Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles) as well as a new event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rather than the awarding of two bronzes. The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 except. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University gymnasium.[1]

Badminton
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGSU Sports Arena
DatesJuly 24 – August 1, 1996
No. of events5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors192 from 37 nations
Badminton at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmenwomenmixed

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
 Denmark		 Dong Jiong
 China		 Rashid Sidek
 Malaysia
Men's doubles
  Ricky Subagja
and Rexy Mainaky (INA)		  Cheah Soon Kit
and Yap Kim Hock (MAS)		  Denny Kantono
and Antonius Ariantho (INA)
Women's singles
 Bang Soo-hyun
 South Korea		 Mia Audina
 Indonesia		 Susi Susanti
 Indonesia
Women's doubles
  Ge Fei
and Gu Jun (CHN)		  Gil Young-ah
and Jang Hye-ock (KOR)		  Qin Yiyuan
and Tang Yongshu (CHN)
Mixed doubles
  Kim Dong-moon
and Gil Young-ah (KOR)		  Park Joo-bong
and Ra Kyung-min (KOR)		  Liu Jianjun
and Sun Man (CHN)

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea2204
2 China1124
 Indonesia1124
4 Denmark1001
5 Malaysia0112
Totals (5 nations)55515

Participating nations

A total of 37 nations participated in this event.

References
  1. "Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

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