Table Tennis

Since Table Tennis joined the Olympic programme in 1988, China has won 20 of the 24 available gold medals.

July 28 - 09:00Women's Singles

ExCeL
ExCeL is the largest competition venue at the London 2012 Games. It is made up of different five arenas, each of which will host a different sport at London 2012.


Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold Silver Bronze
CHN	4	2	2	gold medals: 4 4 Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze silver medals: 2 bronze medals: 2
GER	0	1	0	gold medals: 0 0 Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze silver medals: 1 bronze medals: 0
SIN	0	1	0	gold medals: 0 0 Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze silver medals: 1 bronze medals: 0

Men's competition

Women's competition

Table Tennis balls are hollow, made of celluloid and weigh approximately 2.7g.
Top players previously used speed glue to increase the spin and speed on the ball, until equipment rule changes were enforced to slow the game down.
Table Tennis was banned in the former Soviet Union during the early 20th century because the sport was believed to be harmful to the eyes.
Other names for Table Tennis include ‘Ping Pong’, ‘Whiff Waff’ and ‘Flim Flam’, reflecting the sound of the ball being struck and bouncing off the table.