Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles


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 Sorling, Executive Vice President of the ITTF.

Qualification

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time.
DatesStart timeRound
6 August9:00Preliminary round
6 August11:15First round
7 August09:00Second round
8 August10:00Third round
8 August17:00Fourth round
9 August16:00Quarterfinals
10 August10:00Semifinals
10 August20:30Bronze medal match
10 August21:30Gold 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.
The players seeded from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.

  17. Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom-half

Section 3

Section 4

Preliminary rounds