Table tennis at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Singlesmenwomen
Teamsmenwomen
Jörgen Persson against Segun Toriola in the first round
Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

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

  1.  Zhang Jike (CHN) (champion, gold medalist)
  2.  Wang Hao (CHN) (final, silver medalist)
  3.  Jun Mizutani (JPN) (fourth round)
  4.  Timo Boll (GER) (fourth round)
  5.  Chuang Chih-yuan (TPE) (semifinals, fourth place)
  6.  Joo Sae-hyuk (KOR) (third round)
  7.  Oh Sang-eun (KOR) (fourth round)
  8.  Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) (semifinals, bronze medalist)
  9.  Vladimir Samsonov (BLR) (fourth round)
  10.  Gao Ning (SIN) (fourth round)
  11.  Jiang Tianyi (HKG) (quarterfinals)
  12.  Seiya Kishikawa (JPN) (quarterfinals)
  13.  Michael Maze (DEN) (quarterfinals)
  14.  Adrien Mattenet (FRA) (third round)
  15.  Adrian Crișan (ROU) (quarterfinals)
  16.  Alexander Shibaev (RUS) (third round)

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

  1.  Marcos Freitas (POR) (third round)
  2.  Chen Weixing (AUT) (fourth round)
  3.  Tang Peng (HKG) (second round)
  4.  Bojan Tokič (SLO) (third round)
  5.  Panagiotis Gionis (GRE) (third round)
  6.  João Monteiro (POR) (second round)
  7.  Aleksandar Karakašević (SRB) (second round)
  8.  Alexey Smirnov (RUS) (third round)
  9.  Werner Schlager (AUT) (third round)
  10.  Yang Zi (SIN) (second round)
  11.  Andrej Gaćina (CRO) (fourth round)
  12.  Zoran Primorac (CRO) (second round)
  13.  Kalinikos Kreanga (GRE) (third round)
  14.  He Zhiwen (ESP) (third round)
  15.  Bora Vang (TUR) (third round)
  16.  Kim Hyok-bong (PRK) (fourth round)

Draw

Finals

Semifinals Gold medal match
                  
1  Zhang Jike (CHN) 11 11 5 11 11
8  Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) 8 3 11 9 8
1  Zhang Jike (CHN) 18 11 11 10 13
2  Wang Hao (CHN) 16 5 6 12 11
5  Chuang Chih-yuan (TPE) 13 2 10 6 9
2  Wang Hao (CHN) 11 11 12 11 11 Bronze medal match
8  Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) 12 9 8 13 11 14
5  Chuang Chih-yuan (TPE) 10 11 11 11 5 12

Top half

Section 1

Second round Third round Fourth round Quarterfinals
1  J Zhang (CHN) 11 11 11 11
31  B Vang (TUR) 6 10 12 11 12 12 31  B Vang (TUR) 8 8 5 7
61  Q Aruna (NGR) 11 12 10 2 10 10 1  J Zhang (CHN) 4 11 11 8 8 11 11
51  W Henzell (AUS) 2 11 11 11 6 12 9  V Samsonov (BLR) 11 7 5 11 11 7 7
22  J Monteiro (POR) 11 8 9 6 11 10 51  W Henzell (AUS) 10 11 13 9 9 11 7
9  V Samsonov (BLR) 12 8 11 11 11 8 11
1  J Zhang (CHN) 11 8 11 11 11
11  T Jiang (HKG) 4 11 4 9 6
11  T Jiang (HKG) 11 11 6 12 12
24  A Smirnov (RUS) 11 11 11 11 24  A Smirnov (RUS) 9 5 11 10 10
45  M Burģis (LAT) 5 5 4 9 11  T Jiang (HKG) 14 6 11 9 11 11 15
57  S Ghosh (IND) 11 6 5 9 7 32  H-B Kim (PRK) 12 11 13 11 6 7 13
32  H-B Kim (PRK) 9 11 11 11 11 32  H-B Kim (PRK) 11 6 8 11 11 15
6  S-H Joo (KOR) 5 11 11 7 8 13

Section 2

Second round Third round Fourth round Quarterfinals
8  D Ovtcharov (GER) 11 11 11 11
26  Z Yang (SIN) 7 7 8 11 9 46  P Drinkhall (GBR) 8 5 9 4
46  P Drinkhall (GBR) 11 11 11 4 11 8  D Ovtcharov (GER) 11 16 11 11
40  O Didukh (UKR) 7 5 6 7 18  W Chen (AUT) 8 14 8 5
18  W Chen (AUT) 11 11 11 11 18  W Chen (AUT) 11 16 11 11
14  A Mattenet (FRA) 3 14 6 9
8  D Ovtcharov (GER) 11 12 1 9 9 11 11
13  M Maze (DEN) 8 10 11 11 11 6 9
13  M Maze (DEN) 12 11 11 8 11
29  K Kreanga (GRE) 5 11 11 11 11 29  K Kreanga (GRE) 10 6 8 11 3
38  J-M Saive (BEL) 11 3 9 7 8 13  M Maze (DEN) 11 11 11 11
49  E-s Lashin (EGY) 11 8 12 5 10 11 11 3  J Mizutani (JPN) 7 6 4 6
28  Z Primorac (CRO) 6 11 10 11 12 9 8 49  E-s Lashin (EGY) 4 11 9 5 6
3  J Mizutani (JPN) 11 9 11 11 11

