Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

[edit] Medal summary

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

[edit] Medal table

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

[edit] Controversy

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]