Table tennis at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis
at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games
Table tennis; at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Singapore Indoor Stadium
Dates	21 – 26 August 2010
No. of events	3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)
Competitors	64 (32 boys, 32 girls) from 47 nations
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The table tennis competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics took place in Singapore Indoor Stadium between 21 and 26 August, with training hall set in National University of Singapore (NUS).^[1]^[2] 64 athletes composed of 32 boys and 32 girls at the age between 14 and 16 (born between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1995) competed in different events of Men's Singles and Women's Singles.^[3] Further, each athlete paired with another athlete of the opposite sex participated in Mixed Team event. Each team match consisted of the best of three matches. The Women's Singles was played first, followed by Men's Singles and Mixed Doubles.

Qualifiers[]

Singles[]

A total of 64 athletes qualified mainly from tournaments including ITTF Cadet Challenge, five ITTF Junior Circuit events, and five continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, Europe, Pan America, Oceania).^[3]^[4] The others qualified from ITTF under 15 world ranking and the host National Olympic Committee (NOC). The maximum number of athletes per NOC was one man and one woman.

Event (Qualifiers)	Date	Location	Qualifiers
Event (Qualifiers)	Date	Location	Men's Singles	Women's Singles
ITTF Cadet Challenge (4)	19–25 October 2009	Tokyo	Yin Hang (cancelled) Koki Niwa Simon Gauzy Adem Hmam (reallocated)	Yang Ha-Eun Bernadette Szocs
African Qualification Tournament (2)	21–23 November 2009	Cairo
ITTF U-15 World Ranking (4)	31 December 2009	-	(rejected) (reallocated)	Gu Yuting Petrissa Solja Yana Noskova Isabelle Siyun LI
Pan American Qualification Tournament (3)	1–3 February 2010	San Salvador		Ariel Hsing Caroline Kumahara Carelyn Cordero
ITTF Specific Tournament (1)	6–7 February 2010	Manama		Britt Eerland
ITTF Specific Tournament (1)	14–15 February 2010	Cairo		Sofia Polcanova (rejected) Alice Loveridge (reallocated)
ITTF Specific Tournament (1)	23–24 March 2010	Lignano
Oceanian Qualification Tournament (1)	1 April 2010	Auckland	Kevin Wu	Julia Wu
Asian Qualification Tournament (4)	2–4 April 2010	Bangkok	Kim Kwang-Song	Kim Song-i Ng Ka Yee
ITTF Specific Qualification Tournament (1)	10 April 2010	Auckland
European Qualification Tournament (4)	16–18 April 2010	Novara		Mateja Jeger
ITTF Specific Qualification Tournament (1)	24–25 April 2010	Valencia
Host Country Representation (1)	-	-	Clarence Chew	Qualified in previous tournament
Unused Quota of Host Country Representation (replacement)	-	-	Quota used	Maria Xiao
NOC Universality Places (4)	-	-	Luis Mejia
TOTAL			32	32

Mixed team[]

Qualified athletes from the same NOC teamed up first (17 teams).^[5]^[6] The remaining players formed continental mixed teams as a second option (2 African teams, 6 European teams, 3 Pan American teams), and an intercontinental team was the last consideration (4 teams).

Seed	Team	Female athlete	Male athlete
1	United States (USA)	(USA)	(USA)
2	South Korea (KOR)	Yang Ha-Eun (KOR)	(KOR)
3	Europe 1	Bernadette Szocs (ROU)	(SWE)
4	Intercontinental 1	Gu Yuting (CHN)	Adem Hmam (TUN)
5	Germany (GER)	Petrissa Solja (GER)	(GER)
6	Hong Kong (HKG)	Ng Ka Yee (HKG)	(HKG)
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	(TPE)	(TPE)
8	France (FRA)	(FRA)	Simon Gauzy (FRA)
9	Singapore (SIN)	Isabelle Siyun LI (SIN)	Clarence Chew (SIN)
10	Croatia (CRO)	Mateja Jeger (CRO)	(CRO)
11	Europe 2	Maria Xiao (POR)	(BEL)
12	Thailand (THA)	Suthasini Sawettabut (THA)	(THA)
13	Egypt (EGY)	(EGY)	(EGY)
14	Netherlands (NED)	Britt Eerland (NED)	(NED)
15	Hungary (HUN)	(HUN)	(HUN)
16	Pan America 1	Ariel Hsing (USA)	(PAR)
17	Europe 3	Alice Loveridge (GBR)	(ITA)
18	Brazil (BRA)	Caroline Kumahara (BRA)	(BRA)
19	Europe 4	(MDA)	(POL)
20	Europe 5	(BLR)	(CZE)
21	North Korea (PRK)	(PRK)	Kim Kwang-Song (PRK)
22	Intercontinental 2	Yana Noskova (RUS)	(UZB)
23	Pan America 2	Carelyn Cordero (PUR)	(ARG)
24	India (IND)	(IND)	(IND)
25	Europe 6	(SLO)	(AUT)
26	Africa 1	(ALG)	(NGR)
27	Intercontinental 3	(AUS)	Luis Mejia (ESA)
28	Sri Lanka (SRI)	(SRI)	(SRI)
29	New Zealand (NZL)	Julia Wu (NZL)	(NZL)
30	Pan America 3	(GUY)	(ECU)
31	Intercontinental 4	(SMR)	(MAW)
32	Africa 2	(CGO)	(MRI)

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	2	0	0	2
2	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
3	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	1	2
4	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	0	1
4	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	0	1
6	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
–	Mixed-NOCs (MIX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		3	3	3	9

Events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Koki Niwa Japan	Chinese Taipei	Simon Gauzy France
Women's singles details	Gu Yuting China	Isabelle Li Siyun Singapore	Yang Ha-Eun South Korea
Mixed team details	Japan (JPN) Koki Niwa	South Korea (KOR) Yang Ha-Eun	Intercontinental 1 Gu Yuting (CHN) Adem Hmam (TUN)

References[]

^ "Webpage for 2010 First Youth Olympic Games at ITTF.com". ittf.com. ITTF. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010. External link in |work= (help)
^ "Specific Rules for 2010 Youth Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Qualification System for the First Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Players Qualified for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore" (PDF). ITTF. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "YOG Clothing and Composition of Teams" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Teams Seeding List of Youth Olympic Games 2010" (PDF). ITTF. 17 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[1] "Webpage for 2010 First Youth Olympic Games at ITTF.com". ittf.com. ITTF. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010. External link in |work= (help)

[2] "Specific Rules for 2010 Youth Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[qualification-3] "Qualification System for the First Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[4] "Players Qualified for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore" (PDF). ITTF. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[5] "YOG Clothing and Composition of Teams" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[6] "Teams Seeding List of Youth Olympic Games 2010" (PDF). ITTF. 17 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

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