Bottom half

Section 3

Second round Third round Fourth round Quarterfinals
4  T Boll (GER) 11 11 12 12
19  P Tang (HKG) 8 5 11 9 11 11 10 32  No Alamian (IRI) 8 5 10 10
32  No Alamian (IRI) 11 11 7 11 8 5 12 4  T Boll (GER) 9 11 13 10 6
39  Z Wang (POL) 11 11 11 8 3 5 12 15  A Crișan (ROU) 11 8 15 12 11
30  Z He (ESP) 8 9 7 11 11 11 14 30  Z He (ESP) 11 8 5 11 8 9
15  A Crișan (ROU) 5 11 11 9 11 11
15  A Crișan (ROU) 3 4 4 5
5  C-y Chuang (TPE) 11 11 11 11
16  A Shibaev (RUS) 6 7 11 8 11 11 8
27  A Gaćina (CRO) 11 11 11 11 27  A Gaćina (CRO) 11 11 9 11 8 9 11
40  J Persson (SWE) 5 6 7 4 27  A Gaćina (CRO) 8 5 4 11 11 5
52  D Zwickl (HUN) 12 12 10 11 12 5  C-y Chuang (TPE) 11 11 11 7 3 11
23  A Karakašević (SRB) 10 10 12 8 10 52  D Zwickl (HUN) 8 8 6 9
5  C-y Chuang (TPE) 11 11 11 11

Section 4

Second round Third round Fourth round Quarterfinals
7  S-E Oh (KOR) 11 11 11 11
17  M Freitas (POR) 11 11 12 11 17  M Freitas (POR) 8 6 2 8
43  J Lin (DOM) 6 5 10 3 7  S-E Oh (KOR) 8 6 8 11 8
58  O Assar (EGY) 5 9 7 9 12  S Kishikawa (JPN) 11 11 11 7 11
21  P Gionis (GRE) 11 11 11 11 21  P Gionis (GRE) 7 11 9 11 7 11 10
12  S Kishikawa (JPN) 11 7 11 8 11 8 12
12  S Kishikawa (JPN) 4 5 3 5
2  H Wang (CHN) 11 11 11 11
10  N Gao (SIN) 11 11 11 14
20  B Tokič (SLO) 11 7 11 11 3 9 11 20  B Tokič (SLO) 7 7 5 12
48  S Liu (ARG) 0 11 7 6 11 11 8 10  N Gao (SIN) 9 7 9 11 3
42  M Bobocica (ITA) 12 9 11 8 12 10 2  H Wang (CHN) 11 11 11 7 11
25  W Schlager (AUT) 10 11 5 11 14 12 25  W Schlager (AUT) 3 11 9 8 9
2  H Wang (CHN) 11 8 11 11 11

Preliminary rounds

Top half

Section 1

First round
35 C Machado (ESP)116111186
61 Q Aruna (NGR)6113131111
35 A Pattantyús (HUN)1189119
51 W Henzell (AUS)131111611
45 M Burģis (LAT)141179131511
62 P-L Hinse (CAN)122111111178
44 G Tsuboi (BRA)91211101110
57 S Ghosh (IND)1114712512

Section 2

Preliminary roundFirst round
60 I Al-Hasan (KUW)118713111146 P Drinkhall (GBR)11121111
67 S Idowu (CGO)31111116660 I Al-Hasan (KUW)91094
40 O Didukh (UKR)117101111711
56 M Aguirre (PAR)7111247119
38 J-M Saive (BEL)118111111
50 M Jevtović (SRB)311768
35 P Gerell (SWE)11481011119
49 E-s Lashin (EGY)71111128811

Bottom half

Section 3

Preliminary roundFirst round
64 J Han (AUS)911118111132 No Alamian (IRI)11111113
68 M Agbetoglo (TOG)1171118964 J Han (AUS)57711
39 Z Wang (POL)81199111112
59 H Hoyama (BRA)11911115810
53 S Toriola (NGR)91111111240 J Persson (SWE)111112911
65 A Ho (CAN)115651053 S Toriola (NGR)8710116
47 A Bentsen (DEN)9710118
52 D Zwickl (HUN)111112411

Section 4

Preliminary roundFirst round
54 S-N Kim (PRK)1111111143 J Lin (DOM)11511631311
66 T Wang (USA)547454 S-N Kim (PRK)91181111119
32 Y Zhmudenko (UKR)11611912
58 O Assar (EGY)811131114
48 S Liu (ARG)11111111
63 S Saka (CGO)3596
55 A Pereira (CUB)1111111142 M Bobocica (ITA)11111111
69 Y Shing (VAN)223355 A Pereira (CUB)6734

References

  1. ^ "Table Tennis". London 2012 website. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Singles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Competition Format and Specific Regulations" (PDF). ITTF. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Table tennis competition schedule" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  5. ^ "London 2012 Explanatory Guide: Table Tennis" (PDF). London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd. July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  6. ^ "ITTF World Ranking". ITTF. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  7. ^ "London 2012 Olympic Games: Complete Men's Singles Seeding" (PDF). ITTF. 8 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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