Special report: 2008 Olympic Games

    BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top 20 world rankings of men's singles released by the International Table Tennis Federation earlier July, which will decide the seedings of the Olympic table tennis tournament to start a week later:

    1. Wang Hao, China

    2. Ma Lin, China

    3. Ma Long, China

    4. Wang Liqin, China

    5. Vladimir Samsonov, Belarus

    6. Timo Boll, Germany

    7. Chen Qi, China

    8. Ryu Seung Min, South Korea

    9. Joo Se Hyuk, South Korea

    10. Chuan Chih-Yuan, Chinese Taipei

    11. Li Ching, Hong Kong

    12. Cheung Yuk, Hong Kong

    13. Gao Ning, Singapore

    14. Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Germany

    15. Oh Sang Eun, South Korea

    16. Werner Schlager, Austria

    17. Kalinikos Kreanga, Greece

    18. Hao Shuai, China

    19. Kan Yo, Japan

    20. Michael Maze, Denmark

    Note: The Olympic Games table tennis competitions, to be held at the Peking University Gymnasium from Aug. 13-23, will make the men's and women's singles draws on Aug. 11, as the seedings will be established on the basis of the ITTF July 2008 world rankings.