Table Tennis — Singles, Men

Times held 9
Total participants 333
Total countries 90

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1988 Singles, Men Olympic 64 35
1992 Singles, Men Olympic 64 37
1996 Singles, Men Olympic 64 39
2000 Singles, Men Olympic 64 35
2004 Singles, Men Olympic 64 39
2008 Singles, Men Olympic 77 44
2012 Singles, Men Olympic 69 45
2016 Singles, Men Olympic 70 46
2020 Singles, Men Olympic 64 43

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1988 Yu Nam-GyuKOR Kim Gi-TaekKOR Erik LindhSWE
1992 Jan-Ove WaldnerSWE Jean-Philippe GatienFRA Ma Wenge
Kim Taek-Su
CHN
KOR
1996 Liu GuoliangCHN Wang TaoCHN Jörg RoßkopfGER
2000 Kong LinghuiCHN Jan-Ove WaldnerSWE Liu GuoliangCHN
2004 Yu Seung-MinKOR Wang HaoCHN Wang LiqinCHN
2008 Ma LinCHN Wang HaoCHN Wang LiqinCHN
2012 Zhang JikeCHN Wang HaoCHN Dimitrij OvtcharovGER
2016 Ma LongCHN Zhang JikeCHN Jun MizutaniJPN
2020 Ma LongCHN Fan ZhendongCHN Dimitrij OvtcharovGER

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
People's Republic of China CHN 6 6 4 16
Republic of Korea KOR 2 1 1 4
Sweden SWE 1 1 1 3
France FRA 0 1 0 1
Germany GER 0 0 3 3
Japan JPN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ma Long CHN 2 0 0 2
Jan-Ove Waldner SWE 1 1 0 2
Zhang Jike CHN 1 1 0 2
Liu Guoliang CHN 1 0 1 2
Yu Nam-Gyu KOR 1 0 0 1
Kong Linghui CHN 1 0 0 1
Yu Seung-Min KOR 1 0 0 1
Ma Lin CHN 1 0 0 1