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Doubles, Men

Date	23 – 30 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall D)
Participants	62 from 25 countries
Format	Round-robin qualifying pools, followed by single-elimination tournament.

The Chinese pair of Lu Lin and Wang Tao were the defending champions and had won the 1993 and 1995 World Championships in doubles. At the 1995 World Championships, Kong Linghui (CHN) had defeated his countryman, Liu Guoliang, in the final. In Atlanta, they paired up as a doubles team and faced Lu and Wang in the final. Kong/Liu had not lost any games before the final, but the first two games were split, before King Kong and Liu ran away to win in four games. They continued to compete as a doubles team and won the 1997 and 1999 World Championships.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	Gold
	Kong Linghui • Liu Guoliang
2	People's Republic of China 1	CHN	Silver
	Lü Lin • Wang Tao
3	Republic of Korea 2	KOR	Bronze
	Lee Cheol-Seung • Yu Nam-Gyu
4	Germany	GER
	Jörg Roßkopf • Steffen Fetzner
=5	Republic of Korea 1	KOR
	Gang Hui-Chan • Kim Taek-Su
=5	France 2	FRA
	Damien Éloi • Jean-Philippe Gatien
=5	Japan 2	JPN
	Hiroshi Shibutani • Koji Matsushita
=5	Sweden 1	SWE
	Jan-Ove Waldner • Jörgen Persson
=9	Russian Federation	RUS
	Andrey Mazunov • Dmitry Mazunov
=9	Hong Kong	HKG
	Chan Kong Wah • Lo Chuen Tsung
=9	Netherlands	NED
	Danny Heister • Trinko Keen
=9	Austria 1	AUT
	Ding Yi • Qianli Qian
=9	Austria 2	AUT
	Karl Jindrak • Werner Schlager
=9	Poland	POL
	Andrzej Grubba • Lucjan Błaszczyk
=9	France 1	FRA
	Christophe Legoût • Patrick Chila
=9	Yugoslavia	SCG
	Ilija Lupulesku • Slobodan Grujić
=17	Chinese Taipei	TPE
	Chiang Peng-Lung • Wu Wen-Chia
=17	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK
	Choi Kyong-Sob • Li Gun-Sang
=17	Croatia	CRO
	Damir Atiković • Zoran Primorac
=17	Canada	CAN
	Joe Ng • Johnny Huang
=17	Sweden 2	SWE
	Peter Karlsson • Thomas von Scheele
=17	Nigeria	NGR
	Segun Toriola • Sule Olaleye
=17	Japan 1	JPN
	Ryo Yuzawa • Toshio Tasaki
=17	Belarus	BLR
	Uladzimir Samsonau • Yauhen Shchatinin
=25	Chile	CHI
	Augusto Morales • Juan Salamanca
=25	Brazil	BRA
	Giuliano Peixoto • Hugo Hoyama
=25	United States	USA
	Jim Butler • Todd Sweeris
=25	Jamaica	JAM
	Michael Hyatt • Stephen Hylton
=25	Australia	AUS
	Paul Langley • Russ Lavale
=25	Czech Republic	CZE
	Josef Plachý • Petr Korbel
=25	Ghana	GHA
	Isaac Opoku • Winifred Addy

Preliminary Round

Date	23 – 25 July 1996

Group A

Date	23 – 25 July 1996
Format	Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	People's Republic of China 1	CHN	3	0	6-0	126-74	Q
	Wang Tao • Lü Lin
2	Austria 1	AUT	2	1	4-3	123-119
	Qianli Qian • Ding Yi
3	Croatia	CRO	1	2	3-5	131-144
	Zoran Primorac • Damir Atiković
4	Australia	AUS	0	3	1-6	95-138
	Russ Lavale • Paul Langley

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul 11:50	Hall D	People's Republic of China 1	CHN	2 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #2	23 Jul 11:50	Hall D	Austria 1	AUT	2 – 1	Croatia	CRO
Match #3	24 Jul 20:20	Hall D	Austria 1	AUT	2 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #4	24 Jul 20:20	Hall D	People's Republic of China 1	CHN	2 – 0	Croatia	CRO
Match #5	25 Jul	Hall D	Croatia	CRO	2 – 1	Australia	AUS
Match #6	25 Jul	Hall D	People's Republic of China 1	CHN	2 – 0	Austria 1	AUT

