Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 8

The Women's individual table tennis – Class 8 tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics[1] in Tokyo took place between 25 and 29 August 2021 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment in their upper body, and who compete in a standing position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete's ability to compete.

Table tennis
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Dates25 – 29 August 2021
Competitors9 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mao Jingdian  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Huang Wenjuan  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aida Dahlen  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thu Kamkasomphou  France
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2024

In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in three groups of three. The winners and runners-up of each group qualified for the knock-out stage. In this edition of the Games, no bronze medal match was held. The losers of each semifinal were automatically awarded a bronze medal.

Results

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Main bracket

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Final rounds

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
                     
A1   Mao Jingdian (CHN) 11 11 11
B2   Aida Dahlen (NOR)   2 3 5
B2   Zsófia Arlóy (HUN) 12 6 11 5
C2   Aida Dahlen (NOR) 14 11 9 11
A1   Mao Jingdian (CHN)   11 11 11 11
C1   Huang Wenjuan (CHN)   13 5 5 9
C1   Huang Wenjaun (CHN) 15 11 11
A2   Tomono Yuri (JPN) 3 4 5
C1   Huang Wenjuan (CHN) 11 11 5 11
B1   Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA)   7 6 11 5

Preliminary round

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Qualified for the knock-out stage

Group A

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Seed Athlete Won Lost Points
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Rank
1   Mao Jingdian (CHN) 2 0 +27 1
7   Tomono Yuri (JPN) 1 1 –6 2
4   Juliane Wolf (GER) 0 2 –19 3

Group B

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Seed Athlete Won Lost Points
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Rank
2   Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA) 2 0 +25 1
6   Zsófia Arlóy (HUN) 1 1 +8 2
8   Frederique van Hoof (NED) 0 2 –19 3

Group C

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Seed Athlete Won Lost Points
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Rank
5   Huang Wenjuan (CHN) 2 0 +19 1
5   Aida Dahlen (NOR) 1 1 +11 2
7   Lethicia Rodrigues Lacerda (BRA) 0 2 –30 3

References

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  1. ^ "Table Tennis - Women's Singles - Class 8 Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.