Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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took place from 6 to 17 August 2016 at the third pavilion of
Riocentro
Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America.
Notable events
1981 May Day attack
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. Around 172 table tennis players (equally distributed between men and women) competed in both the singles and team events.
Table tennis had appeared at the Summer Olympics on seven previous occasions beginning with the
1988 Summer Olympics
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Seoul
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. In addition to men's and women's singles, the team events were staged for the third time since replacing doubles events at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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Qualification
As the host nation,
Brazil
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had automatically qualified six athletes; a team of three men and women with one each competing in the singles.
The top 22 male and top 22 female players on the
International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the p ...
's Olympic ranking list as of January 1, 2016 were qualified for the singles event at the Games. No nation could have more than two players per gender in the singles at these Games, so some players below the twenty-eighth position were given a qualifying place based on ranking.
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Forty places were awarded to the table tennis players with a maximum of two per NOC and gender through the following continental qualification tournaments between July 1, 2015 and April 24, 2016: six each from Africa and Latin America, eleven each from Asia and Europe, and three each from North America and Oceania. One invitational place per gender was allocated by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).][
For the team events, the highest-ranked NOC from each continent that already contained two qualified players for the singles added a quota place to form a team of three players and thereby secured a direct qualifying place for the Games based on the ITTF Olympic Team Ranking list. The remaining ten teams were allotted to the nine highest-ranked NOCs in any continent and to the host nation Brazil (if not qualified by any means) that have two players qualified for the singles. If less than nine nations, the next best teams with a single player would have secured a place for the Olympics.][
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Competition schedule
Participating
Participating nations
A total of 172 athletes (86 men and 86 women), representing 56 NOCs, competed in four events.
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Competitors
Medal summary
Medal table
Events
See also
*Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Rio took place in September 2016. 276 athletes – 174 men and 102 women – are scheduled to compete in 29 events. Table tennis events have been held at the Paralympics since the ...
*2016 ITTF World Tour
The 2016 ITTF World Tour was the 21st season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. 2016 also marked the tour's 20th anniversary.
The events of the 2016 tour were split into three tiers: Super Series, ...
* 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
* 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships
References
External links
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Results Book : Rio 2016
Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016.
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Table Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
at Olympedia.org
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Table tennis competitions in Brazil
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