Table tennis – men's singlesat the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue ExCeL London Date 28 July to 2 August Competitors 69 from 45 nations
Jörgen Persson against Segun Toriola in the first round
The men's singles table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The event took place from Saturday 28 July to Thursday 2 August 2012 at ExCeL London .[ 1] The tournament was a single elimination tournament with a third place playoff played between the two losing semi-finalists. In the 2008 event all three medals were won by Chinese athletes with Ma Lin taking gold.[ 2]
The draw was conducted on 25 July 2012.[ 3]
Qualification
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1 ).
Dates[ 4]
Start time
Round
28 July
9:45
Preliminary round
16:00
First round
29 July
11:00
Second round
30 July
10:00
Third round
19:00
Fourth round
31 July
20:00
Quarterfinals
1 August
10:00
2 August
10:00
Semifinals
14:30
Bronze medal match
15:30
Gold medal match
Seeds
Seeds were based on the ITTF World Ranking lists published in July 2012 with a maximum of 2 players per country.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.
The players seeded from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Preliminary rounds
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
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