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

Men's singles table tennis at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro
Date	6–11 August 2016
Competitors	70 from 46 nations
Medalists
Ma Long  China Zhang Jike  China Jun Mizutani  Japan

The men'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 11 August 2016 at Riocentro.

Qualification

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

Dates	Start time	Round
6 August	9:45	Preliminary round
	16:00	First round
7 August	10:00	Second round
8 August	12:00	Third round
	17:00	Fourth round
9 August	16:00	Quarterfinals
11 August	10:00	Semifinals
	20:30	Bronze medal match
	21:30	Gold 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.

1.  Ma Long (CHN)
2.  Zhang Jike (CHN)
3.  Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER)
4.  Jun Mizutani (JPN)
5.  Chuang Chih-yuan (TPE)
6.  Wong Chun Ting (HKG)
7.  Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)
8.  Marcos Freitas (POR)
9.  Jung Young-sik (KOR)
10.  Timo Boll (GER)
11.  Tang Peng (HKG)
12.  Lee Sang-su (KOR)
13.  Simon Gauzy (FRA)
14.  Tiago Apolónia (POR)
15.  Andrej Gaćina (CRO)
16.  Stefan Fegerl (AUT)

The players seeded from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.

17.  Koki Niwa (JPN)
18.  Alexander Shibaev (RUS)
19.  Panagiotis Gionis (GRE)
20.  Kristian Karlsson (SWE)
21.  Li Ping (QAT)
22.  Jonathan Groth (DEN)
23.  Emmanuel Lebesson (FRA)
24.  Pär Gerell (SWE)
25.  Chen Chien-an (TPE)
26.  Gao Ning (SIN)
27.  Quadri Aruna (NGR)
28.  Kou Lei (UKR)
29.  Ahmet Li (TUR)
30.  Wang Zengyi (POL)
31.  Robert Gardos (AUT)
32.  Liam Pitchford (GBR)

External links

• International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
• Official site of the Rio2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games