Major achievements in table tennis by nation

This is a list of achievements in major international table tennis events according to gold, silver and bronze medal results obtained by athletes representing different nations. The objective is not to create a combined medal table; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by athletes in major global events, ranking the countries according to the most number of podiums accomplished by athletes of these nations. In order to be considered for the making of the list, the competition must be open to athletes from nations across every continent, with no cultural, geographical, political or other sort of limitation preventing participation of athletes. Invitational-only events were not eligible because they might impose subjective limitations on which athletes are allowed to compete.

For the creation of the list only results from adult competitions were consulted; therefore, results achieved at the Youth Olympic Games and at the World Junior Championships were not considered. The only senior meet included in the list which imposes a maximum age limit is the Summer Universiade, in which athletes must be within the age range of 17 to 28 years old. Masters as well as Para meets, such as the Para World Championships and the Paralympic Games, were not taken into consideration.

Results from five major international table tennis tournaments approved by the International Table Tennis Federation were taken into account: the World Table Tennis Championships, the Summer Olympic Games, the Table Tennis World Cup, the World Tour Grand Finals and the Summer Universiade. Please note that medals earned at the ITTF World Tour stages are not counted, only medals earned at Grand Final events.

Results

The conventions used on this table follow the ITTF guidelines, namely: MS for men's singles, WS for women's singles, MD for men's doubles, WD for women's doubles, XD for mixed doubles, MT for men's team and WT for women's team.

Notes

• Results achieved in cadet, youth, junior or U21 events were not considered for the making of this table, neither were events for athletes with a disability.
• Medals earned by athletes from defunct NOCs or historical teams have been merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states, as follows: Russia inherits medals from the Soviet Union; Serbia inherits medals from Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro; Czech Republic inherits medals from Czechoslovakia; Vietnam inherits medals from South Vietnam; India inherits medals from British India; and Germany inherits medals from Republic of Weimar, West Germany and East Germany.
• The table is pre-sorted by total number of medal results. In case of a tie, countries are then compared according to most number of gold medal results, silver medal results and bronze medal results, respectively. Persisting a tie, equal ranks are given, with countries being listed in alphabetical order.
• A red background indicates the result was achieved in doubles or team events where each athlete represented a different country. These results are considered valid for both countries and accounted for in the final ranking.

Best international results by nation (1926 – March 2016)

		World Championships							Olympic Games						World Cup						World Tour Finals				Summer Universiade
Rk.	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT
1	China
2	South Korea
3	Japan
4	Germany
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Hong Kong
7	France
8	Austria
9	North Korea
10	Russia
11	Hungary
12	Romania
13	Singapore
14	Serbia
15	Czech Republic
16	United States
17	Sweden
18	England
19	Belarus
20	Poland
		World Championships							Olympic Games						World Cup						World Tour Finals				Summer Universiade
Rk.	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT
21	Belgium
22	Croatia
23	Spain
24	Egypt
25	Greece
26	Netherlands
27	Portugal
27	Wales
29	Denmark
30	Scotland
31	India
32	Luxembourg
33	Canada
33	Italy
33	New Zealand
33	Slovenia
33	Thailand
33	Ukraine
33	Vietnam

Further reading

• Table tennis at the Summer Olympics
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
• Table Tennis World Cup
• List of ITTF World Tour Grand Finals medalists
• Table tennis at the Summer Universiade

See also

• Asian Table Tennis Championships
• Table tennis at the Asian Games
• European Table Tennis Championships
• Table tennis at the 2015 European Games
• Table tennis at the Pan American Games
• Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics
• Table tennis at the Youth Olympic Games
• World Junior Table Tennis Championships
• World Para Table Tennis Championships

References

• Sports 123 (archived)