Singles, Men

Date	30 July – 6 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Polideportivo Estación del Norte, Barcelona
Participants	64 from 37 countries
Format	Round-robin qualifying pools, followed by single-elimination tournament.

Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE) had won the 1989 World Championship while his countryman Jörgen Persson was World Champion in 1991, defeating Waldner in the final. Waldner was somewhat erratic, but not in Barcelona. He was an easy winner of the gold medal, winning all his matches and losing only one of 19 games. In the final, he swept France’s Jean-Philippe Gatien, world ranked #1, in three games. The bronze medal went to Korea’s Kim Taek-Soo, which made for a very interesting podium as no Chinese player was on it. Thru 2008, this is the only Olympic table tennis event at which the Chinese have been shut out of the medals. Persson lost in the quarter-finals to China’s Ma Wenge, who lost in the semis to Gatien.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE		Gold
2	Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA		Silver
=3	Ma Wenge	CHN		Bronze
=3	Kim Taek-Su	KOR		Bronze
=5	Ding Yi	AUT
=5	Jörgen Persson	SWE
=5	Wang Tao	CHN
=5	Jörg Roßkopf	GER
=9	Yu Nam-Gyu	KOR
=9	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL
=9	Paul Haldan	NED
=9	Steffen Fetzner	GER
=9	Andrzej Grubba	POL
=9	Zoran Primorac	CRO
=9	Li Gun-Sang	PRK
=9	Carl Prean	GBR
=17	Andrey Mazunov	EUN
=17	Choi Kyong-Sob	PRK
=17	Cláudio Kano	BRA
=17	Hiroshi Shibutani	JPN
=17	Hugo Hoyama	BRA
=17	Ilija Lupulesku	IOA
=17	Jim Butler	USA
=17	Kamlesh Mehta	IND
=17	Gang Hui-Chan	KOR
=17	Kim Song-Hui	PRK
=17	Koji Matsushita	JPN
=17	Lo Chuen Tsung	HKG
=17	Matthew Syed	GBR
=17	Mikael Appelgren	SWE
=17	Petr Korbel	TCH
=17	Zoran Kalinić	IOA
=33	Atanda Musa	NGR
=33	Anton Suseno	INA
=33	Dmitry Mazunov	EUN
=33	Igor Solopov	EST
=33	Lu Lin	CHN
=33	Michael Hyatt	JAM
=33	Nicolas Chatelain	FRA
=33	Yomi Bankole	NGR
=33	Peter Jackson	NZL
=33	Piotr Skierski	POL
=33	Roberto Casares	ESP
=33	Roland Vími	TCH
=33	Sean O'Neill	USA
=33	Sule Olaleye	NGR
=33	Takehiro Watanabe	JPN
=33	Tomáš Jančí	TCH
=49	Attaher Mohamed El-Mahjoub	LBA
=49	Abdelhadi Legdali	MAR
=49	Ashraf Helmy	EGY
=49	Augusto Morales	CHI
=49	Chetan Baboor	IND
=49	Ibrahim Al-Idokht	IRI
=49	Joe Ng	CAN
=49	Hagen Bower	NZL
=49	José María Pales	ESP
=49	Louis Botha	RSA
=49	Marcos Núñez	CHI
=49	Mourad Sta	TUN
=49	Raed Hamdan	KSA
=49	Rubén Arado	CUB
=49	Santiago Roque	CUB
=49	Yair Nathan	PER

Preliminary Round (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Group A (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA	3	0	6	0	126	80	Q
2	Zoran Kalinić	IOA	2	1	4	2	115	93
3	Atanda Musa	NGR	1	2	2	4	97	112
4	Hagen Bower	NZL	0	3	0	6	73	126

Match #1	Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA	2 – 0 21-14, 21-13	Hagen Bower	NZL
Match #2	Zoran Kalinić	IOA	2 – 0 21-14, 21-19	Atanda Musa	NGR
Match #3	Zoran Kalinić	IOA	2 – 0 21-9, 21-9	Hagen Bower	NZL
Match #4	Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA	2 – 0 21-9, 21-13	Atanda Musa	NGR
Match #5	Atanda Musa	NGR	2 – 0 21-13, 21-15	Hagen Bower	NZL
Match #6	Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA	2 – 0 21-16, 21-15	Zoran Kalinić	IOA

