# Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 8

The Men's Singles 8 table tennis competition at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was held from 18 to 21 September at the Galatsi Olympic Hall.
Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment who competed from a standing position; the lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment had on an athlete’s ability to compete.
The event was won by Mathieu Loicq, representing Belgium.

## Results
### Preliminaries

* Qualified for final round

#### Group A

| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | SVK | BEL | KOR | CRO |
| 1 | Richard Csejtey (SVK) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:1 | x | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:0 |
| 2 | Mathieu Loicq (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6:5 | 0:3 | x | 3:1 | 3:1 |
| 3 | Lee Cheon Sik (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5:7 | 1:3 | 1:3 | x | 3:1 |
| 4 | Ratko Kovacic (CRO) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2:9 | 0:3 | 1:3 | 1:3 | x |

#### Group B

| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | LIE | BEL | FRA | HUN |
| 1 | Peter Frommelt (LIE) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:1 | x | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:0 |
| 2 | Nico Vergeylen (BEL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5:7 | 0:3 | x | 3:1 | 2:3 |
| 3 | Alain Pichon (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5:7 | 1:3 | 1:3 | x | 3:1 |
| 4 | Andras Csonka (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4:8 | 0:3 | 3:2 | 1:3 | x |

#### Group C

| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | BEL | CZE | USA | RSA |
| 1 | Marc Ledoux (BEL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:2 | x | 3:0 | 3:2 | 3:0 |
| 2 | Jiri Soukup (CZE) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6:4 | 0:3 | x | 3:0 | 3:1 |
| 3 | Wayne Lo (USA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5:7 | 2:3 | 0:3 | x | 3:1 |
| 4 | Johan du Plooy (RSA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2:9 | 0:3 | 1:3 | 1:3 | x |

#### Group D

| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | CHN | ESP | TPE | FRA |
| 1 | Li Manzhou (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:3 | x | 3:1 | 3:1 | 3:1 |
| 2 | Alvaro Valera (ESP) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7:6 | 1:3 | x | 3:2 | 3:1 |
| 3 | Hu Ming Fu (TPE) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6:6 | 1:3 | 2:3 | x | 3:0 |
| 4 | Julien Soyer (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2:9 | 1:3 | 1:3 | 0:3 | x |

#### Group E

| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | ISR | FRA | POL | SVK |
| 1 | Zeev Glikman (ISR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:1 | x | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 |
| 2 | Michel Schaller (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7:5 | 1:3 | x | 3:2 | 3:0 |
| 3 | Marcin Skrzynecki (POL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5:8 | 0:3 | 2:3 | x | 3:2 |
| 4 | Miroslav Mitas (SVK) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2:9 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 2:3 | x |

### Competition bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Richard Csejtey (SVK) | Richard Csejtey (SVK) | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | Nico Vergeylen (BEL) | Nico Vergeylen (BEL) | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Richard Csejtey (SVK) | Richard Csejtey (SVK) | 1 | | | |
| Alvaro Valera (ESP) | Alvaro Valera (ESP) | 0 | | | | Marc Ledoux (BEL) | Marc Ledoux (BEL) | 3 | | | |
| Michel Schaller (FRA) | Michel Schaller (FRA) | 3 | Michel Schaller (FRA) | Michel Schaller (FRA) | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Marc Ledoux (BEL) | Marc Ledoux (BEL) | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Marc Ledoux (BEL) | Marc Ledoux (BEL) | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | Mathieu Loicq (BEL) | Mathieu Loicq (BEL) | 3 |
| | | | Li Manzhou (CHN) | Li Manzhou (CHN) | 2 | | | |
| | | | Mathieu Loicq (BEL) | Mathieu Loicq (BEL) | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Mathieu Loicq (BEL) | Mathieu Loicq (BEL) | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | Peter Frommelt (LIE) | Peter Frommelt (LIE) | 1 |
| | | | Jiri Soukup (CZE) | Jiri Soukup (CZE) | 2 | | | | Richard Csejtey (SVK) | Richard Csejtey (SVK) | 3 |
| | | | Peter Frommelt (LIE) | Peter Frommelt (LIE) | 3 | | | | Peter Frommelt (LIE) | Peter Frommelt (LIE) | 0 |