Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3). ==Seeds==

Seeds were based on the ITTF World Ranking lists published in July 2016 with a maximum of 2 players per country. The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round. • (champion, gold medalist) • (final, silver medalist) • (quarterfinals) • (semifinals, bronze medalist) • (third round) • (fourth round) • (semifinals, fourth place) • (quarterfinals) • (fourth round) • (fourth round) • (third round) • (third round) • (third round) • (third round) • (third round) • (third round) The players seeded from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round. (quarterfinals) (third round) (third round) (third round) (third round) (third round) (second round) (second round) (third round) (second round) (quarterfinals) (fourth round) (second round) (second round) (second round) (third round) ==Draw==

Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 ==Preliminary rounds==

Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 ==References==