Join in: the 2024 Olympic Games
More about the games and how you can join in
About the Games
This summer’s Paris Olympics sees table tennis included for the 10th successive Olympic Games – the first time was in Seoul in 1988.
There are five events, with the finals as follows:
Mixed Doubles – 30 Jul
Women’s Singles – 3 Aug
Men’s Singles – 4 Aug
Men’s Team – 9 Aug
Women’s Team – 10 Aug
Team GB’s Liam Pitchford will compete in the Men’s Singles and Anna Hursey will compete in the Women’s Singles, both getting underway on 27th July. This will be Liam’s fourth Olympics – a British record in the sport – and Anna’s first.
Paris 2024 will be the first Olympics with full gender parity, and table tennis aligns with 86 male and 86 female players. Players from 60 countries across all continents, ranging from 16 years old (Miwa Harimoto, JPN) to 61 (Ni Xia Lian, LUX), will take part; with the great Timo Boll already announcing this will be his last games. Watch out for the home stars, the French Lebrun brothers and Sun Yingsha’s attempt at completing the Grand Slam (World Champs, World Cup and Olympics).
