Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Table tennis at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	20 July to 4 August 1996
Competitors	166 from 51 nations

Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men		women

The table tennis competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics consisted of four events.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	4	3	1	8
2	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	0	1
3	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	2	2
4	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Liu Guoliang China	Wang Tao China	Jörg Roßkopf Germany
Men's doubles	Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui China	Lü Lin and Wang Tao China	Lee Chul-Seung and Yoo Nam-Kyu South Korea
Women's singles	Deng Yaping China	Chen Jing Chinese Taipei	Qiao Hong China
Women's doubles	Deng Yaping and Qiao Hong China	Liu Wei and Qiao Yunping China	Park Hae-Jung and Ryu Ji-Hae South Korea

During the women's singles final match between the People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), police arrested two Taiwanese spectators for waving the flag of the Republic of China, which has been banned at the Olympic games.^[1]

↑ "WashingtonPost.com: Taiwanese Spectators Arrested". The Washington Post. 1 August 1996. Retrieved 12 June 2012.

Events at the 1996 Summer Olympics (Atlanta)

Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Tennis Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Table tennis at the Summer Olympics

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