With three bronze medals, Korea serves up worst table tennis results in almost 70 years

Korea's table tennis team left the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 with just three bronze medals, its first campaign without at least one silver since 1958.

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탁구 여자 단체전 동메달 (도요타[일본]=연합뉴스) 서대연 기자 = 23일 일본 아이치현 스카이홀에서 열린 2026 아이치·나고야 아시안게임 탁구 여자단체 준결승 대한민국과 일본의 경기. 일본에 0-3으로 패하며 동메달을 따낸 대한민국 대표팀 석은미 감독과 선수들이 서로 격려하고 있다. 2026.9.23 dwise@yna.co.kr/2026-09-23 21:10:19/
Korean table tennis players encourage one another after losing to Japan in the women’s team semifinal at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Sky Hall stadium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Sept. 23.

Korea ended its least productive Asian Games table tennis campaign Saturday with all singles and doubles players failing to get into medal contention in Japan.

Korea is leaving the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 with three bronze medals — from the men's and the women's team events, and the mixed doubles.

Since table tennis was added to the Asian Games in 1958, this was the first time Korea did not win at least a silver medal.

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In the women's singles Saturday, Shin Yu-bin and Joo Cheon-hui both lost in the quarterfinals.

In the doubles, Shin and Joo blew a 2-1 lead and lost 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 11-4, 12-10) to Suthasini Sawettabut and Orawan Paranang of Thailand in the quarterfinals.

In the men's doubles, Oh Jun-sung and Lim Jong-hoon were eliminated in the quarterfinals, too.

Jang Woo-jin was eliminated in the round of 16 in the men's singles, following a 4-0 loss to Feng Yi-hsin of Chinese Taipei 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8).


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