Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Table tennisat the Games of the Olympiad
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| Venue | Paris Expo Porte de Versailles |
| Dates | 27 July – 10 August 2024 |
| No. of events | 5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors | 175 from 60 nations |
The table tennis tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 27 July to 10 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. A total of 175 table tennis players, with an equal distribution between men and women, competed across five medal events (two per gender and a mixed) at these Games, the exact same amount as those in the previous editions. After a successful tournament during the 2020 Summer Olympics, the mixed doubles event remained in the table tennis program for the second time at the Olympics.
Chinese players swept all of the available events, winning five gold medals.
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Qualification
172 table tennis quota places, with an equal split between men and women, were available for Paris 2024; NOCs could enter a maximum of six table tennis players across five medal events (men's and women's singles; men's and women's teams, and mixed doubles) with a maximum of two each for the men's and women's singles. The host nation France reserved a direct spot each in the men's and women's teams, respectively, with one per gender competing in the singles tournament; and in the mixed doubles (previously inaugurated in Tokyo 2020).
Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Participating nations
There were 60 participating nations:
Algeria (2)
Argentina (1)
Australia (6)
Austria (2)
Belgium (2)
Brazil (6)
Cameroon (1)
Canada (4)
Chile (3)
China (6)
Croatia (4)
Cuba (3)
Czech Republic (1)
Denmark (3)
Ecuador (1)
Egypt (7)
Fiji (1)
France (6) (host)
Germany (7)
Great Britain (2)
Greece (1)
Guyana (1)
Hong Kong (4)
Hungary (3)
India (6)
Iran (3)
Italy (2)
Japan (6)
Jordan (1)
Kazakhstan (1)
Lebanon (1)
Luxembourg (3)
Madagascar (1)
Maldives (1)
Mexico (2)
Moldova (1)
Monaco (1)
Nepal (1)
Netherlands (1)
Nigeria (4)
North Korea (3)
Poland (5)
Portugal (5)
Puerto Rico (3)
Republic of the Congo (1)
Romania (5)
Senegal (1)
Serbia (1)
Singapore (3)
Slovenia (3)
Slovakia (1)
South Korea (6)
Spain (2)
Sweden (6)
Chinese Taipei (6)
Thailand (3)
Turkey (1)
Ukraine (3)
United States (4)
Vanuatu (1)
Competition schedule
| P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓ / Date → | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Mon 5 | Tue 6 | Wed 7 | Thu 8 | Fri 9 | Sat 10 | |||
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| Men's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||
| Men's team | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||
| Women's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||
| Women's team | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (France)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | China |
5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Sweden |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Japan |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | North Korea |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | France* |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| South Korea |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (6 NOCs) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles |
Fan Zhendong China |
Truls Möregårdh Sweden |
Félix Lebrun France |
| Men's team |
China Fan Zhendong Ma Long Wang Chuqin |
Sweden Anton Källberg Kristian Karlsson Truls Möregårdh |
France Simon Gauzy Alexis Lebrun Félix Lebrun |
| Women's singles |
Chen Meng China |
Sun Yingsha China |
Hina Hayata Japan |
| Women's team |
China Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu Chen Meng |
Japan Hina Hayata Miwa Harimoto Miu Hirano |
South Korea Shin Yu-bin Jeon Ji-hee Lee Eun-hye |
| Mixed doubles |
China Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha |
North Korea Ri Jong-sik Kim Kum-yong |
South Korea Lim Jong-hoon Shin Yu-bin |
See also
- Table tennis at the 2023 European Games
- Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
