An NOC may enter up to six athletes, two male and two female athletes in singles events and up to one men's and one women's team in team events.[ 1] [ 2]
Qualification summary
Qualifiers
Singles
A total of 69 athletes qualified for each singles event as follows:[ 3] [ 4]
† : Athlete qualified for team event only.
Men
Event
Date
Venue
Vacancies
Qualifiers
ITTF World Ranking
May 15, 2011
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28
Wang Hao (CHN ) Timo Boll (GER ) Zhang Jike (CHN ) Jun Mizutani (JPN ) Vladimir Samsonov (BLR ) Joo Se-Hyuk (KOR ) Oh Sang-Eun (KOR ) Chuang Chih-yuan (TPE ) Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER ) Gao Ning (SIN ) Tang Peng (HKG ) Michael Maze (DEN ) Alexey Smirnov (RUS ) Adrien Mattenet (FRA ) Werner Schlager (AUT ) Jiang Tianyi (HKG ) Kalinikos Kreanga (GRE ) Seiya Kishikawa (JPN ) Jörgen Persson (SWE ) Chen Weixing (AUT ) Adrian Crişan (ROU ) Jean-Michel Saive (BEL ) Panagiotis Gionis (GRE ) Zoran Primorac (CRO ) Pär Gerell (SWE ) Yang Zi (SIN ) Alexander Shibaev (RUS ) Bojan Tokič (SLO )
West Asian Men's Qualification Tournament
June 27–30, 2011
Dubai
1
Ibrahim Al-Hasan (KUW )
2011 All-Africa Games [ 5]
September 4–13, 2011
Maputo
6
Omar Assar (EGY ) El-Sayed Lashin (EGY ) Quadri Aruna (NGR ) Segun Toriola (NGR ) Suraju Saka (CGO ) Saheed Idowu (CGO )
2011 Pan American Games
October 15–20, 2011
Guadalajara
1
Liu Song (ARG )
Middle Asia Qualification Tournament
January 9–11, 2012
Tehran
1
Noshad Alamian (IRI ) †
Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament
February 4–5, 2012
Bangkok
1
Zhan Jian (SIN ) †
Latin America Qualification Tournament
March 4 – 6, 2012
Rio de Janeiro
5
Lin Ju (DOM ) Gustavo Tsuboi (BRA ) Marcelo Aguirre (PAR ) Hugo Hoyama (BRA ) Andy Pereira (CUB )
Oceania Qualification Tournament
March 5–8, 2012
Sydney
3
William Henzell (AUS ) Justin Han (AUS ) Yoshua Shing (VAN )
European Qualification Tournament
April 11–15, 2012
Luxembourg City
11
Marcos Freitas (POR ) Robert Gardos (AUT ) † João Monteiro (POR ) Bastian Steger (GER ) † Dániel Zwickl (HUN ) Aleksandar Karakašević (SRB ) Marko Jevtović (SRB ) He Zhiwen (ESP ) Kirill Skachkov (RUS ) † Jens Lundqvist (SWE ) † Ádám Pattantyús (HUN )
Asian Qualification Tournament
April 19–22, 2012
Hong Kong
8
Leung Chu Yan (HKG ) † Koki Niwa (JPN ) † Ma Long (CHN ) † Ryu Seung-Min (KOR ) † Kim Hyok-Bong (PRK ) Kim Song-Nam (PRK ) Jang Song-Man (PRK ) † Soumyajit Ghosh (IND ) *
Northern American Qualification Tournament
April 20–22, 2012
Cary, North Carolina
3
Andre Ho (CAN ) Pierre-Luc Hinse (CAN ) Timothy Wang (USA )
Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament
May 10–13, 2012
Doha
2
Tiago Apolonia (POR ) † Carlos Machado (ESP )
Re-distributed Quota
May 10–13, 2012
Doha
8
Oleksandr Didukh (UKR ) Wang Zeng Yi (POL ) Andrej Gaćina (CRO ) Bora Vang (TUR ) Allan Bentsen (DEN ) Mihai Bobocica (ITA ) Yaroslav Zhmudenko (UKR ) Matīss Burģis (LAT )
Host Country Representation
May 13, 2012
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1
Paul Drinkhall (GBR )
Tripartite Commission Invitation Place
May 30, 2012
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1
Mawussi Agbetoglo (TOG )
Team Allocation
May 30, 2012
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6
Zhen Wang (CAN ) † Liam Pitchford (GBR ) † Andrew Baggaley (GBR ) † Ahmed Saleh (EGY ) † Robert Frank (AUS ) † Thiago Monteiro (BRA ) †
Total
86
* Highest ranked South Asian athlete.
