Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 8
The Men's individual table tennis – Class 8 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] in London took place from 30 August to 3 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment who competed from a standing position; the lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete’s ability to compete.
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| Venue | ExCeL Exhibition Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 30-September 3 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | |
| C6–8 | C6–10 | |
| C9–10 | ||
In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in four groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the quarter-finals, together with four seeded players given byes for the preliminary round.
Results
All times are local (BST/UTC+1)
Finals
| Quarter-finals: 1 Sep 11:00 | Semifinals: 1 Sep 19:00 | Gold medal match: 3 Sep 12:30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Zhao Shuai (CHN)
| 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 András Csonka (HUN)
| 7 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Zhao Shuai (CHN)
| 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Ross Wilson (GBR)
| 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Marcin Skrzynecki (POL)
| 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ross Wilson (GBR)
| 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Zhao Shuai (CHN)
| 8 | 11 | 17 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Richard Csejtey (SVK)
| 11 | 5 | 15 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ye Chaoqun (CHN)
| 9 | 14 | 11 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Csejtey (SVK)
| 11 | 16 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Csejtey (SVK)
| 14 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 11 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Emil Andersson (SWE)
| 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sun Churen (CHN)
| 9 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | Ross Wilson (GBR)
| 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Emil Andersson (SWE)
| 11 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | Emil Andersson (SWE)
| 11 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
Preliminary Round
| Qualified for the quarter finals |
Group A
| Athlete | Won | Lost | Games diff | Points diff |
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| Richard Csejtey (SVK) |
1 | 1 | +1 | +2 |
 Saeed Ali (IRQ) |
1 | 1 | 0 | +4 |
| Piotr Grudzien (POL) |
1 | 1 | -1 | -6 |
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30 August, 09:00
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30 August, 18:00
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31 August, 13:40
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Group B
| Athlete | Won | Lost | Games diff | Points diff |
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| Sun Churen (CHN) |
2 | 0 | +6 | +22 |
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1 | 1 | -2 | -12 |
| Aaron McKibbin (GBR) |
0 | 2 | -4 | -10 |
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30 August, 09:00
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30 August, 18:00
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31 August, 13:40
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Group C
| Athlete | Won | Lost | Games diff | Points diff |
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| András Csonka (HUN) |
2 | 0 | +4 | +21 |
| Fabian Rignell (SWE) |
1 | 1 | -2 | -11 |
| Miroslav Jambor (SVK) |
0 | 2 | -2 | -10 |
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30 August, 09:00
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30 August, 18:40
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31 August, 13:40
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Group D
| Athlete | Won | Lost | Games diff | Points diff |
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| Marcin Skrzynecki (POL) |
2 | 0 | +5 | +21 |
| Marc Ledoux (BEL) |
1 | 1 | +1 | +2 |
 Paulo Salmin (BRA) |
0 | 2 | -6 | -23 |
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30 August, 09:00
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30 August, 18:40
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31 August, 13:40
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References
- "Paralympic Table Tennis". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved August 30, 2012.