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

Table tennis at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates	August 30-September 3
Competitors	16 from 9 nations
Medalists
Zhao Shuai  China Richard Csejtey  Slovakia Emil Andersson  Sweden
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Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Singles
	Men	Women
	C1	C1–2
	C2
	C3	C3
	C4	C4
	C5	C5
	C6	C6
	C7	C7
	C8	C8
	C9	C9
	C10	C10
	C11	C11
Teams
	Men	Women
	C1–2	C1–3
	C3
	C4–5	C4–5
	C6–8	C6–10
	C9–10
v t

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[]

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

30 August, 09:00  Richard Csejtey (SVK) 11 11 11   (IRQ) 9 9 8

30 August, 18:00   (IRQ) 11 12 11  Piotr Grudzien (POL) 8 10 5

31 August, 13:40  Richard Csejtey (SVK) 11 10 10 8  Piotr Grudzien (POL) 9 12 12 11

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

30 August, 09:00   (CHN) 11 11 11  Aaron McKibbin (GBR) 8 6 9

30 August, 18:00  Aaron McKibbin (GBR) 6 10 11 11 9  Mathieu Loicq (BEL) 11 12 7 6 11

31 August, 13:40   (CHN) 11 11 11  Mathieu Loicq (BEL) 9 5 7

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

30 August, 09:00  András Csonka (HUN) 11 9 8 11 11  Miroslav Jambor (SVK) 4 11 11 7 9

30 August, 18:40  Miroslav Jambor (SVK) 9 11 12 11 8   (SWE) 11 9 14 8 11

31 August, 13:40  András Csonka (HUN) 11 13 11   (SWE) 4 11 7

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

30 August, 09:00  Marc Ledoux (BEL) 11 11 11   (BRA) 9 7 8

30 August, 18:40   (BRA) 6 8 5  Marcin Skrzynecki (POL) 11 11 11

31 August, 13:40  Marc Ledoux (BEL) 9 12 6 9  Marcin Skrzynecki (POL) 11 10 11 11

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