Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

Table tennis – Women's singles at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Peking University Gymnasium
Date	August 18 to August 22, 2008
Competitors	78 from 42 nations

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22.

78 athletes from 42 countries took part in the women's single event. The tournament was a single elimination tournament with a third place playoff played between the two losing semi-finalists. The top 16 seeds in the tournament received a bye to the third round. Seeds 17 through 32 received a bye to the second round, seeds 33 to 50 received a bye to the first round while seeds 51 to 78 contested in the preliminary round.

Medalists

Gold	Zhang Yining  China
Silver	Wang Nan  China
Bronze	Guo Yue  China

Competition schedule

Monday, August 18

Start time	End time	Event	Round
9:00	12:45	Women's singles	Preliminary round

Tuesday, August 19

Start time	End time	Event	Round
13:00	16:00	Women's singles	First round
14:30	15:15	Women's singles	First round
18:00	18:45	Women's singles	First round
19:30	20:15	Women's singles	First round
21:00	22:00	Women's singles	Second round

Wednesday, August 20

Start time	End time	Event	Round
10:00	11:00	Women's singles	Second round
12:00	13:00	Women's singles	Second round
13:00	14:00	Women's singles	Second round
15:00	16:00	Women's singles	Third round
18:00	19:00	Women's singles	Third round
20:00	21:00	Women's singles	Third round
21:00	22:00	Women's singles	Third round

Thursday, August 21

Start time	End time	Event	Round
10:00	11:00	Women's singles	Fourth round
11:00	12:00	Women's singles	Fourth round
18:00	19:00	Women's singles	Quarterfinal
19:00	20:00	Women's singles	Quarterfinal

Friday, August 22

Start time	End time	Event	Round
10:00	11:00	Women's singles	Semifinal
11:00	12:00	Women's singles	Semifinal
19:30	20:30	Women's singles	Bronze medal
20:30	21:30	Women's Singles	Gold Medal

Seeds

1.  Zhang Yining (CHN) (champion, gold medallist)
2.  Guo Yue (CHN) (semifinals, bronze medallist)
3.  Wang Nan (CHN) (final, silver medallist)
4.  Li Jiawei (SIN) (semifinals, fourth place)
5.  Wang Yuegu (SIN) (third round)
6.  Feng Tianwei (SIN) (quarterfinals)
7.  Tie Yana (HKG) (quarterfinals)
8.  Kim Kyung-Ah (KOR) (fourth round)

9.  Fukuhara Ai (JPN) (fourth round)
10.  Lin Ling (HKG) (fourth round)
11.  Li Jiao (NED) (fourth round)
12.  Liu Jia (AUT) (third round)
13.  Hirano Sayaka (JPN) (third round
14.  Wang Chen (USA) (quarterfinals)
15.  Park Mi-Young (KOR) (fourth round)
16.  Wu Jiaduo (GER) (third round)

References

• International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)