2016 Summer Olympics / table tennis

Table tennis at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games
information
venue	Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Competition venue	Barra da Tijuca , Riocentro , pavilion 3
Nations	56
Athletes	172
date	August 6-14, 2016
decisions	4th
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At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , two table tennis competitions were held for both men and women: individual and team competitions. The venue was Barra da Tijuca , a district of Rio de Janeiro. The game was played in pavilion 3 of the Riocentro exhibition center .

qualification

A total of 172 places were available, 86 for women and 86 for men. 70 active participants each started in the individual competitions, plus 22 active participants for the team competitions.

The following qualification criteria applied to both women and men.

singles

Direct qualification

First of all, an adjusted world ranking was formed from the world ranking list from May 2016 , in which only the two best-placed athletes of a nation were taken over in the world ranking list, the remaining athletes were deleted. Likewise, athletes who had not participated in a qualifying tournament were deleted (this was an innovation compared to previous Olympic qualifications).

The top 22 of this adjusted world rankings were directly qualified. Thus, either two or one or no athletes from one nation were directly qualified.

Qualifying tournaments

A further 40 starting places were allocated through continental qualification tournaments, with a maximum of three athletes from one country per gender being allowed to participate in the games. Each nation was allowed to send at least one and a maximum of three representatives into the qualifying tournaments, depending on how many had qualified directly via the world rankings (3 minus the number of those directly qualified). In these qualifying tournaments, six starting places were awarded for Africa, eleven for Asia, eleven for Europe, six for Latin America, three for North America and three for Oceania.

The winners of the European Games in Baku qualified for Europe in June 2015 , namely Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany) and Li Jiao (Netherlands). The remaining 10 places for Europe were determined at a tournament in Istanbul in April 2016.

Wildcards

Another starting place was available for the host country Brazil, a three-way commission was able to award a second wildcard.

criticism

The innovation that players who had actually already qualified due to their world ranking position had to take part in the continental qualifying tournament met with criticism. After all, it was only participation that counted, not performance in these tournaments.

Teams

16 teams of three took part in each of the team competitions. Brazil as the host nation was automatically qualified. First, a team world ranking list was used, from which the best team from one of the six continents (North and South America count separately) with two players qualified for the individual was selected. Furthermore, those nations were eligible to play, two of which were qualified for the individual competitions, again based on the team world ranking.

Competition mode

singles

70 players and 70 female players took part in the individual, with a maximum of two players and two female players from one association. Players from the same association were generally drawn into different halves of the tournament tree. Of these 70 players, the 6 lowest-placed players in the August world rankings competed in a qualifying round against six other low- ranked players on the field. The winners from these six games advanced to the first round, for which the remaining 26 players in the 33-70 seed positions, which had not yet been considered, were directly qualified. These 32 players played 16 games in a first round. The winners advanced to the second round and met the 16 players with seeding positions 17–32, who were directly qualified. There were again 16 games, the winners of which advanced to the 3rd round, where the top 16 players waited. From the third round, which again consisted of 16 games, the normal knockout system continued. The semi-final losers played a bronze game among themselves. Each game was played in the best-of-seven mode and thus consisted of 4 to 7 sets.

The individual competitions took place from August 6th to 11th.

team

16 teams took part in both men and women. They met from the start in the knockout system , the semi-final losers played a game for third place. Each game was played according to the Beijing system and thus consisted of a double and two to four singles. Doubles and singles were played in the best-of-five mode and consisted of 3 to five sets each.

The team competitions took place from August 12th to 17th.

Results - Gentlemen

singles

Medalist

space	country	athlete
1	CHN	Ma Long
2	CHN	Zhang Jike
3	JPN	Jun Mizutani

Final: August 11, 2016 9:30 p.m.

