Table tennis at the Summer Olympics - wikipedia Table tennis at the Summer Olympics Table tennis at the Summer Olympics Governing body ITTF Events 4 ( men : 2 ; women : 2 ) Games 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 2020 Medalists Table tennis competition has been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988, with singles and doubles events for men and women. Athletes from China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 53 medals in 32 events, including 28 out of a possible 32 gold medals, and only failing to at least medal in one event, the inaugural Men 's Singles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Contents 1 Events 2 Medal table 3 Number of athletes by nation 4 Winners 4.1 Men 's singles 4.2 Women 's singles 4.3 Men 's doubles 4.4 Women 's doubles 4.5 Men 's team 4.6 Women 's team 5 See also 6 References Events In 1992 ( only ), two bronze medals were awarded in each event. Due to China 's dominance in the sport the format was changed for the 2012 Olympics, such that only two competitors from each country can enter ( instead of 3 ). This format makes it such that one country can not win all three top medals - as has been the case during both the Individual Men 's and Women 's events at the Beijing Olympic tournament, where China dominated and won all 6 medals. In 2008, the doubles events were replaced by team events to lessen the emphasis on doubles play. Event 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Men 's singles Men 's doubles Men 's team Women 's singles Women 's doubles Women 's team Mixed doubles Events 5 Medal table See also : List of Olympic medalists in table tennis Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total China ( CHN ) 28 17 8 53 South Korea ( KOR ) 12 18 Sweden ( SWE ) Germany ( GER ) 0 7 5 Japan ( JPN ) 0 6 North Korea ( PRK ) 0 7 Singapore ( SIN ) 0 8 Chinese Taipei ( TPE ) 0 France ( FRA ) 0 Yugoslavia ( YUG ) 0 11 Hong Kong ( HKG ) 0 0 12 Denmark ( DEN ) 0 0 Total 32 32 36 100 Number of athletes by nation Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 Years Algeria ( ALG ) 5 Argentina ( ARG ) 6 Australia ( AUS ) 5 9 6 6 6 6 8 Austria ( AUT ) 5 6 6 6 8 Belarus ( BLR ) 5 5 6 Belgium ( BEL ) 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina ( BIH ) Brazil ( BRA ) 5 6 6 8 Bulgaria ( BUL ) Cameroon ( CMR ) Canada ( CAN ) 5 6 5 8 Chile ( CHI ) 5 6 China ( CHN ) 7 8 8 9 9 6 6 6 8 Chinese Taipei ( TPE ) 6 6 7 5 6 8 Colombia ( COL ) Congo ( CGO ) Croatia ( CRO ) 6 7 Cuba ( CUB ) 5 Czech Republic ( CZE ) 6 Czechoslovakia ( TCH ) 5 Denmark ( DEN ) 5 Djibouti ( DJI ) Dominican Republic ( DOM ) 5 DR Congo ( COD ) Ecuador ( ECU ) Egypt ( EGY ) 5 5 6 5 6 Estonia ( EST ) Fiji ( FIJ ) Finland ( FIN ) France ( FRA ) 6 6 5 5 8 Germany ( GER ) 5 7 8 8 6 6 6 7 Ghana ( GHA ) Great Britain ( GBR ) 6 6 6 Greece ( GRE ) 6 Honduras ( HON ) Hong Kong ( HKG ) 6 8 6 6 6 8 Hungary ( HUN ) 5 8 India ( IND ) 8 Independent Olympic Participants ( IOP ) Indonesia ( INA ) Iran ( IRI ) 6 Iraq ( IRQ ) Israel ( ISR ) Italy ( ITA ) 5 6 Jamaica ( JAM ) Japan ( JPN ) 7 8 8 9 8 6 6 6 8 Jordan ( JOR ) 5 Kazakhstan ( KAZ ) Kuwait ( KUW ) Latvia ( LAT ) Lebanon ( LIB ) Libya ( LBA ) Lithuania ( LTU ) Luxembourg ( LUX ) Malaysia ( MAS ) Mauritius ( MRI ) Mexico ( MEX ) Morocco ( MAR ) Netherlands ( NED ) 6 8 New Zealand ( NZL ) 5 Nigeria ( NGR ) 6 6 7 8 6 5 8 North Korea ( PRK ) 8 7 5 6 6 Pakistan ( PAK ) Paraguay ( PAR ) Philippines ( PHI ) Peru ( PER ) Poland ( POL ) 6 8 Portugal ( POR ) 5 Puerto Rico ( PUR ) Qatar ( QAT ) Romania ( ROU ) 5 5 7 Russia ( RUS ) 6 6 5 6 Saudi Arabia ( KSA ) Senegal ( SEN ) Serbia ( SRB ) Serbia and Montenegro ( SCG ) Singapore ( SIN ) 6 6 5 6 Slovakia ( SVK ) Slovenia ( SLO ) 6 South Africa ( RSA ) South Korea ( KOR ) 7 8 8 8 9 6 6 6 8 Soviet Union ( URS ) 5 Spain ( ESP ) 5 5 5 Sudan ( SUD ) Sweden ( SWE ) 6 7 6 5 8 Switzerland ( SUI ) Syria ( SYR ) Thailand ( THA ) 5 Togo ( TOG ) Trinidad and Tobago ( TRI ) Tunisia ( TUN ) 6 Turkey ( TUR ) Turkmenistan ( TKM ) Uganda ( UGA ) Ukraine ( UKR ) United States ( USA ) 5 6 8 7 6 8 Uzbekistan ( UZB ) Unified Team ( EUN ) 6 Vanuatu ( VAN ) Venezuela ( VEN ) 7 Vietnam ( VIE ) Yugoslavia ( YUG ) 5 West Germany ( FRG ) 6 Nations -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41 48 51 48 50 56 57 56 Athletes -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 129 159 166 171 172 171 173 172 Winners Men 's singles Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze 1988 Seoul Yoo Nam - kyu Kim Ki - taik Erik Lindh 1992 Barcelona Jan - Ove Waldner Jean - Philippe Gatien Kim Taek - soo Ma Wenge Atlanta Liu Guoliang Wang Tao Jörg Roßkopf 2000 Sydney Kong Linghui Jan - Ove Waldner Liu Guoliang Athens Ryu Seung - min Wang Hao Wang Liqin 2008 Beijing Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin 2012 London Zhang Jike Wang Hao Dimitrij Ovtcharov 2016 Rio Ma Long Zhang Jike Jun Mizutani Women 's singles Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze 1988 Seoul Chen Jing Li Huifen Jiao Zhimin 1992 Barcelona Deng Yaping Qiao Hong