Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

The Men's singles table tennis event was a part of the Table Tennis program and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 19 and the finals took place on August 23.

Table tennis – Men's singles
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenuePeking University Gymnasium
DateAugust 19 to August 23, 2008
Competitors77 from 44 nations
Table tennis at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Singlesmenwomen
Teamsmenwomen
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77 athletes from 44 countries took part in the men's singles event. The tournament was a single elimination tournament with a third place playoff played between the two losing semi-finalists. The top 16 seeds in the tournament received a bye to the third round. Seeds 17 through 32 received a bye to the second round, seeds 33 to 51 received a bye to the first round and seeds 52 to 77 contested the preliminary round.

Medalists
GoldMa Lin
 China
SilverWang Hao
 China
BronzeWang Liqin
 China

Competition schedule

Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Start Time End Time Event Round
10:0013:00Men's SinglesPreliminary Round
13:4514:30Men's SinglesFirst Round
15:1516:00Men's SinglesFirst Round
18:4519:30Men's SinglesFirst Round
20:1521:00Men's SinglesFirst Round

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Start Time End Time Event Round
11:0012:00Men's SinglesSecond Round
14:0015:00Men's SinglesSecond Round
19:0020:00Men's SinglesSecond Round
22:0023:00Men's SinglesSecond Round

Thursday, August 21, 2008
Start Time End Time Event Round
12:0013:00Men's SinglesThird Round
13:0014:00Men's SinglesThird Round
14:0015:00Men's SinglesThird Round
15:0016:00Men's SinglesThird Round
20:0021:00Men's SinglesFourth Round
21:0022:00Men's SinglesFourth Round

Friday, August 22, 2008
Start Time End Time Event Round
13:3014:30Men's SinglesQuarterfinal
14:3015:30Men's SinglesQuarterfinal
15:3016:30Men's SinglesQuarterfinal
16:3017:30Men's SinglesQuarterfinal

Saturday, August 23, 2008
Start Time End Time Event Round
10:0011:00Men's SinglesSemifinal
11:0012:00Men's SinglesSemifinal
19:3020:30Men's SinglesBronze Medal
20:3021:30Men's SinglesGold Medal

Seeds

Tournament Bracket

Preliminary Rounds
  Preliminary Round   First Round   Second Round   Third Round
                       
