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

Seeds and byes
Apparently seeds 1-16 receive a bye to round 3, and seeds 17-32 receive a bye to round 2. This means (number i parenthesis indicate players' seeds if highest seed always win):
 * Preliminary round - 12 players (59-70)
 * Round 1 - 32 players (33-64, 6 of which have qualified by winning the previous round)
 * Round 2 - 32 players (17-48, 16 of which are second tier seeds, the other 16 have qualified by winning the previous round)
 * Round 3 - 32 players (1-32, 16 of which are top seeds, the other 16 have qualified by winning the previous round)
 * Round 4 - 16 players (1-16)
 * Quarterfinal - 8 players (1-8)
 * Semifinal - 4 players (1-4)
 * Final - 2 players (1-2)

This table helped me understand that a "bye to round 3" must mean a bye past the prelim and rounds 1 & 2, and "bye to round 2" means past preliminary and round 1, otherwise there's not enough players left to have any preliminary games. -- Lejman (talk) 14:57, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

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