Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Badminton at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
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Venue | GSU Sports Arena |
Dates | July 24 – August 1, 1996 |
No. of events | 5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed) |
Competitors | 192 from 37 nations |
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Singles | men | women | |
Doubles | men | women | mixed |
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]
Medalists
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
2 | China | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
4 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (5 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Participating nations
[edit]A total of 37 nations participated in this event.
- Australia (8)
- Austria (1)
- Belarus (2)
- Bulgaria (3)
- Canada (7)
- China (20)
- Denmark (16)
- Finland (2)
- France (2)
- Great Britain (11)
- Germany (6)
- Guatemala (1)
- Hong Kong (3)
- Hungary (1)
- Iceland (1)
- India (2)
- Indonesia (20)
- Japan (7)
- South Korea (17)
- Malaysia (7)
- Mauritius (4)
- Netherlands (5)
- New Zealand (2)
- Nigeria (2)
- Peru (1)
- Philippines (1)
- Poland (1)
- Russia (5)
- Singapore (1)
- Suriname (1)
- Switzerland (2)
- Sweden (10)
- Chinese Taipei (6)
- Thailand (7)
- Trinidad and Tobago (1)
- Ukraine (3)
- United States (3)
References
[edit]- ^ "Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
Sources
[edit]- "Badminton at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
- "Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- "ATLANTA 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2019.