   Alfredo Carneros (ESP) 11 12 11 9 8 11        Achanta Sharath Kamal (IND) 6 12 11 9 11 11        Chen Weixing (AUT) 11 14 11 8 12       1  Wang Hao (CHN) 11 11 11 11      
   Adel Massaad (EGY) 9 10 8 11 11 8        Alfredo Carneros (ESP) 11 10 8 11 6 7        Achanta Sharath Kamal (IND) 5 12 2 11 10          Chen Weixing (AUT) 7 7 5 5      
   Doan Kien Quoc (VIE) 11 11 12 11            Christophe Legout (FRA) 12 7 6 11 9 12        Alexei Smirnov (RUS) 11 5 11 14 11       15  Yo Kan (JPN) 9 11 11 14 17    
   David Zalcberg (AUS) 8 7 10 5            Doan Kien Quoc (VIE) 10 11 11 6 11 14        Doan Kien Quoc (VIE) 3 11 4 12 8          Alexei Smirnov (RUS) 11 8 9 12 15    
                       Lin Ju (DOM) 2 13 11 11 12          Adrian Crisan (ROU) 11 11 11 9 11       11  Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) 8 7 11 11 11 10 11
                       Tiago Apolonia (POR) 11 11 4 5 10          Lin Ju (DOM) 4 2 7 11 6          Adrian Crisan (ROU) 11 11 7 9 6 12 8
   Gustavo Tsuboi (BRA) 11 11 10 11 7 9 12      Panagiotis Gionis (GRE) 11 11 11 11            Ko Lai Chak (HKG) 11 7 11 10 11 4 11   6  Ryu Seung Min (KOR) 7 8 6 11 11 10  
   Pradeeban Peter-Paul (CAN) 7 6 12 7 11 11 10      Gustavo Tsuboi (BRA) 7 3 5 5            Panagiotis Gionis (GRE) 5 11 4 12 8 11 4      Ko Lai Chak (HKG) 11 11 11 4 5 12  
   El-Sayed Lashin (EGY) 11 9 11 11 13 17        Marcos Freitas (POR) 10 11 11 11 11          Yang Zi (SIN) 11 6 2 11 11 11     7  Chuang Chih-Yuan (TPE) 12 11 8 11 11 7 10
   Pablo Tabachnik (ARG) 4 11 13 4 11 15        El-Sayed Lashin (EGY) 12 4 8 8 6          Marcos Freitas (POR) 4 11 11 3 9 6        Yang Zi (SIN) 14 7 11 7 5 11 12
                       Robert Gardos (AUT) 6 8 9 11 11 11 11      Zoran Primorac (CRO) 12 11 6 11 5 11     16  Michael Maze (DEN) 8 11 10 12 7 11  
                       Ri Chol Guk (PRK) 11 11 11 9 1 5 9      Robert Gardos (AUT) 10 8 11 5 11 9        Zoran Primorac (CRO) 11 9 12 10 11 13  
   Cem Zeng (TUR) 10 11 11 8 12 11        Aleksandar Karakašević (SRB) 11 13 11 9 11          Jörgen Persson (SWE) 11 8 12 8 11 11     9  Cheung Yuk (HKG) 9 7 4 11 2    
   Monday Merotohun (NGR) 12 5 8 11 10 9        Cem Zeng (TUR) 8 11 7 11 1          Aleksandar Karakašević (SRB) 8 11 10 11 8 7        Jörgen Persson (SWE) 11 11 11 9 11    
                       Patrick Chila (FRA) 11 12 11 7 1 8 9      Christian Süß (GER) 11 4 11 11 11       4  Vladimir Samsonov (BLR) 15 11 11 11      
                       János Jakab (HUN) 7 10 9 11 11 11 11      János Jakab (HUN) 7 11 8 8 8          Christian Süß (GER) 13 6 9 4      
   Kou Lei (UKR) 11 9 8 6 9          Lucjan Błaszczyk (POL) 11 11 13 11            Petr Korbel (CZE) 9 9 11 4 12 8     3  Wang Liqin (CHN) 11 11 11 11      
   Suraju Saka (CGO) 5 11 11 11 11          Suraju Saka (CGO) 9 3 11 2            Lucjan Błaszczyk (POL) 11 11 7 11 10 11        Lucjan Błaszczyk (POL) 2 6 7 8      
   William Henzell (AUS) 8 11 11 11 11          Jens Lundqvist (SWE) 13 9 11 11 10 3        Yoon Jae Young (KOR) 4 7 11 10 11 11 11   13  Werner Schlager (AUT) 10 11 6 11 9 11 11
   Idir Khourta (ALG) 11 3 2 5 8          William Henzell (AUS) 15 11 8 5 12 11        William Henzell (AUS) 11 11 9 12 5 7 4      Yoon Jae Young (KOR) 12 8 11 4 11 6 8
   Zhang Peng (CAN) 11 11 12 11            Seiya Kishikawa (JPN) 11 9 11 8 11 11        Tan Ruiwu (CRO) 7 11 11 11 11       10  Gao Ning (SIN) 6 12 4 7      
   Dexter St Louis (TRI) 6 7 10 4            Zhang Peng (CAN) 9 11 6 11 5 9        Seiya Kishikawa (JPN) 11 9 4 4 3          Tan Ruiwu (CRO) 11 14 11 11      
   Jang Song Man (PRK) 11 11 11 11            Liu Song (ARG) 9 11 11 4 9 11        He Zhi Wen (ESP) 9 11 11 7 10 8     8  Li Ching (HKG) 11 11 11 9 11    
WC  Marcelo Aguirre (PAR) 7 3 8 3            Jang Song Man (PRK) 11 9 5 11 11 13        Jang Song Man (PRK) 11 8 9 11 12 11        Jang Song Man (PRK) 4 9 8 11 8    
   Kim Hyok Bong (PRK) 11 9 6 11 11 11        Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 6 9 6 11 5          Chiang Peng-Lung (TPE) 7 11 8 11 4 10     5  Timo Boll (GER) 13 11 11 10 11    
   Ibrahem Al-Hasan (KUW) 7 11 11 5 9 9        Kim Hyok Bong (PRK) 11 11 11 7 11          Kim Hyok Bong (PRK) 11 8 11 7 11 12        Kim Hyok Bong (PRK) 11 3 4 12 8    
   Segun Toriola (NGR) 8 11 2 11 9 11 11      Joao Monteiro (POR) 11 7 7 11 9 11 7      Jean-Michel Saive (BEL) 8 7 11 11 3 10     12  Oh Sang Eun (KOR) 12 15 11 11 9 9 11
   David Zhuang (USA) 11 8 11 6 11 7 8      Segun Toriola (NGR) 5 11 11 5 11 9 11      Segun Toriola (NGR) 11 11 8 9 11 12        Segun Toriola (NGR) 14 13 6 5 11 11 7
   Ahmed Saleh (EGY) 11 11 10 11 11          Damien Eloi (FRA) 7 14 11 8 11 11 11      Jun Mizutani (JPN) 11 7 15 7 8 11 11   14  Kalinikos Kreanga (GRE) 9 11 11 11 11    
   Kyle Davis (AUS) 7 6 12 7 8          Ahmed Saleh (EGY) 11 16 8 11 7 8 6      Damien Eloi (FRA) 9 11 13 11 11 8 1      Jun Mizutani (JPN) 11 9 4 8 3    
   Mihai Bobocica (ITA) 11 10 11 9 11 12        Fedor Kuzmin (RUS) 7 11 5 7 10          Bojan Tokič (SLO) 14 6 5 11 11 8 11   2  Ma Lin (CHN) 11 11 11 9 11    
   Afshin Norouzi (IRI) 7 12 6 11 4 10        Mihai Bobocica (ITA) 11 3 11 11 12          Mihai Bobocica (ITA) 12 11 11 8 9 11 6      Bojan Tokič (SLO) 5 6 8 11 5    

