Great Britain at The 2008 Summer Paralympics - Table Tennis

Table Tennis

Eleven table tennis players were selected for the GB Paralympic squad. Included in the squad was 50-year old Dzaier Neil who had previously taken part in the 1984 Los Angeles Games before taking a ten-year break from the sport. In the individual events only Neil Robertson progressed as far as the round of 16 whilst the four teams entered won a total of just two matches between them. The squad therefore failed to win any of the four medals that were targeted by UK Sport.

Men
Athlete Event Group matches Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Bronze final
Rank Rank
Will Bayley Singles C7 Wollmert (GER)
L 0–3

Shur (ISR)
W 3–1
Popov (UKR)
L 2–3

 3 N/A Did not advance
Arnie Chan Singles C3 Pinas (ESP)
L 2–3

Kylevik (SWE)
L 0–3

 3 Did not advance
Paul Karabardak Singles C7 Morales (ESP)
L 3–2

Ye (CHN)
L 0–3
Lambert (CZE)
W 3–1

 3 N/A Did not advance
James Rawson Singles C3 Unger (AUT)
L 0–3

Silva (BRA)
W 3–1

 3 Did not advance
Scott Robertson Singles C4/5 Scott (USA)
W 3–0

Kobar (GER)
L 0–3

 2 Did not advance
Neil Robinson Singles C3 Abuajela (LBA)
W WO

Guilhem (FRA)
W 3–1

 1 Silva (BRA)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
David Wetherill Singles C6 Schmidt (GER)
W 3–1

Kowalski (POL)
L 2–3
Michell (BRA)
W 3–0

 1 N/A Did not advance
Arnie Chan
James Rawson
Neil Robinson		 Team C3 N/A Libya (LBA)
W 3–0		 France (FRA)
L 0–3		 China (CHN)
L 1–3		 4
Will Bayley
Paul Karabardak
David Wetherill		 Team C6-8 N/A China (CHN)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group matches Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Bronze final
Rank Rank
Sue Gilroy Singles C4 Matic (SLO)
W 3–1

Zhou (CHN)
L 1–3
Almeida (RSA)
W 3–0

 2 N/A Did not advance
Cathy Mitton Singles C1/2 Sireua-Gossiaux (FRA)
W 3–1

Lui (CHN)
L 1–3

 2 N/A Did not advance
Dzaier Neil Singles C1/2 Podda (ITA)
L 2–3

Clot (FRA)
L 0–3

 3 N/A Did not advance
Claire Robertson Singles C4 Zorzetto (ITA)
L 1–3

Moon (KOR)
L 0–3
Obiora (NGR)
L 1–3

 4 N/A Did not advance
Cathy Mitton
Dzaier Neil		 Team C1-3 N/A Iran (IRI)
W 3–2		 Italy (ITA)
L 0–3		 France (FRA)
L 0–3		 4
Sue Gilroy
Claire Robertson		 Team C4/5 N/A Serbia (SRB)
L 0–3		 Did not advance

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