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Singles, Men

Date	14 – 23 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Gymnastirio Galatsiou, Galatsi
Participants	64 from 39 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. Top 16 seeds advanced to round three. Seeds 17-32 advanced to round two.

The top seed was China’s Wang Liqin, who was the 2001 World Champion, and would win again in 2005 and 2007. But in the semis in Athina, he went out to his countryman, Wang Hao. In the final Wang Hao met Korean Ryu Seung-Min, who was seeded third. Wang was favored as he had defeated Ryu six of the seven times they had met, but Wang lost after he failed to convert a match ball in the fifth game. The final went to six games, with Ryu prevailing, the first non-Chinese to win a table tennis gold medal since 1992, and the first in men’s singles since the inaugural Olympic event in 1988, also won by a Korean, Yoo Nam-Kyu. The surprise of the tournament was the 38-year-old Swede, Jan-Ove Waldner. Little was expected of the 1992 gold medalist, but he eliminated the second seed, Ma Lin, and reached the semis, placing fourth.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Yu Seung-Min	KOR	Gold
2	Wang Hao	CHN	Silver
3	Wang Liqin	CHN	Bronze
4	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE
=5	Ko Lai Chak	HKG
=5	Chuang Chih-Yuan	TPE
=5	Leung Chu Yan	HKG
=5	Timo Boll	GER
=9	Ju Se-Hyeok	KOR
=9	Jörgen Persson	SWE
=9	Oh Sang-Eun	KOR
=9	Luis Lin	DOM
=9	Chiang Peng-Lung	TPE
=9	Uladzimir Samsonau	BLR
=9	Werner Schlager	AUT
=9	Ma Lin	CHN
=17	Trinko Keen	NED
=17	Song Liu	ARG
=17	Petr Korbel	CZE
=17	Kallinikos Kreangka	GRE
=17	Peter Karlsson	SWE
=17	Chen Weixing	AUT
=17	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL
=17	Jörg Roßkopf	GER
=17	Koji Matsushita	JPN
=17	Adrian Crișan	ROU
=17	Michael Maze	DEN
=17	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL
=17	Li Ching	HKG
=17	Patrick Chila	FRA
=17	Aleksandar Karakašević	SCG
=17	Zoran Primorac	CRO
=33	Torben Wosik	GER
=33	Slobodan Grujić	SCG
=33	Sharath Kamal Achanta	IND
=33	Monday Merotohun	NGR
=33	Min Yang	ITA
=33	William Henzell	AUS
=33	Aleksey Smirnov	RUS
=33	Tomasz Krzeszewski	POL
=33	Danny Heister	NED
=33	Ilija Lupulesku	USA
=33	O Il	PRK
=33	Zhiwen He	ESP
=33	Thiago Monteiro	BRA
=33	Segun Toriola	NGR
=33	Johnny Huang	CAN
=33	Srđan Miličević	BIH
=49	Mohamed Guèye	SEN
=49	Shu Arai	JPN
=49	Mohamed Boudjadja	ALG
=49	Momo Babungu	COD
=49	Đoàn Kiến Quốc	VIE
=49	Khoa Dinh Nguyen	USA
=49	Ryo Yuzawa	JPN
=49	Hugo Hoyama	BRA
=49	Trevor Brown	AUS
=49	Juan Papic	CHI
=49	José Luyindula	COD
=49	Panagiotis Gkionis	GRE
=49	Mohamed Reza Akhlagh Pasand	IRI
=49	Pablo Tabachnik	ARG
=49	Khalid Al-Harbi	KSA
=49	Russ Lavale	AUS

Round One (14 August 2004 — 14:00-15:30, 20:00-22:00)

Winners advanced to round two.

