Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles


The men's singles table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The event took place from 6 August to 11 August 2016 at Riocentro.

Qualification

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time.
DatesStart timeRound
6 August9:45Preliminary round
6 August16:00First round
7 August10:00Second round
8 August12:00Third round
8 August17:00Fourth round
9 August16:00Quarterfinals
11 August10:00Semifinals
11 August20:30Bronze medal match
11 August21:30Gold medal match

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.
The players seeded from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.

  17. Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom-half

Section 3

Section 4

Preliminary rounds