Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles
# Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

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

Among 36 entries, eight seeded pairs were allocated into the draw of knockout stage which started from the round of 16. The rest 28 pairs were reduced to 24 pairs by four knockout matches. 24 pairs competed in eight groups of three pairs per group. Winners of each group advanced to the knockout stage.

## Seeds

* Kong Linghui / Liu Guoliang (CHN) (final, silver medalists)
* Wang Liqin / Yan Sen (CHN) (champions, gold medalists)
* Chang Yen-shu / Chiang Peng-lung (TPE) (quarterfinals)
* Patrick Chila / Jean-Philippe Gatien (FRA) (semifinals, bronze medalists)
* Karl Jindrak / Werner Schlager (AUT) (quarterfinals)
* Jörgen Persson / Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE) (first round)
* Kim Taek-soo / Oh Sang-eun (KOR) (quarterfinals)
* Lee Chul-seung / Ryu Seung-min (KOR) (semifinals, fourth place)

## Qualification round

The winners of each qualification match advanced to the group stage.

| Pair 1 | Pair 2 |
| - | - |
| Hugo Hoyama and Carlos Kawai (BRA) beat | David Kaci and Farid Oulami (ALG) |
| Brett Clarke and Jeff Plumb (AUS) beat | Francisco Arado and Rubén Arado (CUB) |
| Jorge Gambra and Augusto Morales (CHI) beat | Ismu Harinto and Anton Suseno (INA) |
| Todd Sweeris and David Zhuang (USA) beat | Ashraf Helmy and El-Sayed Lashin (EGY) |

## Group stage

### Group A

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | FRA | CAN | ARG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Damien Eloi and Christophe Legout (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 96 | 80 | X | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Wenguan Johnny Huang and Kurt Liu (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 115 | 102 | 1–2 | X | 2–1 |
| 3 | Liu Song and Pablo Tabachnik (ARG) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 73 | 102 | 0–2 | 1–2 | X |

### Group B

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | NED | NGR | IND |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Danny Heister and Trinko Keen (NED) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 96 | 86 | X | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Kazeem Nosiru and Segun Toriola (NGR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 119 | 117 | 1–2 | X | 2–1 |
| 3 | Chetan Baboor and Raman Subramanyan (IND) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 94 | 106 | 0–2 | 1–2 | X |

### Group C

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | HKG | GRE | AUS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cheung Yuk and Leung Chu Yan (HKG) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 98 | 79 | X | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Kalinikos Kreanga and Ntaniel Tsiokas (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 91 | 82 | 1–2 | X | 2–0 |
| 3 | Simon Gerada and Mark Smythe (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 84 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X |

### Group D

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | DEN | JPN | USA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michael Maze and Finn Tugwell (DEN) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 42 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Kōji Matsushita and Hiroshi Shibutani (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 63 | 0–2 | X | 2–0 |
| 3 | Cheng Yinghua and Khoa Dinh Nguyen (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 84 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X |

### Group E

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | JPN | BEL | CHI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Seiko Iseki and Toshio Tasaki (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 39 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Jean-Michel Saive and Philippe Saive (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 74 | 0–2 | X | 2–0 |
| 3 | Jorge Gambra and Augusto Morales (CHI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 84 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X |

### Group F

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | SWE | BLR | USA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fredrik Håkansson and Peter Karlsson (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 102 | 81 | X | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Vladimir Samsonov and Evgueni Chtchetinine (BLR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 78 | 0–2 | X | 2–0 |
| 3 | Todd Sweeris and David Zhuang (USA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 72 | 98 | 1–2 | 0–2 | X |

### Group G

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | POL | BRA | CZE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lucjan Błaszczyk and Tomasz Krzeszewski (POL) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 57 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Hugo Hoyama and Carlos Kawai Issamu (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 76 | 0–2 | X | 2–0 |
| 3 | Petr Korbel and Josef Plachy (CZE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 84 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X |

### Group H

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | YUG | GER | AUS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Slobodan Grujić and Ilija Lupulesku (YUG) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 51 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Timo Boll and Jörg Roßkopf (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 62 | 0–2 | X | 2–0 |
| 3 | Brett Clarke and Jeff Plumb (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 84 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X |

