Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 5

Women's Individual Class 5 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Peking University Gymnasium
Dates	7 – 11 September
Competitors	16 from 12 nations
Medalists
Ren Guixiang  China Gu Gai  China Andrea Zimmerer  Germany

Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Singles
	Men	Women
	C1	C1–2
	C2	C3
	C3	C4
	C4–5	C5
	C6	C6–7
	C7	C8
	C8	C9
	C9-10	C10
Teams
	Men	Women
	C1–2	C1–3
	C3	C4–5
	C4–5	C6–10
	C6–8
	C9–10

The Women's Individual Class 5 table tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held between 7 September and 11 September at the Peking University Gymnasium.^[1]

Classes 1-5 were for athletes with a physical impairment that affected their legs, who competed in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete’s ability to compete.

The event was won by Ren Guixiang, representing  China. ^[2]

Results

Preliminary round

Qualified for the knock-out stages

Group A

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		GER	CHN	HKG	POL
1	Andrea Zimmerer (GER)	3	3	0	9:1		x	3:1	3:0	3:0
2	Zhang Bian (CHN)	3	2	1	7:4		1:3	x	3:0	3:1
3	Chan Siu Ling (HKG)	3	1	2	3:6		0:3	0:3	x	3:0
4	Barbara Barszcz (POL)	3	0	3	1:9		0:3	1:3	0:3	x

7 September, 12:40  Zhang Bian (CHN) 11 11 11  Chan Siu Ling (HKG) 4 4 4  Andrea Zimmerer (GER) 11 11 11  Barbara Barszcz (POL) 2 1 4

8 September, 10:00  Zhang Bian (CHN) 11 7 11 11  Barbara Barszcz (POL) 4 11 1 2  Andrea Zimmerer (GER) 11 11 11  Chan Siu Ling (HKG) 4 1 3

9 September, 11:20  Chan Siu Ling (HKG) 11 11 11  Barbara Barszcz (POL) 4 7 6  Andrea Zimmerer (GER) 7 11 11 13  Zhang Bian (CHN) 11 9 5 11

Group B

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		CHN	SWE	TPE	BRA
1	Ren Guixiang (CHN)	3	3	0	9:0		x	3:0	3:0	3:0
2	Ingela Lundback (SWE)	3	2	1	6:3		0:3	x	3:0	3:0
3	Tsai Hui Chu (TPE)	3	1	2	3:6		0:3	0:3	x	3:0
4	Maria Luiza Passos (BRA)	3	0	3	0:9		0:3	0:3	0:3	x

7 September, 12:40  Ingela Lundback (SWE) 11 13 11  Tsai Hui-chu (TPE) 8 11 5  Ren Guixiang (CHN) 11 11 11  Maria Luiza Passos (BRA) 4 2 3

8 September, 10:00  Ingela Lundback (SWE) 11 11 11  Maria Luiza Passos (BRA) 2 9 3  Ren Guixiang (CHN) 11 11 11  Tsai Hui-chu (TPE) 5 2 3

9 September, 11:20  Tsai Hui-chu (TPE) 11 11 11  Maria Luiza Passos (BRA) 6 6 2  Ren Guixiang (CHN) 11 11 11  Ingela Lundback (SWE) 4 5 6

Group C

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		CHN	TPE	MEX	HKG
1	Gu Gai (CHN)	2	2	0	6:2		x	3:0	WBF	3:2
2	Wei Mei Hui (TPE)	3	2	1	6:3		0:3	x	3:0	3:0
3	Maria Paredes (MEX)	2	1	1	3:5		-	0:3	x	3:2
4	Wong Pui Yi (HKG)	3	0	3	4:9		2:3	0:3	2:3	x

7 September, 12:40  Wei Mei-hui (TPE) 11 11 11  Maria Paredes (MEX) 6 8 9  Gu Gai (CHN) 11 8 10 11 11  Wong Pui Yi (HKG) 3 11 12 5 4

8 September, 10:00  Wei Mei-hui (TPE) 11 11 11  Wong Pui Yi (HKG) 9 6 3  Gu Gai (CHN) Won by forfeit  Maria Paredes (MEX)

9 September, 11:20  Maria Paredes (MEX) 13 8 4 11 11  Wong Pui Yi (HKG) 11 11 11 8 9  Gu Gai (CHN) 13 11 11  Wei Mei-hui (TPE) 11 2 8

Group D

Rank	Competitor	MP	W	L	Points		JOR	JPN	ITA	USA
1	Khetam Abuawad (JOR)	3	3	0	9:3		x	3:2	3:1	3:0
2	Kimie Bessho (JPN)	3	2	1	8:4		2:3	x	3:0	3:1
3	Maria Nardelli (ITA)	3	1	2	4:7		1:3	0:3	x	3:1
4	Noga Nir Kistler (USA)	3	0	3	2:9		0:3	1:3	1:3	x

7 September, 12:40  Kimie Bessho (JPN) 10 11 11 11  Noga Nir Kistler (USA) 12 8 9 6  Khetam Abuawad (JOR) 12 9 11 12  Maria Nardelli (ITA) 10 11 7 10

8 September, 10:00  Maria Nardelli (ITA) 11 11 10 11  Noga Nir Kistler (USA) 7 5 12 2  Khetam Abuawad (JOR) 7 11 11 14 11  Kimie Bessho (JPN) 11 7 13 12 4

9 September, 11:20  Kimie Bessho (JPN) 12 11 11  Maria Nardelli (ITA) 10 7 5  Khetam Abuawad (JOR) 11 11 11  Noga Nir Kistler (USA) 7 4 5

Competition bracket

	Semifinals: 10 Sep 10:00								Gold medal match: 10 Sep 18:15
	Andrea Zimmerer (GER)	4	11	6	7
	Gu Gai (CHN)	11	8	11	11
									Gu Gai (CHN)	5	9	13
									Ren Guixiang (CHN)	11	11	15
	Khetam Abuawad (JOR)	8	5	1
	Ren Guixiang (CHN)	11	11	11					Bronze medal match: 10 Sep 18:15
									Andrea Zimmerer (GER)	11	11	11
									Khetam Abuawad (JOR)	4	2	3

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