Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Table tennis at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	20 July to 4 August 1996
Competitors	166 from 51 nations

The table tennis competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics consisted of four events.

Participating nations

A total of 166 athletes (85 men and 81 women), representing 51 NOCs, competed in four events.

•  Australia (5)
•  Austria (4)
•  Belarus (2)
•  Belgium (2)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•  Brazil (4)
•  Canada (5)
•  Chile (4)
•  China (8)
•  Croatia (4)
•  Czech Republic (3)
•  Dominican Republic (1)
•  France (6)
•  Germany (7)
•  Ghana (2)
•  Great Britain (4)
•  Greece (2)
•  Hong Kong (4)
•  Hungary (4)
•  India (2)
•  Indonesia (2)
•  Italy (3)
•  Jamaica (2)
•  Japan (8)
•  Kuwait (1)
•  Lebanon (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Netherlands (6)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Nigeria (4)
•  North Korea (7)
•  Peru (2)
•  Poland (2)
•  Qatar (1)
•  Romania (5)
•  Russia (4)
•  Singapore (1)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  South Korea (8)
•  Sudan (1)
•  Sweden (7)
•  Switzerland (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (6)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  Turkmenistan (1)
•  Uganda (3)
•  United States (6)
•  Venezuela (1)
•  FR Yugoslavia (3)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	4	3	1	8
2	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	0	1
3	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	2	2
4	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Liu Guoliang  China	Wang Tao  China	Jörg Roßkopf  Germany
Men's doubles	Liu Guoliang / Kong Linghui (CHN)	Lü Lin / Wang Tao (CHN)	Lee Chul-seung / Yoo Nam-kyu (KOR)
Women's singles	Deng Yaping  China	Chen Jing  Chinese Taipei	Qiao Hong  China
Women's doubles	Deng Yaping / Qiao Hong (CHN)	Liu Wei / Qiao Yunping (CHN)	Park Hae-jung / Ryu Ji-hae (KOR)

Sources

• Official Olympic Report
• International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
• "Table Tennis at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.