Table tennis at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline Code	TTE
Governing body	ITTF
Events	5 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 1)
Games
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Medalists

Table tennis competition has been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988, with singles and doubles events for men and women.^[1][2] Athletes from China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 60 medals in 37 events, including 32 out of a possible 37 gold medals, and only failing to win at least one medal in one event, the inaugural Men's Singles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation 24 1988 4  China 25 1992 4  China 26 1996 4  China 27 2000 4  China 28 2004 4  China 29 2008 4  China 30 2012 4  China 31 2016 4  China 32 2020 5  China

Events

In 1992 (only), two bronze medals were awarded in each event. In 2008, the doubles events were replaced by team events to lessen the emphasis on doubles play. Chinese table tennis team won 8 medals and made podium sweeps on the men's and woman's singles events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Due to China's dominance in the sport, the format was changed for the 2012 Olympics so that each NOC may enter up to two competitors in singles events. With gender equality a big focus, mixed doubles event became one of the nine new mixed-gender events at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Medal table

Sources:^[4]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	32	20	8	60
2	South Korea (KOR)	3	3	12	18
3	Japan (JPN)	1	3	4	8
4	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	1	3
5	Germany (GER)	0	4	5	9
6	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	3	4
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	2	3
	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	2	3
9	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	1	2
12	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		37	37	41	115

Number of athletes by nation

In addition to independent Olympians and the Unified Team in 1992, athletes from 104 NOCs had competed in the Olympic table tennis tournaments.^[5]

