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

Event:	Table tennis – Men's singles
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	State Sports Centre
Date:	17 to 25 September 2000
Competitors:	64
Nations:	35
Gold:	Kong Linghui
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Jan-Ove Waldner
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Liu Guoliang
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

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

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

Among 64 entries, 16 seeded players were allocated into the draw of knockout stage which started from the round of 32. The rest competed in groups of three players per group. Winners of each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Seeds

1. (champion, gold medalist)
2. (quarterfinals)
3. (semifinals, bronze medalist)
4. (second round)
5. (Final, silver medalist)
6. (quarterfinals)
7. (semifinals, fourth place)
8. (first round)
9. (first round)
10. (quarterfinals)
11. (second round)
12. (first round)
13. (first round)
14. (second round)
15. (second round)
16. (second round)

Group stage

Group A

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	GRE!	width=30	EGY!	width=30	INA
1		2	0	6	0	126	68	X	3–0	3–0
2		1	1	3	3	100	124	0–3	X	3–0
3		0	2	0	6	96	130	0–3	0–3	X

Group B

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	GER!	width=30	USA!	width=30	EGY
1		2	0	6	0	126	69	X	3–0	3–0
2		1	1	3	4	110	127	0–3	X	3–1
3		0	2	1	6	98	138	0–3	1–3	X

Group C

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	CZE!	width=30	IND!	width=30	NZL
1		2	0	6	1	139	107	X	3–1	3–0
2		1	1	4	3	137	138	1–3	X	3–0
3		0	2	0	6	101	132	0–3	0–3	X

Group D

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	CAN!	width=30	NGR!	width=30	CUB
1		2	0	6	2	160	123	X	3–2	3–0
2		1	1	5	4	165	163	2–3	X	3–1
3		0	2	1	6	106	145	0–3	1–3	X

Group E

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	POL!	width=30	ROU!	width=30	AUS
1		2	0	6	2	161	130	X	3–2	3–0
2		1	1	5	3	155	133	2–3	X	3–0
3		0	2	0	6	74	127	0–3	0–3	X

Group F

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	JPN!	width=30	USA!	width=30	CUB
1		2	0	6	1	142	103	X	3–1	3–0
2		1	1	4	3	135	115	1–3	X	3–0
3		0	2	0	6	67	126	0–3	0–3	X

Group G

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	JPN!	width=30	CZE!	width=30	CHI
1		2	0	6	1	137	118	X	3–0	3–1
2		1	1	3	3	113	107	0–3	X	3–0
3		0	2	1	6	112	137	1–3	0–3	X

Group H

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	HKG!	width=30	BRA!	width=30	CAN
1		2	0	6	3	182	152	X	3–2	3–1
2		1	1	5	3	155	145	0–3	X	3–0
3		0	2	1	6	105	145	1–3	0–3	X

Group I

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	KOR!	width=30	AUS!	width=30	HKG
1		2	0	6	0	127	88	X	3–0	3–0
2		1	1	3	5	128	158	0–3	X	3–2
3		0	2	2	6	143	152	0–3	2–3	X

Group J

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	NED!	width=30	GRE!	width=30	IRI
1		2	0	6	1	144	75	X	3–1	3–0
2		1	1	4	3	118	126	1–3	X	3–0
3		0	2	0	6	65	126	0–3	0–3	X

Group K

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	NED!	width=30	POL!	width=30	AUS
1		2	0	6	0	126	90	X	3–0	3–0
2		1	1	3	3	112	107	0–3	X	3–0
3		0	2	0	6	85	126	0–3	0–3	X

Group L

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	KOR!	width=30	SCG!	width=30	NGR
1		2	0	6	2	155	132	X	3–2	3–0
2		1	1	5	3	152	136	2–3	X	3–0
3		0	2	0	6	87	126	0–3	0–3	X

Group M

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	GER!	width=30	ARG!	width=30	QAT
1		2	0	6	1	143	99	X	3–1	3–0
2		1	1	4	4	137	143	1–3	X	3–1
3		0	2	1	6	101	139	0–3	1–3	X

Group N

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	TPE!	width=30	AUT!	width=30	TUN
1		2	0	6	0	126	78	X	3–0	3–0
2		1	1	3	3	113	99	0–3	X	3–0
3		0	2	0	6	64	126	0–3	0–3	X

Group O

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	GER!	width=30	GBR!	width=30	MRI
1		2	0	6	0	128	64	X	3–0	3–0
2		1	1	3	3	96	85	0–3	X	3–0
3		0	2	0	6	51	126	0–3	0–3	X

Group P

Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30			width=30	BEL!	width=30	BLR!	width=30	CHI
1		2	0	6	1	145	107	X	3–1	3–0
2		1	1	4	3	141	118	1–3	X	3–0
3		0	2	0	6	65	126	0–3	0–3	X

Knockout stage

Bottom half

Competitors

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Mark Smythe		Groups
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		32
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		16
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		8
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		4
		3
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External links

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

Notes and References

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