Match #1	Torben Wosik	GER	4 – 0 11-4, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4	Mohamed Guèye	SEN
Match #2	Song Liu	ARG	4 – 1 11-7, 7-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-4	Shu Arai	JPN
Match #3	Sharath Kamal Achanta	IND	4 – 1 11-4, 12-10, 11-6, 11-13, 11-7	Mohamed Boudjadja	ALG
Match #4	Monday Merotohun	NGR	4 – 0 11-5, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8	Momo Babungu	COD
Match #5	Min Yang	ITA	4 – 1 11-5, 11-13, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5	Đoàn Kiến Quốc	VIE
Match #6	William Henzell	AUS	4 – 1 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9	Khoa Dinh Nguyen	USA
Match #7	Luis Lin	DOM	4 – 1 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-9	Ryo Yuzawa	JPN
Match #8	Tomasz Krzeszewski	POL	4 – 0 12-10, 11-4, 11-4, 11-8	Hugo Hoyama	BRA
Match #9	Koji Matsushita	JPN	4 – 0 11-4, 11-6, 11-9, 11-3	Trevor Brown	AUS
Match #10	Ilija Lupulesku	USA	4 – 0 11-2, 11-4, 11-5, 11-2	Juan Papic	CHI
Match #11	O Il	PRK	4 – 0 11-8, 11-8, 11-4, 11-7	José Luyindula	COD
Match #12	Zhiwen He	ESP	4 – 1 11-7, 13-11, 11-4, 11-13, 15-13	Panagiotis Gkionis	GRE
Match #13	Thiago Monteiro	BRA	4 – 1 11-8, 11-13, 11-9, 11-7, 11-5	Mohamed Reza Akhlagh Pasand	IRI
Match #14	Segun Toriola	NGR	4 – 1 12-10, 11-8, 11-13, 11-3, 11-8	Pablo Tabachnik	ARG
Match #15	Aleksandar Karakašević	SCG	4 – 0 11-9, 11-3, 11-3, 11-5	Khalid Al-Harbi	KSA
Match #16	Srđan Miličević	BIH	4 – 2 10-12, 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 18-16, 13-11	Russ Lavale	AUS

Round Two (15 – 16 August 2004 — 18:00-20:00)

Winners advanced to round three.

Match #1	Trinko Keen	NED	4 – 3 11-9, 10-12, 7-11, 11-5, 5-11, 13-11, 11-9	Torben Wosik	GER
Match #2	Song Liu	ARG	4 – 1 11-4, 11-7, 4-11, 11-2, 14-12	Slobodan Grujić	SCG
Match #3	Ko Lai Chak	HKG	4 – 0 11-9, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6	Sharath Kamal Achanta	IND
Match #4	Jörgen Persson	SWE	4 – 1 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8	Monday Merotohun	NGR
Match #5	Peter Karlsson	SWE	4 – 3 11-9, 11-4, 11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 11-13, 11-9	Min Yang	ITA
Match #6	Chen Weixing	AUT	4 – 0 11-7, 11-3, 12-10, 11-6	William Henzell	AUS
Match #7	Luis Lin	DOM	4 – 1 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6	Aleksey Smirnov	RUS
Match #8	Jörg Roßkopf	GER	4 – 1 6-11, 11-8, 11-7, 17-15, 13-11	Tomasz Krzeszewski	POL
Match #9	Koji Matsushita	JPN	4 – 0 11-7, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4	Danny Heister	NED
Match #10	Adrian Crișan	ROU	4 – 0 11-9, 11-8, 15-13, 11-8	Ilija Lupulesku	USA
Match #11	Leung Chu Yan	HKG	4 – 1 11-3, 11-9, 11-13, 11-4, 11-8	O Il	PRK
Match #12	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL	4 – 3 11-5, 10-12, 11-2, 8-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9	Zhiwen He	ESP
Match #13	Li Ching	HKG	4 – 1 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5	Thiago Monteiro	BRA
Match #14	Patrick Chila	FRA	4 – 2 11-3, 8-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9	Segun Toriola	NGR
Match #15	Aleksandar Karakašević	SCG	4 – 2 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9	Johnny Huang	CAN
Match #16	Zoran Primorac	CRO	4 – 1 8-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8	Srđan Miličević	BIH

Round Three (17 August 2004 — 11:00-13:00, 18:00-20:00)

Winners advanced to round four.

