Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics

Paralympic table tennis has been competed at every Summer Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1960. Men and women compete in singles and team events in ten different classes according to the extent of their disability.

Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	ITTF
Events	29 (men: 16; women: 13)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Medalists

Overall medal summary

Table of medals won by nations, updated after the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1]

Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	62	27	14	103
2	West Germany	43	28	26	97
3	France	34	43	47	124
4	Austria	29	23	29	81
5	Great Britain	26	30	42	98
6	South Korea	26	30	30	86
7	Germany	24	25	27	76
8	Netherlands	18	13	23	54
9	Sweden	16	27	23	66
10	Switzerland	14	7	10	31
11	United States	13	15	23	51
12	Israel	10	4	10	24
13	Belgium	9	10	15	34
14	Poland	8	9	5	22
15	Finland	8	6	9	23
16	Slovakia	6	7	7	20
17	Denmark	6	4	8	18
18	Italy	5	12	18	35
19	Hong Kong	5	9	10	24
20	Czech Republic	4	8	4	16
21	Yugoslavia	4	4	3	11
22	Norway	3	7	9	19
23	Ireland	3	5	9	17
24	Japan	3	5	8	16
25	Hungary	3	3	5	11
26	Romania	3	2	4	9
27	Australia	2	3	3	8
28	Russia	2	2	2	6
29	Ukraine	2	1	5	8
30	Nigeria	2	0	2	4
31	Spain	1	6	12	19
32	Serbia	1	4	2	7
33	Turkey	1	3	2	6
34	Canada	1	1	7	9
35	Croatia	1	1	0	2
36	Jordan	1	0	2	3
	Thailand	1	0	2	3
38	Slovenia	1	0	1	2
39	Peru	1	0	0	1
40	Chinese Taipei	0	4	6	10
41	Brazil	0	2	3	5
42	Argentina	0	2	1	3
	Mexico	0	2	1	3
44	Egypt	0	1	2	3
45	South Africa	0	1	1	2
	Unified Team	0	1	1	2
47	Malta	0	1	0	1
	Zimbabwe	0	1	0	1
49	Iceland	0	0	1	1
	Independent Paralympic Participants	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	Philippines	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Rhodesia	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	1	1
Totals (57 NPCs)		402	399	482	1283

Multi medalists

Table tennis players who have won two gold medals or five medals. Active players are in bold.

No.	Athlete	Country	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Zhang Xiaoling	China (CHN)	1988-2008	7	F	9	1	2	12
2	Tommy Taylor	Great Britain (GBR)	1960-1980	6	M	8	0	1	9
3	Jochen Wollmert	Germany (GER)	1992-2012	6	M	5	2	3	10
4	Natalia Partyka	Poland (POL)	2004-2016	4	F	5	1	1	7
5	Baruch Hagai	Israel (ISR)	1964-1976	4	M	5	0	1	6
	Irene Schmidt	Netherlands (NED)	1972-1980	3	F	5	0	1	6
7	Ján Riapoš	Slovakia (SVK)	2004-2012	3	M	4	1	0	5
8	Michael Dempsey	United States (USA)	1972-2000	8	M	3	4	3	10
9	Rainer Küschall	Switzerland (SUI)	1972-1984	4	M	3	1	2	6
10	Christophe Durand	France (FRA)	1996-2008	4	M	2	1	3	6
11	James Rawson	Great Britain (GBR)	1992-2008	5	M	2	1	2	5
12	Gerda Becker	Netherlands (NED)	1976-1980	2	F	2	1	1	4
	Holger Nikelis	Germany (GER)	2004-2012	3	M	2	1	1	4
14	Carol Bryant	Great Britain (GBR)	1968-1972	2	F	2	1	0	3
15	Peter Rosenmeier	Denmark (DEN)	2004-2016	4	M	2	0	2	4
16	Kelly van Zon	Netherlands (NED)	2008-2016	3	F	2	0	1	3
17	Neil Robinson	Great Britain (GBR)	1992-2008	5	M	1	4	1	6
18	Thu Kamkasomphou	France (FRA)	2000-2016	5	F	1	2	3	6
19	Zlatko Kesler	Yugoslavia (YUG)  Serbia (SRB)	1992-2012	6	M	1	2	2	5
20	José Manuel Ruiz Reyes	Spain (ESP)	2000-2016	5	M	0	3	2	5