Hyun Jung - hwa Ri Pun - hui Atlanta Deng Yaping Chen Jing Qiao Hong 2000 Sydney Wang Nan Li Ju Chen Jing Athens Zhang Yining Kim Hyang - mi Kim Kyung - ah 2008 Beijing Zhang Yining Wang Nan Guo Yue 2012 London Li Xiaoxia Ding Ning Feng Tianwei 2016 Rio Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Kim Song - i Men 's doubles Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze 1988 Seoul Chen Longcan Wei Qingguang Ilija Lupulesku Zoran Primorac Ahn Jae - hyung Yoo Nam - kyu 1992 Barcelona Lü Lin Wang Tao Steffen Fetzner Jörg Roßkopf Kang Hee - chan Lee Chul - seung Kim Taek - soo Yoo Nam - kyu Atlanta Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang Lü Lin Wang Tao Lee Chul - seung Yoo Nam - kyu 2000 Sydney Wang Liqin Yan Sen Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang Patrick Chila Jean - Philippe Gatien Athens Chen Qi Ma Lin Ko Lai Chak Li Ching Michael Maze Finn Tugwell Women 's doubles Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze 1988 Seoul Hyun Jung - hwa Yang Young - ja Chen Jing Jiao Zhimin Jasna Fazlić Gordana Perkučin 1992 Barcelona Deng Yaping Qiao Hong Chen Zihe Gao Jun Hong Cha - ok Hyun Jung - hwa Ri Pun - hui Yu Sun - bok Atlanta Deng Yaping Qiao Hong Liu Wei Qiao Yunping Park Hae - jung Ryu Ji - hae 2000 Sydney Li Ju Wang Nan Sun Jin Yang Ying Kim Moo - kyo Ryu Ji - hae Athens Wang Nan Zhang Yining Lee Eun - sil Seok Eun - mi Guo Yue Niu Jianfeng Men 's team Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze 2008 Beijing China Germany South Korea 2012 London China South Korea Germany 2016 Rio China Japan Germany Women 's team Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze 2008 Beijing China Singapore South Korea 2012 London China Japan Singapore 2016 Rio China Germany Japan See also List of Olympic venues in table tennis References Jump up ^ `` Olympics at Sports-Reference.com - Table Tennis ''. http://www.sports-reference.com/. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 25. External link in work = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` Olympics Medalists ''. http://www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 25. External link in work = ( help ) Jump up ^ http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/719870.shtml Table tennis at the Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 List of medalists List of Olympic venues Sports at the Olympic Games Summer sports Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby sevens Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Beach volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Winter sports Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating Future sports ( 2020 ) Baseball Softball Karate Skateboarding Sport climbing Surfing Past sports Basque pelota Cricket Croquet Jeu de paume Lacrosse Military patrol Polo Rackets Roque Rugby union ( 15 - a-side ) Tug of war Water motorsports Demonstration sports American football Australian football Bandy Bowling Budo Disabled skiing Gliding Glima Ice stock sport Korfball La canne Pesäpallo Roller hockey Savate Skijoring Sled dog racing Speed skiing Water skiing Winter pentathlon Unofficial sports Angling Art competitions Ballooning Boules Cannon shooting Cycle polo Fire fighting Gaelic football Hurling Kaatsen Kite flying Life saving Longue paume Motor racing Motorcycle racing Pigeon racing Wushu See also : Paralympic sports International table tennis ITTF Olympic Games Paralympics Youth Olympics World Championships Team Junior Para World Cup World Tour Grand Finals World Masters ( defunct ) Achievements by nation Africa ATTF -- African Championships Africa Cup All - Africa Games Asia ATTU -- Asian Championships Asian Cup Asian Games East Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Europe ETTU -- European Championships Europe Top - 16 European Under - 21 Championships European Youth Championships European Games Latin America ULTM -- Latin American Championships Pan American Championships Cup Games Latin American Cup Latin American Youth Championships North America NATTU -- North American Championships Pan American Championships Cup Games Oceania OTTF -- Oceania Championships Oceania Cup Pacific Games Others Asia - Euro Cup China vs. World Challenge Commonwealth Championships Commonwealth Games Lusophony Games Universiade Trophies and awards ITTF Hall of Fame ITTF Star Awards Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Table_tennis_at_the_Summer_Olympics&oldid=800531889 '' Categories : Table tennis at the Summer Olympics Sports at the Summer Olympics Table tennis at multi-sport events Hidden categories : CS1 errors : external links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Čeština Deutsch Ελληνικά Español فارسی Français Frysk 한국어 Italiano עברית Lietuvių Magyar Македонски मराठी Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Română Русский Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 14 September 2017, at 03 : 24. 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Question: when did table tennis become an olympic sport
Answer: 1988