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.