2012 Olympic Games
Men's Singles Results

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The men's table tennis singles events at the Olympic Games took place from 28 July to 2 August 2012. Here are all the results...

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2012 Olympic Games Men's Singles Event Results

The draw for the men's singles at the 2012 Olympic Games table tennis event took place on Wednesday 25 July 2012.

The singles events followed the traditional knockout format and all matches were the best of seven games.

With 69 players taking part, the top 16 seeded players automatically advanced to the third round, whilst the players seeded 17-32 started in the second round and the players seeded 33-48 started in the first round.

All other players were drawn into the preliminary round.

You can see how they qualified for the men's singles here and see the men's singles seedings here.

 

 

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Men's Singles Event Results

Preliminary Round (Seeds 49-69 start)

Saturday 28 July 2012

Seeding / Player / NOC Result Seeding / Player / NOC
61 ARUNA Quadri (NGR) Bye -
51 HENZELL William (AUS) Bye -
62 HINSE Pierre-Luc (CAN) Bye -
57 GHOSH Soumyajit (IND) Bye -
     
60 AL-HASAN Ibrahem (KUW) 4-2 67 IDOWU Saheed (CGO)
56 AGUIRRE Marcelo (PAR) Bye -
50 JEVTOVIC Marko (SRB) Bye -
49 LASHIN El-Sayed (EGY) Bye -
     
64 HAN Justin (AUS) 4-2 68 AGBETOGLO Komi (TOG)
59 HOYAMA Hugo (BRA) Bye -
53 TORIOLA Segun (NGR) 4-1 65 HO Andre (CAN)
52 ZWICKL Daniel (HUN) Bye -
     
54 KIM Song Nam (PRK) 4-0 66 WANG Timothy (USA)
58 ASSAR Omar (EGY) Bye -
63 SAKA Suraju (CGO) Bye -
55 PEREIRA Andy (CUB) 4-0 69 SHING Yoshua (VAN)

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First Round (Seeds 33-48 start)

Saturday 28 July 2012

Seeding / Player / NOC Result Seeding / Player / NOC
61 ARUNA Quadri (NGR) 4-2 35 MACHADO Carlos (ESP)
51 HENZELL William (AUS) 4-1 35 PATTANTYUS Adam (HUN)
45 BURGIS Matiss (LAT) 4-3 62 HINSE Pierre-Luc (CAN)
57 GHOSH Soumyajit (IND) 4-2 44 TSUBOI Gustavo (BRA)
     
46 DRINKHALL Paul (GBR) 4-0 60 AL-HASAN Ibrahem (KUW)
40 DIDUKH Oleksandr (UKR) 4-3 56 AGUIRRE Marcelo (PAR)
38 SAIVE Jean-Michel (BEL) 4-1 50 JEVTOVIC Marko (SRB)
49 LASHIN El-Sayed (EGY) 4-3 35 GERELL Par (SWE)
     
32 ALAMIYAN Noshad (IRI) 4-0 64 HAN Justin (AUS)
39 WANG Zeng Yi (POL) 4-3 59 HOYAMA Hugo (BRA)
40 PERSSON Jorgen (SWE) 4-1 53 TORIOLA Segun (NGR)
52 ZWICKL Daniel (HUN) 4-1 47 BENTSEN Allan (DEN)
     
43 LIN Ju (DOM) 4-3 54 KIM Song Nam (PRK)
58 ASSAR Omar (EGY) 4-1 32 ZHMUDENKO Yaroslav (UKR)
48 LIU Song (ARG) 4-0 63 SAKA Suraju (CGO)
42 BOBOCICA Mihai (ITA) 4-0 55 PEREIRA Andy (CUB)

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Second Round (Seeds 17-32 start)

Sunday 29 July 2012

Seeding / Player / NOC Result Seeding / Player / NOC
31 VANG Bora (TUR) 4-2 61 ARUNA Quadri (NGR)
51 HENZELL William (AUS) 4-2 22 MONTEIRO Joao (POR)
24 SMIRNOV Alexey (RUS) 4-0 45 BURGIS Matiss (LAT)
32 KIM Hyok Bong (PRK) 4-1 57 GHOSH Soumyajit (IND)
     
46 DRINKHALL Paul (GBR) 4-1 26 YANG Zi (SIN)
18 CHEN Weixing (AUT) 4-0 40 DIDUKH Oleksandr (UKR)
29 KREANGA Kalinikos (GRE) 4-1 38 SAIVE Jean-Michel (BEL)
49 LASHIN El-Sayed (EGY) 4-3 28 PRIMORAC Zoran (CRO)
      
32 ALAMIYAN Noshad (IRI) 4-3 18 TANG Peng (HKG)
30 HE Zhiwen (ESP) 4-3 39 WANG Zeng Yi (POL)
27 GACINA Andrej (CRO) 4-0 40 PERSSON Jorgen (SWE)
52 ZWICKL Daniel (HUN) 4-1 23 KARAKASEVIC Aleksandar (SRB)
     
