Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

Table tennis – Men's singles at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	State Sports Centre
Date	17 September to 25 September 2000
Competitors	64 from 35 nations

Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men		women

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

These are the results of the men's singles competition, one of two events for male competitors in table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Medalists

Medal	Athlete
Gold	Kong Linghui (CHN)
Silver	Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
Bronze	Liu Guoliang (CHN)

Group stage

Group A

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	GRE	EGY	INA
1	Kalinikos Kreanga (GRE)	2	0	6	0	126	68	X	3-0	3-0
2	El-sayed Lashin (EGY)	1	1	3	3	100	124	0-3	X	3-0
3	Anton Suseno (INA)	0	2	0	6	96	130	0-3	0-3	X

Group B

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	GER	USA	EGY
1	Jörg Roßkopf (GER)	2	0	6	0	126	69	X	3-0	3-0
2	David Zhuang (USA)	1	1	3	4	110	127	0-3	X	3-1
3	Ashraf Helmy (EGY)	0	2	1	6	98	138	0-3	1-3	X

Group C

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	CZE	IND	NZL
1	Petr Korbel (CZE)	2	0	6	1	139	107	X	3-1	3-0
2	Chetan Baboor (IND)	1	1	4	3	137	138	1-3	X	3-0
3	Peter Jackson (NZL)	0	2	0	6	101	132	0-3	0-3	X

Group D

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	CAN	NGR	CUB
1	Johnny Huang (CAN)	2	0	6	2	160	123	X	3-2	3-0
2	Segun Toriola (NGR)	1	1	5	4	165	163	2-3	X	3-1
3	Renier Sosa (CUB)	0	2	1	6	106	145	0-3	1-3	X

Group E

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	POL	ROU	AUS
1	Lucjan Błaszczyk (POL)	2	0	6	2	161	130	X	3-2	3-0
2	Adrian Crișan (ROU)	1	1	5	3	155	133	2-3	X	3-0
3	Simon Gerada (AUS)	0	2	0	6	74	127	0-3	0-3	X

Group F

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	JPN	USA	CUB
1	Seiko Iseki (JPN)	2	0	6	1	142	103	X	3-1	3-0
2	Yinghua Cheng (USA)	1	1	4	3	135	115	1-3	X	3-0
3	Francisco Arado (CUB)	0	2	0	6	67	126	0-3	0-3	X

Group G

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	JPN	CZE	CHI
1	Toshio Tasaki (JPN)	2	0	6	1	137	118	X	3-0	3-1
2	Josef Plachý (CZE)	1	1	3	3	113	107	0-3	X	3-0
3	Jorge Gambra (CHI)	0	2	1	6	112	137	1-3	0-3	X

Group H

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	HKG	BRA	CAN
1	Cheung Yuk (HKG)	2	0	6	3	182	152	X	3-2	3-1
2	Hugo Hoyama (BRA)	1	1	5	3	155	145	0-3	X	3-0
3	Kurt Liu (CAN)	0	2	1	6	105	145	1-3	0-3	X

Group I

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	KOR	AUS	HKG
1	Ryu Seung-Min (KOR)	2	0	6	0	127	88	X	3-0	3-0
2	Mark Smythe (AUS)	1	1	3	5	128	158	0-3	X	3-2
3	Leung Chu Yan (HKG)	0	2	2	6	143	152	0-3	2-3	X

Group J

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	NED	GRE	IRI
1	Trinko Keen (NED)	2	0	6	1	144	75	X	3-1	3-0
2	Ntaniel Tsiokas (GRE)	1	1	4	3	118	126	1-3	X	3-0
3	Majidreza Ehteshamzadeh (IRI)	0	2	0	6	65	126	0-3	0-3	X

Group K

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	NED	POL	AUS
1	Danny Heister (NED)	2	0	6	0	126	90	X	3-0	3-0
2	Tomasz Krzeszewski (POL)	1	1	3	3	112	107	0-3	X	3-0
3	Russ Lavale (AUS)	0	2	0	6	85	126	0-3	0-3	X

Group L

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	KOR	SCG	NGR
1	Lee Chul-Seung (KOR)	2	0	6	2	155	132	X	3-2	3-0
2	Slobodan Grujić (SCG)	1	1	5	3	152	136	2-3	X	3-0
3	Peter Akinlabi (NGR)	0	2	0	6	87	126	0-3	0-3	X

Group M

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	GER	ARG	QAT
1	Timo Boll (GER)	2	0	6	1	143	99	X	3-1	3-0
2	Liu Song (ARG)	1	1	4	4	137	143	1-3	X	3-1
3	Hamad Al-Hammadi (QAT)	0	2	1	6	101	139	0-3	1-3	X

Group N

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	TPE	AUT	TUN
1	Chang Yen-shu (TPE)	2	0	6	0	126	78	X	3-0	3-0
2	Ding Yi (AUT)	1	1	3	3	113	99	0-3	X	3-0
3	Gdara Hamam (TUN)	0	2	0	6	64	126	0-3	0-3	X

Group O

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	GER	GBR	MRI
1	Peter Franz (GER)	2	0	6	0	128	64	X	3-0	3-0
2	Matthew Syed (GBR)	1	1	3	3	96	85	0-3	X	3-0
3	Jean-Patrick Sahajasein (MRI)	0	2	0	6	51	126	0-3	0-3	X

