YEAR 
The Korean international Yoo Nam-kyu had a brilliant year, winning the inaugural singles event at the Olympic Games, as well as winning the silver medal at the Asian Championships. The highest-ranking European player was the Swede Erik Lindh, who won the bronze at the Olympics and finished the year at the #3 position.
TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING
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Player
Yoo Nam-kyu
Kim Ki-taek
Erik Lindh
Tibor Klampar
Chen Longcan
Jiang Jialiang
Jan-Ove Waldner
Jörgen Persson
Andrzej Grubba
Mikael Appelgren
Wei Qingguang
Andrei Mazunov
Xu Zengcai
Jörg Roßkopf
Leszek Kucharski
Zoran Primorac
Seiji Ono
Ding Yi
Ilija Lupulesku
Desmond Douglas
Liu Fuk-man
Jean-P. Gatien
Ulf Bengtsson
Ulf Carlsson
Paul Haldan
Boris Rosenberg
Kim Wan
Mariano Lukov
Jean-Michel Saive
Kiyoshi Saito
N
OG
4th
6th
5th
8th
7th
R16
x
x
GS
R16
GS
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
GS
GS
x
x
x
x
GS
GS
GS
GS
EC
x
x
R32
R64
x
x
R16
R32
x
x
R32
R16
x
R16
R32
R32
x
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
R16
x
R16
R16
x
AC
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
WC
7th
12th
x
x
6th
5th
x
x
x
4th
x
7th
x
x
x
x
x
8th
x
16th
x
x
x
10th
x
x
11th
E12
x
x
x
x
x
x
8th
x
7th
x
6th
4th
x
x
x
5th
x
x
9th
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
PRO T
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Description
N – Nationality OG – Olympic Games EC – European Championships AC – Asian Championships WCU – World Cup E12 – Europe Top 12 & other flags – Pro Tour events
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