Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012. The Games will be held in London, United Kingdom after the city was successful with its bid for the Paralympics and Summer Olympic Games.Even though 2012 will be London's...

in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

will take place from Thursday 30 August to Saturday 8 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre

ExCeL Exhibition Centre

ExCeL London is an exhibitions and conference centre in the London Borough of Newham, England. It is located on a site on the northern quay of the Royal Victoria Dock in London Docklands, between Canary Wharf and London City Airport.- History :The centre was built by Sir Robert McAlpine, opened...

. 276 athletes, 174 men and 102 women, will compete in 29 events. Table tennis events have been held at the Paralympics since the first Games

1960 Summer Paralympics

The 1960 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, were the first international Paralympic Games, following on from the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1948 and 1952. They were organised under the aegis of the International Stoke Mandeville Games...

in Rome in 1960.

Events

Twenty-nine events will be contested. The events are men's and women's team and individual competitions for the various disability classifications.

Men's singles
- Class 1
- Class 2
- Class 3
- Class 4
- Class 5
- Class 6
- Class 7
- Class 8
- Class 9
- Class 10
- Class 11

Men's team

Class 1–2
Class 3
Class 4–5
Class 6–8
Class 9–10

Women's singles

Class 1–2
Class 3
Class 4
Class 5
Class 6
Class 7
Class 8
Class 9
Class 10
Class 11

Women's team

Class 1–3
Class 4–5
Class 6–10

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