Nation	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Algeria (ALG)	–	–	–	2	5	1	–	–	1	4
Argentina (ARG)	1	2	–	2	3	2	1	–	2	7
Australia (AUS)	3	2	5	9	6	6	6	6	6	9
Austria (AUT)	2	2	4	5	4	6	6	6	6	9
Belarus (BLR)	–	–	2	5	5	4	3	3	–	6
Belgium (BEL)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	–	–	7
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	2
Brazil (BRA)	2	4	4	3	5	4	6	6	6	9
Bulgaria (BUL)	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3
Cameroon (CMR)	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	3
Canada (CAN)	3	2	5	6	4	5	4	2	3	9
Chile (CHI)	3	3	4	5	4	–	1	–	1	7
China (CHN)	7	8	8	9	9	6	6	6	7	9
Colombia (COL)	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	3
Republic of the Congo (CGO)	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	3	–	3
Croatia (CRO)	–	2	4	4	3	6	4	1	3	8
Cuba (CUB)	–	4	–	5	–	–	1	2	2	5
Czech Republic (CZE)	–	–	3	2	4	2	2	4	2	7
Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Denmark (DEN)	–	–	–	2	2	1	3	1	1	6
Djibouti (DJI)	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
Dominican Republic (DOM)	3	–	1	–	2	4	1	–	–	5
Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	1
Ecuador (ECU)	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2
Egypt (EGY)	3	2	–	5	–	5	6	5	6	7
Estonia (EST)	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Fiji (FIJ)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2
Finland (FIN)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1
France (FRA)	2	6	6	5	1	4	3	4	6	9
Germany (GER)	–	5	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	8
Ghana (GHA)	1	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Great Britain (GBR)	4	6	4	1	–	–	6	3	3	7
Greece (GRE)	–	–	2	2	4	3	2	1	1	7
Guyana (GUY)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Honduras (HON)	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Hong Kong (HKG)	6	4	4	4	8	6	6	6	6	9
Hungary (HUN)	5	1	4	3	3	4	4	3	6	9
India (IND)	3	4	2	3	2	2	2	4	4	9
Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Indonesia (INA)	1	3	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	4
Iran (IRI)	–	1	–	1	1	1	2	3	1	7
Iraq (IRQ)	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Israel (ISR)	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Italy (ITA)	1	1	3	–	5	3	2	–	1	7
Jamaica (JAM)	1	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Japan (JPN)	7	8	8	9	8	6	6	6	6	9
Jordan (JOR)	1	1	–	1	1	1	–	–	–	5
Kazakhstan (KAZ)	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	3
Kuwait (KUW)	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	–	–	3
Latvia (LAT)	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
Lebanon (LBN)	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	1	–	3
Libya (LBA)	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Lithuania (LTU)	–	–	1	2	–	1	–	–	–	3
Luxembourg (LUX)	–	–	–	2	–	1	1	1	2	5
Malaysia (MAS)	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Mauritius (MRI)	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2
Mexico (MEX)	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	2	–	4
Monaco (MON)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Mongolia (MGL)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1
Morocco (MAR)	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Netherlands (NED)	2	3	6	2	2	3	3	3	1	9
New Zealand (NZL)	2	3	1	3	2	–	–	–	–	5
Nigeria (NGR)	6	6	4	7	8	6	4	5	4	9
North Korea (PRK)	–	8	7	–	4	5	6	3	–	6
Pakistan (PAK)	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Paraguay (PAR)	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	3
Peru (PER)	1	4	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	4
Philippines (PHI)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1
Poland (POL)	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	6	3	9
Portugal (POR)	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	5	5	4
Puerto Rico (PUR)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	2
Qatar (QAT)	–	–	1	1	–	–	1	1	–	4
ROC	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1
Romania (ROU)	–	4	5	3	4	4	3	5	4	8
Russia (RUS)	–	–	4	3	6	5	5	3	–	6
Saudi Arabia (KSA)	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	3
Senegal (SEN)	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	2
Serbia (SRB)	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	1	3	4
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	–	–	3	2	3	–	–	–	–	3
Singapore (SGP)	–	–	1	2	4	6	6	5	4	7
Slovakia (SVK)	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	3	3	4
Slovenia (SLO)	–	1	–	–	–	1	1	1	3	5
South Africa (RSA)	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
South Korea (KOR)	7	8	8	8	9	6	7	6	6	9
Soviet Union (URS)	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Spain (ESP)	–	4	–	–	1	5	5	3	3	6
Sudan (SUD)	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Sweden (SWE)	4	6	7	6	3	3	3	5	5	9
Switzerland (SUI)	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	2
Syria (SYR)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2
Chinese Taipei (TPE)	6	–	6	7	4	5	3	6	6	8
Thailand (THA)	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	3	2	6
Togo (TOG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	2
Tunisia (TUN)	4	3	1	1	2	–	–	1	2	7
Turkey (TUR)	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	2	–	3
Turkmenistan (TKM)	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	2
Uganda (UGA)	–	1	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	3
Ukraine (UKR)	–	–	–	1	–	3	4	2	3	5
Unified Team (EUN)	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
United States (USA)	3	5	6	8	7	4	4	6	6	9
Uzbekistan (UZB)	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	2
Vanuatu (VAN)	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	1	1	4
Venezuela (VEN)	2	–	1	2	2	1	1	1	–	7
Vietnam (VIE)	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	2
Yugoslavia (YUG)	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
West Germany (FRG)	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Nations	41	48	51	48	50	56	57	56	57
Athletes	129	159	166	171	172	171	174	172	173
Year	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20

Winners

Men's singles

Year	Host City	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988	Seoul	Yoo Nam-kyu	Kim Ki-taik	Erik Lindh
1992	Barcelona	Jan-Ove Waldner	Jean-Philippe Gatien	Kim Taek-soo
				Ma Wenge
1996	Atlanta	Liu Guoliang	Wang Tao	Jörg Roßkopf
2000	Sydney	Kong Linghui	Jan-Ove Waldner	Liu Guoliang
2004	Athens	Ryu Seung-min	Wang Hao	Wang Liqin
2008	Beijing	Ma Lin	Wang Hao	Wang Liqin
2012	London	Zhang Jike	Wang Hao	Dimitrij Ovtcharov
2016	Rio	Ma Long	Zhang Jike	Jun Mizutani
2020	Tokyo	Ma Long	Fan Zhendong	Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Women's singles

