The August 1996 ITTF World Rankings are now available at the ITTF web site: http://www.transnet.bc.ca/ITTF Shown below are the top 25 men and top 25 women in addition to the world rankings for the U. S. people. These rankings include both the 1996 Kodak U. S. Open and the 1996 Olympic Games. MEN === Current Previous Ranking Ranking Name Country ======= ======== ========================= ======= 1 1 KONG Linghui CHN 2 2 WANG Tao CHN 3 6 LIU Guoliang CHN 4 3 SAIVE Jean-Michel BEL 5 5 ROSSKOPF Jorg GER 6 4 WALDNER Jan-Ove SWE 7 11 KIM Taek Soo KOR 8 7 DING Song CHN 9 8 MA Wenge CHN 10 10 SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR 11 9 GATIEN Jean-Philippe FRA 12 15 HUANG Johnny CAN 13 12 PRIMORAC Zoran CRO 14 13 PERSSON Jorgen SWE 15 14 KARLSSON Peter SWE 16 16 YOO Nam Kyu KOR 17 17 GRUBBA Andrzej POL 18 18 CHILA Patrick FRA 19 31 KORBEL Petr CZE 20 19 YANG Min ITA 21 25 MATSUSHITA Koji JPN 22 20 CHEN Xinhua ENG 23 NR LI Gun Sang PRK 24 21 KREANGA Kalinikos GRE 25 22 ELOI Damien FRA 48 43 CHENG Yinghua USA 88 84 BUTLER Jim USA 160 166 ZHUANG David USA 206 204 NGUYEN Khoa USA 267 256 SEEMILLER Danny USA 281 279 ROP Darko USA 308 301 MAY Derek USA 342 330 REED Barney James USA 367 NR CHUI Chi-Sun USA 403 394 SWEERIS Todd USA WOMEN ===== Current Previous Ranking Ranking Name Country ======= ======== ========================= ======= 1 1 DENG Yaping CHN 2 2 QIAO Hong CHN 3 3 CHEN Jing TPE 4 4 LIU Wei CHN 5 5 WANG Chen CHN 6 6 YANG Ying CHN 7 8 WANG Nan CHN 8 7 CHAI Po Wa HKG 9 12 STRUSE Nicole GER 10 10 QIAO Yunping CHN 11 13 KOYAMA Chire JPN 12 11 LI Ju CHN 13 9 GENG Lijuan CAN 14 14 SCHOPP Jie GER 15 16 JING Jun Hong SIN 16 15 CHEN Zihe CHN 17 17 PARK Hae Jung KOR 18 24 CHAN Tan Lui HKG 19 20 BATORFI Csilla HUN 20 19 WU Na CHN 21 20 RYU Ji Hye KOR 22 23 WANG Hui CHN 23 18 NI Xia Lian LUX 24 28 BADESCU Otilia ROM 25 25 KIM Moo Kyo KOR 44 44 FENG Amy USA 74 70 LUPULESKU-FAZLIC Jasna USA 91 95 YIP Lily USA 123 117 WANG Wei USA 230 234 BANH Tawny USA 261 262 SUNG Virginia USA