Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 2

The Men's Individual Class 2 table tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held between 7 September and 11 September at the Peking University Gymnasium.[1]

Men's Individual Class 2 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Peking University Gymnasium
Dates	7 – 11 September
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Medalists
Vincent Boury  France Stephane Molliens  France Kim Kyung Mook  South Korea

Classes 1-5 were for athletes with a physical impairment that affected their legs, who competed in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete’s ability to compete.

The event was won by Vincent Boury, representing  France. [2]

Results

Preliminary round

Qualified for the knock-out stages

Group A

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		FRA	RUS	KOR	LBA
1	Stephane Molliens (FRA)	3	3	0	9:1		x	3:0	3:1	3:0
2	Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS)	3	2	1	6:5		0:3	x	3:2	3:0
3	Kim Kong Yong (KOR)	3	1	2	6:6		1:3	2:3	x	3:0
4	Ali Mabrouk Ahmed (LBA)	3	0	3	0:9		0:3	0:3	0:3	x

7 September, 16:40  Stephane Molliens (FRA) 11 15 11  Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS) 6 13 7  Kim Kong-yong (KOR) 11 11 11  Ali Mabrouk Ahmed (LBA) 5 5 2

8 September, 12:00  Stephane Molliens (FRA) 11 11 11  Ali Mabrouk Ahmed (LBA) 0 4 5  Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS) 11 12 8 6 11  Kim Kong-yong (KOR) 6 10 11 11 7

8 September, 19:20  Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS) 11 11 11  Ali Mabrouk Ahmed (LBA) 5 6 6  Stephane Molliens (FRA) 11 9 11 11  Kim Kong-yong (KOR) 6 11 7 5

Group B

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		KOR	SVK	FRA	CHN
1	Kim Kyung Mook (KOR)	3	3	0	9:2		x	3:0	3:2	3:0
2	Jan Riapos (SVK)	3	2	1	6:3		0:3	x	3:0	3:0
3	Damien Mennella (FRA)	3	1	2	5:7		2:3	0:3	x	3:1
4	Gao Yanming (CHN)	3	0	3	1:9		0:3	0:3	1:3	x

7 September, 16:40  Jan Riapos (SVK) 11 11 11  Damien Mennella (FRA) 8 8 9  Kim Kyung-mook (KOR) 11 11 11  Gao Yanming (CHN) 3 6 7

8 September, 12:00  Jan Riapos (SVK) 11 11 11  Gao Yanming (CHN) 7 6 8  Kim Kyung-mook (KOR) 11 5 4 11 11  Damien Mennella (FRA) 4 11 11 6 6

8 September, 19:20  Damien Mennella (FRA) 8 11 11 11  Gao Yanming (CHN) 11 8 6 6  Kim Kyung-mook (KOR) 11 11 11  Jan Riapos (SVK) 9 9 5

Group C

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		FRA	BRA	AUT	ITA
1	Vincent Boury (FRA)	3	2	1	7:5		x	1:3	3:0	3:2
2	Iranildo Espindola (BRA)	3	2	1	7:6		3:1	x	1:3	3:2
3	Hans Ruep (AUT)	3	2	1	6:5		0:3	3:1	x	3:1
4	Giuseppe Vella (ITA)	3	0	3	5:9		2:3	2:3	1:3	x

7 September, 16:40  Hans Ruep (AUT) 11 8 11 11  Giuseppe Vella (ITA) 3 11 5 3  Iranildo Espindola (BRA) 11 4 12 11  Vincent Boury (FRA) 8 11 10 4

8 September, 12:00  Hans Ruep (AUT) 11 11 6 11  Iranildo Espindola (BRA) 8 7 11 6  Vincent Boury (FRA) 14 11 8 7 11  Giuseppe Vella (ITA) 12 5 11 11 8

8 September, 19:20  Iranildo Espindola (BRA) 10 11 14 8 11  Giuseppe Vella (ITA) 12 5 12 11 8  Vincent Boury (FRA) 12 11 11  Hans Ruep (AUT) 10 4 6

Group D

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		DEN	SVK	GER	BRA
1	Lars Hansen (DEN)	3	3	0	9:1		x	3:1	3:0	3:0
2	Rastislav Revucky (SVK)	3	2	1	7:5		1:3	x	3:2	3:0
3	Otto Vilsmaier (GER)	3	1	2	5:6		0:3	2:3	x	3:0
4	Hemerson Kovalski (BRA)	3	0	3	0:9		0:3	0:3	0:3	x

7 September, 16:40  Rastislav Revucky (SVK) 11 9 6 12 11  Otto Vilsmaier (GER) 8 11 11 10 4  Lars Hansen (DEN) 11 11 11  Hemerson Kovalski (BRA) 4 5 2

8 September, 12:00  Otto Vilsmaier (GER) 11 11 11  Hemerson Kovalski (BRA) 5 4 6  Lars Hansen (DEN) 11 3 11 11  Rastislav Revucky (SVK) 4 11 5 9

8 September, 19:20  Rastislav Revucky (SVK) 11 11 11  Hemerson Kovalski (BRA) 7 4 7  Lars Hansen (DEN) 11 11 11  Otto Vilsmaier (GER) 4 2 7

Competition bracket

	Semifinals: 10 Sep 11:30								Gold medal match: 11 Sep 17:30
	Stephane Molliens (FRA)	12	11	6	12
	Lars Hansen (DEN)	10	7	11	10
									Stephane Molliens (FRA)	7	4	2
									Vincent Boury (FRA)	11	11	11
	Vincent Boury (FRA)	11	11	5	11
	Kim Kyung-mook (KOR)	7	8	11	1				Bronze medal match: 11 Sep 17:30
									Lars Hansen (DEN)	11	3	7	7
									Kim Kyung-mook (KOR)	5	11	11	11

References

1. "Schedules and Results - Table Tennis". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
2. "Men's Singles Class 2". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 7 October 2012.