Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Table tennis
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Dates:27 July – 10 August 2024
Competitors:175
Nations:60
Num Events:5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The table tennis tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 27 July to 10 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.[1] [2] A total of 175 table tennis players, with an equal distribution between men and women, competed across five medal events (two per gender and a mixed) at these Games, the exact same amount as those in the previous editions. After a successful tournament during the 2020 Summer Olympics, the mixed doubles event remained in the table tennis program for the second time at the Olympics.[3]

Chinese players swept all of the available events, winning five gold medals.[4]

Qualification

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

172 table tennis quota places, with an equal split between men and women, were available for Paris 2024; NOCs could enter a maximum of six table tennis players across five medal events (men's and women's singles; men's and women's teams, and mixed doubles) with a maximum of two each for the men's and women's singles.[3] The host nation France reserved a direct spot each in the men's and women's teams, respectively, with one per gender competing in the singles tournament; and in the mixed doubles (previously inaugurated in Tokyo 2020).[5] [6] [7]

Participating nations

There were 60 participating nations:

Competition schedule

Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
P ¼ ½ F
P ¼ ½ F
P ¼ ½ F
P ¼ ½ F
P ¼ ½ F

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's singles
Men's team

Fan Zhendong
Ma Long
Wang Chuqin

Anton Källberg
Kristian Karlsson
Truls Möregårdh

Simon Gauzy
Alexis Lebrun
Félix Lebrun
Women's singles
Women's team

Sun Yingsha
Wang Manyu
Chen Meng

Hina Hayata
Miwa Harimoto
Miu Hirano

Shin Yu-bin
Jeon Ji-hee
Lee Eun-hye
Mixed doubles

Wang Chuqin
Sun Yingsha

Ri Jong-sik
Kim Kum-yong

Lim Jong-hoon
Shin Yu-bin

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paris 2024 – Table Tennis. . 28 January 2023.
  2. News: Table tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. NBC Olympics. 17 August 2022. 22 January 2023.
  3. News: Meng. Licheng. How to qualify for table tennis at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained. . 12 December 2022. 28 January 2023.
  4. News: Paris Olympics: table tennis, diving sweeps as China beat medal forecast in race with US. Paul. McNamara. Mike. Chan. 2024-08-11. South China Morning Post.
  5. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Table Tennis. ITTF. . 28 January 2023.
  6. News: Neil. Shefferd. Qualification system for Paris 2024 Olympic table tennis competitions unveiled. Inside the Games. 26 July 2022. 28 January 2023.
  7. News: Road to #Paris2024 – Olympic Table Tennis Qualification System Unveiled. ITTF. 11 July 2022. 28 January 2023.