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

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.
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.

## 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Wei Mei-hui (TPE) | 11 | 11 | 11 | | |
| Wong Pui Yi (HKG) | 9 | 6 | 3 | | |
| Gu Gai (CHN) | Won by forfeit | Won by forfeit | Won by forfeit | Won by forfeit | Won by forfeit |
| Maria Paredes (MEX) | | | | | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Semifinals: 10 Sep 10:00 | Semifinals: 10 Sep 10:00 | Semifinals: 10 Sep 10:00 | Semifinals: 10 Sep 10:00 | Gold medal match: 10 Sep 18:15 | Gold medal match: 10 Sep 18:15 | Gold medal match: 10 Sep 18:15 | Gold medal match: 10 Sep 18:15 | Gold medal match: 10 Sep 18:15 | Gold medal match: 10 Sep 18:15 |
| Andrea Zimmerer (GER) | 4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Gu Gai (CHN) | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| 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 | 15 | | |
| Ren Guixiang (CHN) | 11 | 11 | 11 | | Bronze medal match: 10 Sep 18:15 | Bronze medal match: 10 Sep 18:15 | Bronze medal match: 10 Sep 18:15 | Bronze medal match: 10 Sep 18:15 | Bronze medal match: 10 Sep 18:15 | Bronze medal match: 10 Sep 18:15 |
| | | | | | Andrea Zimmerer (GER) | 11 | 11 | 11 | | |
| | | | | | Khetam Abuawad (JOR) | 4 | 2 | 3 | | |