Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Table tennis
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Dates24 July – 6 August 2021
No. of events5
Competitors173 from 57 nations
Table tennis at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmixed
Teamsmenwomen

Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (postponed to 2021[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic) featured 173 table tennis players. Table tennis had appeared at the Summer Olympics on eight previous occasions beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Qualification
Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

As the host nation, Japan had automatically qualified six athletes; a team of three men and women with one each competing in the singles as well as a mixed doubles team.[2]

For the team events, 16 teams were qualified. Each continent (with the Americas being divided into North America and South America for ITTF competition) had a qualifying competition to qualify one team. Nine teams qualified through a world qualifying event.[2]

The mixed doubles also had 16 pairs qualify. Each continent (with the Americas being divided into North America and South America for ITTF competition) had a qualifying competition to qualify one pair. Four teams qualified through the World Tour Grand Finals 2019 and five through the World Tour 2020. Japan was also guaranteed a place. If an NOC had both a mixed doubles pair and a team in one or both genders qualify, the doubles player must be a member of the team in their gender.[2]

For individual events, between 64 and 70 individual players qualified. Each NOC with a qualified team were permitted to enter two members of that team in the individual competition. 22 quota places would be awarded through continental championships to individuals who belong to an NOC without a qualified team. There would be one Tripartite Commission invitation place. The remainder of the total 172 quota places would be filled through a final world singles qualifying tournament (no less than two and no more than eight qualifiers) and then the ITTF world ranking.[2]

Competition schedule
Legend
PPreliminary round¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsFFinal
Event↓/Date →Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29Fri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6
Men's singlesP¼½F
Men's teamP¼½F
Women's singlesP¼½F
Women's teamP¼½F
Mixed doublesP¼½F

Participating nations

A total of 173 athletes (85 men and 88 women), representing 57 NOCs, competed in five events.[3] One Czech athlete tested positive for COVID-19 and withdrew from the Games.[4] Two NOCs (China and Hungary) replaced injured athletes with reserves in the team event.[5][6]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China4307
2 Japan*1124
3 Germany0112
4 Chinese Taipei0011
 Hong Kong0011
Totals (5 entries)55515

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
 Ma Long
 China		 Fan Zhendong
 China		 Dimitrij Ovtcharov
 Germany
Men's team
  China
Fan Zhendong
Ma Long
Xu Xin		  Germany
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Patrick Franziska
Timo Boll		  Japan
Jun Mizutani
Koki Niwa
Tomokazu Harimoto
Women's singles
 Chen Meng
 China		 Sun Yingsha
 China		 Mima Ito
 Japan
Women's team
  China
Chen Meng
Sun Yingsha
Wang Manyu		  Japan
Mima Ito
Kasumi Ishikawa
Miu Hirano		  Hong Kong
Doo Hoi Kem
Lee Ho Ching
Minnie Soo
Mixed doubles
  Japan
Jun Mizutani
Mima Ito		  China
Xu Xin
Liu Shiwen		  Chinese Taipei
Lin Yun-ju
Cheng I-ching

See also

References
  1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. "Tokyo 2020 – ITTF Table Tennis Qualification System". ITTF.
  3. "Athlete count for Table Tennis". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. "Czech paddler Sirucek to miss Tokyo Olympics after positive test for COVID-19". Xinhua. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games update: Injured Pota withdraws from Women's Team event". ITTF. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. "China changes Olympic table tennis team roster as injured Liu withdraws". Xinhua. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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