Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Badminton competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 17.

[edit] Events

5 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

  • Singles Men
  • Doubles Men
  • Singles Women
  • Doubles Women
  • Doubles Mixed

[edit] Qualifying Criteria

An NOC may enter up to 3 qualified athletes in each event. A total of 64 athletes will qualify for each singles event and 16 pairs will qualify for each doubles event. A maximum of 3 players/pairs per event per National Olympic Committee (NOC) is allowed.

The main qualifying criteria will be the IBF Ranking List as of May 1, 2008. It will provide a total of 16 pairs in each doubles event and 38 athletes in each singles event, in the following manner:

  • Rankings 1-4
    • Players/pairs will be taken in turn unless a NOC has already qualified 3 players/pairs.
  • Rankings 5-16
    • Players/pairs will be taken in turn unless a NOC has already qualified 2 players/pairs.
  • Rankings 17+
    • Players/pairs will be taken in turn unless a NOC has already qualified 1 player/pair.

Each continent is guaranteed one entry in each event. If this is not satisfied by the entry selection method described above, the highest ranking player/pair will be qualified. If there is no player/pair in the rankings, the winner of the most recently contested Continental Championship will be qualified.

The host nation (People's Republic of China) shall be entitled to enter 2 players in total, but more than 2 players are permitted if they all qualified under qualifying regulations.

There will also be 2 invitational places in each singles event which will be allocated by the IOC Tripartite Commission. For additional qualifying info check the references below.

[edit] References


Events at the 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing)
Archery • Athletics • Badminton • Baseball • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Softball • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Table tennis • Taekwondo • Tennis • Triathlon • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling
Badminton at the Summer Olympics
1972 (demonstration) • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 (demonstration) • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
See also: List of Olympic medalists in badminton
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../b/a/d/Badminton_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_dc8a.html"