World Para Table Tennis Championships

The World Para Table Tennis Championships are the world championships for para table tennis where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) on a four-year rotation with the Paralympic Games (every four years).

The first edition was held in 1990 in Assen, Netherlands, the second in 1998, from that the championships was held every four years.[1]

Locations

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Individual and Team Individual Team
Edition Year Host Dates Nations Competitors Most golds won Ref
1 1990   Assen 15–21 July 35 226   Germany (14) [2]
2 1998   Paris 24–30 October 39 292   France (10) [3]
3 2002   Taipei 15–22 August 45 319   China (8) [4]
4 2006   Montreux 22 September–1 October 48 346   China (14) [5]
5 2010   Gwangju 25 October–3 November 46 296   China (14) [6]
6 2014   Beijing 6–15 September 45 304   China (14) [7]
1 2017   Bratislava 17–20 May 34 247   Russia (3) [8]
7 2018   Laško 15–21 October 56 330   South Korea (4) [9]
8 2022   Granada 6–12 November 51 328   South Korea (11) [10]

All-time medal count

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As 2022 (including medals won at the 2017 team championships)

RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)542527106
2  France (FRA)393256127
3  Germany (GER)36223391
4  South Korea (KOR)33262887
5  Poland (POL)16212057
6  Spain (ESP)971329
7  Austria (AUT)7121534
8  Sweden (SWE)7111836
9  Netherlands (NED)79925
10  Czech Republic (CZE)611926
11  Slovakia (SVK)691126
12  Great Britain (GBR)671932
13  Ukraine (UKR)67821
14  Russia (RUS)67619
15  Turkey (TUR)591327
16  Italy (ITA)551121
17  Belgium (BEL)53917
18  Serbia (SRB)51915
19  Norway (NOR)46414
20  Hong Kong (HKG)45312
21  Japan (JPN)371020
22  Denmark (DEN)35412
23  Chinese Taipei (TPE)281525
24  Finland (FIN)23712
25  Australia (AUS)2259
26  Brazil (BRA)21912
27  Thailand (THA)17715
28  Hungary (HUN)1438
29  Croatia (CRO)1348
30  Jordan (JOR)1337
31  United States (USA)12710
32  Israel (ISR)1236
  Switzerland (SUI)1236
34  Mexico (MEX)1113
35  Yugoslavia0156
36  Indonesia (INA)0123
37  Bulgaria (BUL)0101
38  Argentina (ARG)0055
39  Egypt (EGY)0033
  Ireland (IRL)0033
41  Slovenia (SLO)0022
42  Greece (GRE)0011
  Iran (IRI)0011
  Romania (ROU)0011
Totals (44 entries)2882884251,001

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "One Family, One Sport, the Reality Realised in Korea". ittf.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  2. ^ 1990 World Championships
  3. ^ 1998 World Championships
  4. ^ 2002 World Championships
  5. ^ 2006 World Championships
  6. ^ 2010 World Championships
  7. ^ 2014 World Championships
  8. ^ "2017 ITTF Para Table Tennis World Team Championship Info". International Table Tennis Federation. 8 April 2019.
  9. ^ "2018 World Championships". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 17 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Electronic table tennis review system approved by the ITTF Board of Directors". International Table Tennis Federation. 6 November 2021.
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