Table Tennis at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Athens, Greece

General Information

The Olympic Games finally returned to Greece, the country that gave birth to the event more than 2000 years ago. The 2004 Olympics took place between August 13 and 29, 2004.

In the Olympics, table tennis features four events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles. The format is single elimination (a.k.a. knockout system). Each match is played best 4 of 7 games.

Results

	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
Men's Singles
	Ryu Seung Min (KOR)	Wang Hao (CHN)	Wang Liqin (CHN)
Women's Singles
	Zhang Yining (CHN)	Kim Hyang Mi (PRK)	Kim Kyung Ah (KOR)
Men's Doubles
	Chen/Ma Lin (CHN)	Ko Lai Chak/Li Ching (HKG)	Maze/Tugwell (Den)
Women's Doubles
	Wang Nan/Zhang Yining (CHN)	Lee Eun Sil/Suk Eun Mi (KOR)	Guo Yue/Niu Jianfeng (CHN)

Schedule

Aug 14	First Round - all events
Aug 15	Second Round - all events
Aug 16	Men's Doubles Third Round Women's Doubles Third Round Men's Singles Second Round Women's Doubles Fourth Round
Aug 17	Men's and Women's Singles Third Round
Aug 18	Women's Doubles Quarterfinals Men's Doubles Fourth Round Women's Singles Fourth Round Men's Singles Fourth Round
Aug 19	Women's Doubles Semifinals Men's Doubles Quarterfinals Women's Singles Quarterfinals
Aug 20	Men's Doubles Semifinals Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match Women's Doubles Gold Medal Match Men's Singles Quarterfinals
Aug 21	Women's Singles Semifinals Men's Doubles Bronze Medal Match Men's Doubles Gold Medal Match
Aug 22	Men's Singles Semifinals Women's Singles Bronze Medal Match Women's Singles Gold Medal Match
Aug 23	Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match Men's Singles Gold Medal Match

Seedings for the Table Tennis Events

MEN's Singles

1. WANG Liqin (CHN)
2. MA Lin (CHN)
3. RYU Seung Min (KOR)
4. WANG Hao (CHN)
5. CHUAN Chih-Yuan (TPE)
6. SAMSONOV Vladimir (BLR)
7. SCHLAGER Werner (AUT)
8. KREANGA Kalinikos (GRE)
9. BOLL Timo (GER)
10. CHIANG Peng-Lung (TPE)
11. JOO Se Hyuk (KOR)
12. SAIVE Jean-Michel (BEL)
13. OH Sang Eun (KOR)
14. KORBEL Petr (CZE)
15. MAZE Michael (DEN)
16. WALDNER Jan-Ove (SWE)
17. CHEN Weixing (AUT)
18. PERSSON Jörgen (SWE)
19. KARLSSON Peter (SWE)
20. SMIRNOV Alexei (RUS)
21. PRIMORAC Zoran (CRO)
22. BLASZCZYK Lucjan (POL)
23. ROSSKOPF Jörg (GER)
24. KEEN Trinko (NED)
25. KO Lai Chak (HKG)
26. CRISAN Adrian (ROM)
27. GRUJIC Slobodan (SCG)
28. CHILA Patrick (FRA)
29. LI Ching (HKG)
30. LEUNG Chu Yan (HKG)
31. HUANG Johnny (CAN)
32. HEISTER Danny (NED)

33. WOSIK Torben (GER)
34. MATSUSHITA Koji (JPN)
35. YANG Min (ITA)
36. HE Zhiwen (ESP)
37. KRZESZEWSKI Tomas (POL)
38. KARAKASEVIC Aleksandar (SCG)
39. TORIOLA Segun (NGR)
40. YUZAWA Ryo (JPN)
41. LIU Song (ARG)
42. GIONIS Panagiotis (GRE)
  HOYAMA Hugo (BRA)
  LUPULESKU Ilija (USA)
45. MONTEIRO Thiago (BRA)
46. ARAI Shu (JPN)
47. O Il (PRK)
48. LIN Ju (DOM)
49. ACHANTA Sharath Kamal (IND)
50. MILICEVIC Srdan (BIH)
51. HENZELL William (AUS)
52. MEROTOHUN Monday (NGR)
53. DOAN Kien Quoc (VIE)
  LAVALE Russell (AUS)
55. PAPIC VILCA Juan (CHI)
56. KHOA Nguyen (USA)
57. TABACHNIK Pablo Ariel (ARG)
58. BROWN Trevor (AUS)
59. AKHLAGPASAND Mohamedreza (IRI)
60. AL-HARBI Khaled (KSA)
61. BOUDJADJA Sofiane (ALG)
62. GUEYE Mohamed (SEN)
63. BABUNGU Momo (COD)
64. LUXINDULA Jose (COD)