Final Rounds
Fourth Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold Medal Match
1  Wang Hao (CHN) 11 9 11 11 11
15  Yo Kan (JPN) 6 11 8 5 4 1  Wang Hao (CHN) 11 8 11 11 11
11  Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) 4 7 4 11 1  Ko Lai Chak (HKG) 7 11 6 7 9
   Ko Lai Chak (HKG) 11 11 11 1 11 1  Wang Hao (CHN) 11 11 9 11 11
   Yang Zi (SIN) 7 7 11 11 7 6    Jörgen Persson (SWE) 9 9 11 7 9
   Zoran Primorac (CRO) 11 11 4 8 11 11    Zoran Primorac (CRO) 11 6 8 12 9
   Jörgen Persson (SWE) 7 8 11 11 11 12 11    Jörgen Persson (SWE) 7 11 11 14 11
4  Vladimir Samsonov (BLR) 11 11 9 13 7 10 9 1  Wang Hao (CHN) 9 9 11 7 9
3  Wang Liqin (CHN) 11 11 11 11 2  Ma Lin (CHN) 11 11 6 11 11
13  Werner Schlager (AUT) 6 4 8 2 3  Wang Liqin (CHN) 11 11 11 11
   Tan Ruiwu (CRO) 9 11 10 11 13 11    Tan Ruiwu (CRO) 7 5 8 8
8  Li Ching (HKG) 11 6 12 8 11 5 3  Wang Liqin (CHN) 5 9 9 12 11 8 Bronze Medal Match
5  Timo Boll (GER) 9 4 9 11 4 2  Ma Lin (CHN) 11 11 11 10 3 11
12  Oh Sang Eun (KOR) 11 11 11 8 11 12  Oh Sang Eun (KOR) 3 5 9 10    Jörgen Persson (SWE) 11 2 5 9
14  Kalinikos Kreanga (GRE) 5 5 3 7 2  Ma Lin (CHN) 11 11 11 12 3  Wang Liqin (CHN) 13 11 11 11
2  Ma Lin (CHN) 11 11 11 11

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