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

Table tennis at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates	30 August – 3 September
Competitors	20 from 13 nations
Medalists
Kim Young-Gun   South Korea   Zhang Yan   China   Sameh Saleh   Egypt

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			C6–10
	C6–8
	C9–10

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
		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
										2	Zhang Yan (CHN)	11	14	6	11				Bronze medal match
		Choi Il Sang (KOR)	11	11	3	4	11
	2	Zhang Yan (CHN)	7	6	11	11	13													Sameh Saleh (EGY)	10	11	11	11
																				Maxime Thomas (FRA)	12	7	8	8

Preliminary Round

Group A

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

30 August, 16:00  Maxime Thomas (FRA) 11 11 11  Werner Burkhardt (GER) 0 9 7

31 August, 09:00  Werner Burkhardt (GER) 11 8 10 12 7  Tomislav Spalj (CRO) 9 11 12 10 11

31 August, 16:40  Maxime Thomas (FRA) 8 10 11 11 12  Tomislav Spalj (CRO) 11 12 8 8 10

Group B

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

30 August, 16:00  Guo Xingyuan (CHN) 11 12 11  Eziquiel Babes (BRA) 5 10 4

31 August, 09:00  Eziquiel Babes (BRA) 13 10 11 3  Dietmar Kober (GER) 11 12 13 11

31 August, 16:40  Guo Xingyuan (CHN) 11 11 18  Dietmar Kober (GER) 8 6 16

Group C

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games 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

30 August, 16:00  Choi Il Sang (KOR) 11 11 11  Shay Siada (ISR) 6 8 6

31 August, 09:00  Shay Siada (ISR) 11 11 13  Salvatore Caci (ITA) 4 7 11

31 August, 17:20  Choi Il Sang (KOR) 8 9 5  Salvatore Caci (ITA) 11 11 11

Group D

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games 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

30 August, 16:00  Abdullah Ozturk (TUR) 11 11 11  Andrej Meszároš (SVK) 9 6 8

31 August, 09:00  Andrej Meszároš (SVK) 8 8 11 10  Lin Wen-hsin (TPE) 11 11 6 12

31 August, 17:20  Abdullah Ozturk (TUR) 11 11 8 11  Lin Wen-hsin (TPE) 9 3 11 6

Group E

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games 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

30 August, 16:40  Emeric Martin (FRA) 14 11 11  Ko Kun-nan (TPE) 12 4 5

31 August, 09:40  Ko Kun-nan (TPE) 5 7 6  Kim Jung Gil (KOR) 11 11 11

31 August, 17:20  Emeric Martin (FRA) 11 11 5 11  Kim Jung Gil (KOR) 6 9 11 5

Group F

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Sameh Saleh (EGY)	2	0	+3	+17
Peter Mihalik (SVK)	1	1	0	+2
Edson Gomez (VEN)	0	2	-3	-19

30 August, 16:40  Peter Mihalik (SVK) 11 7 7 11 11  Edson Gomez (VEN) 4 11 11 5 5

31 August, 09:40  Edson Gomez (VEN) 9 11 5 10  Sameh Saleh (EGY) 11 9 11 12

31 August, 17:20  Peter Mihalik (SVK) 11 11 5 7 8  Sameh Saleh (EGY) 9 9 11 11 11

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