Tournament course

	Preliminary round				Round 1				round 2				Round 3
					42	Benedek Oláh	4th		22nd	Jonathan Groth	4th		1	Ma Long	4th
					53	Chen Feng	1		42	Benedek Oláh	0		22nd	Jonathan Groth	0
					43	Lubomír Jančařík	2		32	Liam Pitchford	4th		9	J. Young-sik	4th
					63	Zohid Kenjayev	4th		63	Zohid Kenjayev	1		32	Liam Pitchford	1
	62	M. Aguirre	4th		34	Jakub Dyjas	4th		18th	A. Shibayev	4th		10	Timo Boll	4th
	66	David Powell	0		62	Marcelo Aguirre	0		34	Jakub Dyjas	0		18th	A. Shibayev	3
	55	Marcos Madrid	4th		33	Wang Yang	4th		27	Quadri Aruna	4th		5	Chuang C.-Y.	0
	69	Yoshua Shing	0		55	Marcos Madrid	1		33	Wang Yang	1		27	Quadri Aruna	4th
	52	Nima Alamian	4th		46	Ovidiu Ionescu	4th		31	Robert Gardos	1		8th	Marcos Freitas	4th
	65	Kanak Jha	1		52	Nima Alamian	1		46	Ovidiu Ionescu	4th		46	Ovidiu Ionescu	1
	59	Brian Afanador	4th		37	Omar Assar	4th		28	Kou Lei	4th		13	Simon Gauzy	1
	67	Suraju Saka	3		59	Brian Afanador	2		37	Omar Assar	3		28	Kou Lei	4th
					36	H. Calderano	4th		24	Par Gerell	1		11	Tang Peng	2
					58	Andy Pereira	0		36	H. Calderano	4th		36	H. Calderano	4th
					39	Soumyajit Ghosh	1		19th	P. Gionis	4th		4th	Jun Mizutani	4th
					57	Tanviriyavech.	4th		57	Tanviriyavechakul	0		19th	P. Gionis	1
					48	A. Pattantyus	4th		21st	Li ping	4th		3	D. Ovtcharov	4th
					56	Gerasimenko	1		48	A. Pattantyus	0		21st	Li ping	3
					35	Bojan Tokič	4th		30th	Wang Zeng Yi	2		14th	Tiago Apolonia	1
					51	N. Alamiyan	1		35	Bojan Tokič	4th		35	Bojan Tokič	4th
	49	A. Karakašević	4th		38	Paul Drinkhall	4th		26th	Gao Ning	3		15th	Andrej Gaćina	2
	68	Yan Xing	2		49	A. Karakašević	1		38	Paul Drinkhall	4th		38	Paul Drinkhall	4th
	60	Khalid Assar	3		40	Gustavo Tsuboi	0		20th	K. Karlsson	4th		7th	V. Samsonov	4th
	70	Wang Jianan	4th		70	Wang Jianan	4th		70	Wang Jianan	1		20th	Kristian Karlsson	2
					41	Eugene Wang	4th		29	Ahmet Li	0		6th	Wong Chun T.	4th
					61	Jorge Campos	2		41	Eugene Wang	4th		41	Eugene Wang	0
					47	D. Prokopcov	2		17th	Kōki Niwa	4th		16	Stefan Fegerl	1
					54	Segun Toriola	4th		54	Segun Toriola	2		17th	Kōki Niwa	4th
					44	Sharath Kamal	1		23	E. Lebesson	3		12	Lee Sang-su	3
					50	Adrian Crișan	4th		50	Adrian Crișan	4th		50	Adrian Crișan	4th
					45	Hey Zhiwen	4th		25th	Chen Chien-An	4th		2	Zhang Jike	4th
					64	Feng Yijun	2		45	Hey Zhiwen	2		25th	Chen Chien-An	0

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Ma Long

4th

9

Jung Young-sik

2

1

Ma Long

4th

27

Quadri Aruna

0

10

Timo Boll

2

27

Quadri Aruna

4th

1

Ma Long

4th

4th

Jun Mizutani

2

8th

Marcos Freitas

4th

28

Kou Lei

0

8th

Marcos Freitas

2

4th

Jun Mizutani

4th

36

Hugo Calderano

2

4th

Jun Mizutani

4th

1

Ma Long

4th

2

Zhang Jike

0

3

Dimitrij Ovtcharov

4th

35

Bojan Tokič

1

3

Dimitrij Ovtcharov

2

7th

V. Samsonov

4th

38

Paul Drinkhall

2

7th

V. Samsonov

4th

7th

Vladimir Samsonov

1

2

Zhang Jike

4th

6th

Wong Chun Ting

3

17th

Kōki Niwa

4th

17th

Kōki Niwa

1

3rd place match

2

Zhang Jike

4th

50

Adrian Crișan

0

4th

Jun Mizutani

4th

2

Zhang Jike

4th

7th

Vladimir Samsonov

1

team

Medalist

space	country	athlete
1	CHN	Ma Long Zhang Jike Xu Xin
2	JPN	Kōki Niwa Jun Mizutani Maharu Yoshimura
3	GER	Timo Boll Dimitrij Ovtcharov Bastian Steger

Final: August 17, 2016 7:30 p.m.

Tournament course

	Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	China		3
	Nigeria		0			China		3
	Great Britain		3			Great Britain		0
	France		2								China		3
	Sweden		3								South Korea		0
	United States		0			Sweden		1
	Brazil		0			South Korea		3
	South Korea		3													China		3
	Japan		3													Japan		1
	Poland		2			Japan		3
	Australia		0			Hong Kong		1
	Hong Kong		3								Japan		3			3rd place match
	Portugal		1								Germany		1
	Austria		3			Austria		1								South Korea		1
	Chinese Taipei		1			Germany		3								Germany		3
	Germany		3

Results - women

singles

Medalist

space	country	sportswoman
1	CHN	Ding Ning
2	CHN	Li Xiaoxia
3	PRK	Kim Song-i

Final: August 10, 2016 9:30 p.m.

Tournament course

	Preliminary round				Round 1				round 2				Round 3
					46	Galia Dvorak	2		18th	E. Samara	4th		1	Ding Ning	4th
					55	Gui Lin	4th		55	Gui Lin	0		18th	E. Samara	0
					42	Hana Matelova	3		24	Georgina Póta	4th		13	Doo Hoi Kem	4th
					49	Zhang Mo	4th		49	Zhang Mo	1		24	Georgina Póta	2
	63	F. Oshonaike	4th		44	Adriana Diaz	4th		30th	Li Xue	4th		11	Li Jie	3
	68	M. Sahakian	3		63	F. Oshonaike	2		44	Adriana Diaz	0		30th	Li Xue	4th
	50	Dina Meshref	4th		40	N. Komwong	4th		17th	Fu Yu	3		5	Han Ying	4th
	67	Safa Saidani	0		50	Dina Meshref	1		40	N. Komwong	4th		40	N. Komwong	0
					43	Eva Ódorová	1		29	Matilda Ekholm	4th		8th	Jeon Ji-hee	4th
					56	Wu Yue	4th		56	Wu Yue	2		29	Matilda Ekholm	1
					41	Maria Dolgikh	3		32	Sofia Polcanova	2		9	Yu Mengyu	4th
					53	Jian Fang Lay	4th		53	Jian Fang Lay	4th		53	Jian Fang Lay	0
					47	A. Privalova	4th		23	Chen Szu-yu	4th		14th	Melek Hu	0
					64	N. Shahsavari	3		47	A. Privalova	2		23	Chen Szu-yu	4th
					36	K. Grzybowska	4th		27	Kim Song-i	4th		4th	Kasumi Ishikawa	3
					52	Manika Batra	2		36	K. Grzybowska	0		27	Kim Song-i	4th
	54	Yadira Silva	4th		39	B. Balážová	4th		25th	Li Fen	4th		3	Li Xiaoxia	4th
	69	Heba Allejji	0		54	Yadira Silva	0		39	B. Balážová	3		25th	Li Fen	0
					37	I. Vacenovská	4th		26th	T. Bilenko	4th		15th	Lee Ho Ching	4th
					60	Lady Ruano	0		37	Iveta Vacenovská	0		26th	Tetyana Bilenko	1
					48	Lily Zhang	4th		31	Shao Jieni	0		12	Suh Hyowon	4th
					61	Gremlis Arvelo	0		48	Lily Zhang	4th		48	Lily Zhang	1
	62	Offiong Edem	4th		33	V. Pavlovich	4th		22nd	Polina Mikhailova	2		7th	Cheng I-Ching	4th
	70	Sally Yee	0		62	Offiong Edem	1		33	V. Pavlovich	4th		33	V. Pavlovich	3
					34	D. Dodean	4th		19th	Li Qian	1		6th	Ai Fukuhara	4th
					57	Mouma Das	0		34	D. Dodean	4th		34	Daniela Dodean	0
					45	Petra Lovas	4th		21st	Ri Myong-sun	4th		10	Petrissa Solja	0
					59	N. El-Dawlatly	0		45	Petra Lovas	1		21st	Ri Myong-sun	4th
	58	Han Xing	4th		35	S. Sawettabut	4th		20th	Li Jiao	4th		16	Liu Jia	4th
	65	Ian Lariba	0		58	Han Xing	3		35	S. Sawettabut	2		20th	Li Jiao	1
	51	C. Kumahara	4th		38	Ni Xialian	4th		28	Shen Yanfei	3		2	Feng Tianwei	4th
	66	Melissa Tapper	2		51	C. Kumahara	3		38	Ni Xialian	4th		38	Ni Xialian	2

