Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The badminton tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 11 to 20 August at the fourth pavilion of Riocentro. A total of 172 athletes competed in five events: men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles.^[1]

Badminton at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro Pavilion 4
Dates	11–20 August 2016
No. of events	5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors	172 from 46 nations
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Riocentro Pavilion 4 was the venue of badminton competition

Similar to 2012 format, a combination of group play and knockout stages had been maintained at these Games. In all the doubles tournaments, the Badminton World Federation instituted several changes to the competition rules after the match fixing scandal from the previous Olympics, as all pairs finishing second in their groups would be placed into another draw to determine who they face in the next round, while the top pair in each group must have a fixed position matched to its designated seed in the knockout phase.^[2]

Hawk-Eye technology was first implemented in the sport of badminton in 2014 and made its Olympic debut during the Games. This system allows players to challenge line calls and request a video review, significantly enhancing the accuracy of officiating in the sport.^[3]

The Games made use of about 8,400 shuttlecocks.^[4]

Qualification

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic qualification period took place between 4 May 2015 and 1 May 2016, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, scheduled to publish on 5 May 2016, was used to allocate spots.^[5] Unlike the previous Games, nations could only enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles, if both were ranked in the world's top 16; otherwise, one quota place until the roster of thirty-eight players had been completed. Similar regulations in the singles tournaments also applied to the players competing in the doubles, as the NOCs could only enter a maximum of two pairs if both were ranked in the top eight, while the remaining NOCs were entitled to one until the quota of 16 highest-ranked pairs was filled.^[6]

For each player who had qualified in more than one discipline, an additional quota place in each of the singles tournaments would have become free. If no player from one continent had qualify, the best ranked player from a respective continent would have got a quota place.^[5]

Schedule

P	Preliminaries	R	Round of 16	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Date →	Thu 11			Fri 12			Sat 13			Sun 14			Mon 15		Tues 16		Wed 17		Thu 18		Fri 19		Sat 20
Event ↓	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
Men's singles	P												R				¼				½		F
Men's doubles	P												¼		½				F		F
Women's singles	P													R		¼			½		F
Women's doubles	P												¼		½				F
Mixed doubles	P											¼		½		F

M = Morning session, A = Afternoon session, E = Evening session

Participation

Participating nations

•  Australia (5)
•  Austria (2)
•  Belgium (2)
•  Brazil (2)
•  Brunei (1)
•  Bulgaria (3)
•  Canada (2)
•  China (15)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Czech Republic (2)
•  Denmark (8)
•  Estonia (2)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (7)
•  Great Britain (8)
•  Guatemala (1)
•  Hong Kong (7)
•  Hungary (1)
•  India (7)
•  Indonesia (10)
•  Ireland (2)
•  Israel (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Japan (9)
•  Malaysia (8)
•  Mauritius (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Netherlands (3)
•  Poland (5)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Russia (4)
•  Singapore (2)
•  South Africa (1)
•  South Korea (14)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sri Lanka (1)
•  Suriname (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Switzerland (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (4)
•  Thailand (7)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United States (7)
•  Vietnam (2)

Competitors

Main article: List of badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	2	0	1	3
2	Japan	1	0	1	2
3	Indonesia	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
5	Malaysia	0	3	0	3
6	Denmark	0	1	1	2
7	India	0	1	0	1
8	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		5	5	5	15

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Chen Long  China	Lee Chong Wei  Malaysia	Viktor Axelsen  Denmark
Men's doubles details	China Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	Malaysia Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	Great Britain Chris Langridge Marcus Ellis
Women's singles details	Carolina Marín  Spain	P. V. Sindhu  India	Nozomi Okuhara  Japan
Women's doubles details	Japan Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Denmark Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	South Korea Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan
Mixed doubles details	Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	Malaysia Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	China Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei

Results

Men's singles

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	A1	Lee Chong Wei (MAS)	21	21
	C1	Chou Tien-chen (TPE)	9	15
								A1	Lee Chong Wei (MAS)	15	21	22
								E1	Lin Dan (CHN)	21	11	20
	E1	Lin Dan (CHN)	21	11	21
	H1	Srikanth Kidambi (IND)	6	21	18
															A1	Lee Chong Wei (MAS)	18	18
															P1	Chen Long (CHN)	21	21
	I1	Rajiv Ouseph (GBR)	12	16
	L1	Viktor Axelsen (DEN)	21	21
								L1	Viktor Axelsen (DEN)	14	15				Third place
								P1	Chen Long (CHN)	21	21
	N1	Son Wan-ho (KOR)	11	21	11										E1	Lin Dan (CHN)	21	10	17
	P1	Chen Long (CHN)	21	18	21										L1	Viktor Axelsen (DEN)	15	21	21

Women's singles

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	A1	Carolina Marín (ESP)	21	21
	C1	Sung Ji-hyun (KOR)	12	16
								A1	Carolina Marín (ESP)	21	21
								E1	Li Xuerui (CHN)	14	16
	E1	Li Xuerui (CHN)	21	21
	H1	Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA)	12	17
															A1	Carolina Marín (ESP)	19	21	21
															M1	P. V. Sindhu (IND)	21	12	15
	J1	Nozomi Okuhara (JPN)	11	21	21
	K1	Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)	21	17	10
								J1	Nozomi Okuhara (JPN)	19	10				Third place
								M1	P. V. Sindhu (IND)	21	21
	M1	P. V. Sindhu (IND)	22	21											E1	Li Xuerui (CHN)	w	/	o
	P1	Wang Yihan (CHN)	20	19											J1	Nozomi Okuhara (JPN)

Men's doubles

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	A1	Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)  Ivan Sozonov (RUS)	13	21	16
	D2	Chai Biao (CHN)  Hong Wei (CHN)	21	16	21
								D2	Chai Biao (CHN)  Hong Wei (CHN)	18	21	17
								B1	Goh V Shem (MAS)  Tan Wee Kiong (MAS)	21	12	21
	B1	Goh V Shem (MAS)  Tan Wee Kiong (MAS)	17	21	21
	A2	Lee Yong-dae (KOR)  Yoo Yeon-seong (KOR)	21	18	19
															B1	Goh V Shem (MAS)  Tan Wee Kiong (MAS)	21	11	21
															B2	Fu Haifeng (CHN)  Zhang Nan (CHN)	16	21	23
	B2	Fu Haifeng (CHN)  Zhang Nan (CHN)	11	21	24
	C1	Kim Gi-jung (KOR)  Kim Sa-rang (KOR)	21	18	22
								B2	Fu Haifeng (CHN)  Zhang Nan (CHN)	21	21				Third place
								C2	Marcus Ellis (GBR)  Chris Langridge (GBR)	14	18
	C2	Marcus Ellis (GBR)  Chris Langridge (GBR)	21	21											D2	Chai Biao (CHN)  Hong Wei (CHN)	18	21	10
	D1	Hiroyuki Endo (JPN)  Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN)	19	17											C2	Chris Langridge (GBR)  Marcus Ellis (GBR)	21	19	21

Women's doubles

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	A1	Misaki Matsutomo (JPN)  Ayaka Takahashi (JPN)	21	18	21
	C2	Vivian Hoo Kah Mun (MAS)  Woon Khe Wei (MAS)	16	21	9
								A1	Misaki Matsutomo (JPN)  Ayaka Takahashi (JPN)	21	21
								B1	Jung Kyung-eun (KOR)  Shin Seung-chan (KOR)	16	15
	B1	Jung Kyung-eun (KOR)  Shin Seung-chan (KOR)	21	20	21
	A2	Eefje Muskens (NED)  Selena Piek (NED)	13	22	14
															A1	Misaki Matsutomo (JPN)  Ayaka Takahashi (JPN)	18	21	21
															B2	Christinna Pedersen (DEN)  Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)	21	9	19
	D2	Tang Yuanting (CHN)  Yu Yang (CHN)	21	21
	C1	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (INA)  Greysia Polii (INA)	11	14
								D2	Tang Yuanting (CHN)  Yu Yang (CHN)	16	21	19			Third place
								B2	Christinna Pedersen (DEN)  Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)	21	14	21
	B2	Christinna Pedersen (DEN)  Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)	28	18	21										B1	Jung Kyung-eun (KOR)  Shin Seung-chan (KOR)	21	21
	D1	Chang Ye-na (KOR)  Lee So-hee (KOR)	26	21	15										D2	Tang Yuanting (CHN)  Yu Yang (CHN)	8	17

Mixed doubles

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	A1	Zhang Nan (CHN)  Zhao Yunlei (CHN)	21	21
	D2	Kenta Kazuno (JPN)  Ayane Kurihara (JPN)	14	12
								A1	Zhang Nan (CHN)  Zhao Yunlei (CHN)	16	15
								C1	Tontowi Ahmad (INA)  Liliyana Natsir (INA)	21	21
	C1	Tontowi Ahmad (INA)  Liliyana Natsir (INA)	21	21
	A2	Praveen Jordan (INA)  Debby Susanto (INA)	16	11
															C1	Tontowi Ahmad (INA)  Liliyana Natsir (INA)	21	21
															C2	Chan Peng Soon (MAS)  Goh Liu Ying (MAS)	14	12
	C2	Chan Peng Soon (MAS)  Goh Liu Ying (MAS)	21	21
	B1	Robert Mateusiak (POL)  Nadieżda Zięba (POL)	17	10
								C2	Chan Peng Soon (MAS)  Goh Liu Ying (MAS)	21	21				Third place
								B2	Xu Chen (CHN)  Ma Jin (CHN)	12	19
	B2	Xu Chen (CHN)  Ma Jin (CHN)	21	21											A1	Zhang Nan (CHN)  Zhao Yunlei (CHN)	21	21
	D1	Ko Sung-hyun (KOR)  Kim Ha-na (KOR)	17	18											B2	Xu Chen (CHN)  Ma Jin (CHN)	7	11