Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Table tennis at the Games of the Olympiad
Venue	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Dates	27 July – 10 August 2024
No. of events	5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors	175 from 60 nations
← 2020 2028 →

The table tennis games at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from July 27 to August 10. They took place at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. About 175 table tennis players competed in these Games. There were an equal number of men and women players. They played in five different medal events. There were two events for men, two for women, and one mixed event. This was the same number of events as in the last Olympics. The mixed doubles event was part of the Olympics for the second time. It was very popular at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Players from China were incredibly successful. They won all five gold medals available in table tennis!

How Athletes Qualified for Table Tennis

To play in the Paris 2024 Olympics, 172 spots were available for table tennis players. These spots were split evenly between men and women. Each country could send a maximum of six table tennis players. They could compete in five different medal events. These events included men's and women's singles, men's and women's teams, and mixed doubles. For the singles events, each country could send up to two players per gender.

France, as the host country, automatically got a spot in the men's and women's team events. This also meant one player from each gender could compete in the singles tournament. France also got a direct spot in the mixed doubles event. This event was first introduced at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Countries That Competed

Sixty different countries sent athletes to compete in table tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here is a list of all the countries that participated:

Competition Schedule

This table shows when each table tennis event took place during the Olympics.

Medal Winners

This section shows which countries and athletes won medals in table tennis.

Medal Count by Country

This table shows how many gold, silver, and bronze medals each country won in table tennis.

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	5	1	0	6
2	Sweden	0	2	0	2
3	Japan	0	1	1	2
4	North Korea	0	1	0	1
5	France*	0	0	2	2
	South Korea	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		5	5	5	15

Medalists by Event

Here are the athletes who won medals in each table tennis event:

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Fan Zhendong  China	Truls Möregårdh  Sweden	Félix Lebrun  France
Men's team details	China Fan Zhendong Ma Long Wang Chuqin	Sweden Anton Källberg Kristian Karlsson Truls Möregårdh	France Simon Gauzy Alexis Lebrun Félix Lebrun
Women's singles details	Chen Meng  China	Sun Yingsha  China	Hina Hayata  Japan
Women's team details	China Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu Chen Meng	Japan Hina Hayata Miwa Harimoto Miu Hirano	South Korea Shin Yu-bin Jeon Ji-hee Lee Eun-hye
Mixed doubles details	China Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha	North Korea Ri Jong-sik Kim Kum-yong	South Korea Lim Jong-hoon Shin Yu-bin

See also

In Spanish: Tenis de mesa en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024 para niños

• Table tennis at the 2023 European Games
• Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games
• Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics