Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's singles
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These are the results of the men's singles competition, one of two events for male competitors in table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

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MedalAthlete
Gold
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First round

August 14

winners on left in bold
Torben Wosik, GER 4 - 0 Mohamed Gueye, SEN (11-4),(11-5),(11-6),(11-4)
Song Liu, ARG 4 - 1 Shu Arai, JPN (11-7),(7-11),(12-10),(11-5),(11-4)
Sharath Kamal Achanta, IND 4 - 1 Mohamed Boudjadja, ALG (11-4),(12-10),(11-6),(11-13),(11-7)
Monday Merotohun, NGR 4 - 0 Momo Babungu, COD (11-5),(11-8),(11-8),(11-8)
Min Yang, ITA 4 - 1 Kien Quoc Doan, VIE (11-5),(11-13),(11-7),(11-5),(11-5)
William Henzell
William Henzell
William Henzell is a right-handed Australian Table Tennis player. He was born in Adelaide and moved to Sweden at the age of 14. His highest international ranking was 108 in 2010. He has represented Australia many times, including securing Australia's first Commonwealth Games table tennis singles...

, AUS
4 - 1 Khoa Nguyen, USA (11-7),(6-11),(11-7),(11-4),(11-9)
Ju Lin, DOM 4 - 1 Ryo Yuzawa, JAP (11-8),(7-11),(11-8),(11-3),(11-9)
Tomasz Krzeszewski, POL 4 - 0 Hugo Hoyama
Hugo Hoyama
Hugo Hoyama is a table tennis player from Brazil, he won several medals in single, double, and team events in the Latin American Table Tennis Championships....

, BRA
(12-10),(11-4),(11-4),(11-8)
Koji Matsuhita, JAP 4 - 0 Trevor Brown, AUS (11-4),(11-6),(11-9),(11-3)
Ilija Lupulesku
Ilija Lupulesku
Ilija Lupulesku is a former Yugoslav and now Serbian table tennis player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He compeeted for USA from 2004 to 2006 including 2004 Summer...

, USA
4 - 0 Juan Papic, CHI (11-2),(11-4),(11-5),(11-2)
'Il O', PRK 4 - 0 Jose Luyindula COD (11-8),(11-8),(11-4),(11-7)
Zhiwen He, ESP 4 - 1 Panagiotis Gionis
Panagiotis Gionis
Panagiotis Gionis is a Greek table tennis player, currently playing for French club Vaillante Angers Sports TT. In May 2011, he qualified directly for the London 2012 Summer Olympics based on his ITTF world ranking.- References :...

, GRE
(11-7),(13-11),(11-4),(11-13),(15-13)
Thiago Monteiro, BRA 4 - 1 Mohammad Reza Akhlaghpasand
Mohammad Reza Akhlaghpasand
Mohammad Reza Akhlaghpasand also known as Shahin Akhlaghpasand is an Iranian table tennis player.-References:*...

 IRI
(11-8),(11-13),(11-9),(11-7),(11-5)
Segun Toriola
Segun Toriola
Segun Moses Toriola, born 18 September 1974 in Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria is a Nigerian professional table tennis player.He is the youngest of nine brothers....

, NGR
4 - 1 Pablo Tabachnik
Pablo Tabachnik
Pablo Ariel Tabachnik is an Argentine table tennis player.He is Jewish. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics with Oscar Gonzalez. He is a three-time Olympian .-External links:*...

, ARG
(12-10),(11-8),(11-13),(11-3),(11-8)
Aleksandar Karakasevic
Aleksandar Karakasevic
Aleksandar Karakašević is a Serbian table tennis player and has been claimed by many to be one of the most talented players in the world. His incredible feeling and powerful backhand has helped him win against some of the top players in the world. He won a bronze medal on 2011 European Championship...