Group B (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	3	0	6	0	126	76	Q
2	Gang Hui-Chan	KOR	2	1	4	2	115	94
3	Igor Solopov	EST	1	2	2	4	95	108
4	Mourad Sta	TUN	0	3	0	6	68	126

Match #1	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	2 – 0 21-10, 21-10	Mourad Sta	TUN
Match #2	Gang Hui-Chan	KOR	2 – 0 21-11, 21-17	Igor Solopov	EST
Match #3	Gang Hui-Chan	KOR	2 – 0 21-9, 21-15	Mourad Sta	TUN
Match #4	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	2 – 0 21-13, 21-12	Igor Solopov	EST
Match #5	Igor Solopov	EST	2 – 0 21-12, 21-12	Mourad Sta	TUN
Match #6	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	2 – 0 21-19, 21-12	Gang Hui-Chan	KOR

Group C (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Jörgen Persson	SWE	3	0	6	1	145	116
2	Matthew Syed	GBR	2	1	4	2	123	114
3	Nicolas Chatelain	FRA	1	2	3	4	135	133
4	Ashraf Helmy	EGY	0	3	0	6	86	126

Match #1	Jörgen Persson	SWE	2 – 0 21-13, 21-13	Ashraf Helmy	EGY
Match #2	Matthew Syed	GBR	2 – 0 23-21, 21-19	Nicolas Chatelain	FRA
Match #3	Matthew Syed	GBR	2 – 0 21-14, 21-15	Ashraf Helmy	EGY
Match #4	Jörgen Persson	SWE	2 – 1 21-15, 16-21, 21-17	Nicolas Chatelain	FRA
Match #5	Nicolas Chatelain	FRA	2 – 0 21-14, 21-17	Ashraf Helmy	EGY
Match #6	Jörgen Persson	SWE	2 – 0 21-15, 24-22	Matthew Syed	GBR

Group D (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Andrzej Grubba	POL	3	0	6	1	141	85	Q
2	Cláudio Kano	BRA	2	1	5	2	128	109
3	Roland Vími	TCH	1	2	2	4	87	112
4	Louis Botha	RSA	0	3	0	6	76	126

Match #1	Andrzej Grubba	POL	2 – 0 21-7, 21-13	Louis Botha	RSA
Match #2	Cláudio Kano	BRA	2 – 0 21-12, 21-12	Roland Vími	TCH
Match #3	Cláudio Kano	BRA	2 – 0 21-11, 21-17	Louis Botha	RSA
Match #4	Andrzej Grubba	POL	2 – 0 21-14, 21-7	Roland Vími	TCH
Match #5	Roland Vími	TCH	2 – 0 21-13, 21-15	Louis Botha	RSA
Match #6	Andrzej Grubba	POL	2 – 1 21-12, 15-21, 21-11	Cláudio Kano	BRA

Group E (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Jörg Roßkopf	GER	3	0	6	0	128	77	Q
2	Andrey Mazunov	EUN	2	1	4	2	118	96
3	Michael Hyatt	JAM	1	2	2	4	83	117
4	Joe Ng	CAN	0	3	0	6	88	127

Match #1	Jörg Roßkopf	GER	2 – 0 21-12, 21-14	Joe Ng	CAN
Match #2	Andrey Mazunov	EUN	2 – 0 21-9, 21-14	Michael Hyatt	JAM
Match #3	Andrey Mazunov	EUN	2 – 0 21-19, 21-10	Joe Ng	CAN
Match #4	Jörg Roßkopf	GER	2 – 0 21-13, 21-4	Michael Hyatt	JAM
Match #5	Michael Hyatt	JAM	2 – 0 21-13, 22-20	Joe Ng	CAN
Match #6	Jörg Roßkopf	GER	2 – 0 23-21, 21-13	Andrey Mazunov	EUN

Group F (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL	3	0	6	1	145	104	Q
2	Hugo Hoyama	BRA	2	1	4	2	118	103
3	Dmitry Mazunov	EUN	1	2	3	4	114	125
4	Ibrahim Al-Idokht	IRI	0	3	0	6	81	126