WOMEN's Singles

1. ZHANG Yining (CHN)
2. WANG Nan (CHN)
3. NIU Jianfeng (CHN)
4. KIM Kyung Ah (KOR)
5. BOROS Tamara (CRO)
6. LI Jia Wei (SIN)
7. TIE Yana (HKG)
8. LIU Jia (AUT)
9. LIN Ling (HKG)
10. CHANG Gao Jun (USA)
  LAU Sui Fei (HKG)
12. STEFF Mihaela (ROM)
13. UMEMURA Aya (JPN)
14. LEE Eun Sil (KOR)
15. KIM Hyon Hui (PRK)
16. PAVLOVICH Viktoria (BLR)
17. TOTH Krisztina (HUN)
18. FUKUHARA Ai (JPN)
19. STRUSE Nicole (GER)
20. SCHÖPP Jie (GER)
21. JING Jun Hong (SIN)
22. TAN MONFARDINI Wenling (ITA)
23. FUJINUMA Ai (JPN)
24. BADESCU Otilia (ROM)
25. KIM Hyang Mi (PRK)
26. BATORFI Csilla (HUN)
27. LI Chun Li (NZL)
  WOSIK Elke (GER)
29. ZHANG Xue Ling (SIN)
30. GANINA Svetlana (RUS)
31. KIM Yun Mi (PRK)
32. ZAMFIR Adriana (ROM)

33. STEFANOVA Nikoleta (ITA)
34. FAZEKAS Maria (HUN)
35. STRBIKOVA Renata (CZE)
36. NEGRISOLI Laura (ITA)
37. VAIDA Cornelia (CRO)
38. ERDELJI Silvija (SCG)
39. MIAO Miao (AUS)
40. FADEEVA Oksana (RUS)
41. LAY Jian Fang (AUS)
42. HUANG I-Hwa (TPE)
43. KOMWONG Nathana (THA)
44. KRAVCHENKO Marina (ISR)
45. REED Jasna (USA)
46. WU Xue (DOM)
47. YOON Ji Hye (KOR)
48. BANH Tawny (USA)
49. VOLAKAKI Archontula (GRE)
50. CADA Petra (CAN)
  DAS Mouma (IND)
52. OSHONAIKE Funke (NGR)
53. RODRIGUEZ Berta A. (CHI)
54. RAMOS Fabiola (VEN)
55. SILVA SANTOS Ligia (BRA)
56. SHABAN Zeina (JOR)
57. MEDINA Iizzwah (HON)
58. ESPINEIRA Marisol (PER)
59. INOYATOVA Manzura (UZB)
60. OFFIONG CECILLA Otu (NGR)
61. BOUCETTA Leila (ALG)
62. GUENNI Olfa (TUN)
63. MENAIFI Assma (ALG)
64. BEN KAHIA Nesrine (TUN)

MEN's Doubles

1. CHEN Qi/MA Lin CHN
2. KONG Linghui/WANG Hao CHN
3. KO Lai Chak/LI Ching HKG
4. LEE Chul Seung/YU Seung Min KOR
5. CHEUNG Yuk/LEUNG Chu Yan HKG
6. JINDRAK Karl/SCHLAGER Werner AUT
7. GRUJIC Slobodan/KARAKASEVIC Alexandar SCG
8. BLASZCZYK Lucjan/KRZESZEWSKI Tomas POL
9. MAZUNOV Dimitri/SMIRNOV Alexei RUS
10. KITO Akira/TASAKI Toshio JPN
11. CHIANG Peng-Lung/CHUAN Chih-Yuan TPE
12. BOLL Timo/FEJER-KONNERTH Zoltan GER
13. PERSSON Jörgen/WALDNER Jan-Ove SWE
14. JOO Se Hyuk/OH Sang Eun KOR
15. HEISTER Danny/KEEN Trinko NED
16. MAZE Michael/TUGWELL Finn DEN
17. HIELSCHER Lars/ROSSKOPF Jörg GER
18. GIONIS Panagiotis/KREANGA Kalinikos GRE
19. KORBEL Petr/VYORNY Richard CZE
20. ARAI Shu/YUZAWA Ryo JPN
21. MONDELLO Massimiliano/YANG Min ITA
22. HUANG Johnny/KASSAM Faazil CAN
23. MEROTOHUN Monday/TORIOLA Segun NGR
24. HANASHIRO Hugo/HOYAMA Hugo BRA
25. HAZINSKI Mark/LUPULESKU Ilija USA
26. AKINLABI Peter/NOSIRU Kazeem NGR
27. BROWN Trevor/LAVALE Russell AUS
28. HENZELL William/ZALCBERG David AUS
29. PAPIC VILCA Juan/RODRIGUEZ Alejandro CHI
30. GONZALES Oscar Henrique/TABACHNIK PABLO Ariel ARG
31. BOUDJADJA Mohamed/DJAZIRI Hakim ALG
32. MABUNGU Momo/LUXINDULA Jose COD