, SCG
4 - 0 Khalid Al-Harbi, KSA (11-9),(11-3),(11-3),(11-5)
Srdjan Milicevic, BIH 4 - 2 Russell Lavale, AUS (11-12),(11-9),(11-4),(9-11),(18-16), (13-11)

Second round

August 15 & August 16
winners on left in bold

players with wiki link below had byes in first round
Trinko Keen
Trinko Keen
thumb|Trinko Keen 2007 in EindhovenTrinko Keen is a Dutch professional table tennis player. He is the younger brother of Gerdie Keen.-Career highlights:Summer Olympic Games:thumb|Trinko Keen 2007 in Eindhoven...

, NED
4 - 3 Torben Wosik, GER (12-10),(10-12),(7-11),(11-5),(5-11),(13-11),(11-9)
Song Liu, ARG 4 - 1 Slobodan Grujic
Slobodan Grujić
Slobodan Grujić is a male Serbian table tennis player. He plays for Fenerbahçe TT since 2007 and also played for Novi Sad TT in Serbia and TTV RE-BAU Gönnern in Germany.-Major achievements:...

, SCG
(11-4),(11-7),(4-11),(11-2),(14-12)
Lai Chak Ko, HKG 4 - 0 Sharath Kamal Achanta, IND (11-9),(11-5),(11-9),(11-6)
Jörgen Persson
Jörgen Persson
Jörgen Persson is a Swedish table tennis player. In two memorable World Table Tennis Championships finals he faced fellow Swede Jan-Ove Waldner in 1989 and 1991, losing the former and winning the latter....

, SWE
4 - 1 Monday Merotohun, NGR (9-11),(11-5),(11-5),(11-7),(11-8)
Peter Karlsson, SWE 4 - 3 Min Yang, ITA (11-9),(11-4),(11-8),(9-11),(7-11),(11-13),(11-9)
Weixing Chen, AUT 4 - 0 William Henzell, AUS (11-7),(11-3),(12-10),(11-6)
Ju Lin, DOM 4 - 1 Alexey Smirnov, RUS (11-9),(7-11),(11-4),(11-5),(11-6)
Jörg Rosskopf
Jörg Rosskopf
Jörg Roßkopf is a German international table tennis player. He won the title in men's doubles at the 1989 World Championships and the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona together with Steffen Fetzner...

, GER
4 - 1 Tomasz Krzeszewski, POL (6-11),(11-8),(11-7),(17-15),(13-11)
Koji Matsuhita, JAP 4 - 0 Danny Heister
Danny Heister
Danny Heister is a Dutch professional table tennis player.-Career highlights:Summer Olympic Games:...

, NED
(11-7),(11-7),(11-8),(11-4)
Adrian Crisan
Adrian Crisan
Adrian Crişan is a Romanian professional table tennis player currently playing for German table tennis club Werder Bremen. Based on his world ranking on the 16 May 2011 he qualified to compete in the men's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.-Career:Crişan began playing table tennis aged...

, ROM
4 - 0 Ilija Lupulesku, USA (11-9),(11-8),(15-13),(11-8)
Chu Yan Leung, HKG 4 - 1 Il O, PRK (11-3),(11-9),(11-13),(11-4),(11-8)
Lucjan Błaszczyk
Lucjan Błaszczyk
Lucjan Błaszczyk is a Polish table tennis player. He competed for Poland at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Sydney, Athens and Beijing.- References :...

, POL
4 - 3 Zhiwen He, ESP (11-5),(10-12),(11-2),(8-11),(7-11),(11-6),(11-9)
Ching Li, HKG 4 - 1 Thiago Monteiro, BRA (11-6),(9-11),(11-7),(11-9),(11-5)
Patrick Chila
Patrick Chila
Patrick Chila is a French table tennis player who has competed at five Olympics from 1992 to 2008.He won a bronze medal with Jean-Philippe Gatien in doubles at the 2000 Olympics...

, FRA
4 - 2 Segun Toriola, NGR (11-3),(8-11),(10-12),(11-7),(11-8),(11-9)
Aleksandar Karakasevic, SCG 4 - 2 Johnny Huang, CAN (7-11),(11-8),(11-5),(9-11),(11-9),(11-9)
Zoran Primorac
Zoran Primorac
Zoran Primorac is an accomplished male table tennis player from Croatia. He is considered to be among the best European players in the last 25 years .-Biography:Primorac was born in Zadar and started playing...

