Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 3
The Men's individual table tennis – Class 3 tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics[1] in Tokyo is taking place between 25 and 29 August 2021 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Classes 1–5 are for athletes with a physical impairment that affected their legs, and who compete in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment is on an athlete's ability to compete.
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| Venue | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | 25–29 August | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |
| C6–7 | C6–8 | |
| C8 | ||
| C9–10 | C9–10 | |
In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in seven groups of three. Winners and runners-up of each group qualified for the knock-out stage, with the best two group winners receiving a bye to the quarter-finals and the other 12 teams playing from the round of 16. In this edition of the Games, no bronze medal match will be held. Losers of each semifinal will automatically be awarded a bronze medal.
Results
All times are local time in UTC+9.
Preliminary round
The first two matches were played on 25 August, and the third on 26 August.
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Group A
| Seed | Athlete | Matches won | Matches lost | Games won | Games lost | Points diff | Rank |
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| 1 |  Feng Panfeng (CHN) |
2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +36 | 1 |
| 14 |  Maciej Nalepka (POL) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –12 | 2 |
| 16 |  Matteo Orsi (ITA) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –24 | 3 |
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Group B
| Seed | Athlete | Matches won | Matches lost | Games won | Games lost | Points diff | Rank |
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| 2 |  Thomas Schmidberger (GER) |
2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +31 | 1 |
| 15 |  Vladimir Toporkov (RPC) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | –10 | 2 |
| 13 |  Baek Young-bok (KOR) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –21 | 3 |
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Group C
| Seed | Athlete | Matches won | Matches lost | Games won | Games lost | Points diff | Rank |
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| 3 |  Florian Merrien (FRA) |
2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +23 | 1 |
| 12 |  Gabriel Copola (ARG) |
1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | –16 | 2 |
| 17 |  Anurak Laowong (THA) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –7 | 3 |
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Group D
| Seed | Athlete | Matches won | Matches lost | Games won | Games lost | Points diff | Rank |
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| 4 | Thomas Brüchle (GER) |
2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +26 | 1 |
| 21 |  Ahmed Koleosho (NGR) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –15 | 2 |
| 10 |  Vasyl Petruniv (UKR) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –11 | 3 |
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Group E
| Seed | Athlete | Matches won | Matches lost | Games won | Games lost | Points diff | Rank |
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| 8 | Yuttajak Glinbancheun (THA) |
2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +10 | 1 |
| 20 |  David Andrade de Freitas (BRA) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | –10 | 2 |
| 5 |  Alexander Öhgren (SWE) (w/o) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
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Alexander Öhgren developed symptoms of having a cold. While he did text negative for Covid-19 he was nevertheless forced to withdraw from the competition.
Group F
| Seed | Athlete | Matches won | Matches lost | Games won | Games lost | Points diff | Rank |
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| 6 | Zhai Xiang (CHN) |
2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +39 | 1 |
| 11 |  Jenson Van Emburgh (USA) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 2 |
| 19 |  Petr Svatoš (CZE) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | –43 | 3 |
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Group G
| Seed | Athlete | Matches won | Matches lost | Games won | Games lost | Points diff | Rank |
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| 7 | Zhao Ping (CHN) |
2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +9 | 1 |
| 18 |  Colin Judge (IRL) |
1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | –9 | 2 |
| 9 | Welder Knaf (BRA) (w/o) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Knockout stage
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feng Panfeng (CHN)
| 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuttajak Glinbancheun (THA)
| 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gabriel Copola (ARG)
| 8 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuttajak Glinbancheun (THA)
| 11 | 11 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feng Panfeng (CHN)
| 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jenson Van Emburgh (USA) 
| 6 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colin Judge (IRL)
| 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Toporkov (RPC)
| 11 | 11 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Toporkov (RPC)
| 5 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jenson Van Emburgh (USA)
| 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jenson Van Emburgh (USA)
| 11 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Brüchle (GER)
| 7 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Feng Panfeng (CHN) 
| 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Schmidberger (GER) 
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florian Merrien (FRA)
| 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Andrade de Freitas (BRA)
| 6 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florian Merrien (FRA)
| 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zhai Xiang (CHN)
| 11 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maciej Nalepka (POL)
| 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zhai Xiang (CHN)
| 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zhai Xiang (CHN)
| 9 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Schmidberger (GER)
| 11 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zhao Ping (CHN)
| 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ahmed Koleosho (NGR)
| 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zhao Ping (CHN)
| 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Schmidberger (GER)
| 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- "Table Tennis - Men's Singles - Class 5 Schedule". Olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.