Table Tennis — Singles, Men

Times held 10
Total participants 364
Total countries 96

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
2024 Singles, Men Olympic 67 46

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
2024 Fan ZhendongCHN Truls MöregårdhSWE Félix LebrunFRA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
People's Republic of China CHN 7 6 4 17
Republic of Korea KOR 2 1 1 4
Sweden SWE 1 2 1 4
France FRA 0 1 1 2
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
Fan Zhendong CHN 1 1 0 2
Liu Guoliang CHN 1 0 1 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2024 Summer Olympics Mehdi Bouloussa =33 See all
Argentina ARG 2004 Summer Olympics Song Liu =17 See all
Australia AUS 2012 Summer Olympics William Henzell =17 See all
Austria AUT 1992 Summer Olympics Ding Yi =5 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Werner Schlager =5
Belarus BLR 2016 Summer Olympics Uladzimir Samsonau 4 See all
Belgium BEL 1996 Summer Olympics Jean-Michel Saive =5 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 2004 Summer Olympics Srđan Miličević =33 See all
Brazil BRA 2024 Summer Olympics Hugo Calderano 4 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Mariano Domuschiev =33 See all
Canada CAN 1996 Summer Olympics Johnny Huang =5 See all
Chile CHI 2024 Summer Olympics Nicolás Burgos =33 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 2012 Summer Olympics Chuang Chih-Yuan 4 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Lin Yun-Ju 4
Congo CGO 2012 Summer Olympics Suraju Saka =49 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Saheed Idowu =65
2016 Summer Olympics Jianan Wang =33
2024 Summer Olympics Saheed Idowu =33
Croatia CRO 2008 Summer Olympics Zoran Primorac =5 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Ruiwu Tan =5
Cuba CUB 2012 Summer Olympics Andy Pereira =49 See all
Czechia CZE 1996 Summer Olympics Petr Korbel 4 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1988 Summer Olympics Jindřich Panský =17 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Petr Korbel =17
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1992 Summer Olympics Li Gun-Sang =9 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Kim Hyok-Bong =9
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 2004 Summer Olympics Momo Babungu =49 See all
2004 Summer Olympics José Luyindula =49
Denmark DEN 2012 Summer Olympics Michael Maze =5 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2004 Summer Olympics Luis Lin =9 See all
Ecuador ECU 2024 Summer Olympics Alberto Miño =17 See all
Egypt EGY 2020 Summer Olympics Omar Assar =5 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Omar Assar =5
Estonia EST 1992 Summer Olympics Igor Solopov =33 See all
Fiji FIJ 2024 Summer Olympics Vicky Wu =49 See all
Finland FIN 2016 Summer Olympics Benedek Oláh =33 See all
France FRA 1992 Summer Olympics Jean-Philippe Gatien 2 Silver See all
Germany GER 1996 Summer Olympics Jörg Roßkopf 3 Bronze See all
2012 Summer Olympics Dimitrij Ovtcharov 3 Bronze
2020 Summer Olympics Dimitrij Ovtcharov 3 Bronze
Ghana GHA 1996 Summer Olympics Isaac Opoku =49 See all
Great Britain GBR 1988 Summer Olympics Desmond Douglas =9 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Carl Prean =9
2016 Summer Olympics Paul Drinkhall =9
Greece GRE 2008 Summer Olympics Kallinikos Kreangka =9 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2004 Summer Olympics Ko Lai Chak =5 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Leung Chu Yan =5
2008 Summer Olympics Ko Lai Chak =5
2012 Summer Olympics Jiang Tianyi =5
Hungary HUN 1988 Summer Olympics Tibor Klampár 4 See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Ilija Lupulesku =17 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Zoran Kalinić =17
India IND 1992 Summer Olympics Kamlesh Mehta =17 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Sharath Kamal Achanta =17
Indonesia INA 1992 Summer Olympics Anton Suseno =33 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Anton Suseno =33
Iraq IRQ 1988 Summer Olympics Abdul Wahab Ali =49 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2024 Summer Olympics Noshad Alamian 1 See all
Italy ITA 2004 Summer Olympics Min Yang =33 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Mihai Bobocica =33
2012 Summer Olympics Mihai Bobocica =33
Jamaica JAM 1992 Summer Olympics Michael Hyatt =33 See all
Japan JPN 2016 Summer Olympics Jun Mizutani 3 Bronze See all
Jordan JOR 2024 Summer Olympics Zaid Abo Yaman =65 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2024 Summer Olympics Kirill Gerasimenko =9 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1992 Summer Olympics Raed Hamdan =49 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Khalid Al-Harbi =49
