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Singles, Men

Date	19 – 23 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants	77 from 44 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. Top 16 seeds advanced to round three. Seeds 17-32 advanced to round two.

In one of the least surprising results of the 2008 Olympics, the Chinese swept the medal podium in men’s singles. The gold went to Ma Lin, who had won doubles gold in 2004. Wang Hao repeated as silver medalist, while the bronze again went to Wang Liqin. Wang Liqin was World Champion in 2001, 2005 and 2007, but an Olympic singles gold medal has eluded him. Ma won the final against Wang Hao in five games. Wang Liqin won his second singles bronze medal against Sweden’s Jörgen Persson, who was competing in his sixth Olympics. Persson was treated for a leg injury during the bronze match, and he ended up repeating his fourth-place finish from 2000.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Ma Lin	CHN	Gold
2	Wang Hao	CHN	Silver
3	Wang Liqin	CHN	Bronze
4	Jörgen Persson	SWE
=5	Ko Lai Chak	HKG
=5	Zoran Primorac	CRO
=5	Ruiwu Tan	CRO
=5	Oh Sang-Eun	KOR
=9	Yo Kan	JPN
=9	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	GER
=9	Yang Zi	SGP
=9	Uladzimir Samsonau	BLR
=9	Werner Schlager	AUT
=9	Li Ching	HKG
=9	Timo Boll	GER
=9	Kallinikos Kreangka	GRE
=17	Chen Weixing	AUT
=17	Aleksey Smirnov	RUS
=17	Adrian Crișan	ROU
=17	Yu Seung-Min	KOR
=17	Chuang Chih-Yuan	TPE
=17	Michael Maze	DEN
=17	Cheung Yuk	HKG
=17	Christian Süß	GER
=17	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL
=17	Yun Jae-Yeong	KOR
=17	Gao Ning	SGP
=17	Jang Song-Man	PRK
=17	Kim Hyok-Bong	PRK
=17	Segun Toriola	NGR
=17	Jun Mizutani	JPN
=17	Bojan Tokič	SLO
=33	Sharath Kamal Achanta	IND
=33	Đoàn Kiến Quốc	VIE
=33	Luis Lin	DOM
=33	Panagiotis Gkionis	GRE
=33	Marcos Freitas	POR
=33	Robert Gardos	AUT
=33	Aleksandar Karakašević	SRB
=33	János Jakab	HUN
=33	Petr Korbel	CZE
=33	William Henzell	AUS
=33	Seiya Kishikawa	JPN
=33	Zhiwen He	ESP
=33	Chiang Peng-Lung	TPE
=33	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL
=33	Damien Éloi	FRA
=33	Mihai Bobocica	ITA
=49	Alfredo Carneros	ESP
=49	Christophe Legoût	FRA
=49	Tiago Apolónia	POR
=49	Gustavo Tsuboi	BRA
=49	El-Sayed Lashin	EGY
=49	Ri Chol-Guk	PRK
=49	Cem Zeng	TUR
=49	Patrick Chila	FRA
=49	Suraju Saka	CGO
=49	Jens Lundqvist	SWE
=49	Wilson Zhang	CAN
=49	Song Liu	ARG
=49	Thiago Monteiro	BRA
=49	João Pedro Monteiro	POR
=49	Ahmed Ali Saleh	EGY
=49	Fyodor Kuzmin	RUS
=65	Adel Massaad	EGY
=65	Dave Zalcberg	AUS
=65	Pradeeban Peter-Paul	CAN
=65	Pablo Tabachnik	ARG
=65	Monday Merotohun	NGR
=65	Kou Lei	UKR
=65	Idir Khourta	ALG
=65	Dexter St. Louis	TTO
=65	Marcelo Aguirre	PAR
=65	Ibrahim Al-Hasan	KUW
=65	David Zhuang	USA
=65	Kyle Davis	AUS
=65	Afshin Norouzi	IRI