## Knockout stage

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kong L (CHN) Liu G (CHN) | 21 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Błaszczyk (POL) T Krzeszewski (POL) | 16 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Błaszczyk (POL) T Krzeszewski (POL) | 16 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 1 | Kong L (CHN) Liu G (CHN) | 21 | 21 | 10 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 7 | Kim T-s (KOR) Oh S-e (KOR) | 18 | 9 | 21 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Grujić (YUG) I Lupulesku (YUG) | 18 | 18 | 13 | | | 7 | Kim T-s (KOR) Oh S-e (KOR) | 18 | 9 | 21 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kim T-s (KOR) Oh S-e (KOR) | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kim T-s (KOR) Oh S-e (KOR) | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Kong L (CHN) Liu G (CHN) | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | P Chila (FRA) J-P Gatien (FRA) | 12 | 24 | 10 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | K Jindrak (AUT) W Schlager (AUT) | 22 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | P Chila (FRA) J-P Gatien (FRA) | 12 | 24 | 10 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Heister (NED) T Keen (NED) | 20 | 14 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Heister (NED) T Keen (NED) | 20 | 14 | 17 | | | 5 | K Jindrak (AUT) W Schlager (AUT) | 21 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | P Chila (FRA) J-P Gatien (FRA) | 15 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Håkansson (SWE) P Karlsson (SWE) | 17 | 21 | 11 | 18 | | 4 | P Chila (FRA) J-P Gatien (FRA) | 15 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P Chila (FRA) J-P Gatien (FRA) | 21 | 10 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P Chila (FRA) J-P Gatien (FRA) | 21 | 10 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Kong L (CHN) Liu G (CHN) | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Wang L (CHN) Yan S (CHN) | 22 | 17 | 21 | 21 | |
| 3 | Chang Y-s (TPE) Chiang P-l (TPE) | 21 | 21 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Wang L (CHN) Yan S (CHN) | 22 | 17 | 21 | 21 |
| | M Maze (DEN) F Tugwell (DEN) | 19 | 15 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maze (DEN) F Tugwell (DEN) | 19 | 15 | 20 | | | 3 | Chang Y-s (TPE) Chiang P-l (TPE) | 21 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 18 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 8 | Lee C-s (KOR) Ryu S-m (KOR) | 13 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 21 | | | | | | |
| | Cheung Y (HKG) Leung CY (HKG) | 16 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 8 | Lee C-s (KOR) Ryu S-m (KOR) | 13 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 21 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lee C-s (KOR) Ryu S-m (KOR) | 21 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lee C-s (KOR) Ryu S-m (KOR) | 21 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | 8 | Lee C-s (KOR) Ryu S-m (KOR) | 12 | 19 | 21 | 18 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Wang L (CHN) Yan S (CHN) | 21 | 21 | 17 | 21 |
| 6 | J Persson (SWE) J-O Waldner (SWE) | 18 | 21 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Wang L (CHN) Yan S (CHN) | 21 | 21 | 17 | 21 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | D Eloi (FRA) C Legout (FRA) | 21 | 23 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Eloi (FRA) C Legout (FRA) | 21 | 23 | 21 | | | | D Eloi (FRA) C Legout (FRA) | 6 | 13 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | P Chila (FRA) J-P Gatien (FRA) | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | |
| | | | | | | | 2 | Wang L (CHN) Yan S (CHN) | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Lee C-s (KOR) Ryu S-m (KOR) | 20 | 23 | 20 | 10 | |
| | S Iseki (JPN) T Tasaki (JPN) | 18 | 16 | 6 | | | 2 | Wang L (CHN) Yan S (CHN) | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Lee C-s (KOR) Ryu S-m (KOR) | 20 | 23 | 20 | 10 | |
| 2 | Wang L (CHN) Yan S (CHN) | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Competitors

| Athlete | Nation | Eliminated |
| - | - | - |
| Wenguan Johnny Huang Kurt Liu | Canada | Groups |
| Liu Song Pablo Tabachnik | Argentina | Groups |
| Kazeem Nosiru Segun Toriola | Nigeria | Groups |
| Chetan Baboor Raman Subramanyam | India | Groups |
| Kalinikos Kreanga Ntaniel Tsiokas | Greece | Groups |
| Simon Gerada Mark Smythe | Australia | Groups |
| Koji Matsushita Hiroshi Shibutani | Japan | Groups |
| Cheng Yinghua Khoa Nguyen | United States | Groups |
| Jean-Michel Saive Philippe Saive | Brazil | Groups |
| Jorge Gambra Augusto Morales | Chile | Groups |
| Vladimir Samsonov Evgueni Chtchetinine | Belarus | Groups |
| Todd Sweeris David Zhuang | United States | Groups |
| Hugo Hoyama Carlos Kawai Issamu | Brazil | Groups |
| Petr Korbel Josef Plachy | Czech Republic | Groups |
| Timo Boll Jörg Roßkopf | Germany | Groups |
| Brett Clarke Jeff Plumb | Australia | Groups |
| Lucjan Blaszyzyk Tomasz Krzeszewski | Poland | 16 |
| Slobodan Grujić Ilija Lupulesku | FR Yugoslavia | 16 |
| Danny Heister Trinko Keen | Netherlands | 16 |
| Fredrik Hakansson Peter Karlsson | Sweden | 16 |
| Michael Maze Finn Tugwell | Denmark | 16 |
| Cheung Yuk Leung Chu Yan | Hong Kong | 16 |
| Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Walder | Sweden | 16 |
| Seiko Iseki Toshio Tasaki | Japan | 16 |
| Kim Taek-soo Oh Sang-Eun | South Korea | 8 |
| Karl Jindrak Werner Schlager | Austria | 8 |
| Chang Yen-shu Chiang Peng-lung | Chinese Taipei | 8 |
| Damien Eloi Christophe Legout | France | 8 |
| Lee Chul-Seung Ryu Seung-Min | South Korea | 4 |
| Patrick Chila Jean-Philippe Gatien | France | 3 |
| Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang | China | 2 |
| Wang Liqin Yan Sen | China | 1 |
