Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Table tennis
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Table Tennis, Rio 2016.png
Venue Riocentro – Pavilion 3
Dates6–17 August 2016
No. of events4
Competitors172 from 56 nations
  2012
2020  
Riocentro as the venue Riocentro table tennis venue 2016 Summer Olympics 06.08.2016.jpg
Riocentro as the venue

Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 17 August 2016 at the third pavilion of Riocentro. Around 172 table tennis players (equally distributed between men and women) competed in both the singles and team events. [1] [2] Table tennis had appeared at the Summer Olympics on seven previous occasions beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In addition to men's and women's singles, the team events were staged for the third time since replacing doubles events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Qualification

As the host nation, Brazil had automatically qualified six athletes; a team of three men and women with one each competing in the singles. [3]

The top 22 male and top 22 female players on the International Table Tennis Federation's Olympic ranking list as of January 1, 2016 were qualified for the singles event at the Games. No nation could have more than two players per gender in the singles at these Games, so some players below the twenty-eighth position were given a qualifying place based on ranking. [3]

Forty places were awarded to the table tennis players with a maximum of two per NOC and gender through the following continental qualification tournaments between July 1, 2015 and April 24, 2016: six each from Africa and Latin America, eleven each from Asia and Europe, and three each from North America and Oceania. One invitational place per gender was allocated by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). [3]

For the team events, the highest-ranked NOC from each continent that already contained two qualified players for the singles added a quota place to form a team of three players and thereby secured a direct qualifying place for the Games based on the ITTF Olympic Team Ranking list. The remaining ten teams were allotted to the nine highest-ranked NOCs in any continent and to the host nation Brazil (if not qualified by any means) that have two players qualified for the singles. If less than nine nations, the next best teams with a single player would have secured a place for the Olympics. [3] [2]

Competition schedule

Legend
PPreliminary round¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsFFinal
Event↓/Date →Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17
Men's singles P¼½F
Men's team P¼½F
Women's singles P¼½F
Women's team P¼½F

Participating

Participating nations

A total of 172 athletes (86 men and 86 women), representing 56 NOCs, competed in four events. [4]

Competitors

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4206
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0123
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0112
4Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 0011
Totals (4 entries)44412

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles
details
Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Zhang Jike
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Jun Mizutani
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Men's team
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Zhang Jike
Ma Long
Xu Xin
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
Koki Niwa
Jun Mizutani
Maharu Yoshimura
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Timo Boll
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Bastian Steger
Women's singles
details
Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Li Xiaoxia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Kim Song-i
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Women's team
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Liu Shiwen
Ding Ning
Li Xiaoxia
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Han Ying
Petrissa Solja
Shan Xiaona
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
Ai Fukuhara
Kasumi Ishikawa
Mima Ito

See also

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