Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 8

The Women's individual table tennis - Class 8 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] in London took place from 30 August to 3 September 2012 at ExCeL London. Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment who competed from a standing position; the lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete’s ability to compete.

Table tennis Women's C8
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates30 August – 2 September
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mao Jingdian  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thu Kamkasomphou  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Josefin Abrahamsson  Sweden
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In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in two groups of four. Top two in each group qualified for the semi-finals.

Results edit

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals edit

Semifinals: 1 Sep 16:45 Gold medal match: 2 Sep 18:45
              
A1   Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA) 11 11 11
B2   Josephine Medina (PHI) 3 3 8
A1   Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA) 2 4 14 5
B1   Mao Jingdian (CHN) 11 11 12 11
A2   Josefin Abrahamsson (SWE) 11 2 4
B1   Mao Jingdian (CHN) 13 11 11 Bronze medal match
B2   Josephine Medina (PHI) 9 10 11
A2   Josefin Abrahamsson (SWE) 11 12 13

Preliminary round edit

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A edit

Athlete Won Lost Games
won
Points
diff
  Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA) 3 0 9 +42
  Josefin Abrahamsson (SWE) 2 1 6 -1
  Yu Hailian (CHN) 1 2 6 0
  Eman Mahmoud (EGY) 0 3 1 -41

Group B edit

Athlete Won Lost Games
won
Points
diff
  Mao Jingdian (CHN) 3 0 9 +34
  Josephine Medina (PHI) 2 1 6 +7
  Aida Dahlen (NOR) 1 2 4 -2
  Jane Rodrigues (BRA) 0 3 0 -39

References edit

  1. ^ "Paralympic Table Tennis". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.