, CRO
4 - 1 Srdjan Milicevic, BIH (8-11),(11-6),(11-7),(11-8),(11-8)

Third round

August 17

winners on left in bold

players with wiki link below had byes in first two rounds
Wang Liqin
Wang Liqin
Wang Liqin is a Chinese table tennis player. As of October, 2011, he is ranked 8th in the International Table Tennis Federation . He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Chinese men's national squad in 1993 when he was only 15 years old. Wang is the last man since Jiang Jialiang to...

, CHN
4 - 1 Trinko Keen, NED (6-11),(11-1),(11-8),(11-4),(11-2)
Sae Hyuk Joo, KOR 4 - 0 Song Liu, ARG (14-12),(11-9),(11-6),(11-8)
Lai Chak Ko, HKG 4 - 3 Petr Korbel
Petr Korbel
Petr Korbel is a Czech table tennis player who has competed in five Olympics from 1992 to 2008.His best performance was in 1996 when he came fourth in the singles, losing to Germany's Jörg Roßkopf in the bronze medal match.-External links:*...

, CZE
(11-7),(9-11),(11-7),(2-11),(11-6),(9-11),(11-7)
Jörgen Persson, SWE 4 - 0 Kalinikos Kreanga
Kalinikos Kreanga
Kalinikos Kreanga is a Greek table tennis player. Born as Călin Creangă, he chose to defect from Communist-ruled Romania at the age of 17 while he was participating in the European Table Tennis Youth Championships in Luxembourg in 1989.Born in Bistriţa, Romania, Kreanga started to play table...

, GRE
(11-5),(11-7),(11-9),(11-8)
Chih-Yuan Chuan, TPE 4 - 2 Peter Karlsson, SWE (16-18),(11-6),(8-11),(11-7),(11-3),(11-8)
Sang Eun Oh, KOR 4 - 3 Weixing Chen, AUT (7-11),(11-6),(11-7),(11-8),(5-11),(9-11),(11-2)
Ju Lin, DOM 4 - 2 Jean-Michel Saive
Jean-Michel Saive
Jean-Michel Saive is a Belgian professional table tennis player.Born in Liège in a table tennis playing family, Saive was predestined to become a very good table tennis player and began playing as a small boy...

, BEL
(11-5),(11-4),(5-11),(11-13),(18-16),(11-8)
Wang Hao
Wang Hao (table tennis)
Wáng Hào is a Chinese table tennis player. He became the World Champion in Men's Singles in Yokohama, Japan in May 2009, defeating 3-time World Champion Wang Liqin 4-0. Other notable accomplishments are the 3-time World Cup Champion in 2007, 2008 and 2010, Singles Silver medalist at the 2004...

, CHN
4 - 1 Jörg Rosskopf, GER (11-5),(12-10),(11-5),(11-13),(11-6)
Seung Min Ryu, KOR 4 - 0 Koji Matsuhita, JPN (11-9),(11-6),(11-6),(11-2)
Peng-Lung Chiang, TPE 4 - 1 Adrian Crisan, ROM (11-9),(11-5),(12-10),(2-11),(11-8)
Chu Yan Leung, HKG 4 - 1 Michael Maze
Michael Maze
Michael Maze is a male table tennis player from Faxe, Denmark. He normally plays both in the men's singles and in men's doubles. As of 2005, he is one of the top five left-handed players in the world. His strength is in his strong forehand loop and lobbing. He is considered to be one of the best,...

, DEN
(6-11),(11-5),(11-3),(11-8),(11-9)
Vladimir Samsonov
Vladimir Samsonov
Vladimir Samsonov is a Belarusian professional table tennis player, ranked ninth in the world as of October 2011...

