Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

These are the results of the women's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Women's singles at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
Date	9 August to 16 August
Competitors	47 from 42 nations
Medalists
Zhang Ning  China Xie Xingfang  China Maria Kristin Yulianti  Indonesia

Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women	mixed

The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring. Each game had to be won by a margin of two points, except when the game was won by a player who reached 30 even if the lead was only 1 at that point.

The top eight seeds in the tournament were placed in the bracket so as not to face each other until the quarterfinals. All other competitors were placed by draw.