The women's singles table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The event took place from 6 August to 10 August 2016 at Riocentro.
The medals were presented by Ng Ser Miang, IOC member, Singapore and Petra Sörling, Executive Vice President of the ITTF.
Qualification
Schedule All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3). DatesStart timeRound6 August 9:00 Preliminary round11:15 First round7 August 09:00 Second round8 August 10:00 Third round17:00 Fourth round9 August 16:00 Quarterfinals10 August 10:00 Semifinals20:30 Bronze medal match21:30 Gold medal match
Seeds Seeds were based on the ITTF World Ranking lists published in July 2016 with a maximum of 2 players per country. The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.
(champion, gold medalist) (quarterfinals) (final, silver medalist) (third round) (quarterfinals) (semifinals, fourth place) (quarterfinals) (fourth round) (quarterfinals) (third round) (third round) (fourth round) (fourth round) (third round) (fourth round) (fourth round)
The players seeded from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.
(second round) (third round) (second round) (third round) (fourth round) (second round) (fourth round) (third round) (third round) (third round) (semifinals, bronze medalist) (second round) (third round) (fourth round) (second round) (second round)
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom-half
Section 3
Section 4
Preliminary rounds
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
References
External links Results Book : Rio 2016. Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016.
2016 Summer Olympics / Table Tennis / Singles, Women. Olympedia.