2020 Summer Olympics Ali Al-Khadrawi =49
Kuwait KUW 2012 Summer Olympics Ibrahim Al-Hasan =49 See all
Latvia LAT 2012 Summer Olympics Matīss Burģis =33 See all
Libya LBA 1992 Summer Olympics Attaher Mohamed El-Mahjoub =49 See all
Luxembourg LUX 2024 Summer Olympics Luka Mladenovic =49 See all
Madagascar MAD 2024 Summer Olympics Fabio Rakotoarimanana =49 See all
Mauritius MRI 2000 Summer Olympics Patrick Sahajasein =49 See all
Mexico MEX 1996 Summer Olympics Guillermo Muñoz =49 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Marcos Madrid =49
2024 Summer Olympics Marcos Madrid =49
Mongolia MGL 2020 Summer Olympics Enkhbat Lkhagvasüren 64 See all
Morocco MAR 1992 Summer Olympics Abdelhadi Legdali =49 See all
Nepal NEP 2024 Summer Olympics Santoo Shrestha =65 See all
Netherlands NED 1992 Summer Olympics Paul Haldan =9 See all
New Zealand NZL 1992 Summer Olympics Peter Jackson =33 See all
Nigeria NGR 2024 Summer Olympics Olajide Omotayo 2 See all
Pakistan PAK 1988 Summer Olympics Farjad Saif =25 See all
Paraguay PAR 2012 Summer Olympics Marcelo Aguirre =49 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1996 Summer Olympics Liu Guoliang 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Kong Linghui 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Ma Lin 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Zhang Jike 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Ma Long 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Ma Long 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Fan Zhendong 1 Gold
Peru PER 1992 Summer Olympics Yair Nathan =49 See all
Poland POL 1988 Summer Olympics Andrzej Grubba =9 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Leszek Kucharski =9
1992 Summer Olympics Andrzej Grubba =9
2000 Summer Olympics Lucjan Błaszczyk =9
Portugal POR 2016 Summer Olympics Marcos Freitas =5 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 2024 Summer Olympics Brian Afanador =33 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Daniel González =33
Qatar QAT 2016 Summer Olympics Ping Li =17 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Kirill Skachkov =17 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Yu Nam-Gyu 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Yu Seung-Min 1 Gold
Republic of Moldova MDA 2024 Summer Olympics Vladislav Ursu =65 See all
Romania ROU 2012 Summer Olympics Adrian Crișan =5 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Dmitry Mazunov =9 See all
Senegal SEN 2024 Summer Olympics Ibrahima Diaw =33 See all
Serbia SRB 2008 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Karakašević =33 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Karakašević =33
2012 Summer Olympics Marko Jevtović =49
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1996 Summer Olympics Slobodan Grujić =17 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Karakašević =17
Singapore SGP 2008 Summer Olympics Yang Zi =9 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Gao Ning =9
Slovakia SVK 2020 Summer Olympics Jang Wang =17 See all
Slovenia SLO 2020 Summer Olympics Darko Jorgić =5 See all
South Africa RSA 1992 Summer Olympics Louis Botha =49 See all
Soviet Union URS 1988 Summer Olympics Andrey Mazunov =33 See all
Spain ESP 2012 Summer Olympics Zhiwen He =17 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Álvaro Robles =17
Sudan SUD 1996 Summer Olympics Ahmed Mohamed Osama =49 See all
Sweden SWE 1992 Summer Olympics Jan-Ove Waldner 1 Gold See all
Thailand THA 2016 Summer Olympics Padasak Tanviriyavechakul =33 See all
Togo TOG 2012 Summer Olympics Komi-Mawussi Agbetoglo =65 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1996 Summer Olympics Dexter St. Louis =49 See all
Tunisia TUN 1992 Summer Olympics Mourad Sta =49 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Gdara Hamam =49
2020 Summer Olympics Adem Hmam =49
Türkiye TUR 2012 Summer Olympics Bora Vang =17 See all
Uganda UGA 1996 Summer Olympics Paul Mutambuze =49 See all
Ukraine UKR 2016 Summer Olympics Kou Lei =9 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Andrey Mazunov =17 See all
United States USA 2024 Summer Olympics Kanak Jha =9 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2016 Summer Olympics Zokhid Kenyayev =33 See all
Vanuatu VAN 2012 Summer Olympics Yoshua Shing =65 See all
Venezuela VEN 1988 Summer Olympics Francisco López =57 See all
Vietnam VIE 2008 Summer Olympics Đoàn Kiến Quốc =33 See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Georg Böhm =17 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Jörg Roßkopf =17
Yugoslavia YUG 1988 Summer Olympics Zoran Primorac =9 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Ilija Lupulesku =9