2011 World Table Tennis Championships
Medal summary
Medal summary
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### Medal table

### Events

|Men's singles   

 [Zhang Jike](/wiki/Zhang_Jike "Zhang Jike")

 [Wang Hao](/wiki/Wang_Hao_%28table_tennis%2C_born_1983%29 "Wang Hao (table tennis, born 1983)")

  [Timo Boll](/wiki/Timo_Boll "Timo Boll") |
| --- |
|  [Ma Long](/wiki/Ma_Long "Ma Long") |
|Women's singles   

 [Ding Ning](/wiki/Ding_Ning "Ding Ning")

 [Li Xiaoxia](/wiki/Li_Xiaoxia "Li Xiaoxia")

  [Liu Shiwen](/wiki/Liu_Shiwen "Liu Shiwen") |
|  [Guo Yue](/wiki/Guo_Yue_%28table_tennis%29 "Guo Yue (table tennis)") |
|Men's doubles   

 [Ma Long](/wiki/Ma_Long "Ma Long")  
 [Xu Xin](/wiki/Xu_Xin_%28table_tennis%29 "Xu Xin (table tennis)")

 [Chen Qi](/wiki/Chen_Qi_%28table_tennis%29 "Chen Qi (table tennis)")  
 [Ma Lin](/wiki/Ma_Lin_%28table_tennis%29 "Ma Lin (table tennis)")

  [Jung Young\-sik](/wiki/Jung_Young-sik "Jung Young-sik") [Kim Min\-seok](/wiki/Kim_Min-seok_%28table_tennis%29 "Kim Min-seok (table tennis)") |
|  [Wang Hao](/wiki/Wang_Hao_%28table_tennis%2C_born_1983%29 "Wang Hao (table tennis, born 1983)") [Zhang Jike](/wiki/Zhang_Jike "Zhang Jike") |
|Women's doubles   

 [Guo Yue](/wiki/Guo_Yue_%28table_tennis%29 "Guo Yue (table tennis)")  
 [Li Xiaoxia](/wiki/Li_Xiaoxia "Li Xiaoxia")

 [Ding Ning](/wiki/Ding_Ning "Ding Ning")  
 [Guo Yan](/wiki/Guo_Yan "Guo Yan")

  [Kim Kyung\-ah](/wiki/Kim_Kyung-ah "Kim Kyung-ah") [Park Mi\-young](/wiki/Park_Mi-young "Park Mi-young") |
|  [Jiang Huajun](/wiki/Jiang_Huajun "Jiang Huajun") [Tie Ya Na](/wiki/Tie_Ya_Na "Tie Ya Na") |
|Mixed doubles   

 [Zhang Chao](/wiki/Zhang_Chao_%28table_tennis%29 "Zhang Chao (table tennis)")  
 [Cao Zhen](/wiki/Cao_Zhen_%28table_tennis%29 "Cao Zhen (table tennis)")

 [Hao Shuai](/wiki/Hao_Shuai "Hao Shuai")  
 [Mu Zi](/wiki/Mu_Zi "Mu Zi")

  [Cheung Yuk](/wiki/Cheung_Yuk "Cheung Yuk") [Jiang Huajun](/wiki/Jiang_Huajun "Jiang Huajun") |
|  [Seiya Kishikawa](/wiki/Seiya_Kishikawa "Seiya Kishikawa") [Ai Fukuhara](/wiki/Ai_Fukuhara "Ai Fukuhara") |


What is the significance of these results in the broader context of table tennis?