Match #1	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL	2 – 0 21-19, 21-9	Ibrahim Al-Idokht	IRI
Match #2	Hugo Hoyama	BRA	2 – 0 21-11, 21-19	Dmitry Mazunov	EUN
Match #3	Hugo Hoyama	BRA	2 – 0 21-15, 21-16	Ibrahim Al-Idokht	IRI
Match #4	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL	2 – 1 21-9, 19-21, 21-12	Dmitry Mazunov	EUN
Match #5	Dmitry Mazunov	EUN	2 – 0 21-12, 21-10	Ibrahim Al-Idokht	IRI
Match #6	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL	2 – 0 21-17, 21-17	Hugo Hoyama	BRA

Group G (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Ma Wenge	CHN	3	0	6	1	142	109
2	Petr Korbel	TCH	2	1	5	3	148	133
3	Piotr Skierski	POL	1	2	3	4	113	127
4	Augusto Morales	CHI	0	3	0	6	92	126

Match #1	Ma Wenge	CHN	2 – 0 21-14, 21-13	Augusto Morales	CHI
Match #2	Petr Korbel	TCH	2 – 1 11-21, 21-12, 21-9	Piotr Skierski	POL
Match #3	Petr Korbel	TCH	2 – 0 21-14, 21-19	Augusto Morales	CHI
Match #4	Ma Wenge	CHN	2 – 0 21-12, 21-17	Piotr Skierski	POL
Match #5	Piotr Skierski	POL	2 – 0 21-19, 21-13	Augusto Morales	CHI
Match #6	Ma Wenge	CHN	2 – 1 12-21, 21-9, 25-23	Petr Korbel	TCH

Group H (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Kim Taek-Su	KOR	3	0	6	1	144	100
2	Kamlesh Mehta	IND	2	1	5	3	149	148
3	Lu Lin	CHN	1	2	2	4	107	110
4	Abdelhadi Legdali	MAR	0	3	1	6	102	144

Match #1	Kim Taek-Su	KOR	2 – 0 21-9, 21-13	Abdelhadi Legdali	MAR
Match #2	Kamlesh Mehta	IND	2 – 0 21-18, 21-16	Lu Lin	CHN
Match #3	Kamlesh Mehta	IND	2 – 1 17-21, 22-20, 21-13	Abdelhadi Legdali	MAR
Match #4	Kim Taek-Su	KOR	2 – 0 21-19, 21-12	Lu Lin	CHN
Match #5	Lu Lin	CHN	2 – 0 21-16, 21-10	Abdelhadi Legdali	MAR
Match #6	Kim Taek-Su	KOR	2 – 1 21-13, 18-21, 21-13	Kamlesh Mehta	IND

Group I (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Li Gun-Sang	PRK	3	0	6	1	145	94	Q
2	Ilija Lupulesku	IOA	2	1	4	3	133	116
3	Sule Olaleye	NGR	1	2	4	4	132	160
4	Attaher Mohamed El-Mahjoub	LBA	0	3	0	6	88	128

Match #1	Li Gun-Sang	PRK	2 – 0 21-11, 21-14	Attaher Mohamed El-Mahjoub	LBA
Match #2	Ilija Lupulesku	IOA	2 – 1 21-13, 20-22, 21-13	Sule Olaleye	NGR
Match #3	Ilija Lupulesku	IOA	2 – 0 21-14, 21-12	Attaher Mohamed El-Mahjoub	LBA
Match #4	Li Gun-Sang	PRK	2 – 1 19-21, 21-8, 21-11	Sule Olaleye	NGR
Match #5	Sule Olaleye	NGR	2 – 0 23-21, 21-16	Attaher Mohamed El-Mahjoub	LBA
Match #6	Li Gun-Sang	PRK	2 – 0 21-12, 21-17	Ilija Lupulesku	IOA

Group J (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Yu Nam-Gyu	KOR	3	0	6	2	160	114	Q
2	Lo Chuen Tsung	HKG	2	1	5	2	128	109
3	Sean O'Neill	USA	1	2	3	4	125	126
4	Santiago Roque	CUB	0	3	0	6	62	126

