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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