Rio 2106 Table tennis by the numbers

2012 – China won all four available gold medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games. It also won all four gold medals in 1996 2000 and 2008.

1988 – Table tennis made its debut at Seoul 1988 and has been present ever since.

24 – China has won 24 out of a possible 28 gold medals in table tennis. Republic of Korea (3) and Sweden (1) have claimed the other four.

19 – DENG Yaping (CHN) is the youngest gold medallist in a singles event. She won women’s singles at Barcelona 1992 at the age of 19 years and 182 days.

7 – Jorgen PERSSON (SWE) Jean-Michel SAIVE (BEL) and Zoran PRIMORAC (CRO) competed at all seven Olympic table tennis tournaments between 1988 and 2012.

4 – Three players have won a record four gold medals in table tennis: DENG WANG Nan (CHN) and ZHANG Yining (CHN).

3 – WANG Hao (CHN) lost the men’s singles final at the Athens 2004 Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic Games. He has now retired from international competition.

2 – CHEN Jing (TPE silver at Atlanta 1996) and KIM Hyang Mi (PRK silver at Athens 2004) are the only two non-Chinese athletes to have reached the women’s singles final.

1 – The number of gold medals won by non-Asian NOCs in table tennis. Jan-Ove WALDNER (SWE) won men’s singles in 1992.

0 – No athlete has managed to win the men’s singles more than once.

Statistics provided by Gracenote Sports.