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Singles, Men

Date	17 – 25 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	64 from 35 countries
Format	Round-robin qualifying pools, followed by single-elimination tournament. Top 16 seeded directly into single-elimination.

The men’s singles was expected to come down to the last two Chinese world champions, Kong Linghui, known as King Kong, and the 1996 gold medalist, Liu Guoliang and 1999 World Champion. Liu had failed two doping tests for testosterone after the 1999 World Championships, but was reinstated for the Sydney Olympics. The International Table Tennis Federation ( ITTF) cleared Liu’s name after a three-month-long investigation showed no evidence for exogenous origin of epitestosterone in Liu’s samples and declared that there was no doping offense. In the semi-finals Liu went out to the 1992 Olympic champion Jan-Ove Waldner in straight games. That set up the final between Kong and Waldner. They split the first four games but Kong raced ahead 10-1 in the final. Waldner fought back, but Kong finished strongly, winning the gold medal in five games.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Kong Linghui	CHN	Gold
2	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	Silver
3	Liu Guoliang	CHN	Bronze
4	Jörgen Persson	SWE
=5	Jörg Roßkopf	GER
=5	Liu Guozheng	CHN
=5	Uladzimir Samsonau	BLR
=5	Werner Schlager	AUT
=9	Chiang Peng-Lung	TPE
=9	Christophe Legoût	FRA
=9	Damien Éloi	FRA
=9	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL
=9	Koji Matsushita	JPN
=9	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL
=9	Timo Boll	GER
=9	Toshio Tasaki	JPN
=17	Chang Yen-Shu	TPE
=17	Cheung Yuk	HKG
=17	Danny Heister	NED
=17	Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA
=17	Johnny Huang	CAN
=17	Kallinikos Kreangka	GRE
=17	Kim Taek-Su	KOR
=17	Lee Cheol-Seung	KOR
=17	Peter Franz	GER
=17	Peter Karlsson	SWE
=17	Philippe Saive	BEL
=17	Seiko Iseki	JPN
=17	Trinko Keen	NED
=17	Yu Seung-Min	KOR
=17	Zoran Primorac	CRO
=17	Petr Korbel	CZE
=33	Adrian Crișan	ROU
=33	Yinghua Cheng	USA
=33	Chetan Baboor	IND
=33	David Zhuang	USA
=33	Ding Yi	AUT
=33	El-Sayed Lashin	EGY
=33	Hugo Hoyama	BRA
=33	Josef Plachý	CZE
=33	Song Liu	ARG
=33	Mark Smythe	AUS
=33	Matthew Syed	GBR
=33	Daniel Tsiokas	GRE
=33	Segun Toriola	NGR
=33	Slobodan Grujić	SCG
=33	Tomasz Krzeszewski	POL
=33	Yauhen Shchatinin	BLR
=49	Anton Suseno	INA
=49	Ashraf Helmy	EGY
=49	Augusto Morales	CHI
=49	Francisco Arado	CUB
=49	Gdara Hamam	TUN
=49	Hamad Al-Hammadi	QAT
=49	Patrick Sahajasein	MRI
=49	Jorge Gambra	CHI
=49	Kurt Liu	CAN
=49	Leung Chu Yan	HKG
=49	Majidreza Ehteshamzadeh	IRI
=49	Peter Akinlabi	NGR
=49	Peter Jackson	NZL
=49	Renier Sosa	CUB
=49	Russ Lavale	AUS
=49	Simon Gerada	AUS

Preliminary Round

Date	17 – 20 September 2000

Group A

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Kallinikos Kreangka	GRE	2	0	6-0	126-68
2	El-Sayed Lashin	EGY	1	1	3-3	100-124
3	Anton Suseno	INA	0	2	0-6	96-130

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Kallinikos Kreangka	GRE	3 – 0	Anton Suseno	INA
Match #2	18 Sep	El-Sayed Lashin	EGY	3 – 0	Anton Suseno	INA
Match #3	19 Sep	Kallinikos Kreangka	GRE	3 – 0	El-Sayed Lashin	EGY

Group B

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Jörg Roßkopf	GER	2	0	6-0	126-69
2	David Zhuang	USA	1	1	3-4	110-127
3	Ashraf Helmy	EGY	0	2	1-6	98-138

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Jörg Roßkopf	GER	3 – 0	Ashraf Helmy	EGY
Match #2	18 Sep	Jörg Roßkopf	GER	3 – 0	David Zhuang	USA
Match #3	19 Sep	David Zhuang	USA	3 – 1	Ashraf Helmy	EGY

Group C

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Petr Korbel	CZE	2	0	6-1	139-107
2	Chetan Baboor	IND	1	1	4-3	137-138
3	Peter Jackson	NZL	0	2	0-6	101-132

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Petr Korbel	CZE	3 – 1	Chetan Baboor	IND
Match #2	18 Sep	Chetan Baboor	IND	3 – 0	Peter Jackson	NZL
Match #3	19 Sep	Petr Korbel	CZE	3 – 0	Peter Jackson	NZL

