Table Tennis World Ranking In 1982

1981 YEAR 1983

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The rising Swedish star Mikael Appelgren led the World Rankings in 1982 after dominating the European Table Tennis Championships and Europe Top 12 tournaments, as well as winning the silver medal at the World Cup. By far – the most consistent player of the year. The Chinese international Cai Zhenhua finished the year at the #2 spot, while the leader of previous year – Guo Yuehua finished third.

TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING

#	Player/Competition	EC	AC	WCU	E12
1	Mikael Appelgren		x			x	x	x	x	x	x
2	Cai Zhenhua	x		x	x	x	x	x	x		x
3	Guo Yuehua	x			x	x	x	x	x	x	x
4	Xie Saike	x			x	x	x	x	x	x	x
5	Jan-Ove Waldner		x	x	x	x	x	x	x		x
6	Kiyoshi Saito	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
7	Gabor Gergely		x	11th	11th	x	x	x	x	x	x
8	Tibor Klampar		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
9	Milan Orlowski	R64	x	12th		x			x	x	x
10	Desmond Douglas	R32	x	13th		x	x	x	x	x	x
11	Jiang Jialiang	x	x	x	x		x	x			x
12	Istvan Jonyer	1/4	x	4th	x	x	x		x	x	x
13	Jacques Secretin	1/4	x	10th	5th		x	x	x	x	x
14	Stellan Bengtsson	1/4	x	x	4th	x	x	x		x	x
15	Engelbert Hüging	1/4	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
16	Zoran Kalinic	R16	x	x	7th	x	x		x	x	x
17	Josef Dvoraček	R16	x	x	9th	x		x	x	x	x
18	Andrzej Grubba	R16	x	14th	6th	x	x	x	x	x	x
19	Leszek Kucharski	R16	x	x	10th	x	x	x	x	x	x
20	Park Lee-hee	x	x	5th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
21	Erik Lindh	R16	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x
22	Dragutin Šurbek	R16	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
23	Milivoj Karakaševič	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
24	Ulf Carlsson	R16	x	x	12th	x	x	x	x	x	x
25	Chiu Man-kuen	x	x	6th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
26	Wang Huiyuan	x	x	x	x	x	x	x			x
27	Teng Yi	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	x
28	Eric Boggan	x	x	7th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
29	Seiji Ono	x	x	8th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
30	Jindrich Pansky	R32	x	x	8th	x	x	x	x	x	x