Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

Table tennis – Men's doubles at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Date	23 July to 30 July 1996
Competitors	62 from 25 nations

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

These are the results of the men's doubles competition, one of two events for male competitors in table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Medalists

Medal	Athlete
Gold	Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui (CHN)
Silver	Lü Lin and Wang Tao (CHN)
Bronze	Lee Chul-Seung and Yoo Nam-Kyu (KOR)

Group stage

Group A

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		CHN	AUT	CRO	AUS
1	Lü Lin and Wang Tao (CHN)	3	0	6	0	126	74		X	2-0	2-0	2-0
2	Ding Yi and Qian Qianli (AUT)	2	1	4	3	123	119		0-2	X	2-1	2-0
3	Damir Atikovic and Zoran Primorac (CRO)	1	2	3	5	131	144		0-2	1-2	X	2-1
4	Paul Langley and Russ Lavale (AUS)	0	3	1	6	95	138		0-2	0-2	1-2	X

Group B

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		SWE	NED	JPN	CHI
1	Jörgen Persson and Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)	3	0	6	2	160	139		X	2-1	2-1	2-0
2	Danny Heister and Trinko Keen (NED)	2	1	5	3	157	140		1-2	X	2-1	2-0
3	Toshio Tasaki and Ryo Yuzawa (JPN)	1	2	4	4	152	144		1-2	1-2	X	2-0
4	Augusto Morales Marengo and Juan Salamanca Gonzalez (CHI)	0	3	0	6	80	126		0-2	0-2	0-2	X

Group C

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		CHN	FRA	SWE	GHA
1	Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang (CHN)	3	0	6	0	126	77		X	2-0	2-0	2-0
2	Patrick Chila and Christophe Legout (FRA)	2	1	4	3	133	102		0-2	X	2-1	2-0
3	Peter Karlsson and Thomas von Scheele (SWE)	1	2	3	4	116	120		0-2	1-2	X	2-0
4	Windred Addy and Isaac Opoku (GHA)	0	3	0	6	50	126		0-2	0-2	0-2	X

Group D

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		FRA	HKG	PRK	JAM
1	Damien Eloi and Jean-Philippe Gatien (FRA)	3	0	6	0	126	74		X	2-0	2-0	2-0
2	Chan Kong Wah and Lo Chuen Tsung (HKG)	2	1	4	3	126	129		0-2	X	2-1	2-0
3	Choe Kyong and Li Gun-Sang (PRK)	1	2	3	4	116	128		0-2	1-2	X	2-0
4	Michael Hyatt and Stephen Hylton (JAM)	0	3	0	6	89	126		0-2	0-2	0-2	X

Group E

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		GER	AUT	CAN	BRA
1	Steffen Fetzner and Jörg Roßkopf (GER)	3	0	6	0	127	81		X	2-0	2-0	2-0
2	Karl Jindrak and Werner Schlager (AUT)	2	1	4	3	144	125		0-2	X	2-0	2-1
3	Johnny Huang and Gideon Ng (CAN)	1	2	2	4	97	106		0-2	0-2	X	2-0
4	Hugo Hoyama and Giuliano Peixoto (BRA)	0	3	1	6	93	149		0-2	1-2	0-2	X

Group F

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		KOR	POL	TPE
1	Kang Hee-Chan and Kim Taek-Soo (KOR)	2	0	4	0	84	62		X	2-0	2-0
2	Lucjan Błaszczyk and Andrzej Grubba (POL)	1	1	2	3	100	97		0-2	X	2-1
3	Chiang Peng-lung and Wu Wen-chia (TPE)	0	2	1	4	82	107		0-2	1-2	X

Group G

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		KOR	RUS	BLR	USA
1	Lee Chul-Seung and Yoo Nam-Kyu (KOR)	3	0	6	0	126	89		X	2-0	2-0	2-0
2	Andrey Mazunov and Dmitry Mazunov (RUS)	2	1	4	2	120	104		0-2	X	2-0	2-0
3	Vladimir Samsonov and Yegveniy Shchetinin (BLR)	1	2	2	4	103	113		0-2	0-2	X	2-0
4	Jim Butler and Todd Sweeris (USA)	0	3	0	6	83	126		0-2	0-2	0-2	X

Group H

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		JPN	SCG	NGR	CZE
1	Koji Matsushita and Hiroshi Shibutani (JPN)	3	0	6	0	129	95		X	2-0	2-0	2-0
2	Slobodan Grujić and Ilija Lupulesku (SCG)	2	1	4	2	117	115		0-2	X	2-0	2-0
3	Sule Olaleye and Segun Toriola (NGR)	1	2	2	4	114	115		0-2	0-2	X	2-0
4	Petr Korbel and Josef Plachy (CZE)	0	3	0	6	94	129		0-2	0-2	0-2	X

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold/Bronze medal match
	Lü Lin (CHN)   Wang Tao (CHN)	3				Lü Lin (CHN)   Wang Tao (CHN)	3
	Kang Hee-Chan (KOR)   Kim Taek-Soo (KOR)	2				Steffen Fetzner (GER)   Jörg Roßkopf (GER)	0
21-12, 18-21, 18-21, 21-12, 21-12					21-10, 21-17, 21-7
	Steffen Fetzner (GER)   Jörg Roßkopf (GER)	3									Lü Lin (CHN)   Wang Tao (CHN)	1
	Damien Eloi (FRA)   Jean-Philippe Gatien (FRA)	0									Kong Linghui (CHN)   Liu Guoliang (CHN)	3
21-12, 21-17, 21-10										8-21, 21-13, 19-21, 11-21
	Kong Linghui (CHN)   Liu Guoliang (CHN)	3				Kong Linghui (CHN)   Liu Guoliang (CHN)	3
	Koji Matsushita (JPN)   Hiroshi Shibutani (JPN)	0				Lee Chul-Seung (KOR)   Yoo Nam-Kyu (KOR)	0
21-15, 21-19, 21-15					21-17, 21-16, 21-19
	Lee Chul-Seung (KOR)   Yoo Nam-Kyu (KOR)	3									Steffen Fetzner (GER)   Jörg Roßkopf (GER)	0
	Jörgen Persson (SWE)   Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)	0									Lee Chul-Seung (KOR)   Yoo Nam-Kyu (KOR)	3
21-18, 21-16, 21-17										18-21, 12-21, 20-22

References

• Official Olympic Reports. LA84 Foundation.
• 1996 Olympic Games. International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
• Table Tennis at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Doubles. www.sports-reference.com.