Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 8 explained

Event:Table tennis
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates:August 30-September 3
Competitors:16
Nations:9
Gold:Zhao Shuai
Goldnpc:CHN
Silver:Richard Csejtey
Silvernpc:SVK
Bronze:Emil Andersson
Bronzenpc:SWE
Prev:2008
Next:2016

The Men's individual table tennis – Class 8 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] in London took place from 30 August to 3 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment who competed from a standing position; the lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete's ability to compete.

In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in four groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the quarter-finals, together with four seeded players given byes for the preliminary round.

Results

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Preliminary round

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Group A

Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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11+1+2
110+4
11-1-6

30 August, 09:00

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30 August, 18:00
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31 August, 13:40
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Group B

Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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20+6+22
11-2-12
02-4-10

30 August, 09:00

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30 August, 18:00
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31 August, 13:40
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Group C

Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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20+4+21
11-2-11
02-2-10

30 August, 09:00

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30 August, 18:40
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31 August, 13:40
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Group D

Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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20+5+21
11+1+2
02-6-23

30 August, 09:00

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30 August, 18:40
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paralympic Table Tennis. August 30, 2012. London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. April 26, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426040334/https://www.london2012.com/paralympic-table-tennis. dead.