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

Table tennis Women's C8 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates	30 August – 2 September
Competitors	8 from 7 nations
Medalists
Mao Jingdian   China   Thu Kamkasomphou   France   Josefin Abrahamsson   Sweden

Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Singles
Men			Women
	C1			C1–2
	C2			C3
	C3			C4
	C4			C5
	C5			C6
	C6			C7
	C7			C8
	C8			C9
	C9			C10
	C10			C11
	C11
Teams
Men			Women
	C1–2			C1–3
	C3			C4–5
	C4–5			C6–10
	C6–8
	C9–10

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.

In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in two groups of four. Top two in each group qualified for the semi-finals.

Results

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals

	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

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

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

30 August, 09:40  Yu Hailian (CHN) 11 11 11  Eman Mahmoud (EGY) 5 6 7

30 August, 09:40  Josefin Abrahamsson (SWE) 5 5 6  Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA) 11 11 11

30 August, 18:40  Yu Hailian (CHN) 8 11 6 7  Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA) 11 9 11 11

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30 August, 18:40  Eman Mahmoud (EGY) 11 7 4 9  Josefin Abrahamsson (SWE) 9 11 11 11

31 August, 16:00  Yu Hailian (CHN) 1 9 11 11 8  Josefin Abrahamsson (SWE) 11 11 4 8 11

31 August, 16:00  Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA) 11 12 11  Eman Mahmoud (EGY) 4 10 5

Group B

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

30 August, 09:40  Aida Dahlen (NOR) 11 11 11  Jane Rodrigues (BRA) 8 4 7

30 August, 09:40  Josephine Medina (PHI) 7 6 9  Mao Jingdian (CHN) 11 11 11

30 August, 19:20  Jane Rodrigues (BRA) 4 6 9  Josephine Medina (PHI) 11 11 11

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30 August, 19:20  Aida Dahlen (NOR) 5 8 8  Mao Jingdian (CHN) 11 11 11

31 August, 16:00  Mao Jingdian (CHN) 11 11 12  Jane Rodrigues (BRA) 8 5 10

31 August, 16:00  Aida Dahlen (NOR) 11 11 7 5  Josephine Medina (PHI) 13 3 11 11

References

1. "Paralympic Table Tennis". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved August 30, 2012.