Yoo Nam Kyu was the first winner in 1988, then we had Jan-Ove Waldner winning gold in Barcelona in 1992, Liu Guoliang in Atlanta in 1996, Kong Linghui in Sydney in 2000, Ryu Seung Minin Athens in 2004, Ma Lin in Beijing in 2008, Zhang Jike at London 2012and Ma Long in Rio 2016and again at Tokyo 2020.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany) have won six medals in the men's competitions, while Ma Lin and Zhang Jike (China) are the male with three gold medals. Wang Nan (China) is the best-performing athlete in the women's competitions, having won four golds—a figure shared with fellow Chinese players Deng Yaping and Zhang Yining —and one silver medal.

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