Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

Table tennis – Men's doubles at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	State Sports Centre
Date	16 to 23 September 2000
Competitors	72 from 29 nations
Medalists
Wang Liqin Yan Sen  China Liu Guoliang Kong Linghui  China Jean-Philippe Gatien Patrick Chila  France

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

These are the results of the men's doubles competition, one of two events for male competitors in table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Among 36 entries, eight seeded pairs were allocated into the draw of knockout stage which started from the round of 16. The rest 28 pairs were reduced to 24 pairs by four knockout matches. 24 pairs competed in eight groups of three pairs per group. Winners of each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Seeds

1.  Kong Linghui / Liu Guoliang (CHN) (final, silver medalists)
2.  Wang Liqin / Yan Sen (CHN) (champions, gold medalists)
3.  Chang Yen-shu / Chiang Peng-lung (TPE) (quarterfinals)
4.  Patrick Chila / Jean-Philippe Gatien (FRA) (semifinals, bronze medalists)
5.  Karl Jindrak / Werner Schlager (AUT) (quarterfinals)
6.  Jörgen Persson / Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE) (first round)
7.  Kim Taek-soo / Oh Sang-eun (KOR) (quarterfinals)
8.  Lee Chul-seung / Ryu Seung-min (KOR) (semifinals, fourth place)

Qualification round

The winners of each qualification match advanced to the group stage.

Pair 1	Pair 2
Hugo Hoyama and Carlos Kawai (BRA) beat	David Kaci and Farid Oulami (ALG)
Brett Clarke and Jeff Plumb (AUS) beat	Francisco Arado and Rubén Arado (CUB)
Jorge Gambra and Augusto Morales (CHI) beat	Ismu Harinto and Anton Suseno (INA)
Todd Sweeris and David Zhuang (USA) beat	Ashraf Helmy and El-Sayed Lashin (EGY)

Group stage

Group A

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		FRA	CAN	ARG
1	Damien Eloi and Christophe Legout (FRA)	2	0	4	1	96	80		X	2–1	2–0
2	Wenguan Johnny Huang and Kurt Liu (CAN)	1	1	3	3	115	102		1–2	X	2–1
3	Liu Song and Pablo Tabachnik (ARG)	0	2	1	4	73	102		0–2	1–2	X

Group B

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		NED	NGR	IND
1	Danny Heister and Trinko Keen (NED)	2	0	4	1	96	86		X	2–1	2–0
2	Kazeem Nosiru and Segun Toriola (NGR)	1	1	3	3	119	117		1–2	X	2–1
3	Chetan Baboor and Raman Subramanyan (IND)	0	2	1	4	94	106		0–2	1–2	X

Group C

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		HKG	GRE	AUS
1	Cheung Yuk and Leung Chu Yan (HKG)	2	0	4	1	98	79		X	2–1	2–0
2	Kalinikos Kreanga and Ntaniel Tsiokas (GRE)	1	1	3	2	91	82		1–2	X	2–0
3	Simon Gerada and Mark Smythe (AUS)	0	2	0	4	56	84		0–2	0–2	X

Group D

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		DEN	JPN	USA
1	Michael Maze and Finn Tugwell (DEN)	2	0	4	0	84	42		X	2–0	2–0
2	Kōji Matsushita and Hiroshi Shibutani (JPN)	1	1	2	2	65	63		0–2	X	2–0
3	Cheng Yinghua and Khoa Dinh Nguyen (USA)	0	2	0	4	40	84		0–2	0–2	X

Group E

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		JPN	BEL	CHI
1	Seiko Iseki and Toshio Tasaki (JPN)	2	0	4	0	84	39		X	2–0	2–0
2	Jean-Michel Saive and Philippe Saive (BEL)	1	1	2	2	63	74		0–2	X	2–0
3	Jorge Gambra and Augusto Morales (CHI)	0	2	0	4	50	84		0–2	0–2	X

