Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Event:	Table tennis
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Peking University Gymnasium
Dates:	7–15 September
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Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Peking University Gymnasium from September 7 to September 15.

Classification

Players are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows players to compete against others with a similar level of function. Table tennis has ten numbered classes, with lower numbers corresponding to more severe disability. Classes one through five compete in wheelchairs and classes six through ten compete while standing.

Events

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

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

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

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

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

Participating countries

There will be 264 athletes (168 male, 96 female) taking part in this sport.

Medal summary

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their players (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

Men's events

Men's Individual – Class 1
Men's Individual – Class 2
Men's Individual – Class 3
Men's Individual – Class 4–5
Men's Individual – Class 6
Men's Individual – Class 7
Men's Individual – Class 8
Men's Individual – Class 9–10
Team Class 1–2	valign=top	Rastislav Revúcky Jan Riapos	valign=top	Vincent Boury Jean-François Ducay Damien Mennella Stephane Molliens	valign=top	Cho Jae-Kwan Kim Kong-Yong Kim Kyung-Mook Lee Hae-Kon
Team Class 3	valign=top	Yann Guilhem Florian Merrien Jean-Phillipe Robin	valign=top	Welder Knaf Luiz Algacir Silva	valign=top	Feng Panfeng Gao Yanming Zhao Ping
Team Class 4–5	valign=top	Jung Eun-chang Kim Byoung-young	valign=top	Guo Xingyuan Zhang Yan	valign=top	Christophe Durand Emeric Martin
Team Class 6–8	valign=top	Ye Chaoqun Chen Gang	valign=top	Miroslav Jambor Richard Csejtey	valign=top	Stephane Messi François Sérignat
Team Class 9–10	valign=top	Ge Yang Ma Lin	valign=top	José Manuel Ruiz Reyes Jorge Cardona	valign=top	Gilles de la Bourdonnaye Jeremy Rousseau

Women's events

Women's Individual – Class 1–2
Women's Individual – Class 3
Women's Individual – Class 4
Women's Individual – Class 5
Women's Individual – Class 6–7
Women's Individual – Class 8
Women's Individual – Class 9
Women's Individual – Class 10
Team Class 1–3	valign=top	Li Qian Liu Jing	valign=top	Michela Brunelli Federica Cudia Pamela Pezzutto Clara Podda	valign=top	Fanny Bertrand Marie-Christine Fillou Isabelle Lafaye Stephanie Mariage
Team Class 4–5	valign=top	Ren Guixiang Gu Gai	valign=top	Monika Sikora-Weinmann Andrea Zimmerer	valign=top	Khetam Abuawad Fatmeh Al-Azzam
Team Class 6–10	valign=top	Lei Lina Fan Lei	valign=top	Natalia Partyka Malgorzata Grzelak	valign=top	Thu Kamkasomphou Audrey Le Morvan Claire Mairie

See also

• Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

• Web site: Schedules and Results – Table Tennis . The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad . 2008-09-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090316054306/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/Schedule/TT.shtml . 2009-03-16.

External links

• Official site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics