Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics - wikipedia Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad Venue Riocentro -- Pavilion 3 Dates 6 -- 17 August 2016 No. of events Competitors 172 from 56 nations ← 2012 2020 → Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics Qualification Singles men women Teams men women Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 17 August 2016 at the third pavilion of Riocentro. Around 172 table tennis players ( equally distributed between men and women ) competed in both the singles and team events. Table tennis had appeared at the Summer Olympics on seven previous occasions beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In addition to men 's and women 's singles, the team events were staged for the third time since replacing doubles events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Contents 1 Qualification 2 Competition schedule 3 Participating 3.1 Participating nations 3.2 Competitors 4 Medal summary 4.1 Medal table 4.2 Events 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Qualification Main article : Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics -- Qualification As the host nation, Brazil had automatically qualified six athletes ; a team of three men and women with one each competing in the singles. The top 22 male and top 22 female players on the International Table Tennis Federation 's Olympic ranking list as of January 1, 2016 were qualified for the singles event at the Games. No nation could have more than two players per gender in the singles at these Games, so some players below the twenty - eighth position were given a qualifying place based on ranking. Forty places were awarded to the table tennis players with a maximum of two per NOC and gender through the following continental qualification tournaments between July 1, 2015 and April 24, 2016 : six each from Africa and Latin America, eleven each from Asia and Europe, and three each from North America and Oceania. One invitational place per gender was allocated by the International Table Tennis Federation ( ITTF ). For the team events, the highest - ranked NOC from each continent that already contained two qualified players for the singles added a quota place to form a team of three players and thereby secured a direct qualifying place for the Games based on the ITTF Olympic Team Ranking list. The remaining ten teams were allotted to the nine highest - ranked NOCs in any continent and to the host nation Brazil ( if not qualified by any means ) that have two players qualified for the singles. If less than nine nations, the next best teams with a single player would have secured a place for the Olympics. Competition schedule Preliminary rounds 1⁄4 Quarterfinals 1⁄2 Semifinals Final Event ↓ / Date → Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Men 's singles 1⁄4 1⁄2 Men 's team 1⁄4 1⁄2 Women 's singles 1⁄4 1⁄2 Women 's team 1⁄4 1⁄2 Participating Participating nations Australia ( 6 ) Austria ( 6 ) Belarus ( 3 ) Brazil ( 6 ) Canada ( 2 ) China ( 6 ) Colombia ( 1 ) Congo ( 3 ) Croatia ( 1 ) Czech Republic ( 4 ) Denmark ( 1 ) Egypt ( 5 ) Fiji ( 1 ) Finland ( 1 ) France ( 4 ) Germany ( 6 ) Great Britain ( 3 ) Greece ( 1 ) Hong Kong ( 6 ) Hungary ( 3 ) India ( 4 ) Iran ( 3 ) Japan ( 6 ) Kazakhstan ( 1 ) Lebanon ( 1 ) Luxembourg ( 1 ) Mexico ( 2 ) Netherlands ( 3 ) Nigeria ( 5 ) North Korea ( 4 ) Paraguay ( 1 ) Philippines ( 1 ) Poland ( 6 ) Portugal ( 5 ) Puerto Rico ( 2 ) Qatar ( 1 ) Romania ( 5 ) Russia ( 3 ) Serbia ( 1 ) Singapore ( 5 ) Slovakia ( 3 ) Slovenia ( 1 ) South Korea ( 6 ) Spain ( 3 ) Sweden ( 5 ) Syria ( 1 ) Chinese Taipei ( 6 ) Thailand ( 3 ) Tunisia ( 1 ) Turkey ( 2 ) Ukraine ( 2 ) United States ( 6 ) Uzbekistan ( 1 ) Vanuatu ( 1 ) Venezuela ( 1 ) Competitors Main article : List of table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medal summary Medal table Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total China 0 6 Japan 0 Germany 0 North Korea 0 0 Totals ( 4 nations ) 12 Events Event Gold Silver Bronze Men 's singles details Ma Long China Zhang Jike China Jun Mizutani Japan Men 's team details China ( CHN ) Zhang Jike Ma Long Xu Xin Japan ( JPN ) Koki Niwa Jun Mizutani Maharu Yoshimura Germany ( GER ) Timo Boll Dimitrij Ovtcharov Bastian Steger Women 's singles details Ding Ning China Li Xiaoxia China Kim Song - i North Korea Women 's team details China ( CHN ) Liu Shiwen Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Germany ( GER ) Han Ying Petrissa Solja Shan Xiaona Japan ( JPN ) Ai Fukuhara Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito See also Table tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics 2016 ITTF World Tour 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships References Jump up ^ `` The Olympic Games : Table Tennis ''. Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` The Road to Rio de Janeiro, the 2016 Olympic Games, Starts in Baku ''. ITTF. 25 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Rio 2016 -- ITTF Table Tennis Qualification System '' ( PDF ). ITTF. Retrieved 17 April 2015. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Table Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics ( Rio2016.com ) at the Wayback Machine ( archived 2016 - 08 - 26 ) Table Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR / Olympics International Table Tennis Federation : 2016 Olympic Games ( ITTF.com ) at the Wayback Machine ( archived 2015 - 04 - 02 ) Events at the 2016 Summer Olympics Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball men women Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey men women Football men women Golf Gymnastics Handball men women Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby sevens men women Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball men indoor women indoor men beach women beach Water polo men women Weightlifting Wrestling Table tennis at the Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 2000 2008 2012 2016 2020 List of medalists List of Olympic venues Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Table_tennis_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics&oldid=860578416 '' Categories : 2016 Summer Olympics events 2016 in table tennis Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis competitions in Brazil Table tennis at the Summer Olympics Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from May 2016 Webarchive template wayback links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Беларуская Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Eesti Español فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Hrvatski Italiano Latviešu Lietuvių Magyar Македонски Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Polski Português Română Русский Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 26 more Edit links This page was last edited on 21 September 2018, at 16 : 45 ( UTC ). 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Question: which female player won the gold medal of table tennis singles in 2016 olympics games
Answer: Ding Ning