Major achievements in table tennis by nation

This is a list of achievements in major international table tennis events according to gold, silver and bronze medal results obtained by athletes representing different nations. The objective is not to create a combined medal table; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by athletes in major global events, ranking the countries according to the most number of podiums accomplished by athletes of these nations. In order to be considered for the making of the list, competitions must be ranked among the highest possible rank (R1) by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF);^[1] these competitions are: 1) Summer Olympic Games, 2) Youth Olympic Games, 3) World Table Tennis Championships, 4) World Junior Table Tennis Championships, and 5) Table Tennis World Cup.^[2] Masters, as well as Para meets, such as the Para World Championships and the Paralympic Games, were not taken into consideration, as per ITTF guidelines.

Results

The conventions used on this table follow the ITTF guidelines, namely: MS for men's singles, WS for women's singles, MD for men's doubles, WD for women's doubles, XD for mixed doubles, MT for men's team and WT for women's team. The Mixed Team event at the Youth Olympic Games is referred to as XT.

Notes

• A red background      indicates that the result was achieved in doubles or mixed team events where each athlete represented a different country. These results are considered valid for both countries and accounted for in the final ranking.
• The table is pre-sorted by total number of medal results. In case of a tie, countries are then compared according to most number of gold medal results, silver medal results and bronze medal results, respectively. Persisting a tie, equal ranks are given, with countries being listed in alphabetical order.

Best international results by nation (1926 – October 2018)

		World Championships							Olympic Games						World Cup						Youth Olympics			World Junior Championships
Rk.	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MT	WT	MS	WS	XT	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT
1	China
2	South Korea
3	Japan
4	Germany
5	Hong Kong
6	Chinese Taipei
7	France
8	Romania
9	Hungary
10	North Korea
11	United States
12	England
13	Yugoslavia
14	Austria
15	Czechoslovakia
		World Championships							Olympic Games						World Cup						Youth Olympics			World Junior Championships
Rk.	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MT	WT	MS	WS	XT	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT
16	Sweden
17	Poland
18	Singapore
19	Croatia
20	Soviet Union
21	Russia
22	Belgium
23	Belarus
23	West Germany
25	Korea
26	Egypt
27	Greece
27	Spain
27	Wales
30	India
		World Championships							Olympic Games						World Cup						Youth Olympics			World Junior Championships
Rk.	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MT	WT	MS	WS	XT	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT
31	Scotland
32	East Germany
32	Portugal
34	Canada
34	Denmark
34	Italy
34	Netherlands
34	Serbia
39	Luxembourg
40	Brazil
40	Czech Republic
40	New Zealand
40	Slovenia
40	Tunisia1
40	Vietnam

¹ The medal was officially awarded under the Olympic flag at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics to a Mixed-NOCs team consisting of one athlete from China and one athlete from Tunisia.

Further reading

• Table tennis at the Summer Olympics
• World Table Tennis Championships
  • List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
• Table Tennis World Cup
• Table tennis at the Youth Olympic Games
• World Junior Table Tennis Championships
  • List of World Junior Table Tennis Championships medalists

See also

Major tournaments for disabled athletes

• Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics
• World Para Table Tennis Championships

Other major world tournaments

• List of ITTF World Tour Grand Finals medalists
• Table tennis at the Summer Universiade

Continental tournaments

• Asian Table Tennis Championships
• Table tennis at the Asian Games
• European Table Tennis Championships
• Table tennis at the 2015 European Games
• Table tennis at the Pan American Games

References