Table Tennis debuted as a medal sport in the Olympics at the 1988 Games in Seoul. Four events were competed:
1) Men's Singles - gold medal won by Yu Nam-Gyu of South Korea.
2) Women's Singles - gold medal won by Chen Jing of China.
3) Men's Doubles - gold medal won by Chen Longcan and Wei Qingguang of China.
4) Women's Doubles - gold medal won by Hyeon Jeong-Hwa and Yang Yeong-Ja of South Korea.
Tennis became an Olympic event the year of 1896
Yes, it was played in the 2012 olympics.
Tennis was an event at the first Modern Olympics in 1896. It was contested every Olympics until 1924. It was then dropped from the Games and did not return as a medal event until 1988.
Yes it is a Olympic event :)
Table tennis became an Olympic event at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul.
Tennis was an event at the first modern Olympics in 1896 and was competed at every Olympics until 1924. Tennis was dropped after the 1924 Games and did not make its return until 1984 as a demonstration sport and 1988 as a medal sport.
yes
Women first started swimming in the Olympics in 1912.
No other event occurs after the Olympics. What about the Winter Olympics for snow type events and then the para Olympics.
In July of 1992, it was deciedd that women's hockey should take place in the olympics. The first games of women's olympic hockey started in the 1998 winter olympics.
Tennis and triathlon are summer Olympic events. Track cycling is an Olympic event.
OR stands for Olympic Record, this is the best performance in the event that has occured in the Olympics