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Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Coordinates: 51°30′27″N 0°01′47″E / 51.5075°N 0.0297°E / 51.5075; 0.0297
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Table tennis
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueExCeL London
Dates28 July - 8 August 2012
Competitors174 from 57 nations
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Table tennis at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Singlesmenwomen
Teamsmenwomen
ExCeL London as the venue

Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place from Saturday 28 July to Wednesday 8 August 2012 at ExCeL London. 174 athletes, 86 men and 88 women, competed in four events.[1] Table tennis has appeared at the Summer Olympics on six previous occasions beginning with the 1988 Games in Seoul.[2] In addition to men's and women's singles, the team events were staged for the second time since replacing doubles events at the 2008 Beijing Games. China was the defending champion in each of the Olympic events having won all 4 gold medals in 2008.[2]

Qualification

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

As hosts Great Britain qualified six athletes automatically; a team of three men, one of whom competed in the singles, and a team of three women, one of whom competed in the singles.[3][4]

The top 28 male and top 28 female players on the International Table Tennis Federation's ranking list immediately after the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships, which finished on 15 May 2011 in the Netherlands, were qualified for the singles events at Games. No nation can have more than two players per gender in the singles events at the Games, so some players below 28th place were given a qualification berth based on their rankings.[5]

Ten continental qualification tournaments then were used to assign a total of 40 places between 28 June 2011 and 22 April 2012.[3] A final qualification tournament took place on 12 May 2012 to assign a further two places per gender. One invitational place per gender was allocated by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

Entries for the team events were decided after the final qualification tournament ended on 13 May 2012. The highest-ranked nation at the 2012 World Team Championships from each of the six continents earned the right to enter as long as three of its players had met the qualification criteria for the singles event. Except for the host British team, the qualification of the other 15 NOCs was based on the number of the qualified players and the ranking of the 2012 World Team Championships.

Competition schedule

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P Preliminary rounds ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
Event↓/Date → Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sun 5 Mon 6 Tue 7 Wed 8
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

Participating nations

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A total of 174 athletes (86 men and 88 women), representing 57 NOCs, competed in four events.[6]

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China4206
2 Japan0101
 South Korea0101
4 Germany0022
 Singapore0022
Totals (5 entries)44412

Events

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All events at the Games took the form of a knockout competition.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details 		Zhang Jike
 China 		Wang Hao
 China 		Dimitrij Ovtcharov
 Germany
Men's team
details 		 China (CHN)
Wang Hao
Zhang Jike
Ma Long 		 South Korea (KOR)
Oh Sang-eun
Joo Se-hyuk
Ryu Seung-min 		 Germany (GER)
Timo Boll
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Bastian Steger
Women's singles
details 		Li Xiaoxia
 China 		Ding Ning
 China 		Feng Tianwei
 Singapore
Women's team
details 		 China (CHN)
Ding Ning
Li Xiaoxia
Guo Yue 		 Japan (JPN)
Ai Fukuhara
Sayaka Hirano
Kasumi Ishikawa 		 Singapore (SIN)
Li Jiawei
Feng Tianwei
Wang Yuegu

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Table Tennis Press Kit" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "London 2012 Olympics: table tennis guide". The Telegraph. 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad" (PDF). ITTF. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Team GB take table tennis places for 2012 Olympics". BBC Sport. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  5. ^ "London 2012 Olympics qualifying: Table Tennis". BBC Sport. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Athlete count for Table Tennis". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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