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Ding Ning

4th

13

Doo Hoi Kem

0

1

Ding Ning

4th

5

Han Ying

0

30th

Li Xue

1

5

Han Ying

4th

1

Ding Ning

4th

27

Kim Song-i

1

8th

Jeon Ji-hee

1

9

Yu Mengyu

4th

9

Yu Mengyu

2

27

Kim Song-i

4th

23

Chen Szu-yu

2

27

Kim Song-i

4th

1

Ding Ning

4th

3

Li Xiaoxia

3

3

Li Xiaoxia

4th

15th

Lee Ho Ching

0

3

Li Xiaoxia

4th

7th

Cheng I-Ching

0

12

Suh Hyowon

3

7th

Cheng I-Ching

4th

3

Li Xiaoxia

4th

6th

Ai Fukuhara

0

6th

Ai Fukuhara

4th

21st

Ri Myong-sun

0

6th

Ai Fukuhara

4th

3rd place match

2

Feng Tianwei

0

16

Liu Jia

1

27

Kim Song-i

4th

2

Feng Tianwei

4th

6th

Ai Fukuhara

1

team

Medalist

space	country	Sportswomen
1	CHN	Liu Shiwen Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia
2	GER	Han Ying Petrissa Solja Shan Xiaona
3	JPN	Kasumi Ishikawa Ai Fukuhara Mima Itō

Final: August 16, 2016 7:30 p.m.

Tournament course

	Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	China		3
	Brazil		0			China		3
	Australia		0			North Korea		0
	North Korea		3								China		3
	South Korea		3								Singapore		0
	Romania		2			South Korea		2
	Egypt		0			Singapore		3
	Singapore		3													China		3
	Germany		3													Germany		0
	United States		0			Germany		3
	Chinese Taipei		1			Hong Kong		1
	Hong Kong		3								Germany		3			3rd place match
	Netherlands		1								Japan		2
	Austria		3			Austria		0								Singapore		1
	Poland		0			Japan		3								Japan		3
	Japan		3

Medal table

Medal table (after 4 of 4 decisions)
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	People's Republic of China	4th	2	-	6th
2	Japan	-	1	2	3
3	Germany	-	1	1	2
4th	North Korea	-	-	1	1
Total		4th	4th	4th	12

useful information

Five table tennis players carried the flag of their country during the opening ceremony in Rio. In addition to Timo Boll (Germany), these were Ian Lariba (Philippines), Funke Oshonaike (Nigeria), Yoshua Shing (Vanuatu) and Liu Jia (Austria).

The first set in the round of 16 game between Bojan Tokič and Dimitrij Ovtcharov only ended at 33:31, with which the two players set a new world record.

In the more than four-hour round of 16 match between France and the United Kingdom (2: 3), the maximum number of sets (25) was played for the first time in Olympic history, as each single and double was only decided after the fifth set.

The two oldest participants were the Spaniard He Zhiwen (54 years) and the Dutch woman Li Jiao (43 years).

The two youngest participants were the American Kanak Jha (16 years) and Sally Yee (15 years), who played for the Fiji Islands .

Günter Höhne was the only German referee. He was scheduled for the women's final, but he couldn't be used because of the German women's participation in the final.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ QUALIFICATION SYSTEM - GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD - RIO 2015 ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed July 7, 2015) 
2. ↑ Matt Pound: The Road to Rio de Janeiro, the 2016 Olympic Games, Starts in Baku ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed July 7, 2015) 
3. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2015/7 page 11
4. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2016/1, pages 16–17
5. ↑ tischtennis-olympia.de - 5 in one go: An overview of table tennis flag bearers ( memento of the original from August 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 7, 2016) 
6. ↑ ittf.com - 33-31: twenty six minutes in Rio (accessed August 13, 2016)
7. ↑ ittf.com - Press Release: Great Britain Break Records to Defeat France at Rio 2016 Team Event (accessed August 13, 2016)
8. ^ Table tennis Olympia in Rio: The oldest participants. Retrieved September 11, 2016 . 
9. ^ Table tennis Olympia in Rio: The youngest participants. Retrieved September 11, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Referee Höhne on his career highlight at the Sugar Loaf Mountain ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on December 17, 2016) 

literature

• Susanne Heuing: Drama light , report from the European Olympic qualification tournament in Halmstad (Sweden), table tennis magazine , 2016/5 pages 14–15 + pages 19–20
• Henry James: To lose is to win , report from the Asian Olympic qualification tournament in Hong Kong, table tennis magazine , 2016/5 pages 15–18 + page 20

Web links

Commons : 2016 Summer Olympics / Table tennis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Qualified players on ittf.com (accessed November 5, 2019)
• Table tennis at the Olympic Games on ittf.com (accessed November 2, 2016)
• Final result women singles places 1 - 70 (accessed October 17, 2017)
• Final score men's singles places 1 - 70 (accessed on October 17, 2017)
• Final result women's teams places 1 - 13 (accessed on October 17, 2017)
• Final score men's teams places 1 - 13 (accessed on October 17, 2017)
• All results (accessed October 17, 2017)