The men's singles table tennis event was part of the
table tennis programme at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
in Rio de Janeiro. The event took place from 6 August to 11 August 2016 at
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
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Qualification
Schedule
All times are Brasília Time
Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−02:00), Brasília time (UTC−03:00), Amazon time (UTC−04:00), and Acr ...
( UTC−3).
Seeds
Seeds were based on the ITTF World Ranking lists published in July 2016 with a maximum of 2 players per country.
The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.
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The players seeded 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
Results Book : Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016.
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2016 Summer Olympics / Table Tennis / Singles, Men Olympedia.
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Men's singles
Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics