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Events of the Summer Olympic Games

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Tennis, Table Tennis


Olympic tennis events include four sets of medals that are awarded in the men's and women's individual and doubles events. Each individual event features 64 competitors, and each doubles event features 32 teams.

Table tennis made its medaling Olympic debut at the 1988 Seoul Games. Table tennis includes women's and men's singles and team events. The doubles event was replaced with the men's and women's team events for the Beijing Games.

Tennis medal events: August 4 and 5

Table tennis medal events: August 1 and 2, August 7 and 8

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