WOMEN's Doubles

1. GUO Yue/NIU Jianfeng CHN
2. WANG Nan/ZHANG Yining CHN
3. LEE Eun Sil/SUK Eun Mi KOR
4. JING Jun Hong/LI Jia Wei SIN
5. SONG Ah Sim/TIE Yana HKG
6. BATORFI Csilla/TOTH Krisztina HUN
7. FUJINUMA Ai/UMEMURA Aya JPN
8. KIM Hyang Mi/KIM Hyon Hui PRK
9. KIM Bok Rae/KIM Kyung Ah KOR
10. LAU Sui Fei/LIN Ling HKG
11. GANINA Svetlana/PALINA Irina RUS
12. STEFF Mihaela/ZAMFIR Adriana ROM
13. KOSTROMINA Tatjana/PAVLOVICH Viktorya BLR
14. BOROS Tamara/VAIDA Cornelia CRO
15. LOGOTZKAYA Tatjana/PAVLOVCIH Veronika BLR
16. STRUSE Nicole/WOSIK Elke GER
17. HUANG I-Hwa/LU Yun-Feng TPE
18. STEFANOVA Nikoleta/TAN MONFARDINI Wenling ITA
19. TAN Paey Fern/ZHANG Xue Ling SIN
20. FADEEVA Oksana/MELNIK Galina RUS
21. BANH Tawny/GAO Jun USA
22. LI Chunli/LI Karen NZL
23. LAY Jian Fang/MIAO Miao AUS
24. STRBIKOVA Renata/VACHOVCOVA Alena CZE
25. PING Whitney/REED Jasna USA
26. CADA Petra/ROUSSY Marie-Christine CAN
27. MIROU Maria/VOLAKAKI Archontoula GRE
28. KAFFO Bose/OSHONAIKE Funke NGR
29. EDEM Offiong/OFFIONG CECILLA Otu NGR
30. NONAKA Mariany/LIGIA SANTOS Silvia BRA 31. PEREZ Luisana Maria/RAMOS Fabiola VEN
32. RODRIGUEZ Berta A./VEGA Maria Paulina CHI
33. BEN KHAYA Nesrine/GUENNI Olfa TUN
34. MENAIFI Assam/NECHAB Soad ALG

Qualifications

As of May 2004, these 40 male and female players had qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games
(Based on top 20 of 25 May 2003 World Ranking with a maximum of 2 players per NOC)

MEN
1. SCHLAGER Werner (AUT)
2. MA Lin (CHN)
3. BOLL Timo (GER)
4. SAMSONOV Vladimir (BLR)
5. WANG Liqin (CHN)
6. CHUAN Chih-Yuan (TPE)
7. KREANGA Kalinikos (GRE)
8. CHIANG Peng-Lung (TPE)
9. OH Sang Eun (KOR)
10. RYU Seung Min (KOR)
11. PRIMORAC Zoran (HRV)
12. SAIVE Jean-Michel (BEL)
13. SMIRNOV Alexei (RUS)
14. KARLSSON Peter (SWE)
15. WALDNER Jan-Ove (SWE)
16. MAZE Michael (DEN)
17. HEISTER Danny (NED)
18. WOSIK Torben (GER)
19. CHEN Weixing (AUT)
20. KO Lai Chak (HKG)

WOMEN
1 ZHANG Yining (CHN)
2. WANG Nan (CHN)
3. BOROS Tamara (HRV)
4. LIN Ling (HKG)
5. TIE Yana (HKG)
6. STEFF Mihaela (ROU)
7. LI Jia Wei (SIN)
8. KIM Kyung Ah (KOR)
9. KIM Hyon Hui (PRK)
10. CHANG Jun Gao (USA)
11. BADESCU Otilia (ROU)
12. JING Jun Hong (SIN)
13. SCHÖPP Jie (GER)
14. LEE Eun Sil (KOR)
15. UMEMURA Aya (JPN)
16. TOTH Krisztina (HUN)
17. FUJINUMA Ai (JPN)
18. STRUSE Nicole (GER)
19. BATORFI Csilla (HUN)
20. TAN MONFARDINI Wenling (ITA)

