Portugal at The 2008 Summer Olympics - Table Tennis

Table Tennis

For the first time in Olympic history, Portugal had qualified in table tennis. A maximum of three players participated in the men's singles: João Monteiro, qualified via Continental Qualification Tournament, Marcos Freitas and Tiago Apolónia, qualified due to allocation of unused team quota places.

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
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Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
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Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Tiago Apolónia Men's singles Lin J (DOM)
L 1–4		 Did not advance
Marcos Freitas Lashin (EGY)
W 4–1		 Yang Z (SIN)
L 2–4		 Did not advance
João Monteiro Toriola (NGR)
L 3–4		 Did not advance

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