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- First played at Summer Olympics in 1988International Olympic Committee: Table Tennis History
- Medals awarded to top male and female individual players and top male and female teams
- Individual competitions are single elimination tournamentsInternational Olympic Committee: Table Tennis
- Team competitions consist of a round robin, then a single elimination tournamentOfficial Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Competition Format
- Each game is played to 11 pointsOfficial Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Competition Format
- If each competitor scores 10 points in a game, a two-point margin is required to win the gameOfficial Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Competition Format
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Table tennis, or ping pong, as it is also known, has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1988.International Olympic Committee: Table Tennis History At the 2008 Summer Olympics, team and individual medals were awarded to the top male and female competitors, for a total of four sets of medals. Prior to the 2008 games, medals were awarded to the top male and female singles and doubles players.PongWorld: Table Tennis in the 2004 Summer Olympics
China dominated the events, winning all four gold medals, plus two each silver and bronze medals. South Korea followed with two medals and Germany and Singapore each earned one.NBC Olympics: Table Tennis - 2008 Medals Standings By Nation
History
Since table tennis was incorporated into the Olympics in 1988, China has won 20 of 24 gold medals.Radio86: China's Gold Medal Potential (January 15, 2008)Individual Event Format
The winner of the best-of-seven games wins the match and moves on to the next round of the tournament.Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Competition FormatTeam Event Format
In the first stage, four groups of four teams face each other in a round robin. Winning teams then face off in a best-of-five matches contest. One of the five matches is a doubles match, the other four are singles.Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Competition Format-
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2008 Olympic Table Tennis Medal Winners
Table Tennis Event Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Men's Individual Ma Lin - China Wang Hao - China Wang Liqin - China Men's Team China Germany South Korea Women's Individual Zhang Yining - China Wang Nan - China Guo Yue - China Women's Team China Singapore South Korea
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