Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 3

Table tennis Men's C3 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates	August 30-September 2
Competitors	24 from 15 nations
Medalists
Panfeng Feng   China   Zlatko Kesler   Serbia   Thomas Schmidberger   Germany

Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Singles
Men			Women
	C1			C1–2
	C2			C3
	C3			C4
	C4			C5
	C5			C6
	C6			C7
	C7			C8
	C8			C9
	C9			C10
	C10			C11
	C11
Teams
Men			Women
	C1–2			C1–3
	C3			C4–5
	C4–5			C6–10
	C6–8
	C9–10

The Men's individual table tennis - Class 3 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics^[1] in London is taking place from 30 August to 2 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 1-5 are for athletes with a physical impairment that affects their legs, and who compete in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment has on an athlete’s ability to compete.

In the preliminary stage, athletes compete in eight groups of three. Winners of each group qualify for the quarter finals.

Results

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals

	Quarter-finals: 1 Sep 12:30									Semifinals: 1 Sep 18:15									Gold medal match: 2 Sep 10:15
	A1	Feng Panfeng (CHN)	11	11	11
	H1	Tomas Piñas (ESP)	7	9	5
										A1	Feng Panfeng (CHN)	11	11	14
										D1	Florian Merrien (FRA)	8	5	12
	E1	Thomas Bruechle (GER)	6	8	11	7
	D1	Florian Merrien (FRA)	11	11	7	11
																			A1	Feng Panfeng (CHN)	14	11	11
																			F1	Zlatko Kesler (SRB)	12	6	8
	C1	Zhao Ping (CHN)	12	11	7	9	9
	F1	Zlatko Kesler (SRB)	10	8	11	11	11
										F1	Zlatko Kesler (SRB)	11	11	11
										B1	Thomas Schmidberger (GER)	6	9	9					Bronze medal match
	G1	Jean-Philippe Robin (FRA)	9	2	11	11
	B1	Thomas Schmidberger (GER)	11	11	7	13													D1	Florian Merrien (FRA)	11	7	10	13
																			B1	Thomas Schmidberger (GER)	7	11	12	15

Preliminary round

Group A

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Feng Panfeng (CHN)	2	0	+6	+18
Kim Jin Sung (KOR)	1	1	-2	–13
Jaroslav Hadrava (CZE)	0	2	-4	–5

30 August, 09:00  Feng Panfeng (CHN) 11 11 11  Kim Jin Sung (KOR) 8 4 3

30 August, 19:20  Kim Jin Sung (KOR) 13 11 6 9 11  Jaroslav Hadrava (CZE) 11 7 11 11 5

31 August, 18:00  Feng Panfeng (CHN) 11 11 11  Jaroslav Hadrava (CZE) 4 5 6

Group B

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Thomas Schmidberger (GER)	2	0	+6	+17
Kim Jeong Seok (KOR)	1	1	-1	+7
Yann Guilhem (FRA)	0	2	-5	–24

30 August, 09:00  Thomas Schmidberger (GER) 11 11 11  Yann Guilhem (FRA) 7 4 5

30 August, 19:20  Yann Guilhem (FRA) 9 9 11 4  Kim Jeong Seok (KOR) 11 11 7 11

31 August, 18:00  Thomas Schmidberger (GER) 14 11 14  Kim Jeong Seok (KOR) 12 6 12

Group C

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Zhao Ping (CHN)	2	0	+4	+9
Jeyoung Young Ill (KOR)	1	1	+1	+5
Jan Guertler (GER)	0	2	-5	–14

30 August, 09:00  Zhao Ping (CHN) 11 13 8 11  Jeyoung Young Ill (KOR) 9 11 11 3

30 August, 19:20  Jeyoung Young Ill (KOR) 11 11 11  Jan Guertler (GER) 9 5 5

31 August, 18:00  Zhao Ping (CHN) 7 11 11 11  Jan Guertler (GER) 11 6 6 3

Group D

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Florian Merrien (FRA)	2	0	+5	+28
Gabriel Copola (ARG)	1	1	+1	+9
Liran Geva (ISR)	0	2	-6	–37

30 August, 09:00  Florian Merrien (FRA) 12 11 6 11  Gabriel Copola (ARG) 10 8 11 3

30 August, 19:20  Gabriel Copola (ARG) 11 11 11  Liran Geva (ISR) 4 4 8

31 August, 18:00  Florian Merrien (FRA) 11 11 11  Liran Geva (ISR) 1 6 6

Group E

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Thomas Bruechle (GER)	2	0	+5	+14
Egon Kramminger (AUT)	1	1	0	+13
Miguel Rodríguez (ESP)	0	2	-5	–27

30 August, 09:40  Thomas Bruechle (GER) 11 11 10 11  Miguel Rodríguez (ESP) 5 4 12 8

30 August, 20:00  Miguel Rodríguez (ESP) 9 5 6  Egon Kramminger (AUT) 11 11 11

31 August, 18:40  Thomas Bruechle (GER) 11 11 12  Egon Kramminger (AUT) 7 9 10

Group F

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Zlatko Kesler (SRB)	2	0	+3	+9
Welder Knaf (BRA)	1	1	+2	+16
Manfred Dollmann (AUT)	0	2	-5	–25

30 August, 09:40  Zlatko Kesler (SRB) 15 10 11 13  Manfred Dollmann (AUT) 13 12 4 11

30 August, 20:00  Manfred Dollmann (AUT) 11 3 5  Welder Knaf (BRA) 13 11 11

31 August, 18:40  Zlatko Kesler (SRB) 7 11 5 11 14  Welder Knaf (BRA) 11 8 11 9 12

Group G

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Jean-Philippe Robin (FRA)	2	0	+4	+14
Ko Hang Yee (HKG)	1	1	+2	+7
Egbinola Oluade (NGR)	0	2	-6	–21

30 August, 09:40  Jean-Philippe Robin (FRA) 11 11 11  Egbinola Oluade (NGR) 7 8 4

30 August, 20:00  Egbinola Oluade (NGR) 8 11 10  Ko Hang Yee (HKG) 11 13 12

31 August, 18:40  Jean-Philippe Robin (FRA) 15 7 13 3 11  Ko Hang Yee (HKG) 13 11 11 11 4

Group H

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Tomas Piñas (ESP)	1	1	+1	+12
Alexander Ohgren (SWE)	1	1	+1	–5
Dacian Makszin (ROU)	1	1	-2	–7

30 August, 09:40  Tomas Piñas (ESP) 11 11 11  Dacian Makszin (ROU) 9 4 8

30 August, 20:00  Dacian Makszin (ROU) 11 7 10 11 11  Alexander Ohgren (SWE) 9 11 12 4 9

31 August, 18:40  Tomas Piñas (ESP) 11 4 11 10  Alexander Ohgren (SWE) 13 11 9 12

References