Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 6

Table tennis Men's C6 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates	August 30-September 2
Competitors	16 from 14 nations
Medalists
Rungroj Thainiyom   Thailand   Álvaro Valera   Spain   Peter Rosenmeier   Denmark

Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Singles
Men			Women
	C1			C1–2
	C2			C3
	C3			C4
	C4			C5
	C5			C6
	C6			C7
	C7			C8
	C8			C9
	C9			C10
	C10			C11
	C11
Teams
Men			Women
	C1–2			C1–3
	C3			C4–5
	C4–5			C6–10
	C6–8
	C9–10

The Men's individual table tennis - Class 6 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics^[1] in London took place from 30 August to 2 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 6–10 are for athletes with a physical impairment who compete from a standing position; the lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment has on an athlete’s ability to compete.

In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in four groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the quarter-finals, joined by four seeded players.

Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the quarter-finals.

1.  Alvaro Valera (ESP)
2.  Peter Rosenmeier (DEN)
3.  Rungroj Thainiyom (THA)
4.  Bastien Grundeler (FRA)

Results

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals

	Quarterfinals: 1 Sep 11:45									Semifinals: 1 Sep 18:15									Final: 2 Sep 11:00
	1	Álvaro Valera (ESP)	11	16	11
		Chen Chao (CHN)	3	14	4
										1	Álvaro Valera (ESP)	11	11	11
										4	Bastien Grundeler (FRA)	3	9	4
		Raimondo Alecci (ITA)	5	3	9
	4	Bastien Grundeler (FRA)	11	11	11
																			1	Álvaro Valera (ESP)	8	8	10
																			3	Rungroj Thainiyom (THA)	11	11	12
	3	Rungroj Thainiyom (THA)	11	11	13
		Alexander Esaulov (RUS)	6	7	11
										3	Rungroj Thainiyom (THA)	11	5	7	11	11
										2	Peter Rosenmeier (DEN)	9	11	11	9	6			Bronze Medal Match
		Choy Hing Lam (HKG)	2	3	7
	2	Peter Rosenmeier (DEN)	11	11	11														4	Bastien Grundeler (FRA)	9	8	13	5
																			2	Peter Rosenmeier (DEN)	11	11	11	11

Preliminary Round

Group A

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Raimondo Alecci (ITA)	1	1	+1	+4
Thomasz Kusiak (GER)	1	1	0	+3
David Wetherill (GBR)	1	1	-1	-7

30 August, 11:40  David Wetherill (GBR) 7 4 11 11 11  Raimondo Alecci (ITA) 11 11 8 4 9

30 August, 19:20  Raimondo Alecci (ITA) 5 11 11 11  Thomasz Kusiak (GER) 11 7 7 8

31 August, 18:00  David Wetherill (GBR) 11 5 23 7  Thomasz Kusiak (GER) 7 11 25 11

Group B

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Chen Chao (CHN)	2	0	+6	+43
Thomas Fernandez (FRA)	1	1	-2	-16
Junki Itai (JPN)	0	2	-4	-27

30 August, 11:40  Thomas Fernandez (FRA) 6 11 9 12 11  Junki Itai (JPN) 11 7 11 10 7

30 August, 19:20  Junki Itai (JPN) 2 4 3  Chen Chao (CHN) 11 11 11

31 August, 18:00  Thomas Fernandez (FRA) 3 7 4  Chen Chao (CHN) 11 11 11

Group C

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Alexander Esaulov (RUS)	2	0	+5	+31
Park Hong Kyu (KOR)	1	1	+1	+8
Carlo Michell (BRA)	0	2	-6	-39

30 August, 11:40  Alexander Esaulov (RUS) 11 11 11  Carlo Michell (BRA) 4 3 2

30 August, 20:00  Carlo Michell (BRA) 5 4 9  Park Hong Kyu (KOR) 11 11 11

31 August, 18:00  Alexander Esaulov (RUS) 9 11 12 11  Park Hong Kyu (KOR) 11 9 10 6

Group D

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Choy Hing Lam (HKG)	2	0	+5	+19
Thomas Rau (GER)	1	1	-1	-7
Vjekoslav Gregorovic (CRO)	0	2	-4	-12

30 August, 11:40  Thomas Rau (GER) 8 11 6 6  Choy Hing Lam (HKG) 11 7 11 11

30 August, 20:00  Choy Hing Lam (HKG) 12 11 11  Vjekoslav Gregorovic (CRO) 10 7 7

31 August, 18:00  Thomas Rau (GER) 10 20 11 10 14  Vjekoslav Gregorovic (CRO) 12 18 9 12 12

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