Table tennis at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

The table tennis competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics took place in Singapore Indoor Stadium between 21–26 August, with training hall set in National University of Singapore (NUS).^[1][2] 64 athletes composed of 32 boys and 32 girls at the age between 14 to 16 (born between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1995) competed in different events of Men's Singles and Women's Singles.^[3] Further, each athlete paired with another athlete of the opposite sex participated in Mixed Team event. Each team match consisted of the best of three matches. The Women's Singles was played first, followed by Men's Singles and Mixed Doubles.

Qualifiers

Singles

A total of 64 athletes qualified mainly from tournaments including ITTF Cadet Challenge, five ITTF Junior Circuit events, and five continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, Europe, Pan America, Oceania).^[3][4] The others qualified from ITTF under 15 world ranking and the host National Olympic Committee (NOC). The maximum number of athletes per NOC was one man and one woman.

Mixed team

Qualified athletes from the same NOC teamed up first (17 teams).^[5][6] The remaining players formed continental mixed teams as a second option (2 African teams, 6 European teams, 3 Pan American teams), and an intercontinental team was the last consideration (4 teams).

Medal summary

Medal table

Events

References

1. ^ "Webpage for 2010 First Youth Olympic Games at ITTF.com". ittf.com. ITTF. http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=1756&category=YOG. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
2. ^ "Specific Rules for 2010 Youth Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. http://www.ittf.com/juniors/2010yog/YOG_summary_TT_rules.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Qualification System for the First Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010" (PDF). ITTF. http://www.ittf.com/juniors/2010yog/YOG_Qualification_System.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
4. ^ "Players Qualified for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore" (PDF). ITTF. 20 July 2010. http://www.ittf.com/juniors/2010yog/qualifiedplayers_YOG_2010.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
5. ^ "YOG Clothing and Composition of Teams" (PDF). ITTF. http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/YOG2010/YOG_Clothing_and_composition_of_teams.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
6. ^ "Teams Seeding List of Youth Olympic Games 2010" (PDF). ITTF. 17 August 2010. http://www.ittf.com/juniors/2010yog/2010YOG_teamsseeding.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010.