The following Qualification Events were held around the world

Oct. 12-16 2003 African Olympic Qualification, Nigeria
Nov. 26-30 2003 European Olympic Qualification, Luxemburg
Feb. 14-15 2004 North American Singles Olympic Qualification, Vancouver Canada
Feb. 14-20 2004 Latin American Olympic Qualification, Valdivia Chile
Apr. 09-13 2004 Asian Singles and Doubles Olympic Qualification, China
Apr. 12-15 2004 Oceania Singles and Doubles Olympic Qualification, Melbourne Australia
May 13-16 2004 World Olympic Qualification, Innsbruck Austria

Qualification Rules for the 2004 Olympic Games

172 athletes will compete in the table tennis event of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games (86 each of men and women). A maximum of 3 men and 3 women are allowed from each country in singles. In doubles, the maximums are 2 men’s pairs and 2 women’s pairs.

Players qualify as follows:
1) 20 players via ITTF World Ranking, with a maximum of two (2) players per NOC
2) 40 players via the Continental qualification system
3) 1 player from the Host nation
4) 2 players via the World Qualification Event
5) 1 player via the Tripartite Commission Invitation

AFRICA
The African Olympic Qualification events were held between October 12 and 16, 2003 in Nigeria. Qualifiers based on the event's result are:

Men’s Singles TORIOLA Segun (NGR1)
Men’s Singles LASHIN El-Sayed (EGY1)
Men’s Singles MOUSELHI Emad (EGY2)
Men’s Singles MEROTOHUN Monday (NGR2)
Men’s Singles GUEYE Moamed (SEN1)
Men’s Singles BOUDJADJA Sofiane (ALG1)

Women’s Singles OSHONAIKE Funke (NGR1)
Women’s Singles OFFIONG Cecilia (NGR2)
Women’s Singles ASHRAF Ayatollah (EGY1)
Women’s Singles OSMAN Bacent (EGY2)
Women’s Singles BELKAHIA Nesrine (TUN1)
Women’s Singles BUCETTA Leila (ALG1)

Men's Doubles TORIOLA Segun/MEROTOHUN Monday (NGR)
Men's Doubles LASHIN El-Sayed/DIIA Sherif (EGY)
Men's Doubles NOSIRU Kazeem/AKINLABI Peter (NGR)

Women's Doubles OSHONAIKE Funke/KAFFO Bose (NGR)
Women's Doubles EDEM Offiong/OFFIONG Cecilia (NGR)
Women's Doubles ASHRAF Ayatolla/RAGHAH Magdy (EGY)

EUROPE
The European Singles Olympic Qualification was held November 26-30, 2003 in Luxemburg.

The participants included:

Participants - MEN
Player, Nation, World Ranking, European Ranking
PERSSON Jorgen SWE 25 11
KEEN Trinko NED 27 13
ROSSKOPF Jörg GER 28 14
KORBEL Petr CZE 36 18
GATIEN Jean-Philippe FRA 39 20
CHILA Patrick FRA 40 21
BLASZCZYK Lucjan POL 44 22
GRUJIC Slobodan SCG 52 24
CRISAN Adrian ROU 55 26
KRZESZEWSKI Tomasz POL 56 27
ELOI Damien FRA 57 28
BENTSEN Allan DEN 58 29
TOKIC Bojan SVN 59 30
YANG Min ITA 60 31
HE Zhi Wen ESP 60 31
KARAKASEVIC Aleksandar SCG 62 33

Participants - WOMEN
Player, Nation, World Ranking, European Ranking
LIU Jia AUT 33 7
PAVLOVICH Viktoria BLR 42 11
WOSIK Elke GER 49 13
MELNIK Galina RUS 53 14
GARKAUSKAITE-BUDIENE Ruta LTU 55 15
ODOROVA Eva SVK 59 16
ZAMFIR Adriana ROU 62 17
ERDELJI Silvija SCG 65 18
GANINA Svetlana RUS 67 20
NEGRISOLI Laura ITA 70 22
KRAVCHENKO Marina ISR 71 23
STEFANOVA Nikoletta ITA 71 23
FADEEVA Oksana RUS 73 25
KOVTUN Elena UKR 75 27
LI Yun Fei BEL 81 29
BAKULA Andrea HRV 87 31

Table Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece