Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 8

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Table tennis
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
DatesAugust 30-September 3
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhao Shuai  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Richard Csejtey  Slovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emil Andersson  Sweden
2008

The Men's individual table tennis – Class 8 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] in London took place from 30 August to 3 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment who competed from a standing 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 four groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the quarter-finals, together with four seeded players given byes for the preliminary round.

Results[]

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals[]

Quarter-finals: 1 Sep 11:00 Semifinals: 1 Sep 19:00 Gold medal match: 3 Sep 12:30
                     
1  Zhao Shuai (CHN) 11 11 11
 András Csonka (HUN) 7 6 7
1  Zhao Shuai (CHN) 9 9 12 11 11
4  Ross Wilson (GBR) 11 11 10 7 6
 Marcin Skrzynecki (POL) 2 11 5 7
4  Ross Wilson (GBR) 11 8 11 11
1  Zhao Shuai (CHN) 8 11 17 11
 Richard Csejtey (SVK) 11 5 15 4
3  Ye Chaoqun (CHN) 9 14 11 9
 Richard Csejtey (SVK) 11 16 6 11
 Richard Csejtey (SVK) 14 14 7 11 11 Bronze medal match
2  Emil Andersson (SWE) 12 12 11 13 5
  (CHN) 9 11 11 5 8 4  Ross Wilson (GBR) 8 9 10
2  Emil Andersson (SWE) 11 4 9 11 11 2  Emil Andersson (SWE) 11 11 12

Preliminary Round[]

Qualified for the quarter finals

Group A[]

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff
Points
diff
 Richard Csejtey (SVK) 1 1 +1 +2
  (IRQ) 1 1 0 +4
 Piotr Grudzien (POL) 1 1 -1 -6

Group B[]

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff
Points
diff
  (CHN) 2 0 +6 +22
 Mathieu Loicq (BEL) 1 1 -2 -12
 Aaron McKibbin (GBR) 0 2 -4 -10

Group C[]

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff
Points
diff
 András Csonka (HUN) 2 0 +4 +21
  (SWE) 1 1 -2 -11
 Miroslav Jambor (SVK) 0 2 -2 -10

Group D[]

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff
Points
diff
 Marcin Skrzynecki (POL) 2 0 +5 +21
 Marc Ledoux (BEL) 1 1 +1 +2
  (BRA) 0 2 -6 -23

References[]

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