Group B

Date	23 – 25 July 1996
Format	Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Sweden 1	SWE	3	0	6-2	160-139	Q
	Jan-Ove Waldner • Jörgen Persson
2	Netherlands	NED	2	1	5-3	157-140
	Trinko Keen • Danny Heister
3	Japan 1	JPN	1	2	4-4	152-144
	Ryo Yuzawa • Toshio Tasaki
4	Chile	CHI	0	3	0-6	80-126
	Juan Salamanca • Augusto Morales

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul 11:50	Hall D	Sweden 1	SWE	2 – 0	Chile	CHI
Match #2	23 Jul 11:50	Hall D	Netherlands	NED	2 – 1	Japan 1	JPN
Match #3	24 Jul 20:20	Hall D	Netherlands	NED	2 – 0	Chile	CHI
Match #4	24 Jul 20:20	Hall D	Sweden 1	SWE	2 – 1	Japan 1	JPN
Match #5	25 Jul	Hall D	Japan 1	JPN	2 – 0	Chile	CHI
Match #6	25 Jul	Hall D	Sweden 1	SWE	2 – 1	Netherlands	NED

Group C

Date	23 – 25 July 1996
Format	Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	3	0	6-0	126-77	Q
	Liu Guoliang • Kong Linghui
2	France 1	FRA	2	1	4-3	133-102
	Christophe Legoût • Patrick Chila
3	Sweden 2	SWE	1	2	3-4	116-120
	Thomas von Scheele • Peter Karlsson
4	Ghana	GHA	0	3	0-6	50-126
	Isaac Opoku • Winifred Addy

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul 11:50	Hall D	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	2 – 0	Ghana	GHA
Match #2	23 Jul 11:50	Hall D	France 1	FRA	2 – 1	Sweden 2	SWE
Match #3	24 Jul 20:20	Hall D	France 1	FRA	2 – 0	Ghana	GHA
Match #4	24 Jul 20:20	Hall D	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	2 – 0	Sweden 2	SWE
Match #5	25 Jul	Hall D	Sweden 2	SWE	2 – 0	Ghana	GHA
Match #6	25 Jul	Hall D	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	2 – 0	France 1	FRA

Group D

Date	23 – 25 July 1996
Format	Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	France 2	FRA	3	0	6-0	126-74	Q
	Jean-Philippe Gatien • Damien Éloi
2	Hong Kong	HKG	2	1	4-3	126-129
	Lo Chuen Tsung • Chan Kong Wah
3	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	1	2	3-4	116-128
	Li Gun-Sang • Choi Kyong-Sob
4	Jamaica	JAM	0	3	0-6	89-126
	Stephen Hylton • Michael Hyatt

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul 11:50	Hall D	France 2	FRA	2 – 0	Jamaica	JAM
Match #2	23 Jul 11:50	Hall D	Hong Kong	HKG	2 – 1	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK
Match #3	24 Jul 20:20	Hall D	Hong Kong	HKG	2 – 0	Jamaica	JAM
Match #4	24 Jul 20:20	Hall D	France 2	FRA	2 – 0	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK
Match #5	25 Jul	Hall D	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	2 – 0	Jamaica	JAM
Match #6	25 Jul	Hall D	France 2	FRA	2 – 0	Hong Kong	HKG

Group E

Date	23 – 25 July 1996
Format	Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Germany	GER	3	0	6-0	127-81	Q
	Jörg Roßkopf • Steffen Fetzner
2	Austria 2	AUT	2	1	4-3	144-125
	Werner Schlager • Karl Jindrak
3	Canada	CAN	1	2	2-4	97-106
	Joe Ng • Johnny Huang
4	Brazil	BRA	0	3	1-6	93-149
	Giuliano Peixoto • Hugo Hoyama

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul 12:30	Hall D	Germany	GER	2 – 0	Brazil	BRA
Match #2	23 Jul 12:30	Hall D	Austria 2	AUT	2 – 0	Canada	CAN
Match #3	24 Jul 21:00	Hall D	Austria 2	AUT	2 – 1	Brazil	BRA
Match #4	24 Jul 21:00	Hall D	Germany	GER	2 – 0	Canada	CAN
Match #5	25 Jul	Hall D	Canada	CAN	2 – 0	Brazil	BRA
Match #6	25 Jul	Hall D	Germany	GER	2 – 0	Austria 2	AUT

