Table Tennis World Ranking In 1988

1987 YEAR 1989

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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

#	Player/Competition	OG	EC	AC	WCU	E12
1	Yoo Nam-kyu		x		7th	x	x	x	x	x	x
2	Kim Ki-taek		x	x	12th	x	x	x	x	x	x
3	Erik Lindh		R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
4	Tibor Klampar	4th	R64	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
5	Chen Longcan	6th	x			x		x	x	x	x
6	Jiang Jialiang	5th	x			x	x	x	x	x	x
7	Jan-Ove Waldner	8th		x	6th			x		x	x
8	Jörgen Persson	7th	R16	x	5th			x	x	x	x
9	Andrzej Grubba	R16	R32	x			x			x	x
10	Mikael Appelgren	x		x	x	8th	x		x	x	x
11	Wei Qingguang	x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x
12	Andrei Mazunov	GS		x	x	7th	x	x	x	x	x
13	Xu Zengcai	R16	x	x	4th	x	x	x	x
14	Jörg Roßkopf	GS		x	x	6th	x	x	x	x	x
15	Leszek Kucharski	R16	R32	x	7th	4th	x	x	x	x	x
16	Zoran Primorac	R16	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
17	Seiji Ono	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
18	Ding Yi	R16	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
19	Ilija Lupulesku	R16	R32	x	x	5th	x	x	x	x	x
20	Desmond Douglas	R16	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
21	Liu Fuk-man	GS	x	x	8th	x	x	x	x	x	x
22	Jean-Philippe Gatien	GS	1/4	x	x	9th	x	x	x	x	x
23	Ulf Bengtsson	x	1/4	x	16th	x	x	x	x	x	x
24	Ulf Carlsson	x	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
25	Paul Haldan	x	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
26	Boris Rosenberg	x	R16	x	x	x	x		x	x	x
27	Kim Wan	GS	x	x	10th	x	x	x	x	x	x
28	Mariano Lukov	GS	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
29	Jean-Michel Saive	GS	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
30	Kiyoshi Saito	GS	x	x	11th	x	x	x	x	x	x