Preliminary Round

Date	19 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round one.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Aug 10:00	Alfredo Carneros	ESP	4 – 2	Adel Massaad	EGY
Match #2	19 Aug 10:00	Đoàn Kiến Quốc	VIE	4 – 0	Dave Zalcberg	AUS
Match #3	19 Aug 10:00	Gustavo Tsuboi	BRA	4 – 3	Pradeeban Peter-Paul	CAN
Match #4	19 Aug 10:00	El-Sayed Lashin	EGY	4 – 2	Pablo Tabachnik	ARG
Match #5	19 Aug 10:45	Cem Zeng	TUR	4 – 2	Monday Merotohun	NGR
Match #6	19 Aug 10:45	Suraju Saka	CGO	4 – 1	Kou Lei	UKR
Match #7	19 Aug 10:45	William Henzell	AUS	4 – 1	Idir Khourta	ALG
Match #8	19 Aug 10:45	Wilson Zhang	CAN	4 – 0	Dexter St. Louis	TTO
Match #9	19 Aug 11:30	Jang Song-Man	PRK	4 – 0	Marcelo Aguirre	PAR
Match #10	19 Aug 11:30	Kim Hyok-Bong	PRK	4 – 2	Ibrahim Al-Hasan	KUW
Match #11	19 Aug 11:30	Segun Toriola	NGR	4 – 3	David Zhuang	USA
Match #12	19 Aug 11:30	Ahmed Ali Saleh	EGY	4 – 1	Kyle Davis	AUS
Match #13	19 Aug 12:15	Mihai Bobocica	ITA	4 – 2	Afshin Norouzi	IRI

Round One

Date	19 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Aug 13:00	Sharath Kamal Achanta	IND	4 – 2	Alfredo Carneros	ESP
Match #2	19 Aug 13:00	Đoàn Kiến Quốc	VIE	4 – 2	Christophe Legoût	FRA
Match #3	19 Aug 13:00	Luis Lin	DOM	4 – 1	Tiago Apolónia	POR
Match #4	19 Aug 13:45	Panagiotis Gkionis	GRE	4 – 0	Gustavo Tsuboi	BRA
Match #5	19 Aug 14:30	Marcos Freitas	POR	4 – 1	El-Sayed Lashin	EGY
Match #6	19 Aug 14:30	Robert Gardos	AUT	4 – 3	Ri Chol-Guk	PRK
Match #7	19 Aug 14:30	Aleksandar Karakašević	SRB	4 – 1	Cem Zeng	TUR
Match #8	19 Aug 15:15	János Jakab	HUN	4 – 3	Patrick Chila	FRA
Match #9	19 Aug 18:45	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL	4 – 0	Suraju Saka	CGO
Match #10	19 Aug 18:45	William Henzell	AUS	4 – 2	Jens Lundqvist	SWE
Match #11	19 Aug 18:45	Seiya Kishikawa	JPN	4 – 2	Wilson Zhang	CAN
Match #12	19 Aug 18:45	Jang Song-Man	PRK	4 – 2	Song Liu	ARG
Match #13	19 Aug 20:15	Kim Hyok-Bong	PRK	4 – 1	Thiago Monteiro	BRA
Match #14	19 Aug 20:15	Segun Toriola	NGR	4 – 3	João Pedro Monteiro	POR
Match #15	19 Aug 20:15	Damien Éloi	FRA	4 – 3	Ahmed Ali Saleh	EGY
Match #16	19 Aug 20:15	Mihai Bobocica	ITA	4 – 1	Fyodor Kuzmin	RUS

Round Two

Date	20 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug 11:00	Chen Weixing	AUT	4 – 1	Sharath Kamal Achanta	IND
Match #2	20 Aug 11:00	Aleksey Smirnov	RUS	4 – 1	Đoàn Kiến Quốc	VIE
Match #3	20 Aug 11:00	Adrian Crișan	ROU	4 – 1	Luis Lin	DOM
Match #4	20 Aug 11:00	Ko Lai Chak	HKG	4 – 3	Panagiotis Gkionis	GRE
Match #5	20 Aug 14:00	Yang Zi	SGP	4 – 2	Marcos Freitas	POR
Match #6	20 Aug 14:00	Zoran Primorac	CRO	4 – 2	Robert Gardos	AUT
Match #7	20 Aug 14:00	Jörgen Persson	SWE	4 – 2	Aleksandar Karakašević	SRB
Match #8	20 Aug 14:00	Christian Süß	GER	4 – 1	János Jakab	HUN
Match #9	20 Aug 19:00	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL	4 – 2	Petr Korbel	CZE
Match #10	20 Aug 19:00	Yun Jae-Yeong	KOR	4 – 3	William Henzell	AUS
Match #11	20 Aug 19:00	Ruiwu Tan	CRO	4 – 1	Seiya Kishikawa	JPN
Match #12	20 Aug 19:00	Jang Song-Man	PRK	4 – 2	Zhiwen He	ESP
Match #13	20 Aug 22:00	Kim Hyok-Bong	PRK	4 – 2	Chiang Peng-Lung	TPE
Match #14	20 Aug 22:00	Segun Toriola	NGR	4 – 2	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL
Match #15	20 Aug 22:00	Jun Mizutani	JPN	4 – 3	Damien Éloi	FRA
Match #16	20 Aug 22:00	Bojan Tokič	SLO	4 – 3	Mihai Bobocica	ITA

