Table tennis at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

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Table tennis at the 1980 Summer Paralympics consisted of 32 events, 22 for men and 10 for women.

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	West Germany (FRG)	9	2	6	17
2	Switzerland (SUI)	5	2	0	7
3	Netherlands (NED)	4	4	6	14
4	Great Britain (GBR)	4	3	0	7
5	Austria (AUT)	2	5	0	7
6	United States (USA)	2	1	2	5
7	Yugoslavia (YUG)	2	1	0	3
8	South Korea (KOR)	1	2	1	4
9	Ireland (IRL)	1	1	1	3
	Norway (NOR)	1	1	1	3
11	Sweden (SWE)	0	5	1	6
12	France (FRA)	0	2	5	7
13	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	1	2
	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
15	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	1	0	1
16	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 nations)		31	32	29	92

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Singles 1A	Switzerland	Switzerland	Matti Launonen  Finland
Singles 1B	Tommy Taylor  Great Britain	Austria	West Germany
Singles 1C	West Germany	West Germany	France
Singles 2	Austria	South Korea	United States
Singles 3	South Korea	Austria	Netherlands
Singles 4	Michael Dempsey  United States	Netherlands	Netherlands
Singles C	West Germany	Netherlands	West Germany
Singles C1	United States	Egypt	Egypt
Singles D	West Germany	France	Canada
Singles E	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	West Germany
Singles F	West Germany	Sweden	West Germany
Singles J	West Germany	Netherlands	Netherlands
Teams 1A	Switzerland (SUI)	Finland (FIN) Matti Launonen	Norway (NOR)
Teams 1B	Great Britain (GBR) Tommy Taylor	Austria (AUT)	United States (USA)
Teams 1C	West Germany (FRG)	South Korea (KOR)	Netherlands (NED)
Teams 2	West Germany (FRG)	Austria (AUT)	France (FRA)
Teams 3	West Germany (FRG)	Switzerland (SUI)	France (FRA)
Teams 4	Netherlands (NED)	United States (USA) Michael Dempsey	South Korea (KOR)
Teams C	Netherlands (NED)	West Germany (FRG)	Hong Kong (HKG)
Teams D	France (FRA)	Netherlands (NED)	Belgium (BEL)
Teams E	Yugoslavia (YUG)	Sweden (SWE)	West Germany (FRG)
Teams F	West Germany (FRG)	Sweden (SWE)	Netherlands (NED)

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Singles 1A	Ireland	Sandra James  Zimbabwe	Josefina Cornejo  Mexico
Singles 1B	Jane Blackburn  Great Britain	Norway	Rosa Sicari  Italy
Singles 2	Switzerland	Austria	West Germany
Singles 3	Switzerland	Great Britain	France
Singles 4	Irene Schmidt  Netherlands	Sweden	Gerda Becker  Netherlands
Singles C	Great Britain	Sweden	France
Teams 1B	Norway (NOR)	Ireland (IRL)	None
Teams 2	Austria (AUT)	Great Britain (GBR) Jane Blackburn	Ireland (IRL) Anne Sinnott
Teams 3	Switzerland (SUI)	France (FRA)	Jamaica (JAM)
Teams 4	Netherlands (NED) Gerda Becker Irene Schmidt	Great Britain (GBR)	Sweden (SWE)

References[]

• Table Tennis at the 1980 Summer Paralympics (Arnhem) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)