Women
Event
Date
Venue
Vacancies
Qualifiers
ITTF World Ranking
May 15, 2011
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28
Li Xiaoxia (CHN ) Ding Ning (CHN ) * Feng Tianwei (SIN ) Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN ) Ai Fukuhara (JPN ) Kim Kyung-Ah (KOR ) Wang Yuegu (SIN ) Tie Ya Na (HKG ) Wu Jiaduo (GER ) Li Jiao (NED ) Jiang Huajun (HKG ) Shen Yanfei (ESP ) Park Mi-Young (KOR ) Li Jie (NED ) Huang Yi-hua (TPE ) Viktoria Pavlovich (BLR ) Melek Hu (TUR ) Li Qian (POL ) Krisztina Tóth (HUN ) Daniela Dodean (ROU ) Kim Jong (PRK ) Georgina Póta (HUN ) Elizabeta Samara (ROU ) Li Xue (FRA ) Ni Xialian (LUX ) Kristin Silbereisen (GER ) Liu Jia (AUT ) Iveta Vacenovská (CZE )
2011 All-Africa Games [ 5]
September 4–13, 2011
Maputo
6
Offiong Edem (NGR ) Olufunke Oshonaike (NGR ) Xing Han (CGO ) Nadeen El-Dawlatly (EGY ) Dina Meshref (EGY ) Sarah Hanffou (CMR )
2011 Pan American Games
October 15–20, 2011
Guadalajara
1
Zhang Mo (CAN )
West Asian Women's Qualification Tournament
October 19–20, 2011
Amman
1
Tvin Carole Moumjoghlian (LIB )
Middle Asia Qualification Tournament
January 9–11, 2012
Tehran
1
Neda Shahsavari (IRI )
Southeast Asian Qualification Tournament
February 4–5, 2012
Bangkok
1
Li Jiawei (SIN ) †
Latin America Qualification Tournament
March 4–6, 2012
Rio de Janeiro
6
Lígia Silva (BRA ) Paula Medina (COL ) Yadira Silva (MEX ) Caroline Kumahara (BRA ) Fabiola Ramos (VEN ) Berta Rodríguez (CHI )
Oceania Qualification Tournament
March 5–8, 2012
Sydney
3
Lay Jian Fang (AUS ) Miao Miao (AUS ) Anolyn Lulu (VAN )
European Qualification Tournament
April 11–15, 2012
Luxembourg City
11
Irene Ivancan (GER ) † Natalia Partyka (POL ) Mie Skov (DEN ) Xian Yi Fang (FRA ) Cornelia Molnar (CRO ) Margaryta Pesotska (UKR ) Tian Yuan (CRO ) Aleksandra Privalova (BLR ) Li Qiangbing (AUT ) Amelie Solja (AUT ) † Wenling Tan Monfardini (ITA )
Asian Qualification Tournament
April 19–22, 2012
Hong Kong
8
Guo Yue (CHN ) † Ri Myong-Sun (PRK ) Sayaka Hirano (JPN ) † Seok Ha-Jung (KOR ) † Chen Szu-yu (TPE ) Nanthana Komwong (THA ) Ri Mi-Gyong (PRK ) † Ankita Das (IND ) **
Northern American Qualification Tournament
April 20–22, 2012
Cary, North Carolina
2
Ariel Hsing (USA ) Lily Zhang (USA )
Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament
May 10–13, 2012
Doha
2
Dana Hadačová (CZE ) Sara Ramírez (ESP )
Re-distributed Quota
May 10–13, 2012
Doha
6
Galia Dvorak (ESP ) † Anna Tikhomirova (RUS ) Yana Noskova (RUS ) Lee Ho Ching (HKG ) † Lei Huang Mendes (POR ) Tetyana Bilenko (UKR )
Host Country Representation
May 13, 2012
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1
Joanna Parker (GBR )
Tripartite Commission Invitation Place
May 30, 2012
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1
Yasmin Hassan Farah (DJI )
Team Allocation
May 30, 2012
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8
Katarzyna Grzybowska (POL ) † Erica Wu (USA ) † Kelly Sibley (GBR ) † Na Liu (GBR ) † Elena Timina (NED ) † Raghd Magdy (EGY ) † Tan Zhenhua (AUS ) † Gui Lin (BRA ) †
Special Invitation by IOC
July 12, 2012
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1
Aia Mohamed (QAT )
Total
87
* Guo Yan is replaced by Ding Ning .
** Highest ranked South Asian athlete.
Team
Sixteen teams, including one team from each of six continents and the host NOC, qualified the team events.[ 2] The qualification of an NOC was based on the number of the qualified players and the ranking of the 2012 World Team Championships . The 2012 World Team Championships were held from March 25 to April 1, 2012, in Dortmund , Germany. A total of fourteen quota places per gender were reserved for completing qualified teams representing NOCs with less than three qualified individual athletes. Eight men's quotas and four women's quotas remained unused, and were transferred to the singles competition of the same gender and added to the Final Qualification Tournament.
Men's team
Women's team
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