Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 2
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The Men's Individual Class 2 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 2 at the XIII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Peking University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 7 – 11 September 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 11 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 was on an athlete’s ability to compete.
The event was won by Vincent Boury, representing 
France.
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Results
Preliminary round
| Qualified for the knock-out stages |
Group A
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | FRA | RUS | KOR | LBA | |
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| 1 | Stephane Molliens (FRA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:1 | x | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:0 | |
| 2 |  Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6:5 | 0:3 | x | 3:2 | 3:0 | |
| 3 |  Kim Kong Yong (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6:6 | 1:3 | 2:3 | x | 3:0 | |
| 4 |  Ali Mabrouk Ahmed (LBA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0:9 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 0:3 | x |
7 September, 16:40
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8 September, 12:00
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8 September, 19:20
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Group B
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | KOR | SVK | FRA | CHN | |
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| 1 | Kim Kyung Mook (KOR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:2 | x | 3:0 | 3:2 | 3:0 | |
| 2 |  Jan Riapos (SVK) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6:3 | 0:3 | x | 3:0 | 3:0 | |
| 3 | Damien Mennella (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5:7 | 2:3 | 0:3 | x | 3:1 | |
| 4 |  Gao Yanming (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1:9 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 1:3 | x |
7 September, 16:40
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8 September, 12:00
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8 September, 19:20
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Group C
7 September, 16:40
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8 September, 12:00
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8 September, 19:20
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Group D
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | L | Points | DEN | SVK | GER | BRA | |
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| 1 |  Lars Hansen (DEN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:1 | x | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 | |
| 2 | Rastislav Revucky (SVK) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7:5 | 1:3 | x | 3:2 | 3:0 | |
| 3 |  Otto Vilsmaier (GER) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5:6 | 0:3 | 2:3 | x | 3:0 | |
| 4 |  Hemerson Kovalski (BRA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0:9 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 0:3 | x |
7 September, 16:40
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8 September, 12:00
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8 September, 19:20
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Competition bracket
| Semifinals: 10 Sep 11:30 | Gold medal match: 11 Sep 17:30 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephane Molliens (FRA)
| 12 | 11 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Lars Hansen (DEN)
| 10 | 7 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Stephane Molliens (FRA)
| 7 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Vincent Boury (FRA)
| 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Vincent Boury (FRA)
| 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Kim Kyung-mook (KOR)
| 7 | 8 | 11 | 1 | Bronze medal match: 11 Sep 17:30 | ||||||||||
| Lars Hansen (DEN)
| 11 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Kim Kyung-mook (KOR)
| 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||