3. Table tennis
Table tennis at the highest level
Highest governing body
ITTF
First played
1880s, England
Characteristics
Team members
Single or doubles
Categorization
Racquet sport, indoor
Olympic
Part of Summer Olympic
programme since 1988
Paralympic
Present since inaugural 1960
Summer Paralympics
12. Times won
Olympics
World
Championship World Cup
s
Sweden
1 (1992)
2 (1989, 1997)
1 (1990)
Female
China
2 (1992, 1996)
3 (1991, 1995,
1997)
1 (1996)
Liu Guoliang
Male
China
1 (1996)
1 (1999)
1 (1996)
Kong Linghui
Male
China
1 (2000)
1 (1995)
1 (1995)
Wang Nan
Female
China
1 (2000)
3 (1999, 2001,
2003)
4 (1997, 1998,
2003, 2007)
Zhang Yining
Female
China
2 (2004, 2008)
2 (2005, 2009)
4 (2001, 2002,
2004, 2005)
Zhang Jike
Male
China
1 (2012)
2 (2011, 2013)
1 (2011)
Li Xiaoxia
Female
China
1 (2012)
1 (2013)
1 (2008)
Name
Gender
Nationality
Jan-Ove
Waldner
Male
Deng Yaping