Group F

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		SWE	BLR	USA
1	Fredrik Håkansson and Peter Karlsson (SWE)	2	0	4	1	102	81		X	2–0	2–1
2	Vladimir Samsonov and Evgueni Chtchetinine (BLR)	1	1	2	2	83	78		0–2	X	2–0
3	Todd Sweeris and David Zhuang (USA)	0	2	1	4	72	98		1–2	0–2	X

Group G

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		POL	BRA	CZE
1	Lucjan Błaszczyk and Tomasz Krzeszewski (POL)	2	0	4	0	84	57		X	2–0	2–0
2	Hugo Hoyama and Carlos Kawai Issamu (BRA)	1	1	2	2	70	76		0–2	X	2–0
3	Petr Korbel and Josef Plachy (CZE)	0	2	0	4	63	84		0–2	0–2	X

Group H

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		YUG	GER	AUS
1	Slobodan Grujić and Ilija Lupulesku (YUG)	2	0	4	0	84	51		X	2–0	2–0
2	Timo Boll and Jörg Roßkopf (GER)	1	1	2	0	78	62		0–2	X	2–0
3	Brett Clarke and Jeff Plumb (AUS)	0	2	0	4	35	84		0–2	0–2	X

Knockout stage

	First round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Gold medal match
	1	Kong L (CHN)  Liu G (CHN)	21	12	19	21	21
		L Błaszczyk (POL)  T Krzeszewski (POL)	16	21	21	18	18
										1	Kong L (CHN)  Liu G (CHN)	21	21	10	21
										7	Kim T-s (KOR)  Oh S-e (KOR)	18	9	21	10
		S Grujić (YUG)  I Lupulesku (YUG)	18	18	13
	7	Kim T-s (KOR)  Oh S-e (KOR)	21	21	21
																			1	Kong L (CHN)  Liu G (CHN)	21	22	21	21
																			4	P Chila (FRA)  J-P Gatien (FRA)	12	24	10	10
	5	K Jindrak (AUT)  W Schlager (AUT)	22	21	21
		D Heister (NED)  T Keen (NED)	20	14	17
										5	K Jindrak (AUT)  W Schlager (AUT)	21	21	19	17	20
										4	P Chila (FRA)  J-P Gatien (FRA)	15	19	21	21	22
		F Håkansson (SWE)  P Karlsson (SWE)	17	21	11	18
	4	P Chila (FRA)  J-P Gatien (FRA)	21	10	21	21
																												1	Kong L (CHN)  Liu G (CHN)	20	21	19	18
																												2	Wang L (CHN)  Yan S (CHN)	22	17	21	21
	3	Chang Y-s (TPE)  Chiang P-l (TPE)	21	21	22
		M Maze (DEN)  F Tugwell (DEN)	19	15	20
										3	Chang Y-s (TPE)  Chiang P-l (TPE)	21	15	21	21	18
										8	Lee C-s (KOR)  Ryu S-m (KOR)	13	21	10	23	21
		Cheung Y (HKG)  Leung CY (HKG)	16	21	21	9	15
	8	Lee C-s (KOR)  Ryu S-m (KOR)	21	16	19	21	21
																			8	Lee C-s (KOR)  Ryu S-m (KOR)	12	19	21	18
																			2	Wang L (CHN)  Yan S (CHN)	21	21	17	21
	6	J Persson (SWE)  J-O Waldner (SWE)	18	21	18																							Bronze medal match
		D Eloi (FRA)  C Legout (FRA)	21	23	21
											D Eloi (FRA)  C Legout (FRA)	6	13	19														4	P Chila (FRA)  J-P Gatien (FRA)	22	21	22	21
										2	Wang L (CHN)  Yan S (CHN)	21	21	21														8	Lee C-s (KOR)  Ryu S-m (KOR)	20	23	20	10
		S Iseki (JPN)  T Tasaki (JPN)	18	16	6
	2	Wang L (CHN)  Yan S (CHN)	21	21	21

External links

• Table Tennis. Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Results. Digitally published by the LA84 Foundation.
• 2000 Summer Olympics / Table Tennis / Doubles, Men. Olympedia.