Year	Host City	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988	Seoul	Chen Jing	Li Huifen	Jiao Zhimin
1992	Barcelona	Deng Yaping	Qiao Hong	Hyun Jung-hwa
				Li Bun-hui
1996	Atlanta	Deng Yaping	Chen Jing	Qiao Hong
2000	Sydney	Wang Nan	Li Ju	Chen Jing
2004	Athens	Zhang Yining	Kim Hyang-mi	Kim Kyung-ah
2008	Beijing	Zhang Yining	Wang Nan	Guo Yue
2012	London	Li Xiaoxia	Ding Ning	Feng Tianwei
2016	Rio	Ding Ning	Li Xiaoxia	Kim Song-i
2020	Tokyo	Chen Meng	Sun Yingsha	Mima Ito

Men's doubles

Year	Host City	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988	Seoul	Chen Longcan Wei Qingguang	Ilija Lupulesku Zoran Primorac	Ahn Jae-hyung Yoo Nam-kyu
1992	Barcelona	Lü Lin Wang Tao	Steffen Fetzner Jörg Roßkopf	Kang Hee-chan Lee Chul-seung
				Kim Taek-soo Yoo Nam-kyu
1996	Atlanta	Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang	Lü Lin Wang Tao	Lee Chul-seung Yoo Nam-kyu
2000	Sydney	Wang Liqin Yan Sen	Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang	Patrick Chila Jean-Philippe Gatien
2004	Athens	Chen Qi Ma Lin	Ko Lai Chak Li Ching	Michael Maze Finn Tugwell

Women's doubles

Year	Host City	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988	Seoul	Hyun Jung-hwa Yang Young-ja	Chen Jing Jiao Zhimin	Jasna Fazlić Gordana Perkučin
1992	Barcelona	Deng Yaping Qiao Hong	Chen Zihe Gao Jun	Hong Cha-ok Hyun Jung-hwa
				Li Bun-hui Yu Sun-bok
1996	Atlanta	Deng Yaping Qiao Hong	Liu Wei Qiao Yunping	Park Hae-jung Ryu Ji-hye
2000	Sydney	Li Ju Wang Nan	Sun Jin Yang Ying	Kim Moo-kyo Ryu Ji-hye
2004	Athens	Wang Nan Zhang Yining	Lee Eun-sil Seok Eun-mi	Guo Yue Niu Jianfeng

Mixed doubles

Year	Host City	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020	Tokyo	Jun Mizutani Mima Ito	Xu Xin Liu Shiwen	Lin Yun-ju Cheng I-ching

Men's team

Year	Host City	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2008	Beijing	China Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin	Germany Timo Boll Christian Süß Dimitrij Ovtcharov	South Korea Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min Yoon Jae-young
2012	London	China Ma Long Wang Hao Zhang Jike	South Korea Joo Se-hyuk Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min	Germany Timo Boll Dimitrij Ovtcharov Bastian Steger
2016	Rio	China Ma Long Xu Xin Zhang Jike	Japan Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa Maharu Yoshimura	Germany Timo Boll Dimitrij Ovtcharov Bastian Steger
2020	Tokyo	China Fan Zhendong Ma Long Xu Xin	Germany Timo Boll Patrick Franziska Dimitrij Ovtcharov	Japan Tomokazu Harimoto Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa

Women's team

Year	Host City	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2008	Beijing	China Guo Yue Wang Nan Zhang Yining	Singapore Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu	South Korea Dang Ye-seo Kim Kyung-ah Park Mi-young
2012	London	China Ding Ning Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia	Japan Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa	Singapore Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu
2016	Rio	China Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen	Germany Han Ying Shan Xiaona Petrissa Solja	Japan Ai Fukuhara Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito
2020	Tokyo	China Chen Meng Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu	Japan Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito	Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching Minnie Soo