Schedule Of Table Tennis Events

Here comes the exciting, and powerful game of Table Tennis! At London Olympics 2012, Table Tennis will be hosted at ExCeL, a multi-purpose events venue showcasing numerous other Olympic and Paralympic sports. Table Tennis games will be held from Saturday 28 July till Wednesday 8 August 2012. 172 athletes (86 men, 86 women) will compete in 4 medal events. Table Tennis was introduced in Olympics at Seoul Olympics 1988. For many years, Chinese have been exceptionally dominating this game. Till now, China has won 20 of the 24 available gold medals in Olympics, grabbing all 4 at Beijing 2008 Olympics! China has won more medals in Table Tennis than all the other countries taken together! At London Olympics 2012, both the Singles and Team events will be performed in a knockout format. Players and teams will advance through the draw until the finals, which will decide the winners of the gold medals!

Table Tennis Events At London Olympics 2012

The Game
There are many similarities and dissimilarities among the games of tennis and table tennis. The basic principles have not been altered, they are just the same. Just like tennis, in table tennis also, players take in turns to serve the ball. The players must allow the ball to bounce only once on their side of the court before returning it to their competitors. But the method of scoring is different. In table tennis, points are scored if the opponent is unable to hit back the ball, or if they hit the ball 'out' of the court. Unlike tennis, where the ball is struck at its highest point, in table tennis players generally do not raise the ball upwards and the throws are approximately six inches high.