Table tennis at the Friendship Games
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Table tennis
at the Friendship Games
took place in Pyongyang
, North Korea
between 7 and 20 July 1984. 7 events (3 men's, 3 women's, and mixed play) were contested.
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
at the Friendship Games
Friendship Games
The Friendship Games or Friendship-84 was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states which boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....
took place in Pyongyang
Pyongyang
Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was...
, North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
between 7 and 20 July 1984. 7 events (3 men's, 3 women's, and mixed play) were contested.
Men's events
Men's singles | |
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Men's doubles | |
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Men's team | North Korea | Soviet Union | People's Republic of China |
Women's events
Women's singles | |||
Women's doubles | |
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Women's team | People's Republic of China | North Korea | Czechoslovakia |
Mixed
Mixed doubles |
Medal table
1 | North Korea | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
2 | People's Republic of China | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
3 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
4 | Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Total | 7 | 7 | 11 | 25 |