The Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Olympic Games announced the schedule of table tennis competition in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. For the first time, mixed doubles were added to the table tennis competition in this Olympic Games. The total number of gold medals increased from four to five. The competition will be played in singles and then in groups. The table tennis competition will start on July 25, 2020, which is two years later.
It is reported that this is also the first time in the history of the Olympic Games that table tennis has changed from four gold medals to hardware, from July 25 to August 7, July 25 to 31 as a single event, August 2 to 7 as a group, and August 1 as a day off.