminated
		Groups
		Groups
		Groups
		Groups
		Groups
Simon Gerada Mark Smythe		Groups
		Groups
		Groups
		Groups
		Groups
		Groups
		Groups
		Groups
		Groups
		Groups
		Groups
		16
		16
		16
		16
		16
		16
		16
		16
		8
		8
		8
		8
		4
		3
		2
		1

External links

Table Tennis. Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Results. Digitally published by the LA84 Foundation.
2000 Summer Olympics / Table Tennis / Doubles, Men. Olympedia.

Notes and References

Web site: Table Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Doubles, Men . Olympedia . 18 July 2020.