Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
# Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Table tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 13 to August 23, at the Peking University Gymnasium. The competition featured the team events for the first time, replacing the doubles events competed in previous games. A total of four sets of medals were awarded for the four events contested. China, as the host country, would win every medal possible, claiming the podium in both the Men's and Women's Singles events and claiming Gold in both the Men's and Women's Team Event, leading the IOC and ITTF, to change the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics, to ensure that countries could only enter 2, instead of 3 athletes into the Singles event.

## Competition schedule

| P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | B | Bronze playoff | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event↓/Date → | Wed 13 | Thu 14 | Fri 15 | Fri 15 | Sat 16 | Sun 17 | Mon 18 | Tue 19 | Wed 20 | Thu 21 | Thu 21 | Fri 22 | Fri 22 | Sat 23 | Sat 23 |
| Men's singles | | | | | | | | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | F |
| Men's team | P | P | B | B | ½ | B | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women's singles | | | | | | | P | P | P | | ¼ | ½ | F | | |
| Women's team | P | P | B | ½ | B | F | | | | | | | | | |

## Participating nations

A total of 171 athletes (86 men and 85 women), representing 56 NOCs, competed in four events.

* Algeria (1)
* Argentina (2)
* Australia (6)
* Austria (6)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (4)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (5)
* China (6)
* Colombia (1)
* Republic of the Congo (2)
* Croatia (6)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Denmark (1)
* Dominican Republic (4)
* Egypt (5)
* France (4)
* Germany (6)
* Greece (3)
* Hong Kong (6)
* Hungary (4)
* India (2)
* Iran (1)
* Italy (3)
* Japan (6)
* Jordan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kuwait (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Netherlands (3)
* Nigeria (6)
* North Korea (5)
* Paraguay (1)
* Poland (4)
* Portugal (3)
* Romania (4)
* Russia (5)
* Serbia (1)
* Singapore (6)
* Slovakia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Korea (6)
* Spain (5)
* Sweden (3)
* Chinese Taipei (5)
* Thailand (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Turkey (2)
* Ukraine (3)
* United States (4)
* Vanuatu (1)
* Venezuela (1)
* Vietnam (1)

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles details | Ma Lin China | Wang Hao China | Wang Liqin China |
| Men's team details | China (CHN) Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin | Germany (GER) Christian Suss Dimitrij Ovtcharov Timo Boll | South Korea (KOR) Oh Sang-Eun Ryu Seung-Min Yoon Jae-Young |
| Women's singles details | Zhang Yining China | Wang Nan China | Guo Yue China |
| Women's team details | China (CHN) Guo Yue Wang Nan Zhang Yining | Singapore (SIN) Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu | South Korea (KOR) Dang Ye-Seo Kim Kyung-Ah Park Mi-Young |
