Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 4

The Men's individual table tennis – Class 4 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London took place from 30 August to 3 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 1-5 were for athletes with a physical impairment that affects their legs, and who competed in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete's ability to compete.

Table tennis at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates	30 August – 3 September
Competitors	20 from 13 nations
Medalists
Kim Young-Gun  South Korea Zhang Yan  China Sameh Saleh  Egypt

In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in six groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the knock-out stages, together with two seeded players given byes for the preliminary stages.

Results

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals

	Quarter-finals: 1 Sep 13:15									Semifinals: 1 Sep 19:00									Gold medal match: 3 Sep 18:45
	1	Kim Young Gun (KOR)	11	11	11
		Emeric Martin (FRA)	6	5	2
										1	Kim Young Gun (KOR)	11	13	6	11
											Sameh Saleh (EGY)	6	11	11	7
		Sameh Saleh (EGY)	11	11	11
		Guo Xingyuan (CHN)	6	9	8
																			1	Kim Young Gun (KOR)	14	11	12	11
																			2	Zhang Yan (CHN)	12	9	14	9
		Maxime Thomas (FRA)	7	11	11	11
		Abdullah Ozturk (TUR)	11	4	6	7
											Maxime Thomas (FRA)	8	12	11	9				Bronze medal match
										2	Zhang Yan (CHN)	11	14	6	11
		Choi Il Sang (KOR)	11	11	3	4	11													Sameh Saleh (EGY)	10	11	11	11
	2	Zhang Yan (CHN)	7	6	11	11	13													Maxime Thomas (FRA)	12	7	8	8

Preliminary round

Qualified for the knock-out stages

Group A

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Maxime Thomas (FRA)	2	0	+4	+20
Tomislav Spalj (CRO)	1	1	0	+2
Werner Burkhardt (GER)	0	2	-4	-22

30 August, 16:00

Maxime Thomas (FRA)	11	11	11
Werner Burkhardt (GER)	0	9	7

31 August, 09:00

Werner Burkhardt (GER)	11	8	10	12	7
Tomislav Spalj (CRO)	9	11	12	10	11

31 August, 16:40

Maxime Thomas (FRA)	8	10	11	11	12
Tomislav Spalj (CRO)	11	12	8	8	10

Group B

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Guo Xingyuan (CHN)	2	0	+6	+25
Dietmar Kober (GER)	1	1	-1	0
Eziquiel Babes (BRA)	0	2	-5	-25

30 August, 16:00

Guo Xingyuan (CHN)	11	12	11
Eziquiel Babes (BRA)	5	10	4

31 August, 09:00

Eziquiel Babes (BRA)	13	10	11	3
Dietmar Kober (GER)	11	12	13	11

31 August, 16:40

Guo Xingyuan (CHN)	11	11	18
Dietmar Kober (GER)	8	6	16

Group C

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Choi Il Sang (KOR)	1	1	0	+2
Shay Siada (ISR)	1	1	0	0
Salvatore Caci (ITA)	1	1	0	-2

30 August, 16:00

Choi Il Sang (KOR)	11	11	11
Shay Siada (ISR)	6	8	6

31 August, 09:00

Shay Siada (ISR)	11	11	13
Salvatore Caci (ITA)	4	7	11

31 August, 17:20

Choi Il Sang (KOR)	8	9	5
Salvatore Caci (ITA)	11	11	11

Group D

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Abdullah Ozturk (TUR)	2	0	+5	+22
Lin Wen-hsin (TPE)	1	1	0	-9
Andrej Mészáros (SVK)	0	2	-5	-13

30 August, 16:00

Abdullah Ozturk (TUR)	11	11	11
Andrej Mészáros (SVK)	9	6	8

31 August, 09:00

Andrej Mészáros (SVK)	8	8	11	10
Lin Wen-hsin (TPE)	11	11	6	12

31 August, 17:20

Abdullah Ozturk (TUR)	11	11	8	11
Lin Wen-hsin (TPE)	9	3	11	6

Group E

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Emeric Martin (FRA)	2	0	+5	+22
Kim Jung Gil (KOR)	1	1	+1	+8
Ko Kun-nan (TPE)	0	2	-6	-30

30 August, 16:40

Emeric Martin (FRA)	14	11	11
Ko Kun-nan (TPE)	12	4	5

31 August, 09:40

Ko Kun-nan (TPE)	5	7	6
Kim Jung Gil (KOR)	11	11	11

31 August, 17:20

Emeric Martin (FRA)	11	11	5	11
Kim Jung Gil (KOR)	6	9	11	5

Group F

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Sameh Saleh (EGY)	2	0	+3	+17
Peter Mihálik (SVK)	1	1	0	+2
Edson Gomez (VEN)	0	2	-3	-19

30 August, 16:40

Peter Mihálik (SVK)	11	7	7	11	11
Edson Gomez (VEN)	4	11	11	5	5

31 August, 09:40

Edson Gomez (VEN)	9	11	5	10
Sameh Saleh (EGY)	11	9	11	12

31 August, 17:20

Peter Mihálik (SVK)	11	11	5	7	8
Sameh Saleh (EGY)	9	9	11	11	11