Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles. Badminton was contested in the Pavelló de la Mar Bella. 36 nations entered competitors, with a total of 177 entrants. Asian nations won fifteen of the sixteen medals, with their dominance being broken only by Denmark's bronze medal in the men's singles.

The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 except in women's singles, where sets were to 11. No playoffs were contested for semi-final losers, meaning that two bronze medals were awarded in each event. Similarly, all four players/pairs defeated in the quarterfinals for each event were awarded fifth place. Interestingly, both Men's Singles and Women's Singles champions (Alan Budikusuma and Susi Susanti) are now married.

1 Medallists
2 Top 8 table
3 Results
4 External links

[edit] Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Alan Budikusuma (INA)	Ardy Wiranata (INA)	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (DEN)
			Hermawan Susanto (INA)
Women's singles	Susi Susanti (INA)	Bang Soo-hyun (KOR)	Huang Hua (CHN)
			Tang Jiuhong (CHN)
Men's doubles	Kim Moon-Soo and Park Joo-bong (KOR)	Eddy Hartono and Rudy Gunawan (INA)	Li Yongbo and Tian Bingyi (CHN)
			Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek (MAS)
Women's doubles	Hwang Hye-young and Chung So-young (KOR)	Guan Weizhen and Nong Qunhua (CHN)	Gil Young-ah and Shim Eun-jung (KOR)
			Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen (CHN)

[edit] Top 8 table

In 1992, there were no bronze medal matches to decide 3rd and 4th place. Both semifinal losers won bronze medals.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	5th-8th	Total	Medals
1	Indonesia	2	2	1	3	8	5
2	South Korea	2	1	1	3	7	4
3	China	0	1	4	1	6	5
4	Denmark	0	0	1	2	4	1
5	Malaysia	0	0	1	1	2	1

6	Australia	0	0	0	2	2
7	Great Britain	0	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	0	1	1

[edit] Results

[edit] Men's singles

Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's Singles

The men's singles resulted in the only non-Asian medallist, Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen of Denmark. 57 players from 32 nations competed in men's singles.

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals

Zhao Jianhua	2	17	14
Hermawan Susanto	15	14	17
				Hermawan Susanto	15	9	9

				Ardy Wiranata	10	15	15
Ardy Wiranata	15	15

Høyer Larsen	10	12
								Ardy Wiranata	2	13
								Alan Budikusuma	15	18
Alan Budikusuma	15	15
Kim Hak-kyun	9	4
				Alan Budikusuma	18	15

				Stuer-Lauridsen	14	8
Stuer-Lauridsen	15	15

Rashid Sidek	2	8

[edit] Women's singles

Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's Singles

The winner of the women's singles competition received the first official badminton medal in Olympic history. It was also the first gold medal for Indonesia, which before had only won one silver (in archery). 52 players from 27 nations competed in women's singles.

Quarterfinals				Semifinals			Finals

Susi Susanti	11	11
Somharuthai Jaroensiri	6	1
				Susi Susanti	11	11

				Huang Hua	4	1
Huang Hua	11	10	11

Lee Heung-soon	3	12	0
							Susi Susanti	5	11	11
							Bang Soo-hyun	11	5	3
Kusumawardhani	2	11	11
Bang Soo-hyun	11	3	12
				Bang Soo-hyun	11	11

				Tang Jiuhong	3	2
Anna Lao	1	9

Tang Jiuhong	11	11

[edit] Men's doubles

Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's Doubles

Malaysia won its first Olympic medal in the men's doubles competitions in badminton. 30 pairs from 21 nations competed in men's doubles.

Quarterfinals				Semifinals			Finals

Kim Moon-Soo Park Joo-bong	15	15
Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	7	4
				Kim Moon-Soo Park Joo-bong	15	15

				Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	11	13
Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	15	15

Shuji Matsuno Shinji Matsuura	5	4
							Kim Moon-Soo Park Joo-bong	15	15
							Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan	11	7
Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	15	12	17
Jan Paulsen Henrik Svarrer	11	15	14
				Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	9	8

				Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan	15	15
Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan	15	18

Lee Sang-bok Shon Jin-hwan	4	15

[edit] Women's doubles

Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's Doubles

29 pairs from 20 nations competed in women's doubles.

Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Finals

Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young	15	15
Julie Bradbury Gillian Clark	5	5
			Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young	15	15

			Lin Yan Fen Yao Fen	8	9
Lin Yan Fen Yao Fen	18	15

Anna Lao Rhonda Cator	13	5
							Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young	18	12	15
							Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua	16	15	13
Gil Young-ah Shim Eun-jung	15	15
Finarsih Lili Tampi	8	3
			Gil Young-ah Shim Eun-jung	12	15	8

			Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua	15	2	15
Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua	15	15

Catrine Bengtsson Maria Bengtsson	4	9