The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis programme at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The event took place from Saturday 28 July to Wednesday 1 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 9:00 Preliminary round11:15 First round20:30 Second round29 July 9:0018:00 Third round30 July 15:30 Fourth round31 July 10:00 Quarterfinals16:00 Semifinals1 August 14:30 Bronze medal match15:30 Gold medal match
Seeds Seeds were based on the ITTF World Ranking lists published in July 2012. The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.
(final, silver medalist) (champion, gold medalist) (quarterfinals) (semifinals, fourth place) (quarterfinals) (semifinals, bronze medalist) (third round) (quarterfinals) (fourth round) (fourth round) (quarterfinals) (fourth round) (fourth round) (fourth round) (fourth round) (fourth round)
The players ranked from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.
(second round) (third round) (second round) (third round) (third round) (third round) (third round) (fourth round) (third round) (third round) (third round) (third round) (third round) (third round) (third round) (third 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, Women. Olympedia.