1995 
YEAR 
1997
The Chinese international Liu Guoliang became the World Ranking leader after his Olympic Games and World Cup titles. His teammate, Wang Tao reached the Olympics final and finished second in the 1996 ranking. The German star Jörg Roßkopf earned the bronze medal in Atlanta and was placed third in the World Ranking.
TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING
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Player
Liu Guoliang
Wang Tao
Jörg Roßkopf
Petr Korbel
V.Samsonov
Kim Taek-soo
Jean-M. Saive
Johnny Huang
Kong Linghui
Jan-Ove Waldner
Jörgen Persson
Jean-P. Gatien
Ma Lin
Peter Karlsson
Patrick Chila
K.Kreanga
Koji Matsushita
Zoran Primorac
Yoo Nam-kyu
Hugo Hoyama
Dmitry Mazunov
Damien Eloi
Yang Min
Steffen Fetzner
Erik Lindh
Martin Monrad
Karoly Nemeth
Andrzej Grubba
Maxim Shmyrev
Oh Sang-eun
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OG
4th
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
R32
R16
GS
GS
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GS
R16
GS
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
x
x
x
x
R16
GS
GS
x
x
EC
x
x
1/4
R32
x
x
1/4
x
x
x
1/4
1/4
x
R64
x
x
R32
R16
R16
R16
R16
x
R16
R16
R32
x
AC
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x
x
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x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
WC
x
1/4
x
1/4
4th
x
GS
GS
GS
x
x
1/4
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
E12
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x
x
x
GS
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x
x
GS
GS
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GS
x
x
x
GS
x
GS
x
x
x
x
x
PRO TOUR
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x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Description
N – Nationality OG – Olympic Games EC – European Championships AC – Asian Championships WC – World Cup E12 – Europe Top 12 & other flags – Pro Tour events
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