Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 1

Table Tennis - Men's Singles 1 at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Table Tennis
Venue	Galatsi Olympic Hall
Dates	18–21 September
Competitors	12 from 8 nations
Medalists
Holger Nikelis  Germany Lee Hae Gon  South Korea Walter Kilger  Germany
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Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Singles
	Men	Women
	C1	C1–2
	C2
	C3	C3
	C4	C4
	C5	C5
	C6	C6–8
	C7
	C8
	C9	C9
	C10	C10
Teams
	Men	Women
	C1–2	C1–3
	C3
	C4	C4–5
	C5
	C6–7	C6–10
	C8
	C9
	C10
v t

The Men's Singles 1 table tennis competition at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was held from 18 to 21 September at the Galatsi Olympic Hall.^[1]

Classes 1-5 were for athletes with a physical impairment that affected their legs, who competed in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete’s ability to compete.

The event was won by Holger Nikelis, representing  Germany. ^[2]

Results[]

Preliminaries[]

Group A[]

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		KOR	GER	HUN	CUB
1	Lee Hae Gon (KOR)	3	2	0	9:3		x	3:3	3:0	3:0
2	Holger Nikelis (GER)	3	2	0	9:4		3:3	x	3:1	3:0
3	(HUN)	3	1	2	4:8		0:3	1:3	x	3:2
4	(CUB)	3	0	3	2:9		0:3	0:3	2:3	x

Group B[]

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		GER	ARG	KOR	FRA
1	Walter Kilger (GER)	3	3	0	9:4		x	3:1	3:2	3:1
2	(ARG)	3	1	2	5:6		1:3	x	1:3	3:0
3	Cho Jae Kwan (KOR)	3	1	2	7:7		2:3	3:1	x	2:3
4	(FRA)	3	1	2	4:8		1:3	0:3	3:2	x

Group C[]

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		FIN	KOR	SUI	ARG
1	Matti Launonen (FIN)	3	3	0	9:2		x	3:0	3:2	3:0
2	(KOR)	3	2	1	6:4		0:3	x	3:1	3:0
3	(SUI)	3	1	2	6:7		2:3	1:3	x	3:1
4	Carlos Maslup (ARG)	3	0	3	1:9		0:3	0:3	1:3	x

Competition bracket[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
					Lee Hae Gon (KOR)	3
					(KOR)	1
	(ARG)	2
	(KOR)	3
									Lee Hae Gon (KOR)	0
									Holger Nikelis (GER)	3
	Matti Launonen (FIN)	1
	Holger Nikelis (GER)	3
					Holger Nikelis (GER)	3			Third place
					Walter Kilger (GER)	2
									(KOR)	2
									Walter Kilger (GER)	3

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