| Event: | Table tennis – Women's singles |
| Games: | 2008 Summer |
| Venue: | Peking University Gymnasium |
| Date: | August 18 to August 22, 2008 |
| Competitors: | 78 |
| Nations: | 42 |
| Gold: | Zhang Yining |
| Goldnoc: | CHN |
| Silver: | Wang Nan |
| Silvernoc: | CHN |
| Bronze: | Guo Yue |
| Bronzenoc: | CHN |
| Prev: | 2004 |
| Next: | 2012 |
See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22.
78 athletes from 42 countries took part in the women's single event. The tournament was a single elimination tournament with a third place playoff played between the two losing semi-finalists. The top 16 seeds in the tournament received a bye to the third round. Seeds 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.
See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).[1]
| Dates | Start time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 18 | 10:00 | Preliminary round |
| August 19 | 12:15 | First round |
| 13:45 | ||
| 18:00 | ||
| 19:30 | ||
| 21:00 | Second round | |
| August 20 | 10:00 | |
| 12:00 | ||
| 15:00 | Third round | |
| 18:00 | ||
| 20:00 | ||
| August 21 | 10:00 | Fourth round |
| 18:00 | Quarterfinals | |
| August 22 | 10:00 | Semifinals |
| 19:30 | Bronze medal match | |
| 20:30 | Gold medal match | |
Seeds for the draw of the Olympics were based on the ITTF world ranking list published on July 1, 2008.[2] [3] The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.
The players ranked from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.