# Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

These are the results of the men's doubles competition, one of two events for male competitors in table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | CHN | AUT | CRO | AUS |
| 1 | Lü Lin and Wang Tao (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 74 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Ding Yi and Qian Qianli (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 123 | 119 | 0–2 | X | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Damir Atiković and Zoran Primorac (CRO) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 131 | 144 | 0–2 | 1–2 | X | 2–1 |
| 4 | Paul Langley and Russ Lavale (AUS) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 95 | 138 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | X |

### Group B

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | SWE | NED | JPN | CHI |
| 1 | Jörgen Persson and Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE) | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 160 | 139 | X | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Danny Heister and Trinko Keen (NED) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 157 | 140 | 1–2 | X | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Toshio Tasaki and Ryo Yuzawa (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 152 | 144 | 1–2 | 1–2 | X | 2–0 |
| 4 | Augusto Morales Marengo and Juan Salamanca (CHI) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 80 | 126 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X |

### Group C

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | CHN | FRA | SWE | GHA |
| 1 | Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 77 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Patrick Chila and Christophe Legout (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 133 | 102 | 0–2 | X | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Peter Karlsson and Thomas von Scheele (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 116 | 120 | 0–2 | 1–2 | X | 2–0 |
| 4 | Winifred Addy and Isaac Opoku (GHA) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 126 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X |

### Group D

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | FRA | HKG | PRK | JAM |
| 1 | Damien Eloi and Jean-Philippe Gatien (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 74 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Chan Kong Wah and Lo Chuen Tsung (HKG) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 126 | 129 | 0–2 | X | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Choe Kyong and Li Gun-Sang (PRK) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 116 | 128 | 0–2 | 1–2 | X | 2–0 |
| 4 | Michael Hyatt and Stephen Hylton (JAM) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 89 | 126 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X |

### Group E

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | GER | AUT | CAN | BRA |
| 1 | Steffen Fetzner and Jörg Roßkopf (GER) | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 127 | 81 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Karl Jindrak and Werner Schlager (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 144 | 125 | 0–2 | X | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Johnny Huang and Gideon Ng (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 97 | 106 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X | 2–0 |
| 4 | Hugo Hoyama and Giuliano Peixoto (BRA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 93 | 149 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | X |

### Group F

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | KOR | POL | TPE |
| 1 | Kang Hee-Chan and Kim Taek-Soo (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 62 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Lucjan Błaszczyk and Andrzej Grubba (POL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 100 | 97 | 0–2 | X | 2–1 |
| 3 | Chiang Peng-lung and Wu Wen-chia (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 82 | 107 | 0–2 | 1–2 | X |

### Group G

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | KOR | RUS | BLR | USA |
| 1 | Lee Chul-Seung and Yoo Nam-Kyu (KOR) | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 89 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Andrei Mazunov and Dmitry Mazunov (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 120 | 104 | 0–2 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Vladimir Samsonov and Yevgeny Shchetinin (BLR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 103 | 113 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X | 2–0 |
| 4 | Jim Butler and Todd Sweeris (USA) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 83 | 126 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X |

### Group H

| Rank | Athlete | W | L | GW | GL | PW | PL | JPN | SCG | NGR | CZE |
| 1 | Kōji Matsushita and Hiroshi Shibutani (JPN) | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 129 | 95 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Slobodan Grujić and Ilija Lupulesku (SCG) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 117 | 115 | 0–2 | X | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Sule Olaleye and Segun Toriola (NGR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 114 | 115 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X | 2–0 |
| 4 | Petr Korbel and Josef Plachý (CZE) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 94 | 129 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | X |

## Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| A1 | Lü Lin (CHN) Wang Tao (CHN) | 21 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| F1 | Kang Hee-chan (KOR) Kim Taek-soo (KOR) | 12 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| F1 | Kang Hee-chan (KOR) Kim Taek-soo (KOR) | 12 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 12 | A1 | Lü Lin (CHN) Wang Tao (CHN) | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | E1 | Steffen Fetzner (GER) Jörg Roßkopf (GER) | 10 | 17 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| E1 | Steffen Fetzner (GER) Jörg Roßkopf (GER) | 12 | 17 | 10 | | | E1 | Steffen Fetzner (GER) Jörg Roßkopf (GER) | 10 | 17 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| D1 | Damien Eloi (FRA) Jean-Philippe Gatien (FRA) | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1 | Damien Eloi (FRA) Jean-Philippe Gatien (FRA) | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | A1 | Lü Lin (CHN) Wang Tao (CHN) | 8 | 21 | 19 | 11 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | C1 | Kong Linghui (CHN) Liu Guoliang (CHN) | 21 | 13 | 21 | 21 | |
| C1 | Kong Linghui (CHN) Liu Guoliang (CHN) | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C1 | Kong Linghui (CHN) Liu Guoliang (CHN) | 21 | 13 | 21 | 21 |
| H1 | Koji Matsushita (JPN) Hiroshi Shibutani (JPN) | 15 | 19 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| H1 | Koji Matsushita (JPN) Hiroshi Shibutani (JPN) | 15 | 19 | 15 | | | C1 | Kong Linghui (CHN) Liu Guoliang (CHN) | 21 | 21 | 21 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | | | | G1 | Lee Chul-seung (KOR) Yoo Nam-kyu (KOR) | 17 | 16 | 19 |
| G1 | Lee Chul-seung (KOR) Yoo Nam-kyu (KOR) | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | G1 | Lee Chul-seung (KOR) Yoo Nam-kyu (KOR) | 17 | 16 | 19 | E1 | Steffen Fetzner (GER) Jörg Roßkopf (GER) | 18 | 12 | 20 | | |
| B1 | Jörgen Persson (SWE) Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE) | 18 | 16 | 17 | | | | | | | | G1 | Lee Chul-seung (KOR) Yoo Nam-kyu (KOR) | 21 | 21 | 22 | | |