Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

The men's singles table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The event took place from 6 August to 11 August 2016 at Riocentro.

Schedule
All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

Seeds
Seeds were based on the ITTF World Ranking lists published in July 2016 with a maximum of 2 players per country. The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.


 * 1)  (champion, gold medalist)
 * 2)  (final, silver medalist)
 * 3)  (quarterfinals)
 * 4)  (semifinals, bronze medalist)
 * 5)  (third round)
 * 6)  (fourth round)
 * 7)  (semifinals, fourth place)
 * 8)  (quarterfinals)
 * 9)  (fourth round)
 * 10)  (fourth round)
 * 11)  (third round)
 * 12)  (third round)
 * 13)  (third round)
 * 14)  (third round)
 * 15)  (third round)
 * 16)  (third round)

The players seeded from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.

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