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This is a list of achievements in major international table tennis events according to gold, silver and bronze medal results obtained by athletes representing different nations. The objective is not to create a combined medal table; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by athletes in major global events, ranking the countries according to the most podiums accomplished by athletes of these nations. In order to be considered for the making of the list, competitions must be ranked among the highest possible rank (R1) by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF);^[1] these competitions are: 1) Summer Olympic Games, 2) Youth Olympic Games, 3) World Table Tennis Championships, 4) ITTF World Youth Championships, and 5) Table Tennis World Cup.^[2] Masters, as well as Para meets, such as the Para World Championships and the Paralympic Games, were not taken into consideration, as per ITTF guidelines.

Results

The conventions used on this table follow the ITTF guidelines, namely: MS for men's singles, WS for women's singles, MD for men's doubles, WD for women's doubles, XD for mixed doubles, MT for men's team and WT for women's team. The Mixed Team event at the Youth Olympic Games is referred to as XT.

Notes

A red background indicates that the result was achieved in doubles or mixed team events where each athlete represented a different country. These results are considered valid for both countries and accounted for in the final ranking.
The table is pre-sorted by total number of medal results. In case of a tie, countries are then compared according to most gold medal results, silver medal results and bronze medal results, respectively. Persisting a tie, equal ranks are given, with countries being listed in alphabetical order.

**Best international results by nation (1926 – June 2022)**
		World Championships							Olympic Games							World Cup						Youth Olympics			World Youth Championships (U19)
Rk.	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT	MS	WS	MD	WD	MT	WT	MS	WS	XT	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT
1	China
2	South Korea
3	Japan
4	Hong Kong
5	Germany
6	Chinese Taipei
7	France
8	Romania
9	North Korea
10	Hungary
11	United States
12	England
13	Yugoslavia
14	Austria
15	Poland
16	Czechoslovakia
17	Sweden
18	Singapore
19	Russia
20	Croatia
21	Soviet Union
22	Belgium
23	Belarus
23	West Germany
25	Korea
26	Spain
27	Egypt
28	Greece
28	Portugal
28	Wales
31	India
32	Scotland
33	East Germany
33	Luxembourg
35	Brazil
35	Canada
35	Denmark
35	Italy
35	Netherlands
35	Serbia
41	Czech Republic
41	New Zealand
41	Slovenia
41	Tunisia¹
41	Vietnam

¹ The medal was officially awarded under the Olympic flag at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics to a Mixed-NOCs team consisting of one athlete from China and one athlete from Tunisia.