Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Table tennis at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro – Pavilion 3
Dates	6 – 17 August 2016
Competitors	172

Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Singles		men		women
Teams		men		women

Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is scheduled to take place from 6 to 17 August 2016 at the third pavilion of Riocentro. Around 172 table tennis players (an equal distribution between men and women) are expected to compete in both the singles and team events.^[1][2] Table tennis has 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 are staged for the third time since replacing doubles events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Qualification

As the host nation, Brazil has 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 will be qualified for the singles event at the Games. No nation can have more than two players per gender in the singles at these Games, so some players below the twenty-eighth position are given a qualifying place based on ranking.^[3]

Forty places will be 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 will be allocated by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).^[3]

For the team events, the highest-ranked NOC from each continent that already contains two qualified players for the singles adds a quota place to form a team of three players and thereby secures a direct qualifying place for the Games based on the ITTF Olympic Team Ranking list. The remaining ten teams are 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 secures a place for the Olympics.^[3][2]

Competition schedule

P

Preliminary rounds

¼

Quarterfinals

½

Semifinals

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	Sat 6	Sun 7	Mon 8	Tue 9	Wed 10		Thu 11		Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14		Mon 15		Tue 16	Wed 17
Men's singles	P			¼			½	F
Men's team									P		¼		½			F
Women's singles	P			¼	½	F
Women's team									P	¼	½				F

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		0	0	0	0
Total		4	4	4	12

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles
Men's team
Women's singles
Women's team

See also

• Table tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games

References

1. "Rio 2016: Table Tennis". Rio 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
2. "The Road to Rio de Janeiro, the 2016 Olympic Games, Starts in Baku". ITTF. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
3. "Rio 2016 – ITTF Table Tennis Qualification System" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 17 April 2015.

External links

• International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)