Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

Table tennis – Men's doubles at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	State Sports Centre
Date	16 September to 23 September 2000
Competitors	72 from 29 nations

Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men		women

These are the results of the men's doubles competition, one of two events for male competitors in table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Medalists

Medal	Athlete
Gold	Wang Liqin and Yan Sen (CHN)
Silver	Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui (CHN)
Bronze	Jean-Philippe Gatien and Patrick Chila (FRA)

Group stage

Group A

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		FRA	CAN	ARG
1	Damien Eloi and Christophe Legout (FRA)	2	0	4	1	96	80		X	2–1	2–0
2	Johnny Huang and Kurt Liu (CAN)	1	1	3	3	115	102		1–2	X	2–1
3	Liu Song and Pablo Tabachnik (ARG)	0	2	1	4	73	102		0–2	1–2	X

Group B

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		NED	NGR	IND
1	Danny Heister and Trinko Keen (NED)	2	0	4	1	96	86		X	2–1	2–0
2	Kazeem Nosiru and Segun Toriola (NGR)	1	1	3	3	119	117		1–2	X	2–1
3	Chetan Baboor and Raman Subramanyam (IND)	0	2	1	4	94	106		0–2	1–2	X

Group C

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		HKG	GRE	AUS
1	Cheung Yuk and Leung Chu Yan (HKG)	2	0	4	1	98	79		X	2–1	2–0
2	Kalinikos Kreanga and Ntaniel Tsiokas (GRE)	1	1	3	2	91	82		1–2	X	2–0
3	Simon Gerada and Mark Smythe (AUS)	0	2	0	4	56	84		0–2	0–2	X

Group D

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		DEN	JPN	USA
1	Michael Maze and Finn Tugwell (DEN)	2	0	4	0	84	42		X	2–0	2–0
2	Koji Matsushita and Hiroshi Shibutani (JPN)	1	1	2	2	65	63		0–2	X	2–0
3	Yinghua Cheng and Khoa Nguyen (USA)	0	2	0	4	40	84		0–2	0–2	X

Group E

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		JPN	BEL	CHI
1	Seiko Iseki and Toshio Tasaki (JPN)	2	0	4	0	84	39		X	2–0	2–0
2	Jean-Michel Saive and Philippe Saive (BEL)	1	1	2	2	63	74		0–2	X	2–0
3	Jorge Gambra and Augusto Morales (CHI)	0	2	0	4	50	84		0–2	0–2	X

Group F

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		SWE	BLR	USA
1	Fredrik Hakansson and Peter Karlsson (SWE)	2	0	4	1	102	81		X	2–0	2–1
2	Vladimir Samsonov and Evgueni Chtchetinine (BLR)	1	1	2	2	83	78		0–2	X	2–0
3	Todd Sweeris and David Zhuang (USA)	0	2	1	4	72	98		1–2	0–2	X

Group G

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		POL	BRA	CZE
1	Lucjan Błaszczyk and Tomasz Krzeszewski (POL)	2	0	4	0	84	57		X	2–0	2–0
2	Hugo Hoyama and Carlos Kawai Issamu (BRA)	1	1	2	2	70	76		0–2	X	2–0
3	Petr Korbel and Josef Plachy (CZE)	0	2	0	4	63	84		0–2	0–2	X

Group H

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		SCG	GER	AUS
1	Slobodan Grujić and Ilija Lupulesku (SCG)	2	0	4	0	84	51		X	2–0	2–0
2	Timo Boll and Jörg Roßkopf (GER)	1	1	2	0	78	62		0–2	X	2–0
3	Brett Clarke and Jeff Plumb (AUS)	0	2	0	4	35	84		0–2	0–2	X

Knockout stage

Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold/Bronze medal match
1	Kong Linghui (CHN)   Liu Guoliang (CHN)	3			1	Kong Linghui (CHN)   Liu Guoliang (CHN)	3
	Lucjan Blaszyzyk (POL)   Tomasz Krzeszewski (POL)	2			7	Kim Taek-Soo (KOR)   Oh Sang-Eun (KOR)	1
21–16, 12–21, 19–21, 21–18, 21–18					21–18, 21–9, 10–21, 21–10
	Slobodan Grujić (SCG)   Ilija Lupulesku (SCG)	0								1	Kong Linghui (CHN)   Liu Guoliang (CHN)	3
7	Kim Taek-Soo (KOR)   Oh Sang-Eun (KOR)	3								4	Patrick Chila (FRA)   Jean-Philippe Gatien (FRA)	1
18–21, 18–21, 13–21										21–12, 22–24, 21–10, 21–10
5	Karl Jindrak (AUT)   Werner Schlager (AUT)	3			5	Karl Jindrak (AUT)   Werner Schlager (AUT)	2
	Danny Heister (NED)   Trinko Keen (NED)	0			4	Patrick Chila (FRA)   Jean-Philippe Gatien (FRA)	3
22–20, 21–14, 21–17					21–15, 21–19, 19–21, 17–21, 20–22
	Fredrik Hakansson (SWE)   Peter Karlsson (SWE)	1													1	Kong Linghui (CHN)   Liu Guoliang (CHN)	1
4	Patrick Chila (FRA)   Jean-Philippe Gatien (FRA)	3													2	Wang Liqin (CHN)   Yan Sen (CHN)	3
17–21, 21–10, 11–21, 18–21															20–22, 21–17, 19–21, 18–21
3	Chang Yen-shu (TPE)   Chiang Peng-lung (TPE)	3			3	Chang Yen-shu (TPE)   Chiang Peng-lung (TPE)	2
	Michael Maze (DEN)   Finn Tugwell (DEN)	0			8	Lee Chul-Seung (KOR)   Ryu Seung-Min (KOR)	3
21–19, 21–15, 22–20					21–13, 15–21, 21–10, 21–23, 18–21
	Cheung Yuk (HKG)   Leung Chu Yan (HKG)	2								8	Lee Chul-Seung (KOR)   Ryu Seung-Min (KOR)	1
8	Lee Chul-Seung (KOR)   Ryu Seung-Min (KOR)	3								2	Wang Liqin (CHN)   Yan Sen (CHN)	3
16–21, 21–16, 21–19, 9–21, 15–21										12–21, 19–21, 21–17, 18–21
6	Jörgen Persson (SWE)   Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)	0				Damien Eloi (FRA)   Christophe Legout (FRA)	0								4	Patrick Chila (FRA)   Jean-Philippe Gatien (FRA)	3
	Damien Eloi (FRA)   Christophe Legout (FRA)	3			2	Wang Liqin (CHN)   Yan Sen (CHN)	3								8	Lee Chul-Seung (KOR)   Ryu Seung-Min (KOR)	1
18–21, 21–23, 18–21					6–21, 13–21, 19–21										22–20, 21–23, 22–20, 21–10
	Seiko Iseki (JPN)   Toshio Tasaki (JPN)	0
2	Wang Liqin (CHN)   Yan Sen (CHN)	3
18–21, 16–21, 6–21

References

• Official Olympic Report
• International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
• Table Tennis at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Doubles. www.sports-reference.com.