Match #1	Wang Liqin	CHN	4 – 1 6-11, 11-1, 11-8, 11-4, 11-2	Trinko Keen	NED
Match #2	Ju Se-Hyeok	KOR	4 – 0 14-12, 11-9, 11-6, 11-8	Song Liu	ARG
Match #3	Ko Lai Chak	HKG	4 – 3 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 2-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7	Petr Korbel	CZE
Match #4	Jörgen Persson	SWE	4 – 0 11-5, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8	Kallinikos Kreangka	GRE
Match #5	Chuang Chih-Yuan	TPE	4 – 2 16-18, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8	Peter Karlsson	SWE
Match #6	Oh Sang-Eun	KOR	4 – 3 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 9-11, 11-2	Chen Weixing	AUT
Match #7	Luis Lin	DOM	4 – 2 11-5, 11-4, 5-11, 11-13, 18-16, 11-8	Jean-Michel Saive	BEL
Match #8	Wang Hao	CHN	4 – 1 11-5, 12-10, 11-5, 11-13, 11-6	Jörg Roßkopf	GER
Match #9	Yu Seung-Min	KOR	4 – 0 11-9, 11-6, 11-6, 11-2	Koji Matsushita	JPN
Match #10	Chiang Peng-Lung	TPE	4 – 1 11-9, 11-5, 12-10, 2-11, 11-8	Adrian Crișan	ROU
Match #11	Leung Chu Yan	HKG	4 – 1 6-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-8, 11-9	Michael Maze	DEN
Match #12	Uladzimir Samsonau	BLR	4 – 2 11-5, 5-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-4, 11-9	Lucjan Błaszczyk	POL
Match #13	Werner Schlager	AUT	4 – 2 8-11, 11-9, 12-14, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6	Li Ching	HKG
Match #14	Timo Boll	GER	4 – 1 11-3, 14-16, 11-9, 11-3, 11-9	Patrick Chila	FRA
Match #15	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	4 – 2 13-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-9	Aleksandar Karakašević	SCG
Match #16	Ma Lin	CHN	4 – 1 11-5, 11-3, 11-3, 9-11, 11-5	Zoran Primorac	CRO

Round Four (18 August 2004)

Winners advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match #1	Wang Liqin	CHN	4 – 1 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6	Ju Se-Hyeok	KOR
Match #2	Ko Lai Chak	HKG	4 – 1 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, 12-10	Jörgen Persson	SWE
Match #3	Chuang Chih-Yuan	TPE	4 – 2 12-10, 12-10, 6-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5	Oh Sang-Eun	KOR
Match #4	Wang Hao	CHN	4 – 1 11-5, 11-7, 7-11, 12-10, 11-7	Luis Lin	DOM
Match #5	Yu Seung-Min	KOR	4 – 3 11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 8-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-4	Chiang Peng-Lung	TPE
Match #6	Leung Chu Yan	HKG	4 – 3 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-8	Uladzimir Samsonau	BLR
Match #7	Timo Boll	GER	4 – 3 11-2, 12-14, 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 4-11, 11-6	Werner Schlager	AUT
Match #8	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	4 – 1 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9	Ma Lin	CHN

Quarter-Finals (20 August 2004)

Winners advanced to the semi-finals.

Match #1	Wang Liqin	CHN	4 – 1 11-9, 13-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-4	Ko Lai Chak	HKG
Match #2	Wang Hao	CHN	4 – 2 5-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7	Chuang Chih-Yuan	TPE
Match #3	Yu Seung-Min	KOR	4 – 2 6-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9, 11-5	Leung Chu Yan	HKG
Match #4	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE	4 – 1 11-7, 13-11, 6-11, 11-7, 13-11	Timo Boll	GER

Semi-Finals (22 August 2004)

Winners advanced to the final match. Runners-up advanced to bronze medal match.

Match #1	Wang Hao	CHN	4 – 1 11-8, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-3	Wang Liqin	CHN
Match #2	Yu Seung-Min	KOR	4 – 1 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE

Final Round (23 August 2004)

Match 1/2	Yu Seung-Min	KOR	4 – 2 11-3, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-13, 11-9	Wang Hao	CHN
Match 3/4	Wang Liqin	CHN	4 – 1 10-12, 11-3, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9	Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE