Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles

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

These are the results of the mixed doubles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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 four seeds in the tournament were placed in the bracket so as not to face each other until the semifinals. All other competitors were placed by draw.

Medalists

Gold Lee Yong-dae & Lee Hyo-jung
South Korea (KOR)
Silver Nova Widianto & Lilyana Natsir
Indonesia (INA)
Bronze He Hanbin & Yu Yang
China (CHN)

Seeds

  1.  Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir (INA) (Final, Silver Medallists)
  2.  Zheng Bo and Gao Ling (CHN) (First Round)
  3.  Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa (INA) (Semifinals, Fourth Place)
  4.  He Hanbin and Yu Yang (CHN) (Semifinals, Bronze Medallists)

Draw

First Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
1   Nova Widianto (INA)
  Lilyana Natsir (INA)
23 21    
    Han Sang-hoon (KOR)
  Hwang Yu-mi (KOR)
21 19       1   Nova Widianto (INA)
  Lilyana Natsir (INA)
21 21    
    Sudket Prapakamol (THA)
  Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA)
21 21         Sudket Prapakamol (THA)
  Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA)
13 19    
    Mike Beres (CAN)
  Valerie Loker (CAN)
9 9         1   Nova Widianto (INA)
  Lilyana Natsir (INA)
15 21 23  
4   He Hanbin (CHN)
  Yu Yang (CHN)
21 21         4   He Hanbin (CHN)
  Yu Yang (CHN)
21 11 21  
    Anthony Clark (GBR)
  Donna Kellogg (GBR)
15 8       4   He Hanbin (CHN)
  Yu Yang (CHN)
22 23  
    Robert Mateusiak (POL)
  Nadieżda Kostiuczyk (POL)
21 21         Robert Mateusiak (POL)
  Nadieżda Kostiuczyk (POL)
20 21    
    Georgie Cupidon (SEY)
  Juliette Ah-Wan (SEY)
8 19         1   Nova Widianto (INA)
  Lilyana Natsir (INA)
11 17  
    Thomas Laybourn (DEN)
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)
21 21             Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
  Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
21 21  
    Hendri Kurniawan Saputra (SIN)
  Li Yujia (SIN)
12 14           Thomas Laybourn (DEN)
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)
17 21 17  
    Kristof Hopp (GER)
  Birgit Overzier (GER)
12 12     3   Flandy Limpele (INA)
  Vita Marissa (INA)
21 15 21  
3   Flandy Limpele (INA)
  Vita Marissa (INA)
21 21         3   Flandy Limpele (INA)
  Vita Marissa (INA)
9 21 17
    Craig Cooper (NZL)
  Renee Flavell (NZL)
12 11             Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
  Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
21 12 21  
    Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
  Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
21 21           Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
  Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
21 21   Third place
    Nathan Robertson (GBR)
  Gail Emms (GBR)
21 16 21       Nathan Robertson (GBR)
  Gail Emms (GBR)
19 12     4   He Hanbin (CHN)
  Yu Yang (CHN)
19 21 23
2   Zheng Bo (CHN)
  Gao Ling (CHN)
16 21 19   3   Flandy Limpele (INA)
  Vita Marissa (INA)
21 17 21

Final

Rank Athlete Country Match Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
1st  Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
 Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
South Korea 2 21 21 -
2nd  Lilyana Natsir (INA)
 Nova Widianto (INA)
Indonesia 0 11 17 -
Duration(min) 39 17 19
Longest rally(sec) 62 62 49
Longest rally(stroke) 56 37 56
Average rally(sec) 13 15 11
Average rally(stroke) 12 13 11
Shuttle Used 17 9 8

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