Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

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.

Medalists

Competition schedule

Monday, August 18

Tuesday, August 19

Wednesday, August 20

Thursday, August 21

Friday, August 22

Seeds

  (champion, gold medallist) 
  (semifinals, bronze medallist)
  (final, silver medallist)
  (semifinals, fourth place)
  (third round) 
  (quarterfinals)
  (quarterfinals)
  (fourth round)

  (fourth round)
  (fourth round)
  (fourth round)
  (third round)
  (third round
  (quarterfinals)
  (fourth round)
  (third round)

Tournament bracket

Preliminary rounds

Final rounds

References
 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)

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