| Table tennis at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Riocentro – Pavilion 3 |
| Dates | 6–17 August 2016 |
| No. of events | 4 |
| Competitors | 172 from 56 nations |
| Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Singles | men | women |
| Teams | men | women |
Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 17 August 2016 at the third pavilion of Riocentro. Around 172 table tennis players (equally distributed between men and women) competed in both the singles and team events.[1][2] Table tennis had appeared at the Summer Olympics on seven previous occasions beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In addition to men's and women's singles, the team events were staged for the third time since replacing doubles events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
- ^ "The Olympic Games: Table Tennis". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "The Road to Rio de Janeiro, the 2016 Olympic Games, Starts in Baku". ITTF. 25 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.