Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 5

The women's individual table tennis – Class 5 tournament at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro took place during 8–12 September 2016 at Riocentro Pavilion 3. Classes 1-5 were for athletes with a physical impairment that affected their legs, and who competed in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete’s ability to compete.

Table tennis at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Riocentro Pavilion 3
Dates	8–12 September
Competitors	12 from 11 nations
Medalists
Zhang Bian  China Gu Gai  China Jung Young-a  South Korea

In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in four groups of three. Winners and runners-up of each group qualified for the quarterfinals.

Results

All times are local time in UTC-3.

Finals

Main bracket

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Finals
	A1	Zhang Bian (CHN)	11	11	11
	B2	Faith Chinenye Obiora (NGR)	2	1	4
										A1	Zhang Bian (CHN)	11	9	11	11
										D2	Ingela Lundbäck (SWE)	7	11	9	7
	D2	Ingela Lundbäck (SWE)	11	11	11
	C1	Khetam Abuawad (JOR)	7	7	9
																			A1	Zhang Bian (CHN)	11	11	11
																			B1	Gu Gai (CHN)	6	6	6
	D1	Jung Young-a (KOR)	11	11	11
	A2	Kimie Bessho (JPN)	8	8	3
										D1	Jung Young-a (KOR)	6	11	4	6
										B1	Gu Gai (CHN)	11	9	11	11
	C2	Caroline Odaia Tabib (ISR)	2	7	3
	B1	Gu Gai (CHN)	11	11	11

Bronze medal match

	Bronze Medal Match
	D2	Ingela Lundbäck (SWE)	9	15	12	9
	D1	Jung Young-a (KOR)	11	17	10	11

Preliminary round

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

Seed	Athlete	Won	Lost	Points diff	Rank
1	Zhang Bian (CHN)	2	0	+29	1 Q
7	Kimie Bessho (JPN)	1	1	-7	2 Q
10	Wong Pui Yi (HKG)	0	2	-22	3 Q

Zhang Bian (CHN)	11	13	11
Wong Pui Yi (HKG)	5	11	6

Zhang Bian (CHN)	11	11	11
Kimie Bessho (JPN)	7	2	8

Kimie Bessho (JPN)	11	12	13
Wong Pui Yi (HKG)	6	10	11

Group B

Seed	Athlete	Won	Lost	Points diff	Rank
2	Gu Gai (CHN)	2	0	+36	1 Q
9	Faith Obiora (NGR)	1	1	-22	2 Q
8	Wei Mei-hui (TPE)	0	2	-14	3 Q

Gu Gai (CHN)	11	11	11
Faith Obiora (NGR)	3	6	4

Gu Gai (CHN)	11	11	11
Wei Mei-hui (TPE)	5	6	6

Wei Mei-hui (TPE)	9	11	8	11	13
Faith Obiora (NGR)	11	6	11	7	15

Group C

Seed	Athlete	Won	Lost	Points diff	Rank
3	Khetam Abuawad (JOR)	2	0	+35	1 Q
6	Caroline Tabib (ISR)	1	1	+2	2 Q
11	Maria Paredes Albor (MEX)	0	1	-37	3 Q

Khetam Abuawad (JOR)	11	11	11
Maria Paredes Albor (MEX)	5	1	2

Khetam Abuawad (JOR)	12	11	11
Caroline Tabib (ISR)	10	5	9

Caroline Tabib (ISR)	11	11	10	11
Maria Paredes Albor (MEX)	5	7	12	7

Group D

Seed	Athlete	Won	Lost	Points diff	Rank
4	Jung Young-a (KOR)	2	0	+35	1 Q
5	Ingela Lundbäck (SWE)	1	1	+6	2 Q
12	Merewalesi Roden (FIJ)	0	2	-41	3 Q

Jung Young-a (KOR)	11	11	11
Merewalesi Roden (FIJ)	2	3	5

Jung Young-a (KOR)	11	11	11
Ingela Lundbäck (SWE)	5	8	8

Ingela Lundbäck (SWE)	11	11	11
Merewalesi Roden (FIJ)	4	6	5