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. The tournament was a single elimination tournament with a third place playoff played between the two losing semi-finalists.
The draw was conducted on 25 July 2012.
Qualification
Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1). DatesStart timeRound28 July 9:45 Preliminary round16:00 First round29 July 11:00 Second round30 July 10:00 Third round19:00 Fourth round31 July 20:00 Quarterfinals1 August 10:002 August 10:00 Semifinals14:30 Bronze medal match15:30 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. The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.
(champion, gold medalist) (final, silver medalist) (fourth round) (fourth round) (semifinals, fourth place) (third round) (fourth round) (semifinals, bronze medalist) (fourth round) (fourth round) (quarterfinals) (quarterfinals) (quarterfinals) (third round) (quarterfinals) (third round)
The players seeded from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.
(third round) (fourth round) (second round) (third round) (third round) (second round) (second round) (third round) (third round) (second round) (fourth round) (second round) (third round) (third round) (third round) (fourth 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
External links London 2012 Olympic Games: The Official Report. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. (2013).
2012 Summer Olympics / Table Tennis / Singles, Men. Olympedia.