Match #1	Yu Nam-Gyu	KOR	2 – 0 21-12, 21-8	Santiago Roque	CUB
Match #2	Lo Chuen Tsung	HKG	2 – 0 21-14, 21-19	Sean O'Neill	USA
Match #3	Lo Chuen Tsung	HKG	2 – 0 21-8, 21-11	Santiago Roque	CUB
Match #4	Yu Nam-Gyu	KOR	2 – 1 21-10, 19-21, 21-19	Sean O'Neill	USA
Match #5	Sean O'Neill	USA	2 – 0 21-8, 21-15	Santiago Roque	CUB
Match #6	Yu Nam-Gyu	KOR	2 – 1 15-21, 21-10, 21-13	Lo Chuen Tsung	HKG

Group K (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Wang Tao	CHN	3	0	6	1	135	96	Q
2	Koji Matsushita	JPN	2	1	5	2	130	93
3	Yomi Bankole	NGR	1	2	2	5	105	133
4	Raed Hamdan	KSA	0	3	1	6	92	140

Match #1	Wang Tao	CHN	2 – 0 21-12, 21-7	Raed Hamdan	KSA
Match #2	Koji Matsushita	JPN	2 – 0 21-10, 21-8	Yomi Bankole	NGR
Match #3	Koji Matsushita	JPN	2 – 0 21-8, 21-16	Raed Hamdan	KSA
Match #4	Wang Tao	CHN	2 – 0 21-16, 21-15	Yomi Bankole	NGR
Match #5	Yomi Bankole	NGR	2 – 1 14-21, 21-14, 21-14	Raed Hamdan	KSA
Match #6	Wang Tao	CHN	2 – 1 9-21, 21-9, 21-16	Koji Matsushita	JPN

Group L (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Zoran Primorac	CRO	3	0	6	0	126	74	Q
2	Jim Butler	USA	2	1	4	3	133	101
3	Tomáš Jančí	TCH	1	2	3	4	129	102
4	Yair Nathan	PER	0	3	0	6	15	126

Match #1	Zoran Primorac	CRO	2 – 0 21-7, 21-8	Yair Nathan	PER
Match #2	Jim Butler	USA	2 – 1 22-20, 17-21, 21-18	Tomáš Jančí	TCH
Match #3	Jim Butler	USA	walkover
Match #4	Zoran Primorac	CRO	2 – 0 21-18, 21-10	Tomáš Jančí	TCH
Match #5	Tomáš Jančí	TCH	walkover
Match #6	Zoran Primorac	CRO	2 – 0 21-17, 21-14	Jim Butler	USA

Group M (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Paul Haldan	NED	3	0	6	1	138	125
2	Mikael Appelgren	SWE	2	1	5	2	142	120
3	Anton Suseno	INA	1	2	2	4	115	119
4	José María Pales	ESP	0	3	0	6	96	127

Match #1	Paul Haldan	NED	2 – 0 22-20, 21-13	José María Pales	ESP
Match #2	Mikael Appelgren	SWE	2 – 0 22-20, 21-18	Anton Suseno	INA
Match #3	Mikael Appelgren	SWE	2 – 0 21-10, 21-19	José María Pales	ESP
Match #4	Paul Haldan	NED	2 – 0 21-16, 21-19	Anton Suseno	INA
Match #5	Anton Suseno	INA	2 – 0 21-18, 21-16	José María Pales	ESP
Match #6	Paul Haldan	NED	2 – 1 11-21, 21-18, 21-18	Mikael Appelgren	SWE

Group N (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Steffen Fetzner	GER	3	0	6	2	159	115	Q
2	Kim Song-Hui	PRK	2	1	5	2	142	91
3	Takehiro Watanabe	JPN	1	2	3	4	98	132
4	Marcos Núñez	CHI	0	3	0	6	67	128

Match #1	Steffen Fetzner	GER	2 – 0 21-8, 21-11	Marcos Núñez	CHI
Match #2	Kim Song-Hui	PRK	2 – 0 21-10, 21-6	Takehiro Watanabe	JPN
Match #3	Kim Song-Hui	PRK	2 – 0 21-11, 21-9	Marcos Núñez	CHI
Match #4	Steffen Fetzner	GER	2 – 1 20-22, 21-10, 21-6	Takehiro Watanabe	JPN
Match #5	Takehiro Watanabe	JPN	2 – 0 23-21, 21-7	Marcos Núñez	CHI
Match #6	Steffen Fetzner	GER	2 – 1 13-21, 21-18, 21-19	Kim Song-Hui	PRK

