Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Badminton
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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Logo representing badminton at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
Venue Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
Dates 9 August – 17 August
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Badminton at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Badminton pictogram.svg
Singles   men   women  
Doubles   men   women   mixed
Pictogram used to identify badminton at the 2008 Games

Badminton competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from 9 August to 17 August at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.

Qualification

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The qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics began from May 2007 until April 2008. During that period, all of tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (except test events) awarded points to qualify for Olympic Games.

Competition schedule

August 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Men's singles Round of 64 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Bronze Final
Women's singles Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Bronze / Final
Men's doubles Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Bronze / Final
Women's doubles Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Bronze / Final
Mixed doubles Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Bronze / Final

Draw

The Draw of the competition was held on July 26, 2008 in Beijing Henan Plaza Hotel at 16:00 CST (UTC+8). The draw was originally scheduled on August 4, 2008, just five days before the start of the competition. However it was brought forward to ensure better television broadcast scheduling.[1]

Lee Chong Wei playing in the semifinals

Medal summary

Medal table

Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.[2]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China (CHN) 3 2 3 8
2  Indonesia (INA) 1 1 1 3
22x20px South Korea (KOR) 1 1 1 3
4  Malaysia (MAS) 0 1 0 1
Total 5 5 5 15

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details		 Lin Dan
 China		 Lee Chong Wei
 Malaysia		 Chen Jin
 China
Men's doubles
details		 Markis Kido
and Hendra Setiawan
 Indonesia		 Cai Yun
and Fu Haifeng
 China		 Lee Jae-jin
and Hwang Ji-man
23x15px South Korea
Women's singles
details		 Zhang Ning
 China		 Xie Xingfang
 China		 Maria Kristin Yulianti
 Indonesia
Women's doubles
details		 Du Jing
and Yu Yang
 China		 Lee Kyung-won
and Lee Hyo-jung
23x15px South Korea		 Zhang Yawen
and Wei Yili
 China
Mixed doubles
details		 Lee Yong-dae
and Lee Hyo-jung
23x15px South Korea		 Nova Widianto
and Lilyana Natsir
 Indonesia		 He Hanbin
and Yu Yang
 China

Participating nations

Nation Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles Mixed doubles Total
 Algeria 1 1
 Australia 1 2 1 2 6
 Belarus 1 1
 Bulgaria 1 1
 Canada 1 1 2 4
 China 3 4 3 6 4 19
 Chinese Taipei 1 1 2 4
 Czech Republic 1 1 2
 Denmark 2 4 1 2 2 10
 Egypt 1 1
 Estonia 1 1 2
 Finland 1 1 2
 France 1 1 2
 Germany 1 2 2 5
 Great Britain 1 1 2 4 6
 Guatemala 1 1
 Hong Kong 1 2 3
 Iceland 1 1
 India 1 1 2
 Indonesia 2 4 1 2 4 11
 Iran 1 1
 Ireland 1 1 2
 Italy 1 1
 Japan 1 4 1 4 10
 Lithuania 1 1 2
 Malaysia 2 4 1 2 9
 Mauritius 1 1
 Mexico 1 1
 New Zealand 1 2 3
 Nigeria 1 1
 Peru 1 1
 Poland 1 2 1 2 5
 Portugal 1 1 2
 Russia 1 1 2
 Seychelles 2 2
 Singapore 1 1 2 2 5
 Slovakia 1 1
 Slovenia 1 1
 South Africa 2 1 2 5
23x15px South Korea 2 4 1 4 4 13
 Spain 1 1 2
 Sri Lanka 1 1
 Sweden 1 1
 Switzerland 1 1 2
 Thailand 1 1 2 4
 Uganda 1 1
 Ukraine 1 1 2
 United States 1 2 1 2 5
 Vietnam 1 1 2
 Zambia 1 1
Total athletes 41 32 47 32 32 173
Total NOCs 35 10 43 12 12 50

References

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