The men's singles table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the

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in London. The event took place from Saturday 28 July to Thursday 2 August 2012 at

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. The tournament was a

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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. The draw was conducted on 25 July 2012.

Qualification

Schedule

All times are

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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
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