Round Three

Date	21 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round four.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Aug 12:00	Wang Hao	CHN	4 – 0	Chen Weixing	AUT
Match #2	21 Aug 12:00	Yo Kan	JPN	4 – 1	Aleksey Smirnov	RUS
Match #3	21 Aug 12:00	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	GER	4 – 3	Adrian Crișan	ROU
Match #4	21 Aug 12:00	Ko Lai Chak	HKG	4 – 2	Yu Seung-Min	KOR
Match #5	21 Aug 13:00	Yang Zi	SGP	4 – 3	Chuang Chih-Yuan	TPE
Match #6	21 Aug 13:00	Zoran Primorac	CRO	4 – 2	Michael Maze	DEN
Match #7	21 Aug 13:00	Jörgen Persson	SWE	4 – 1	Cheung Yuk	HKG
Match #8	21 Aug 13:00	Uladzimir Samsonau	BLR	4 – 0	Christian Süß	GER
Match #9	21 Aug 14:00	Wang Liqin	CHN	4 – 0	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL
Match #10	21 Aug 14:00	Werner Schlager	AUT	4 – 3	Yun Jae-Yeong	KOR
Match #11	21 Aug 14:00	Ruiwu Tan	CRO	4 – 0	Gao Ning	SGP
Match #12	21 Aug 14:00	Li Ching	HKG	4 – 1	Jang Song-Man	PRK
Match #13	21 Aug 15:00	Timo Boll	GER	4 – 1	Kim Hyok-Bong	PRK
Match #14	21 Aug 15:00	Oh Sang-Eun	KOR	4 – 3	Segun Toriola	NGR
Match #15	21 Aug 15:00	Kallinikos Kreangka	GRE	4 – 1	Jun Mizutani	JPN
Match #16	21 Aug 15:00	Ma Lin	CHN	4 – 1	Bojan Tokič	SLO

Round Four

Date	21 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Aug 20:00	Wang Hao	CHN	4 – 1	Yo Kan	JPN
Match #2	21 Aug 20:00	Ko Lai Chak	HKG	4 – 1	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	GER
Match #3	21 Aug 20:00	Zoran Primorac	CRO	4 – 2	Yang Zi	SGP
Match #4	21 Aug 20:00	Jörgen Persson	SWE	4 – 3	Uladzimir Samsonau	BLR
Match #5	21 Aug 21:00	Wang Liqin	CHN	4 – 0	Werner Schlager	AUT
Match #6	21 Aug 21:00	Ruiwu Tan	CRO	4 – 2	Li Ching	HKG
Match #7	21 Aug 21:00	Oh Sang-Eun	KOR	4 – 1	Timo Boll	GER
Match #8	21 Aug 21:00	Ma Lin	CHN	4 – 0	Kallinikos Kreangka	GRE

Quarter-Finals

Date	22 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Aug 13:30	Wang Hao	CHN	4 – 1	Ko Lai Chak	HKG
Match #2	22 Aug 14:30	Jörgen Persson	SWE	4 – 1	Zoran Primorac	CRO
Match #3	22 Aug 15:30	Wang Liqin	CHN	4 – 0	Ruiwu Tan	CRO
Match #4	22 Aug 16:30	Ma Lin	CHN	4 – 0	Oh Sang-Eun	KOR

Semi-Finals

Date	23 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Aug 10:00	Wang Hao	CHN	4 – 1	Jörgen Persson	SWE
Match #2	23 Aug 11:00	Ma Lin	CHN	4 – 2	Wang Liqin	CHN

Final Round

Date	23 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	23 Aug 20:30	Ma Lin	CHN	4 – 1	Wang Hao	CHN
Match 3/4	23 Aug 19:30	Wang Liqin	CHN	4 – 0	Jörgen Persson	SWE