On August 18, 2016 (July 16, 2016, the China men's table tennis team won the gold medal at the Rio Olympics. China men's table tennis team won gold medal in the Rio Olympics On the early morning of August 18, 2016, Beijing time, the table tennis event of the Rio Olympics produced the last gold medal. China team defeated the Japanese men's table tennis 3-1 and successfully defended the men's team championship. The China table tennis team also created a miracle that swept four gold medals in three consecutive Olympic Games. Among them, Ma Long got off to a good start 3-0; Xu Xin, who played in the second set, lost to Mizutani Hayashi 2-3; in the doubles match, Zhang Jike and Xu Xin won 3-1; Ma Long finished three straight games in the fourth game, locking in the 18th gold medal for the China delegation in this Rio Olympics. In the previously concluded third-place competition, the German team defeated South Korea 3-1 to win the bronze medal in this event. In the men's team competition of this Olympic Games, China defeated Nigeria, the United Kingdom and South Korea 3-0 in the first three rounds, and advanced to the finals. However, the promotion process of the China team was not as easy as the score. In the semi-finals with the British team, the China team lost 1 game in each of its three games; Zhang Jike even fought hard with his opponent in the semi-finals with South Korea for 5 sets of singles. The opponent Japan team first defeated host Brazil 3-0 in the first round, and eliminated Sweden 3-1 with a slight difficulty in the second round. In the semi-finals, facing the veteran powerhouse Germany, the Japanese team only lost one doubles game, and all three singles games won 3-0 and finally advanced to the finals. In this final, China team sent Ma Long, a new Grand Slam player, to take the lead, Xu Xin as the second singles, and another Grand Slam winner Zhang Jike as the third singles. The Japanese team sent Takaki Niwa to serve as the first singles, the men's singles bronze medalist at this Olympic Games, Hayashi Mizutani, ranked second, and Maharu Yoshimura to serve as the third singles. In terms of doubles, the China team consisted of Zhang Jike and Xu Xin working together, while the Japanese team sent a combination of Maharu Yoshimura and Taki Niwa. The first match was Ma Long against Niwa Takashi. After testing in the opening stage, Ma Long expanded the score from 5-4, and finally won the first game 11-6 with an in-station pick. In the second game, Ma Long's continuous strong pulls failed in the opening stage, giving Niwa Takuki the opportunity to continue scoring, and the score once reached 4-9. Under adversity, Ma Long showed the level of a full slam. After that, he used his serve to suppress his opponent's backhand position, and pulling the ball sideways became more threatening. Although Takaki Niwa asked for a timeout, he still could not stop Ma Long's counterattack. The momentum, Ma Long, who scored 7 points in a row, won another game 11-9. In the third game, Ma Long did not give his opponent any more opportunities. He led 7-2 from the beginning, while Niwa Takashi could only rely on the balloon to chase points such as scraping the edge and scraping the net. As a result, Ma Long won the third game 11-6. After defeating Niwa Takashi with a total score of 3-0, he scored the first point for the China team. In the second match, Xu Xin played against Hayashi Mizutani, the bronze medalist in the men's singles at this Olympics. This was also the most intense confrontation in this final. The first game of the two sides was extremely entangled. After 8 draw, Hayashi Mizutani scored two points first to get the game point. Although Xu Xin equalized the score with picking shots after that, Mizutani Hayashi still seized two serve games and forcefully pulled it off the first game with 12-10. The second game was equally anxious. Hayashi Mizutani first took a 5-1 lead at the beginning, but the tenacious Xu Xin chased it to a 5-draw. After that, the score rose alternately. After 9-9, Xu Xin's poor pulling of the ball gave Mizutani Hayashi the chance to score two points in a row, and the latter won the second game 11-9. In the third game, Xu Xin finally broke out. He led 6-0 at the beginning. After continuous strong pulling suppression and several stalemate, Xu Xin pulled back the game 11-3 without bloodshed. In the fourth game, Xu Xin scored consecutive points after drawing 4. Among them, Mizutani Falcon fell sideways to the ground and grabbed a straight line after receiving the serve. Xu Xin's forehand pulled a diagonal goal that scored from a wide angle, which also demonstrated the essence of table tennis. The essence of the ball is vividly displayed. In the end, Xu Xin also pulled the total score to 2-2 with 11-7. In the decider, Xu Xin first led 6-2 with a tough pull, and then Xu Xin maintained a 2-3 lead. However, when Xu Xin got 3 match points 10-7, the situation on the court suddenly changed. Xu Xin's low-quality serve reception and poor pulling of the ball allowed Mizutani Hayashi, who scored 5 points in a row, to win the decider 12-10. In this way, the Japanese team made the total score 1-1. In the following doubles match, China team was paired by Zhang Jike and Xu Xin, while the Japanese team sent a combination of Masharu Yoshimura and Takaki Niwa. In the first game, Xu Xin did not seem to recover from the singles defeat, while the other side used continuous strong pulls to expand the score. Therefore, the China team finished poorly 4-11 in the first game. In the second game, China team regained its strength. After leading 9-3 at the beginning, they finally equalized the score 11-6. After the first two games were one-sided, the two sides fell into a deadlock in the third game. After 9-9, China team first laughed to the end in consecutive forehand pulls, and Zhang Jike used a desperate sideways backpull to force the opponent to return the ball out of bounds. The China team achieved a counter-lead with 11-9. In the fourth game, the China team took the lead in getting into shape. After drawing at 4, they scored 7 points in a row. They won 3-1 and exceeded the score again. In the fourth game, Ma Long once again appeared in the singles, while the other party sent Masharu Yoshimura. In the first game, Malone, who was in good condition, fully suppressed young player Masaharu Yoshimura. The other team finally made a serve error and allowed Malone to take easily 11-1. In the second game, Ma Long still took the initiative, and he completely controlled the situation with 11-4. In the third game, Ma Long did not give his opponent any chance to struggle. 11-4, he won in straight games, sealing the victory for China men's table tennis. In the men's team's third-and-fourth-place finals held early this morning in Beijing time, the German men's team defeated South Korea 3-1 to win the bronze medal. Although Steger lost 2-3 to Zheng Rongzhi in the first singles match and lost one point first, Ocharov, who later played, narrowly defeated Zhu Shihe 3-2 in five hard games, tying the score to 1. The following doubles match was also a fierce battle. Poll and Steger fought fiercely with Li Shangzhu and Zheng Rongzhi for 63 minutes. Poll finally won 3-2 on his side. Boll, on the other hand, was superior in the veteran duel with Zhu Shihe. After winning in three straight games, he also secured the bronze medal for the German team. China Men's Table Tennis Team won the 18th gold medal at the Rio Olympics. China Men's Table Tennis Men's Team China Men's Table Tennis Team was established in Beijing in October 1952. In 1961, he won the men's team championship for the first time in the World Table Tennis Championships, the men's table tennis team championship in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the men's table tennis team championship in the 2012 London Olympics, and the men's team championship in the 2016 Olympics defeated Japan to achieve three consecutive championships in the men's team.