Group D

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Johnny Huang	CAN	2	0	6-2	160-123
2	Segun Toriola	NGR	1	1	5-4	165-163
3	Renier Sosa	CUB	0	2	1-6	106-145

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Johnny Huang	CAN	3 – 0	Renier Sosa	CUB
Match #2	18 Sep	Johnny Huang	CAN	3 – 2	Segun Toriola	NGR
Match #3	19 Sep	Segun Toriola	NGR	3 – 1	Renier Sosa	CUB

Group E

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL	2	0	6-2	161-130
2	Adrian Crișan	ROU	1	1	5-3	155-133
3	Simon Gerada	AUS	0	2	0-6	74-127

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL	3 – 2	Adrian Crișan	ROU
Match #2	18 Sep	Adrian Crișan	ROU	3 – 0	Simon Gerada	AUS
Match #3	19 Sep	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL	3 – 0	Simon Gerada	AUS

Group F

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Seiko Iseki	JPN	2	0	6-1	142-103
2	Yinghua Cheng	USA	1	1	4-3	135-115
3	Francisco Arado	CUB	0	2	0-6	67-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Seiko Iseki	JPN	3 – 0	Francisco Arado	CUB
Match #2	18 Sep	Seiko Iseki	JPN	3 – 1	Yinghua Cheng	USA
Match #3	19 Sep	Yinghua Cheng	USA	3 – 0	Francisco Arado	CUB

Group G

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Toshio Tasaki	JPN	2	0	6-1	137-118
2	Josef Plachý	CZE	1	1	3-3	113-107
3	Jorge Gambra	CHI	0	2	1-6	112-137

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Toshio Tasaki	JPN	3 – 0	Josef Plachý	CZE
Match #2	18 Sep	Josef Plachý	CZE	3 – 0	Jorge Gambra	CHI
Match #3	19 Sep	Toshio Tasaki	JPN	3 – 1	Jorge Gambra	CHI

Group H

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Cheung Yuk	HKG	2	0	6-3	182-152
2	Hugo Hoyama	BRA	1	1	5-3	155-145
3	Kurt Liu	CAN	0	2	1-6	105-145

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hugo Hoyama	BRA	3 – 0	Kurt Liu	CAN
Match #2	18 Sep	Cheung Yuk	HKG	3 – 1	Kurt Liu	CAN
Match #3	19 Sep	Cheung Yuk	HKG	3 – 2	Hugo Hoyama	BRA

Group I

Date	17 – 20 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Yu Seung-Min	KOR	2	0	6-0	127-88
2	Mark Smythe	AUS	1	1	3-5	128-158
3	Leung Chu Yan	HKG	0	2	2-6	143-152

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Yu Seung-Min	KOR	3 – 0	Leung Chu Yan	HKG
Match #2	18 Sep	Mark Smythe	AUS	3 – 2	Leung Chu Yan	HKG
Match #3	20 Sep	Yu Seung-Min	KOR	3 – 0	Mark Smythe	AUS

Group J

Date	17 – 20 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Trinko Keen	NED	2	0	6-1	144-75
2	Daniel Tsiokas	GRE	1	1	4-3	118-126
3	Majidreza Ehteshamzadeh	IRI	0	2	0-6	65-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Trinko Keen	NED	3 – 0	Majidreza Ehteshamzadeh	IRI
Match #2	18 Sep	Daniel Tsiokas	GRE	3 – 0	Majidreza Ehteshamzadeh	IRI
Match #3	20 Sep	Trinko Keen	NED	3 – 1	Daniel Tsiokas	GRE

Group K

Date	17 – 20 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Danny Heister	NED	2	0	6-0	126-90
2	Tomasz Krzeszewski	POL	1	1	3-3	112-107
3	Russ Lavale	AUS	0	2	0-6	85-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Danny Heister	NED	3 – 0	Tomasz Krzeszewski	POL
Match #2	18 Sep	Tomasz Krzeszewski	POL	3 – 0	Russ Lavale	AUS
Match #3	20 Sep	Danny Heister	NED	3 – 0	Russ Lavale	AUS

Group L

Date	17 – 20 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Lee Cheol-Seung	KOR	2	0	6-2	155-132
2	Slobodan Grujić	SCG	1	1	5-3	152-136
3	Peter Akinlabi	NGR	0	2	0-6	87-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Slobodan Grujić	SCG	3 – 0	Peter Akinlabi	NGR
Match #2	18 Sep	Lee Cheol-Seung	KOR	3 – 0	Peter Akinlabi	NGR
Match #3	20 Sep	Lee Cheol-Seung	KOR	3 – 2	Slobodan Grujić	SCG

Group M

Date	17 – 20 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Timo Boll	GER	2	0	6-1	143-99
2	Song Liu	ARG	1	1	4-4	137-143
3	Hamad Al-Hammadi	QAT	0	2	1-6	101-139

