When was table tennis included in the Olympic Games?

1988 At the Seoul Olympic Games, table tennis was listed as an official event for the first time. When Beijing hosts the 29th Olympic Games in 2008, it will appear on the official event list of the Summer Olympic Games for the sixth time in a row.

Table tennis, as the world-recognized "national sport" of China, is the dominant event of China sports delegation in the Olympic Games, and the China table tennis team almost monopolized the gold medal in this event in the Olympic Games. In the past five Olympic Games, there were 20 gold medals in table tennis, of which 16 was won by China athletes. Among the four gold medals, three gold medals in men's singles were won by Liu Nankui of South Korea, Waldner of Sweden and Ryu Seung-min of South Korea at the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988, Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992 and Athens Olympic Games in 2004, and the other gold medal in women's doubles was won by the host Korean team in 1988.

The Olympic table tennis competition originally had four events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles. In order to increase the excitement of the competition, ITTF, after consulting with the International Olympic Committee and relevant parties during the Athens Olympic Games, announced that the doubles competition would be changed to a team competition in the 2008 Olympic Games without increasing the total number of participants. This proposal was approved by the International Olympic Committee in Singapore in 2005 10.

The table tennis competition of the 29th Olympic Games will be held from August, 2008 to August, 2008 at Peking University Gymnasium in Peking University campus. The events include men's team, women's team, men's singles and women's singles.

Rules of the game:

The table tennis competition in the Olympic Games adopts the 1 1 scoring system, that is, the winner is the one who gets 1 1 scoring first, and the winner is the one who gets 2 points after 10 draw. Single elimination adopts the best of seven games system; In the team competition, the first, second, fourth and fifth games are singles, and the third game is doubles. A team consists of three players, and each player plays twice. The competition mode adopts the way of group pre-selection, single elimination and bronze medal play-off or ranking elimination and bronze medal play-off

Key points of competition rules:

1. Serve: When serving, the server must throw the ball up almost vertically by hand, and must not make the ball rotate, and make the ball rise not less than 16 cm after leaving the palm of the hand that does not clap; From the beginning of serving to being hit, the ball should always be above the table, outside the end line of the server, and should not be blocked by any part of the body or clothes of the server or his doubles partner. Exchange serve every two balls until the score of both sides is even 10, or when using the rotation serve method, each person will only serve one point in turn.

2. Hit the ball: After the opponent serves or returns the ball, the players of our team must hit the ball so that the ball directly crosses or bypasses the net, or touches the net, and then touches the opponent's table.

3. The following situations 1 1 will lead to loss of points:

(1) Failing to deliver it according to law;

(2) Failure to fight back legally;

(3) After hitting the ball, the ball crosses the opponent's end line and does not touch the opponent's table;

(4) blockage;

(5)combo；

(6) hitting the ball with a racket face that does not conform to the rules;

(7) The athlete or anything worn by the athlete makes the table move;

(8) The player or anything worn by the player touches the net device;

(9) Don't clap your hands and touch the table;

(10) The doubles players hit the ball in the wrong order;

(1 1) When executing the spin serve method, the server was hit by the receiver or his doubles partner, including the receiver, and completed 13 legal counterattacks.

4. Each game, both sides have a timeout of no more than 1 minute; In each game, there is a short time to wipe the sweat after scoring 6 points in the deciding game or changing places; In the deciding game, when one side scores 5 points first, the two sides should exchange places.

Watch etiquette:

1. During the period from the time when the athletes are ready to serve to the time when the ball becomes a dead ball, the whole stadium should be quiet, and no clapping, stamping the floor, shouting, cheering, walking around at will, displaying flags and slogans, etc.

2. Don't take photos with flash. Flash has a great influence on the table tennis match, because the collision between the table tennis bat and the ball is completed in an instant, and the flash will flash across the athletes' eyes, making them unable to judge the quality of the incoming ball, thus affecting the quality and hit rate of the return ball.

3. Be subtle when refueling. Don't bring gongs, drums and horns into the gymnasium, because loud voices and excessive language will affect athletes' mood and attention.

4. Smoking is prohibited in the venue; The phone is turned off or set to vibrate or mute.