World ranking

World ranking table-tennis men May 1999

1 Kong Linghui China World champion 1995 2 Liu Guoliang China Olympic champion 1996 3 Vladimir Samsonov Byelorussia European champion 1998 4 Wang Li-quin China 5 Kim Taek-Soo Korea 6 Jan-Ove Waldner Sweden World champion 1989 + 1997 Olympic champion 1992 European champion 1996 7 Zoran Primorac Croatia 8 Ma Lin China 9 Jörgen Persson Sweden World champion 1991 10 Jean-Philippe Gatien France World champion 1993 11 Kalinikos Kreanga Greece 12 Yan Sen China 13 Jean-Michel Saive Belgium European champion 1994 14 Christophe Legout France 15 Werner Schlager Austria 16 Jörg Roßkopf Germany European champion 1992 17 Patrick Chila France 18 Ma Wenge China 19 Damien Eloi France 20 Wang Tao China 21 Seiko Iseki Japan 22 Peter Karlsson Sweden 23 Chiang Peng-lung Tpe 24 Peter Franz Germany 25 Johnny Huang Canada 26 Ding Song China 27 Lucjan Blaszczyk Poland 28 Trinko Keen Netherlands 29 Koji Matsushita Japan 30 Tan Ruiwu China 31 Petr Korbel Czech Rep. 32 Yang Min Italy 33 Qian Qian-li Austria 34 Matthew Syed England 35 Dmitrij Mazunov Russia 36 Fredrik Hakansson Sweden 37 Yoo Nam-Kyu Korea Olympic Champion 1988 38 Andrzej Grubba Poland 39 Hiroshi Shibutani Japan 40 Liu Song Argentina 41 Danny Heister Netherlands 42 Liu Guo-zheng China 43 Carl Prean England 44 Steffen Fetzner Germany 45 Oh Sang-eun Korea 46 Vasile Florea Romania 47 He Zhi-wen Esp 48 Toshio Tasaki Japan 49 Andras Podpinka Belgium 50 Yoo Seung-min Korea 58 Ding Yi Austria 90 Timo Boll Germany 98 Richard Prause Germany
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