Nations

Nation	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	Years
Argentina (ARG)		3	9	2	8	4		5	6	8	5	3	2	4	4	13
Australia (AUS)	2	4	17	2	7	6	1	9	1		2		2	2	5	13
Austria (AUT)	6	4	21	12	14	10	4	9	9		8	7	8	6	4	14
Bahamas (BAH)					3											1
Bahrain (BRN)								2								1
Belgium (BEL)	1	1	8	3	9	9	4	6	9	9	5	5	3	3	4	15
Brazil (BRA)					5			3	1	4	5	5	11	14	17	9
Bulgaria (BUL)															1	1
Canada (CAN)			16	4	19	10	1	1			2		1		1	9
Chile (CHI)												1		1	2	3
China (CHN)							1	12	2	2	8	13	26	28	30	9
Chinese Taipei (TPE)									2	3	12	8	8	5	4	7
Colombia (COL)					8	2										2
Costa Rica (CRC)													2			1
Croatia (CRO)											4	4	2	4	4	5
Cuba (CUB)												2	4			2
Czech Republic (CZE)										9	14	13	6	6	3	6
Czechoslovakia (TCH)						1										1
Denmark (DEN)			5	1	6	9	2	7	9	5	3	2	3	1	3	13
Egypt (EGY)					6	4		1				3	4	8	7	7
Ethiopia (ETH)			2		1											2
Faroe Islands (FRO)									1							1
Fiji (FIJ)															1	1
Finland (FIN)				1	4	4	4	5	6	5	3	2	1	1	1	12
France (FRA)			13	8	6	11	10	14	17	21	29	29	26	28	16	13
Germany (GER)	1	3							32	27	20	18	12	12	11	9
Great Britain (GBR)	10	12	25	18	19	15	9	17	13	10	14	8	11	13	13	15
Greece (GRE)					2	3						3				3
Guatemala (GUA)					2											1
Hong Kong (HKG)					3	5	1	11	6	5	7	2	4	5	3	11
Hungary (HUN)					1		3	7	7	6	3	5	3	3	6	10
Iceland (ISL)						3	1	1	2			1				5
India (IND)			2													1
Independent Paralympic Participants (IPP)									3							1
Indonesia (INA)					3	6		3						1	1	5
Iran (IRI)									4			3	2	1		4
Iraq (IRQ)									2					1		2
Ireland (IRL)			5	2	10	8	2	7	8	4	4		2	4	1	12
Israel (ISR)	1	6	18	4	6	5	1	4	6	4	1	2	4	2	4	15
Italy (ITA)	9	4	15	4	9	16		8	7	4	7	5	13	10	7	14
Jamaica (JAM)			5	2		2		1			1					5
Japan (JPN)		6	5	1	6	6		12	6	5	12	8	2	3	5	13
Jordan (JOR)								2			2	4	3	3	3	6
Kenya (KEN)						2		1								2
Kuwait (KUW)								3								1
Libya (LBA)													2			1
Liechtenstein (LIE)								1	3			1				3
Luxembourg (LUX)						4										1
Malaysia (MAS)														2	1	2
Malta (MLT)	1		3													2
Mexico (MEX)					4	14			1	3	6	5	2	1	2	9
Moldova (MDA)										1						1
Netherlands (NED)	2	2	14	6	10	19	5	9	14	7	4	5	4	4	4	15
New Zealand (NZL)			7		4											2
Nigeria (NGR)									3	2	7		5	2	3	6
Norway (NOR)	1		14	5	16	13	3	3	2		2	2	2	3	2	13
Oman (OMA)								2								1
Peru (PER)					1											1
Philippines (PHI)														1	1	2
Poland (POL)										2	12	9	10	12	13	6
Portugal (POR)							1				1					2
Puerto Rico (PUR)								3	2							2
Rhodesia (RHO)			6													1
Romania (ROU)				1										1	2	3
Russia (RUS)										1	1	4	9	9		5
Serbia (SRB)													4	3	4	3
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)												2				1
Sierra Leone (SLE)															1	1
Slovakia (SVK)										5	7	10	10	8	7	6
Slovenia (SLO)											2	2	5	2		4
South Africa (RSA)			3		9				1		6	5	4			6
South Korea (KOR)			2	5	5	10	1	37	14	12	15	13	14	23	22	13
Spain (ESP)			2					4	15	5	8	7	5	6	9	9
Sudan (SUD)						2										1
Sweden (SWE)			10	1	13	17	10	15	15	14	10	8	9	8	6	13
Switzerland (SUI)			11	10	13	15	5	7	6	3	4	3		1	1	12
Syria (SYR)									1							1
Tanzania (TAN)									1							1
Thailand (THA)								3					2	4	7	4
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)								1								1
Turkey (TUR)												1	1	6	9	4
Ukraine (UKR)											4	2	6	7	10	5
Unified Team (EUN)									3							1
United States (USA)		6	26	5	13	10	4	20	21	12	9	3	4	3	2	14
West Germany (FRG)			16	16	17	21	24	33								6
Venezuela (VEN)									3			1	1	1	2	5
Yemen (YEM)									1							1
Yugoslavia (YUG)						2	4	5		2	1					5
Zimbabwe (ZIM)						2										1
Nations	10	11	27	27	29	33	23	38	40	31	40	43	45	47	47
Competitors	35	51	279	112	265	270	101	294	265	210	270	239	264	276	269
Year	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16

See also

• World Para Table Tennis Championships
• European Para Table Tennis Championships
• Table tennis at the Summer Olympics

References

1. IPC Historical Results Archive