17 FREITAS Marcos (POR) 4-0 43 LIN Ju (DOM)
21 GIONIS Panagiotis (GRE) 4-0 58 ASSAR Omar (EGY)
20 TOKIC Bojan (SLO) 4-3 48 LIU Song (ARG)
25 SCHLAGER Werner (AUT) 4-2 42 BOBOCICA Mihai (ITA)

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Third Round (Seeds 1-16 start)

Monday 30 July 2012

Seeding / Player / NOC Result Seeding / Player / NOC
1 ZHANG Jike (CHN) 4-0 31 VANG Bora (TUR)
9 SAMSONOV Vladimir (BLR) 4-3 51 HENZELL William (AUS)
11 JIANG Tianyi (HKG) 4-1 24 SMIRNOV Alexey (RUS)
32 KIM Hyok Bong (PRK) 4-2 6 JOO Saehyuk (KOR)
     
8 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij (GER) 4-0 46 DRINKHALL Paul (GBR)
18 CHEN Weixing (AUT) 4-0 14 MATTENET Adrien (FRA)
13 MAZE Michael (DEN) 4-1 29 KREANGA Kalinikos (GRE)
3 MIZUTANI Jun (JPN) 4-1 49 LASHIN El-Sayed (EGY)
     
4 BOLL Timo (GER) 4-0 32 ALAMIYAN Noshad (IRI)
15 CRISAN Adrian (ROU) 4-2 30 HE Zhiwen (ESP)
27 GACINA Andrej (CRO) 4-3 16 SHIBAEV Alexander (RUS)
5 CHUANG Chih-Yuan (TPE) 4-0 52 ZWICKL Daniel (HUN)
     
7 OH Sangeun (KOR) 4-0 17 FREITAS Marcos (POR)
12 KISHIKAWA Seiya (JPN) 4-3 21 GIONIS Panagiotis (GRE)
10 GAO Ning (SIN) 4-0 20 TOKIC Bojan (SLO)
2 WANG Hao (CHN) 4-1 25 SCHLAGER Werner (AUT)

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Fourth Round

Monday 30 July 2012

Seeding / Player / NOC Result Seeding / Player / NOC
1 ZHANG Jike (China) 4-3 9 SAMSONOV Vladimir (Belarus)
11 JIANG Tianyi (Hong Kong China) 4-3 32 KIM Hyok Bong (North Korea)
8 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij (Germany) 4-0 18 CHEN Weixing (Austria)
13 MAZE Michael (Denmark) 4-0 3 MIZUTANI Jun (Japan)
   
15 CRISAN Adrian (Romania) 4-1 4 BOLL Timo (Germany)
5 CHUANG Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei) 4-2 27 GACINA Andrej (Croatia)
12 KISHIKAWA Seiya (Japan) 4-1 7 OH Sangeun (South Korea)
2 WANG Hao (China) 4-1 10 GAO Ning (Singapore)

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Quarter Finals

Tuesday 31 July and Wednesday 1 August 2012

Seeding / Player / NOC Result Seeding / Player / NOC
1 ZHANG Jike (China) 4-1 11 JIANG Tianyi (Hong Kong China)
   11-4, 8-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6
 
8 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij (Germany) 4-3 13 MAZE Michael (Denmark)
   11-8, 12-10, 1-11, 9-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9
 
5 CHUANG Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei) 4-0 15 CRISAN Adrian (Romania)
   11-3, 11-4, 11-4, 11-5
 
2 WANG Hao (China) 4-0 12 KISHIKAWA Seiya (Japan)
   11-4, 11-5, 11-3, 11-5

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Semi Finals

Thursday 2 August 2012

Seeding / Player / NOC Result Seeding / Player / NOC
1 ZHANG Jike (China) 4-1 8 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij (Germany)
   11-8, 11-3, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8
 
2 WANG Hao (China) 4-1 5 CHUANG Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei)
   11-13, 11-2, 12-10, 11-6, 11-9 

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Bronze Medal Match

Thursday 2 August 2012

Seeding / Player / NOC Result Seeding / Player / NOC
8 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij (Germany) 4-2 5 CHUANG Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei)
   12-10, 9-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-5, 14-12 

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Gold Medal Match

Thursday 2 August 2012

Seeding / Player / NOC Result Seeding / Player / NOC
1 ZHANG Jike (China) 4-1 2 WANG Hao (China)
   18-16, 11-5, 11-6, 10-12, 13-11

 

2012 Olympic Games - Medal Winners - Mens Singles Wang Hao - Zhang Jike - Dimitrij Ovtcharov

 

 

2012 Olympic Games

Men's Singles Event

 

GOLD MEDAL WINNER = ZHANG Jike (China)

SILVER MEDAL WINNER = WANG Hao (China)

BRONZE MEDAL WINNER = Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany)

 

 


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