Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 8

The Men's individual table tennis – Class 8 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] in London took place from 30 August to 3 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment who competed from a standing position; the lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete’s ability to compete.

Table tennis
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
DatesAugust 30-September 3
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Medalists
Zhao Shuai  China
Richard Csejtey  Slovakia
Emil Andersson  Sweden
Table tennis at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Singles
MenWomen
C1C1–2
C2
C3C3
C4C4
C5C5
C6C6
C7C7
C8C8
C9C9
C10C10
C11C11
Teams
MenWomen
C1–2C1–3
C3
C4–5C4–5
C6–8C6–10
C9–10

In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in four groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the quarter-finals, together with four seeded players given byes for the preliminary round.

Results

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals
Quarter-finals: 1 Sep 11:00 Semifinals: 1 Sep 19:00 Gold medal match: 3 Sep 12:30
                     
1  Zhao Shuai (CHN) 11 11 11
 András Csonka (HUN) 7 6 7
1  Zhao Shuai (CHN) 9 9 12 11 11
4  Ross Wilson (GBR) 11 11 10 7 6
 Marcin Skrzynecki (POL) 2 11 5 7
4  Ross Wilson (GBR) 11 8 11 11
1  Zhao Shuai (CHN) 8 11 17 11
 Richard Csejtey (SVK) 11 5 15 4
3  Ye Chaoqun (CHN) 9 14 11 9
 Richard Csejtey (SVK) 11 16 6 11
 Richard Csejtey (SVK) 14 14 7 11 11 Bronze medal match
2  Emil Andersson (SWE) 12 12 11 13 5
 Sun Churen (CHN) 9 11 11 5 8 4  Ross Wilson (GBR) 8 9 10
2  Emil Andersson (SWE) 11 4 9 11 11 2  Emil Andersson (SWE) 11 11 12

Preliminary Round
Qualified for the quarter finals

Group A
AthleteWonLostGames
diff		Points
diff
 Richard Csejtey (SVK) 1 1 +1 +2
 Saeed Ali (IRQ) 1 1 0 +4
 Piotr Grudzien (POL) 1 1 -1 -6

Group B
AthleteWonLostGames
diff		Points
diff
 Sun Churen (CHN) 2 0 +6 +22
 Mathieu Loicq (BEL) 1 1 -2 -12
 Aaron McKibbin (GBR) 0 2 -4 -10

Group C
AthleteWonLostGames
diff		Points
diff
 András Csonka (HUN) 2 0 +4 +21
 Fabian Rignell (SWE) 1 1 -2 -11
 Miroslav Jambor (SVK) 0 2 -2 -10

Group D
AthleteWonLostGames
diff		Points
diff
 Marcin Skrzynecki (POL) 2 0 +5 +21
 Marc Ledoux (BEL) 1 1 +1 +2
 Paulo Salmin (BRA) 0 2 -6 -23
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References
  1. "Paralympic Table Tennis". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
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