Group F

Date	23 – 25 July 1996
Format	Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Republic of Korea 1	KOR	2	0	4-0	84-62	Q
	Kim Taek-Su • Gang Hui-Chan
2	Poland	POL	1	1	2-3	100-97
	Andrzej Grubba • Lucjan Błaszczyk
3	Chinese Taipei	TPE	0	2	1-4	82-107
	Wu Wen-Chia • Chiang Peng-Lung

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul 12:30	Hall D	Poland	POL	2 – 1	Chinese Taipei	TPE
Match #2	24 Jul 21:00	Hall D	Republic of Korea 1	KOR	2 – 0	Poland	POL
Match #3	25 Jul	Hall D	Republic of Korea 1	KOR	2 – 0	Chinese Taipei	TPE

Group G

Date	23 – 25 July 1996
Format	Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Republic of Korea 2	KOR	3	0	6-0	126-89	Q
	Yu Nam-Gyu • Lee Cheol-Seung
2	Russian Federation	RUS	2	1	4-2	120-104
	Dmitry Mazunov • Andrey Mazunov
3	Belarus	BLR	1	2	2-4	103-113
	Yauhen Shchatinin • Uladzimir Samsonau
4	United States	USA	0	3	0-6	83-126
	Todd Sweeris • Jim Butler

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul 12:30	Hall D	Republic of Korea 2	KOR	2 – 0	United States	USA
Match #2	23 Jul 12:30	Hall D	Russian Federation	RUS	2 – 0	Belarus	BLR
Match #3	24 Jul 21:00	Hall D	Russian Federation	RUS	2 – 0	United States	USA
Match #4	24 Jul 21:00	Hall D	Republic of Korea 2	KOR	2 – 0	Belarus	BLR
Match #5	25 Jul	Hall D	Belarus	BLR	2 – 0	United States	USA
Match #6	25 Jul	Hall D	Republic of Korea 2	KOR	2 – 0	Russian Federation	RUS

Group H

Date	23 – 25 July 1996
Format	Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Japan 2	JPN	3	0	6-0	129-95	Q
	Hiroshi Shibutani • Koji Matsushita
2	Yugoslavia	SCG	2	1	4-2	117-115
	Ilija Lupulesku • Slobodan Grujić
3	Nigeria	NGR	1	2	2-4	114-115
	Segun Toriola • Sule Olaleye
4	Czech Republic	CZE	0	3	0-6	94-129
	Josef Plachý • Petr Korbel

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul 12:30	Hall D	Japan 2	JPN	2 – 0	Czech Republic	CZE
Match #2	23 Jul 12:30	Hall D	Yugoslavia	SCG	2 – 0	Nigeria	NGR
Match #3	24 Jul 21:00	Hall D	Yugoslavia	SCG	2 – 0	Czech Republic	CZE
Match #4	24 Jul 21:00	Hall D	Japan 2	JPN	2 – 0	Nigeria	NGR
Match #5	25 Jul	Hall D	Nigeria	NGR	2 – 0	Czech Republic	CZE
Match #6	25 Jul	Hall D	Japan 2	JPN	2 – 0	Yugoslavia	SCG

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul 19:00	Hall D	People's Republic of China 1	CHN	3 – 2	Republic of Korea 1	KOR
Match #2	27 Jul 19:00	Hall D	Germany	GER	3 – 0	France 2	FRA
Match #3	27 Jul 20:00	Hall D	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	3 – 0	Japan 2	JPN
Match #4	27 Jul 20:00	Hall D	Republic of Korea 2	KOR	3 – 0	Sweden 1	SWE

Semi-Finals

Date	29 July 1996 — 21:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul 21:00	Hall D	People's Republic of China 1	CHN	3 – 0	Germany	GER
Match #2	29 Jul 21:00	Hall D	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	3 – 0	Republic of Korea 2	KOR

Final Round

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Jul 14:00	Hall D	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	3 – 1	People's Republic of China 1	CHN
Match 3/4	30 Jul 13:00	Hall D	Republic of Korea 2	KOR	3 – 0	Germany	GER