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

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.

Table tennis
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates30 August – 3 September
Competitors20 from 13 nations
Medalists
Kim Young-Gun  South Korea
Zhang Yan  China
Sameh Saleh  Egypt
Table tennis at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Singles
MenWomen
C1C1–2
C2
C3C3
C4C4
C5C5
C6C6
C7C7
C8C8
C9C9
C10C10
C11C11
Teams
MenWomen
C1–2C1–3
C3
C4–5C4–5
C6–8C6–10
C9–10

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
 Emeric Martin (FRA) 6 5 2
1  Kim Young Gun (KOR) 11 13 6 11
 Sameh Saleh (EGY) 6 11 11 7
 Sameh Saleh (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  Sameh Saleh (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
AthleteWonLostGames
diff		Points
diff
 Maxime Thomas (FRA) 2 0 +4 +20
 Tomislav Spalj (CRO) 1 1 0 +2
 Werner Burkhardt (GER) 0 2 -4 -22

Group B
AthleteWonLostGames
diff		Points
diff
 Guo Xingyuan (CHN) 2 0 +6 +25
 Dietmar Kober (GER) 1 1 -1 0
 Eziquiel Babes (BRA) 0 2 -5 -25

Group C
AthleteWonLostGames
diff		Points
diff
 Choi Il Sang (KOR) 1 1 0 +2
 Shay Siada (ISR) 1 1 0 0
 Salvatore Caci (ITA) 1 1 0 -2

Group D
AthleteWonLostGames
diff		Points
diff
 Abdullah Ozturk (TUR) 2 0 +5 +22
 Lin Wen-hsin (TPE) 1 1 0 -9
 Andrej Meszároš (SVK) 0 2 -5 -13

Group E
AthleteWonLostGames
diff		Points
diff
 Emeric Martin (FRA) 2 0 +5 +22
 Kim Jung Gil (KOR) 1 1 +1 +8
 Ko Kun-nan (TPE) 0 2 -6 -30

Group F
AthleteWonLostGames
diff		Points
diff
 Sameh Saleh (EGY) 2 0 +3 +17
 Peter Mihalik (SVK) 1 1 0 +2
 Edson Gomez (VEN) 0 2 -3 -19

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