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Timo Boll	GER	3 – 1	Song Liu	ARG
Match #2	18 Sep	Song Liu	ARG	3 – 1	Hamad Al-Hammadi	QAT
Match #3	20 Sep	Timo Boll	GER	3 – 0	Hamad Al-Hammadi	QAT

Group N

Date	17 – 20 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Chang Yen-Shu	TPE	2	0	6-0	126-78
2	Ding Yi	AUT	1	1	3-3	113-99
3	Gdara Hamam	TUN	0	2	0-6	64-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Chang Yen-Shu	TPE	3 – 0	Gdara Hamam	TUN
Match #2	18 Sep	Chang Yen-Shu	TPE	3 – 0	Ding Yi	AUT
Match #3	20 Sep	Ding Yi	AUT	3 – 0	Gdara Hamam	TUN

Group O

Date	17 – 20 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Peter Franz	GER	2	0	6-0	128-64	Q
2	Matthew Syed	GBR	1	1	3-3	96-85
3	Patrick Sahajasein	MRI	0	2	0-6	51-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Peter Franz	GER	3 – 0	Matthew Syed	GBR
Match #2	18 Sep	Peter Franz	GER	3 – 0	Patrick Sahajasein	MRI
Match #3	20 Sep	Matthew Syed	GBR	3 – 0	Patrick Sahajasein	MRI

Group P

Date	17 – 20 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Philippe Saive	BEL	2	0	6-1	145-107	Q
2	Yauhen Shchatinin	BLR	1	1	4-3	141-118
3	Augusto Morales	CHI	0	2	0-6	65-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Yauhen Shchatinin	BLR	3 – 0	Augusto Morales	CHI
Match #2	18 Sep	Philippe Saive	BEL	3 – 0	Augusto Morales	CHI
Match #3	20 Sep	Philippe Saive	BEL	3 – 1	Yauhen Shchatinin	BLR

Round One

Date	21 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Kong Linghui	CHN	3 – 0	Johnny Huang	CAN
Match #2	21 Sep	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL	3 – 0	Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA
Match #3	21 Sep	Timo Boll	GER	3 – 1	Kim Taek-Su	KOR
Match #4	21 Sep	Werner Schlager	AUT	3 – 2	Danny Heister	NED
Match #5	21 Sep	Jörgen Persson	SWE	3 – 1	Peter Franz	GER
Match #6	21 Sep	Koji Matsushita	JPN	3 – 0	Cheung Yuk	HKG
Match #7	21 Sep	Liu Guozheng	CHN	3 – 2	Philippe Saive	BEL
Match #8	21 Sep	Chiang Peng-Lung	TPE	3 – 0	Kallinikos Kreangka	GRE
Match #9	21 Sep	Liu Guoliang	CHN	3 – 0	Trinko Keen	NED
Match #10	21 Sep	Damien Éloi	FRA	3 – 1	Lee Cheol-Seung	KOR
Match #11	21 Sep	Jörg Roßkopf	GER	3 – 2	Peter Karlsson	SWE
Match #12	21 Sep	Toshio Tasaki	JPN	3 – 0	Zoran Primorac	CRO
Match #13	21 Sep	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	3 – 1	Seiko Iseki	JPN
Match #14	21 Sep	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL	3 – 0	Petr Korbel	CZE
Match #15	21 Sep	Christophe Legoût	FRA	3 – 2	Yu Seung-Min	KOR
Match #16	21 Sep	Uladzimir Samsonau	BLR	3 – 0	Chang Yen-Shu	TPE

Round Two

Date	22 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Sep	Kong Linghui	CHN	3 – 2	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL
Match #2	22 Sep	Werner Schlager	AUT	3 – 2	Timo Boll	GER
Match #3	22 Sep	Jörgen Persson	SWE	3 – 0	Koji Matsushita	JPN
Match #4	22 Sep	Liu Guozheng	CHN	3 – 0	Chiang Peng-Lung	TPE
Match #5	22 Sep	Liu Guoliang	CHN	3 – 2	Damien Éloi	FRA
Match #6	22 Sep	Jörg Roßkopf	GER	3 – 2	Toshio Tasaki	JPN
Match #7	22 Sep	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	3 – 1	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL
Match #8	22 Sep	Uladzimir Samsonau	BLR	3 – 0	Christophe Legoût	FRA

Quarter-Finals

Date	23 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Sep	Kong Linghui	CHN	3 – 2	Werner Schlager	AUT
Match #2	23 Sep	Jörgen Persson	SWE	3 – 1	Liu Guozheng	CHN
Match #3	23 Sep	Liu Guoliang	CHN	3 – 0	Jörg Roßkopf	GER
Match #4	23 Sep	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	3 – 2	Uladzimir Samsonau	BLR

Semi-Finals

Date	24 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Kong Linghui	CHN	3 – 1	Jörgen Persson	SWE
Match #2	24 Sep	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	3 – 0	Liu Guoliang	CHN

Final Round

Date	25 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	25 Sep	Kong Linghui	CHN	3 – 2	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE
Match 3/4	25 Sep	Liu Guoliang	CHN	3 – 1	Jörgen Persson	SWE