The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the
table tennis programme at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
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
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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
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(UTC+1
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).
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.
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The players ranked from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.
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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).
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2012 Summer Olympics / Table Tennis / Singles, Women Olympedia.
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Women's singles
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Women's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics