Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 6

The Men's individual table tennis - Class 6 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] in London took place from 30 August to 2 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 6–10 are for athletes with a physical impairment who compete from a standing position; the lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment has on an athlete’s ability to compete.

Table tennis Men's C6
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
DatesAugust 30-September 2
Competitors16 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rungroj Thainiyom  Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Álvaro Valera  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Rosenmeier  Denmark
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In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in four groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the quarter-finals, joined by four seeded players.

Seeds

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All seeds received a bye into the quarter-finals.

  1.   Alvaro Valera (ESP)
  2.   Peter Rosenmeier (DEN)
  3.   Rungroj Thainiyom (THA)
  4.   Bastien Grundeler (FRA)

Results

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All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals

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Quarterfinals: 1 Sep 11:45 Semifinals: 1 Sep 18:15 Final: 2 Sep 11:00
                     
1   Álvaro Valera (ESP) 11 16 11
  Chen Chao (CHN) 3 14 4
1   Álvaro Valera (ESP) 11 11 11
4   Bastien Grundeler (FRA) 3 9 4
  Raimondo Alecci (ITA) 5 3 9
4   Bastien Grundeler (FRA) 11 11 11
1   Álvaro Valera (ESP) 8 8 10
3   Rungroj Thainiyom (THA) 11 11 12
3   Rungroj Thainiyom (THA) 11 11 13
  Alexander Esaulov (RUS) 6 7 11
3   Rungroj Thainiyom (THA) 11 5 7 11 11 Third place
2   Peter Rosenmeier (DEN) 9 11 11 9 6
  Choy Hing Lam (HKG) 2 3 7 4   Bastien Grundeler (FRA) 9 8 13 5
2   Peter Rosenmeier (DEN) 11 11 11 2   Peter Rosenmeier (DEN) 11 11 11 11

Preliminary round

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Qualified for the quarter-finals

Group A

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Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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  Raimondo Alecci (ITA) 1 1 +1 +4
  Thomasz Kusiak (GER) 1 1 0 +3
  David Wetherill (GBR) 1 1 -1 -7

Group B

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Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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  Chen Chao (CHN) 2 0 +6 +43
  Thomas Fernandez (FRA) 1 1 -2 -16
  Junki Itai (JPN) 0 2 -4 -27

Group C

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Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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  Alexander Esaulov (RUS) 2 0 +5 +31
  Park Hong Kyu (KOR) 1 1 +1 +8
  Carlo Michell (BRA) 0 2 -6 -39

Group D

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Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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  Choy Hing Lam (HKG) 2 0 +5 +19
  Thomas Rau (GER) 1 1 -1 -7
  Vjekoslav Gregorovic (CRO) 0 2 -4 -12

References

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  1. ^ "Paralympic Table Tennis". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.