Group P

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL	BEL	BLR	CHI
1	Philippe Saive (BEL)	2	0	6	1	145	107	X	3-1	3-0
2	Yevgeny Shchetinin (BLR)	1	1	4	3	141	118	1-3	X	3-0
3	Augusto Morales (CHI)	0	2	0	6	65	126	0-3	0-3	X

Knockout stage

Top half

Round of 32			Round of 16			Quarterfinals			Semifinals

1	Kong Linghui (CHN)	3	1	Kong Linghui (CHN)	3
	Johnny Huang (CAN)	0		Lucjan Blaszczyk (POL)	2
21-14, 21-12, 21-16			18-21, 21-17, 21-10, 20-22, 21-14
	Lucjan Blaszczyk (POL)	3				1	Kong Linghui (CHN)	3
13	Jean-Philippe Gatien (FRA)	0				6	Werner Schlager (AUT)	2
21-5, 21-17, 21-13						21-14, 13-21, 20-22, 21-10, 21-14
9	Kim Taek-Soo (KOR)	1		Timo Boll (GER)	2
	Timo Boll (GER)	3	6	Werner Schlager (AUT)	3
11-21, 21-15, 18-21, 17-21			22-24, 21-19, 21-17, 13-21, 16-21
	Danny Heister (NED)	2							1	Kong Linghui (CHN)	3
6	Werner Schlager (AUT)	3							7	Jörgen Persson (SWE)	1
21-13, 21-8, 19-21, 19-21, 12-21									21-12, 13-21, 21-16, 21-13
7	Jörgen Persson (SWE)	3	7	Jörgen Persson (SWE)	3
	Peter Franz (GER)	1	15	Koji Matsushita (JPN)	0
21-16, 21-15, 16-21, 21-18			21-14, 21-13, 21-19
	Cheung Yuk (HKG)	0				7	Jörgen Persson (SWE)	3
15	Koji Matsushita (JPN)	3				10	Liu Guozheng (CHN)	1
20-22, 19-21, 17-21						14-21, 21-18, 21-16, 21-19
10	Liu Guozheng (CHN)	3	10	Liu Guozheng (CHN)	3
	Philippe Saive (BEL)	2	4	Chiang Peng-lung (TPE)	0
21-14, 21-16, 18-21, 17-21, 21-15			21-11, 21-13, 21-19
	Kalinikos Kreanga (GRE)	0
4	Chiang Peng-lung (TPE)	3
23-25, 12-21, 22-24

Bottom half

Round of 32			Round of 16			Quarterfinals			Semifinals

3	Liu Guoliang (CHN)	3	3	Liu Guoliang (CHN)	3
	Trinko Keen (NED)	0	14	Damien Eloi (FRA)	2
21-14, 22-20, 21-19			19-21, 12-21, 22-20, 21-9, 21-13
	Lee Chul-Seung (KOR)	1				3	Liu Guoliang (CHN)	3
14	Damien Eloi (FRA)	3					Jörg Roßkopf (GER)	0
14-21, 21-11, 6-21, 20-22						21-11, 21-14, 21-7
12	Peter Karlsson (SWE)	2		Jörg Roßkopf (GER)	3
	Jörg Roßkopf (GER)	3		Toshio Tasaki (JPN)	2
22-20, 19-21, 17-21, 21-19, 12-21			17-21, 21-15, 21-13, 19-21, 21-14
	Toshio Tasaki (JPN)	3							3	Liu Guoliang (CHN)	0
8	Zoran Primorac (CRO)	0							5	Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)	3
25-23, 21-16, 21-17									19-21, 16-21, 19-21
5	Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)	3	5	Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)	3
	Seiko Iseki (JPN)	1	11	Jean-Michel Saive (BEL)	1
21-23, 21-13, 21-15, 21-17			21-14, 19-21, 21-18, 21-15
	Petr Korbel (CZE)	0				5	Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)	3
11	Jean-Michel Saive (BEL)	3				2	Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)	2
11-21, 13-21, 17-21						20-22, 18-21, 21-14, 21-17, 21-19
16	Christophe Legout (FRA)	3	16	Christophe Legout (FRA)	0
	Ryu Seung-Min (KOR)	2	2	Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)	3
21-15, 21-23, 10-21, 25-23, 21-17			11-21, 17-21, 12-21
	Chang Yen-shu (TPE)	0
2	Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)	3
14-21, 21-23, 14-21

Finals

Gold medal match

Kong Linghui (CHN) 3:2 Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
21-16, 21-19, 17-21, 14-21, 21-13

Bronze medal match

Liu Guoliang (CHN) 3:1 Jörgen Persson (SWE)
21-18, 19-21, 21-14, 21-13

References

Official Olympic Report
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
Table Tennis at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Singles. www.sports-reference.com.

Olympic Table Tennis Champions in Men's Singles

1988: Yoo Nam-kyu (KOR) 1992: Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE) 1996: Liu Guoliang (CHN) 2000: Kong Linghui (CHN) 2004: Ryu Seung-min (KOR) 2008: Ma Lin (CHN) 2012: Zhang Jike (CHN)

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