{"history":[],"article":{"id":"146ca769-2675-4d2e-8729-e7cd94c28ce3","title":"Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles","slug":"table-tennis-at-the-2008-summer-olympics-women-s-singles","content":":::summary\n**Event:** Table tennis – Women's singles \n**Games:** 2008 Summer \n**Venue:** [Peking University Gymnasium](https://bliptext.com/articles/peking-university-gymnasium) \n**Date:** August 18 to August 22, 2008 \n**Competitors:** 78 \n**Nations:** 42 \n**Gold:** [Zhang Yining](https://bliptext.com/articles/zhang-yining) \n**Goldnoc:** CHN \n**Silver:** [Wang Nan](https://bliptext.com/articles/wang-nan-table-tennis) \n**Silvernoc:** CHN \n**Bronze:** [Guo Yue](https://bliptext.com/articles/guo-yue-table-tennis) \n**Bronzenoc:** CHN \n**Prev:** [2004](https://bliptext.com/articles/table-tennis-at-the-2004-summer-olympics-women-s-singles) \n**Next:** [2012](https://bliptext.com/articles/table-tennis-at-the-2012-summer-olympics-women-s-singles) \n:::\n\n# \nThe **women's singles** table tennis event was a part of the [table tennis program](https://bliptext.com/articles/table-tennis-at-the-2008-summer-olympics) at the [2008 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/2008-summer-olympics) and took place at the [Peking University Gymnasium](https://bliptext.com/articles/peking-university-gymnasium).\nThe tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22.\n78 athletes from 42 countries took part in the women's single event.\nThe tournament was a [single elimination tournament](https://bliptext.com/articles/single-elimination-tournament) with a [third place playoff](https://bliptext.com/articles/third-place-playoff) played between the two losing semi-finalists.\nThe top 16 seeds in the tournament received a bye to the third round.\nSeeds 17 through 32 received a bye to the second round, seeds 33 to 50 received a bye to the first round while seeds 51 to 78 contested in the preliminary round.\n\n# Qualification\n\n# Schedule\nAll times are [China Standard Time](https://bliptext.com/articles/time-in-china) ([UTC+8](https://bliptext.com/articles/utc-08-00)).\n\n# Seeds\nSeeds for the draw of the Olympics were based on the ITTF world ranking list published on July 1, 2008.\nThe top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.\nThe players ranked from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.\n

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\n\n\n# Draw\n\n## Finals\n\n## Top half\n\n### Section 1\n\n### Section 2\n\n## Bottom half\n\n### Section 3\n\n### Section 4\n\n# Preliminary rounds\n\n## Top half\n\n### Section 1\n\n### Section 2\n\n## Bottom half\n\n### Section 3\n\n### Section 4","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T10:57:06.636Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T10:57:06.636Z","search_vector":"'2008':5 'olymp':7 'singl':10 'summer':6 'tabl':1 'tenni':2 'women':8","search_content":" \n**Event:** Table tennis – Women's singles \n**Games:** 2008 Summer \n**Venue:** [Peking University Gymnasium](https://bliptext.com/articles/peking-university-gymnasium) \n**Date:** August 18 to August 22, 2008 \n**Competitors:** 78 \n**Nations:** 42 \n**Gold:** [Zhang Yining](https://bliptext.com/articles/zhang-yining) \n**Goldnoc:** CHN \n**Silver:** [Wang Nan](https://bliptext.com/articles/wang-nan-table-tennis) \n**Silvernoc:** CHN \n**Bronze:** [Guo Yue](https://bliptext.com/articles/guo-yue-table-tennis) \n**Bronzenoc:** CHN \n**Prev:** [2004](https://bliptext.com/articles/table-tennis-at-the-2004-summer-olympics-women-s-singles) \n**Next:** [2012](https://bliptext.com/articles/table-tennis-at-the-2012-summer-olympics-women-s-singles) \n \n\n# \nThe **women's singles** table tennis event was a part of the [table tennis program](https://bliptext.com/articles/table-tennis-at-the-2008-summer-olympics) at the [2008 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/2008-summer-olympics) and took place at the [Peking University Gymnasium](https://bliptext.com/articles/peking-university-gymnasium).\nThe tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22.\n78 athletes from 42 countries took part in the women's single event.\nThe tournament was a [single elimination tournament](https://bliptext.com/articles/single-elimination-tournament) with a [third place playoff](https://bliptext.com/articles/third-place-playoff) played between the two losing semi-finalists.\nThe top 16 seeds in the tournament received a bye to the third round.\nSeeds 17 through 32 received a bye to the second round, seeds 33 to 50 received a bye to the first round while seeds 51 to 78 contested in the preliminary round.\n\n# Qualification\n\n# Schedule\nAll times are [China Standard Time](https://bliptext.com/articles/time-in-china) ([UTC+8](https://bliptext.com/articles/utc-08-00)).\n\n# Seeds\nSeeds for the draw of the Olympics were based on the ITTF world ranking list published on July 1, 2008.\nThe top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.\nThe players ranked from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.\n (fourth round) \n (third round) \n (third round) \n (third round) \n (second round) \n (third round) \n (third round) \n (third round) \n (third round) \n (third round) \n (second round) \n (third round) \n (fourth round) \n (second round) \n (quarterfinals) \n (fourth round) \n \n\n# Draw\n\n## Finals\n\n## Top half\n\n### Section 1\n\n### Section 2\n\n## Bottom half\n\n### Section 3\n\n### Section 4\n\n# Preliminary rounds\n\n## Top half\n\n### Section 1\n\n### Section 2\n\n## Bottom half\n\n### Section 3\n\n### Section 4","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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