Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis programme at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The event took place from Saturday 28 July to Wednesday 1 August 2012 at ExCeL London. The tournament was a single elimination tournament with a third place playoff played between the two losing semi-finalists.
The draw was conducted on 25 July 2012.Qualification
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time.
| Dates | Start time | Round |
| 28 July | 9:00 | Preliminary round |
| 28 July | 11:15 | First round |
| 28 July | 20:30 | Second round |
| 29 July | 9:00 | Second round |
| 29 July | 18:00 | Third round |
| 30 July | 15:30 | Fourth round |
| 31 July | 10:00 | Quarterfinals |
| 31 July | 16:00 | Semifinals |
| 1 August | 14:30 | Bronze medal match |
| 1 August | 15:30 | Gold medal match |
Seeds
Seeds were based on the ITTF World Ranking lists published in July 2012. The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.
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The players ranked from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.
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Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Preliminary rounds