, BLR
4 - 2 Lucjan Błaszczyk, POL (11-5),(5-11),(12-10),(8-11),(11-4),(11-9)
Werner Schlager
Werner Schlager
Werner Schlager is a former world champion table tennis player from Austria.-Career:Schlager began playing table tennis when he was six years old, learning from his father and brother who were also top Austrian players, making them ideal training partners...

, AUT
4 - 2 Ching Li, HKG (8-11),(11-9),(12-14),(11-9),(11-9),(11-6)
Timo Boll
Timo Boll
Timo Boll is a German professional table tennis player who currently plays with Borussia Düsseldorf and is the German No.1 of the German Table Tennis National League...

, GER
4 - 1 Patrick Chila, FRA (11-3),(14-16),(11-9),(11-3),(11-9)
Jan-Ove Waldner
Jan-Ove Waldner
Jan-Ove Waldner is a Swedish table tennis player. He is known as "the Mozart of table tennis" and is a legend in his native Sweden as well as in China. In China he is known as 老瓦 Lao Wa - "Old Wa" or 常青树 Chang Qing Shu - "Evergreen"...

, SWE
4 - 2 Aleksandar Karakasevic, SCG (13-11),(11-9),(5-11),(11-6),(10-12),(11-9)
Lin Ma, CHN 4 - 1 Zoran Primorac, CRO (11-5),(11-3),(11-3),(9-11),(11-5)

Round of 16

August 18

winners on left in bold
Wang Liqin, CHN 4 - 1 Sae Hyuk Joo, KOR (11-7),(11-8),(9-11),(11-6),(11-6)
Lai Chak Ko, HKG 4 - 1 Jörgen Persson, SWE (11-7),(11-6),(8-11),(11-4),(12-10)
Chih-Yuan Chuan, TPE 4 - 2 Sang Eun Oh, KOR (12-10),(12-10),(6-11),(12-10),(9-11),(11-5)
Wang Hao, CHN 4 - 1 Ju Lin, DOM (11-5),(11-7),(7-11),(12-10),(11-7)
Seung Min Ryu, KOR 4 - 3 Peng-Lung Chiang, TPE (11-6),(11-6),(7-11),(8-11),(11-3),(6-11),(11-4)
Chu Yan Leung, HKG 4 - 3 Vladimir Samsonov, BLR (11-7),(6-11),(11-9),(6-11),(11-5),(7-11),(11-8)
Timo Boll, GER 4 - 3 Werner Schlager, AUT (11-2),(12-14),(11-5),(11-9),(6-11),(4-11),(11-6)
Jan-Ove Waldner, SWE 4 - 1 Lin Ma, CHN (11-9),(12-10),(7-11),(11-5),(11-9)

Quarterfinals

August 20

winners on left in bold
Wang Liqin, CHN 4 - 1 Lai Chak Ko, HKG (11-9),(13-11),(6-11),(11-8),(11-4)
Wang Hao, CHN 4 - 2 Chih-Yuan Chuan, TPE (5-11),(12-10),(9-11),(11-4),(11-6),(11-7)
Seung Min Ryu, KOR 4 - 2 Chu Yan Leung, HKG (6-11),(10-12),(11-6),(11-6),(11-9),(11-5)
Jan-Ove Waldner, SWE 4 - 1 Timo Boll, GER (11-7),(13-11),(6-11),(11-7),(13-11)

Semifinals

August 22

winners on left in bold
Wang Hao, CHN 4 - 1 Wang Liqin, CHN (11-8),(11-5),(6-11),(11-9),(11-3)
Seung Min Ryu, KOR 4 - 1 Jan-Ove Waldner, SWE (11-9),(9-11),(11-9),(11-5),(11-5)

Bronze medal match

August 23

winner on left in bold
Wang Liqin, CHN 4 - 1 Jan-Ove Waldner, SWE (10-12),(11-3),(11-8),(11-7),(11-9)

Gold medal match

August 23

winner on left in bold
Seung Min Ryu, KOR 4 - 2 Wang Hao, CHN (11-3),(9-11),(11-9),(11-9),(11-13),(11-9)
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