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2016 Olympic Games
Table Tennis Schedule
Where and when did the 2016 Olympic Games table tennis schedule get underway? Find out here...
By Martin Hughes
Owner and Editor
The Table Tennis competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games was played at the Riocentro (Pavilion 3) from Saturday 6 August to Wednesday 17 August 2016.
The competition consisted of four medal events - men's singles, women's singles, men's team event and women's team event.
Singles events
The Singles events were run using a single-elimination format.
The winners of the two semi-finals in each event competed for the gold medal, while the semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.
The draw for the Singles events was held on 3 August 2016 according to a seeding structure based on the ITTF World Ranking lists published on 1 August 2016.
The 16 highest-ranked players qualified directly to the third round of the event whilst the players ranked from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round; whilst all other players qualified either to the first or preliminary rounds.
Team events
The Team events were run using a single-elimination format.
The winners of the two semi-finals in each event competed for the gold medal, while the semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.
Each team consisted of three players, and each match consisted of four singles matches and one doubles match.
Individual matches were the best of five games.
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So let's take a look at when the players were in action...
Competition Schedule
This was the schedule of play for the 2016 Olympic Games table tennis events...
| Date | Session | Event | Round |
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| Sat 6 August 2016 | 09:00-10:30 | Women's Singles | Preliminary |
| 09:45-11:15 | Men's Singles | Preliminary | |
| 11:15-12:45 | Women's Singles | One | |
| 14:30-16:00 | Women's Singles | One | |
| 16:00-17:30 | Men's Singles | One | |
| 19:00-20:30 | Men's Singles | One | |
| 20:30-22:00 | Women's Singles | Two | |
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| Date | Session | Event | Round |
| Sun 7 August 2016 | 09:00-10:00 | Women's Singles | Two |
| 10:00-12:00 | Men's Singles | Two | |
| 13:30-14:30 | Women's Singles | Two | |
| 14:30-16:30 | Men's Singles | Two | |
| 18:00-20:00 | Women's Singles | Three | |
| 20:00-22:00 | Men's Singles | Three | |
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| Date | Session | Event | Round |
| Mon 8 August 2016 | 10:00-12:00 | Women's Singles | Three |
| 12:00-14:00 | Men's Singles | Three | |
| 16:00-17:00 | Women's Singles | Four | |
| 17:00-18:00 | Men's Singles | Four | |
| 20:30-21:30 | Women's Singles | Four | |
| 21:30-22:30 | Men's Singles | Four | |
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| Date | Session | Event | Round |
| Tue 9 August 2016 | 10:00-14:00 | Women's Singles | Quarter Finals |
| 16:00-18:00 | Men's Singles | Quarter Finals | |
| 20:30-22:30 | Men's Singles | Quarter Finals | |
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| Date | Session | Event | Round |
| Wed 10 August 2016 | 10:00-12:00 | Women's Singles | Semi Finals |
| 20:30-21:30 | Women's Singles | Bronze Medal match | |
| 21:30-22:30 | Women's Singles | Gold Medal match | |
| 22:30-22:45 | Women's Singles | Medal ceremony | |
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| Date | Session | Event | Round |
| Thu 11 August 2016 | 10:00-12:00 | Men's Singles | Semi Finals |
| 20:30-21:30 | Men's Singles | Bronze Medal match | |
| 21:30-22:30 | Men's Singles | Gold Medal match | |
| 22:30-22:45 | Men's Singles | Medal ceremony | |
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| Date | Session | Event | Round |
| Fri 12 August 2016 | 10:00-13:00 | Women's Team | One |
| 15:00-18:00 | Women's Team | One | |
| 19:30-22:30 | Men's Team | One | |
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| Date | Session | Event | Round |
| Sat 13 August 2016 | 10:00-13:00 | Women's Team | Quarter Finals |
| 15:00-18:00 | Men's Team | One | |
| 19:30-22:30 | Women's Team | Quarter Finals | |
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| Date | Session | Event | Round |
| Sun 14 August 2016 | 10:00-13:00 | Men's Team | Quarter Finals |
| 15:00-18:00 | Men's Team | Quarter Finals | |
| 19:30-22:30 | Women's Team | Semi Final 1 | |
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| Date | Session | Event | Round |
| Mon 15 August 2016 | 10:00-13:00 | Women's Team | Semi Final 2 |
| 15:00-18:00 | Men's Team | Semi Final 1 | |
| 19:30-22:30 | Men's Team | Semi Final 2 | |
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| Date | Session | Event | Round |
| Tue 16 August 2016 | 11:-14:00 | Women's Team | Bronze Medal match |
| 19:30-22:30 | Women's Team | Gold Medal match | |
| 22:30-22:45 | Women's Team | Medal ceremony | |
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| Date | Session | Event | Round |
| Wed 17 August 2016 | 11:-14:00 | Men's Team | Bronze Medal match |
| 19:30-22:30 | Men's Team | Gold Medal match | |
| 22:30-22:45 | Men's Team | Medal ceremony | |
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