Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 1
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The Men's Individual Class 1 table tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held between 7 September and 11 September at the Peking University Gymnasium.[1]
| Men's Individual Class 1 at the XIII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Peking University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 7 – 11 September 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 5 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Classes 1-5 were for athletes with a physical impairment that affected their legs, who competed in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment had on an athlete's ability to compete.
The event was won by Andreas Vevera, representing 
Austria.
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Results
Preliminary round
| Qualified for the knock-out stages |
Group A
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | KOR | AUT | CUB | GER | |
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| 1 |  Cho Jae Kwan (KOR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:4 | x | 3:2 | 3:2 | 3:0 | |
| 2 | Andreas Vevera (AUT) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8:3 | 2:3 | x | 3:0 | 3:0 | |
| 3 |  Yunier Fernandez (CUB) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5:6 | 2:3 | 0:3 | x | 3:0 | |
| 4 |  Walter Kilger (GER) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0:9 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 0:3 | x |
7 September, 16:00
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8 September, 11:20
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8 September, 18:40
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Group B
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | KOR | FRA | GER | CUB | |
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| 1 | Lee Hae Kon (KOR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:4 | x | 3:2 | 3:2 | 3:0 | |
| 2 |  Jean-François Ducay (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8:5 | 2:3 | x | 3:2 | 3:0 | |
| 3 | Holger Nikelis (GER) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7:6 | 2:3 | 2:3 | x | 3:0 | |
| 4 | Isvel Trujillo (CUB) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0:9 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 0:3 | x |
7 September, 16:00
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8 September, 11:20
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8 September, 18:40
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Competition bracket
| Semifinals: 10 Sep 11:30 | Gold medal match: 11 Sep 12:15 | ||||||||||||||
| Cho Jae-kwan (KOR)
| 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Jean-François Ducay (FRA)
| 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Cho Jae-kwan (KOR)
| 7 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Andreas Vevera (AUT)
| 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Andreas Vevera (AUT)
| 11 | 13 | 9 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Lee Hae-kon (KOR)
| 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | Bronze medal match: 11 Sep 12:15 | ||||||||||
| Jean-François Ducay (FRA)
| 6 | 11 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Lee Hae-kon (KOR)
| 11 | 8 | 12 | 16 | |||||||||||