Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis
at the X Paralympic Games
Paralympic Table tennis
Competitors210 from 31 nations
1992
2000

Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 28 events, 17 for men and 11 for women.

Medal table[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)66517
2 Germany (GER)43714
3 Austria (AUT)33511
4 South Korea (KOR)3036
5 China (CHN)3025
6 Sweden (SWE)2316
7 United States (USA)2125
8 Belgium (BEL)1225
9 Finland (FIN)1113
10 Denmark (DEN)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
 Yugoslavia (YUG)1001
13 Hong Kong (HKG)0314
14 Czech Republic (CZE)0303
15 Great Britain (GBR)0123
 Slovakia (SVK)0123
17 Mexico (MEX)0101
18 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0022
 Japan (JPN)0022
 Netherlands (NED)0022
21 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Moldova (MDA)0011
 Nigeria (NGR)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (26 entries)282845101
Source: [1]

Participating nations[edit]

Medal summary[edit]

Men's events[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Open 1–5 Thomas Kreidel
 Germany
Dimitri Ghion
 Belgium
Nasiru Sule
 Nigeria
Bruno Benedetti
 France
Open 6–10 Stanisław Frączyk
 Austria
Ladislav Gáspár
 Slovakia
Chih Shan Hsu
 Chinese Taipei
Gilles de la Bourdonnaye
 France
Singles 1 Hae Gon Lee
 South Korea
Matti Launonen
 Finland
José Daniel Haylan
 Argentina
Kang Sung-hoon
 South Korea
Singles 2 Kyung Mook Kim
 South Korea
Vincent Boury
 France
Gerhard Scharf
 Austria
Jari Kurkinen
 Finland
Singles 3 Zlatko Kesler
 Yugoslavia
Neil Robinson
 Great Britain
James Rawson
 Great Britain
Fritz Altendorfer
 Austria
Singles 4 Bruno Benedetti
 France
Michal Stefanu
 Czech Republic
Thomas Kreidel
 Germany
Christian Sutter
 Austria
Singles 5 Guy Tisserant
 France
Kam Shing Kwong
 Hong Kong
Chang Shen Chou
 Chinese Taipei
Ernst Bolldén
 Sweden
Singles 6 Brian Nielsen
 Denmark
Mattias Karlsson
 Sweden
Harold Kersten
 Netherlands
Singles 7 Tahl Leibovitz
 United States
Jochen Wollmert
 Germany
Thomas Kurfess
 Germany
Singles 8 Magnus Andree
 Sweden
Mitchell Seidenfeld
 United States
Vladimir Polkanov
 Moldova
Kenichi Suzuki
 Japan
Singles 9 Stanisław Frączyk
 Austria
Olivier Chateigner
 France
Alain Pichon
 France
Ladislav Gáspár
 Slovakia
Singles 10 Gilles de la Bourdonnaye
 France
Robert Bader
 Sweden
Enrique Agudo
 Spain
Kwang Hoon Jung
 South Korea
Teams 1–2  Finland (FIN)
Matti Launonen
Jari Kurkinen
 Austria (AUT)
Rudolf Hajek
Gerhard Scharf
 Germany (GER)
Dieter Essbach
Werner Knaak
Udo Pohle
Otto Vilsmeier
 South Korea (KOR)
Kyung Mook Kim
Haun Park
Hae Gon Lee
Kang Sung-hoon
Teams 3  South Korea (KOR)
Young Soo Kim
Jong Dae An
Ki Hoon Kim
 Austria (AUT)
Peter Starl
Fritz Altendorfer
Manfred Dollmann
 Great Britain (GBR)
James Rawson
Neil Robinson
 Germany (GER)
Jan Guertler
Werner Dorr
Teams 4–5  Sweden (SWE)
Ernst Bolldén
Patrik Högstedt
Jörgen Johansson
Jan-Krister Gustavsson
 France (FRA)
Christophe Pinna
Bruno Benedetti
Christophe Durand
Guy Tisserant
 Belgium (BEL)
Dimitri Ghion
Alain Ledoux
Jean-Marc Pletinckx
 Austria (AUT)
Christian Sutter
Franz Mandl
Teams 6–8  Germany (GER)
Thomas Kurfess
Jochen Wollmert
Thomas Schmitt
Werner Maissenbacher
 Sweden (SWE)
Thomas Larsson
Magnus Andree
Mikael Vestling
 United States (USA)
Tahl Leibovitz
Mitchell Seidenfeld
Teams 9–10  France (FRA)
Alain Pichon
Olivier Chateigner
Gilles de la Bourdonnaye
 Austria (AUT)
Stanisław Frączyk
Thomas Goeller
 Germany (GER)
Bernd Mueller
Peter Faehnrich
Andre Schmandt
 Slovakia (SVK)
Ladislav Gáspár
Emil Dovalovszki

Women's events[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Open 1–5 Christiane Pape
 Germany
Wong Pui Yi
 Hong Kong
Susanne Schwendtner
 Austria
Yuet Wah Fung
 Hong Kong
Open 6–10 Zhang Xiaoling
 China
Ingrid Borre
 Belgium
Luo Fuqun
 China
Marie-Claire Odeide-Simian
 France
Singles 1–2 Isabelle Lafaye
 France
Anne-Marie Gibelin
 France
Baerbel Rode
 Germany
Singles 3 Ilona Sasváriné Paulik
 Hungary
Monica Bartheidel
 Germany
Marie-Line Pollet
 Belgium
Singles 4 Jennifer Johnson
 United States
Christiane Pape
 Germany
Gertrudis Laemers
 Netherlands
Singles 5 Susanne Schwendtner
 Austria
Maria Hoffmann
 Mexico
Maria Nardelli
 Italy
Gisela Pohle
 Germany
Singles 6–8 Ingrid Borre
 Belgium
Martine Thierry
 France
Zhang Xiaoling
 China
Singles 9 Luo Fuqun
 China
Marie-Claire Odeide-Simian
 France
Michiyo Nuruki
 Japan
Singles 10 Michelle Sévin
 France
Jolana Davidková
 Czech Republic
Krystyna Jagodzinska
 Poland
Teams 3–5  Germany (GER)
Monica Bartheidel
Monika Sikora
Gisela Pohle
Christiane Pape
 Hong Kong (HKG)
Yuet Wah Fung
Pui Yi Wong
 United States (USA)
Terese Terranova
Jennifer Johnson
Jacqueline di Lorenzo
Teams 6–10  China (CHN)
Xiaoling Zhang
Fuqun Luo
 Czech Republic (CZE)
Eva Pestova
Jolana Davidková
 France (FRA)
Martine Thierry
Michelle Sévin
Marie-Claire Odeide-Simian

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records".