Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 4

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Table tennis
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates30 August – 3 September
Competitors20 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Young-Gun  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhang Yan  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Egypt
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2016

The Men's individual table tennis – Class 4 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] in London took place from 30 August to 3 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 1-5 were for athletes with a physical impairment that affects their legs, and who competed in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete's ability to compete.

In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in six groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the knock-out stages, together with two seeded players given byes for the preliminary stages.

Results[]

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals[]

Quarter-finals: 1 Sep 13:15 Semifinals: 1 Sep 19:00 Gold medal match: 3 Sep 18:45
                     
1  Kim Young Gun (KOR) 11 11 11
  (FRA) 6 5 2
1  Kim Young Gun (KOR) 11 13 6 11
  (EGY) 6 11 11 7
  (EGY) 11 11 11
 Guo Xingyuan (CHN) 6 9 8
1  Kim Young Gun (KOR) 14 11 12 11
2  Zhang Yan (CHN) 12 9 14 9
 Maxime Thomas (FRA) 7 11 11 11
 Abdullah Ozturk (TUR) 11 4 6 7
 Maxime Thomas (FRA) 8 12 11 9 Bronze medal match
2  Zhang Yan (CHN) 11 14 6 11
 Choi Il Sang (KOR) 11 11 3 4 11   (EGY) 10 11 11 11
2  Zhang Yan (CHN) 7 6 11 11 13  Maxime Thomas (FRA) 12 7 8 8

Preliminary Round[]

Qualified for the knock-out stages

Group A[]

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff
Points
diff
 Maxime Thomas (FRA) 2 0 +4 +20
  (CRO) 1 1 0 +2
  (GER) 0 2 -4 -22

Group B[]

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff
Points
diff
 Guo Xingyuan (CHN) 2 0 +6 +25
  (GER) 1 1 -1 0
  (BRA) 0 2 -5 -25

Group C[]

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff
Points
diff
 Choi Il Sang (KOR) 1 1 0 +2
  (ISR) 1 1 0 0
  (ITA) 1 1 0 -2

Group D[]

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff
Points
diff
 Abdullah Ozturk (TUR) 2 0 +5 +22
  (TPE) 1 1 0 -9
  (SVK) 0 2 -5 -13

Group E[]

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff
Points
diff
  (FRA) 2 0 +5 +22
 Kim Jung Gil (KOR) 1 1 +1 +8
  (TPE) 0 2 -6 -30

Group F[]

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff
Points
diff
  (EGY) 2 0 +3 +17
  (SVK) 1 1 0 +2
  (VEN) 0 2 -3 -19

References[]

  1. ^ "Paralympic Table Tennis". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
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