Group O (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Ding Yi	AUT	3	0	6	0	126	87	Q
2	Hiroshi Shibutani	JPN	2	1	4	2	117	93
3	Peter Jackson	NZL	1	2	2	4	104	111
4	Rubén Arado	CUB	0	3	0	6	70	126

Match #1	Ding Yi	AUT	2 – 0 21-14, 21-10	Rubén Arado	CUB
Match #2	Hiroshi Shibutani	JPN	2 – 0 21-19, 21-13	Peter Jackson	NZL
Match #3	Hiroshi Shibutani	JPN	2 – 0 21-10, 21-9	Rubén Arado	CUB
Match #4	Ding Yi	AUT	2 – 0 21-12, 21-18	Peter Jackson	NZL
Match #5	Peter Jackson	NZL	2 – 0 21-12, 21-15	Rubén Arado	CUB
Match #6	Ding Yi	AUT	2 – 0 21-19, 21-14	Hiroshi Shibutani	JPN

Group P (30 July – 1 August 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Carl Prean	GBR	3	0	6	1	145	93	Q
2	Choi Kyong-Sob	PRK	2	1	4	3	129	124
3	Roberto Casares	ESP	1	2	4	5	158	171
4	Chetan Baboor	IND	0	3	1	6	104	148

Match #1	Carl Prean	GBR	2 – 0 21-11, 21-12	Chetan Baboor	IND
Match #2	Choi Kyong-Sob	PRK	2 – 1 17-21, 21-16, 21-15	Roberto Casares	ESP
Match #3	Choi Kyong-Sob	PRK	2 – 0 21-14, 21-16	Chetan Baboor	IND
Match #4	Carl Prean	GBR	2 – 1 21-11, 19-21, 21-10	Roberto Casares	ESP
Match #5	Roberto Casares	ESP	2 – 1 20-22, 21-8, 23-21	Chetan Baboor	IND
Match #6	Carl Prean	GBR	2 – 0 21-16, 21-12	Choi Kyong-Sob	PRK

Round One (2 August 1992)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA	3 – 2 22-24, 25-23, 21-19, 17-21, 21-19	Yu Nam-Gyu	KOR
Match #2	Ding Yi	AUT	3 – 0 21-17, 21-17, 21-15	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL
Match #3	Ma Wenge	CHN	3 – 0 21-15, 21-16, 21-13	Paul Haldan	NED
Match #4	Jörgen Persson	SWE	3 – 0 21-13, 21-17, 21-11	Steffen Fetzner	GER
Match #5	Wang Tao	CHN	3 – 0 21-13, 21-18, 21-7	Andrzej Grubba	POL
Match #6	Kim Taek-Su	KOR	3 – 2 19-21, 13-21, 22-20, 21-8, 21-12	Zoran Primorac	CRO
Match #7	Jörg Roßkopf	GER	3 – 1 21-13, 21-14, 18-21, 21-15	Li Gun-Sang	PRK
Match #8	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	3 – 0 21-15, 21-14, 21-15	Carl Prean	GBR

Quarter-Finals (4 August 1992)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA	3 – 2 21-13, 20-22, 18-21, 21-18, 21-5	Ding Yi	AUT
Match #2	Ma Wenge	CHN	3 – 0 21-14, 21-18, 21-8	Jörgen Persson	SWE
Match #3	Kim Taek-Su	KOR	3 – 2 21-19, 15-21, 21-12, 13-21, 21-18	Wang Tao	CHN
Match #4	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	3 – 1 21-15, 21-14, 18-21, 21-17	Jörg Roßkopf	GER

Semi-Finals (5 August 1992)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA	3 – 2 20-22, 22-20, 21-16, 12-21, 21-13	Ma Wenge	CHN
Match #2	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	3 – 0 21-9, 21-18, 21-19	Kim Taek-Su	KOR

Final Round (6 August 1992 — 11:00)

Match 1/2	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	3 – 0 21-10, 21-18, 25-23	Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA