Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

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The men's doubles badminton tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place 11–20 August 2016 at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. The seeding was decided on 21 July 2016.^[1]

Men's doubles at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro - Pavilion 4
Date	11–20 August 2016
Competitors	32 from 14 nations
Medalists
Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan  China Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong  Malaysia Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge  Great Britain
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Defending Olympic champion Fu Haifeng and his partner Zhang Nan of China defeated Malaysia's Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong in the final, 16–21, 21–11, 23–21, to win the gold medal in men's doubles badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2] It was Fu's second consecutive men's doubles gold medal, after winning the event in 2012 with Cai Yun, and Zhang's second Olympic badminton gold medal after winning the mixed doubles event in 2012 with Zhao Yunlei.^[3] The pair saved two match points in the third game on route to the title. In the bronze-medal match, Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge of Great Britain defeated China's Chai Biao and Hong Wei 21–18, 19–21, 21–10. It was Great Britain's first Olympic medal in badminton since 2004.^[4]

Competition format

See also: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.

Seeds

A total of 4 pairs were given seeds.^[1]

1.  Lee Yong-dae / Yoo Yeon-seong (KOR) (quarter-finals)
2.  Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (INA) (group stage)
3.  Kim Gi-jung / Kim Sa-rang (KOR) (quarter-finals)
4.  Fu Haifeng / Zhang Nan (CHN) (gold medalists)

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov (RUS)	3	3	0	6	1	3
Lee Yong-dae / Yoo Yeon-seong (KOR)	3	2	1	5	3	2
Lee Sheng-mu / Tsai Chia-hsin (TPE)	3	1	2	3	4	1
Matthew Chau / Sawan Serasinghe (AUS)	3	0	3	0	6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 August, 08:25
Lee Y-d / Yoo Y-s (KOR)	21–14 21–16	M Chau / S Serasinghe (AUS)
11 August, 10:45
V Ivanov / I Sozonov (RUS)	21–11 22–20	Lee S-m / Tsai C-h (TPE)
12 August, 09:35
Lee Y-d / Yoo Y-s (KOR)	18–21 21–13 21–18	Lee S-m / Tsai C-h (TPE)
12 August, 17:25
V Ivanov / I Sozonov (RUS)	21–16 21–16	M Chau / S Serasinghe (AUS)
13 August, 08:00
Lee S-m / Tsai C-h (TPE)	21–14 21–19	M Chau / S Serasinghe (AUS)
13 August, 10:45
Lee Y-d / Yoo Y-s (KOR)	17–21 21–19 16–21	V Ivanov / I Sozonov (RUS)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong (MAS)	3	3	0	6	1	3
Fu Haifeng / Zhang Nan (CHN)	3	2	1	5	2	2
Michael Fuchs / Johannes Schöttler (GER)	3	1	2	2	4	1
Phillip Chew / Sattawat Pongnairat (USA)	3	0	3	0	6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 August, 15:55
Goh V S / Tan W K (MAS)	21–14 21–17	M Fuchs / J Schöttler (GER)
11 August, 15:55
Fu HF / Zhang N (CHN)	21–6 21–7	P Chew / S Pongnairat (USA)
12 August, 08:25
Goh V S / Tan W K (MAS)	21–12 21–10	P Chew / S Pongnairat (USA)
12 August, 16:40
Fu HF / Zhang N (CHN)	21–11 21–16	M Fuchs / J Schöttler (GER)
13 August, 09:00
M Fuchs / J Schöttler (GER)	21–14 21–14	P Chew / S Pongnairat (USA)
13 August, 10:10
Fu HF / Zhang N (CHN)	21–16 15–21 18–21	Goh V S / Tan W K (MAS)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Kim Gi-jung / Kim Sa-rang (KOR)	3	2	1	5	2	2
Marcus Ellis / Chris Langridge (GBR)	3	2	1	5	3	2
Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (DEN)	3	2	1	4	3	2
Adam Cwalina / Przemysław Wacha (POL)	3	0	3	0	6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 August, 08:00
Kim G-j / Kim S-r (KOR)	21–14 21–15	A Cwalina / P Wacha (POL)
11 August, 17:25
M Boe / C Mogensen (DEN)	21–9 9–21 21–16	M Ellis / C Langridge (GBR)
12 August, 11:20
Kim G-j / Kim S-r (KOR)	21–17 23–25 18–21	M Ellis / C Langridge (GBR)
12 August, 17:25
M Boe / C Mogensen (DEN)	21–17 21–17	A Cwalina / P Wacha (POL)
13 August, 15:30
Kim G-j / Kim S-r (KOR)	21–15 21–18	M Boe / C Mogensen (DEN)
13 August, 15:30
M Ellis / C Langridge (GBR)	21–18 21–16	A Cwalina / P Wacha (POL)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN)	3	2	1	4	4	2
Chai Biao / Hong Wei (CHN)	3	2	1	5	2	2
Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (INA)	3	1	2	3	4	1
Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND)	3	1	2	2	4	1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 August, 09:00
M Ahsan / H Setiawan (INA)	21–18 21–13	M Attri / B. S Reddy (IND)
11 August, 10:45
Chai B / Hong W (CHN)	18–21 21–14 21–23	H Endo / K Hayakawa (JPN)
12 August, 10:10
M Ahsan / H Setiawan (INA)	17–21 21–16 14–21	H Endo / K Hayakawa (JPN)
12 August, 11:20
Chai B / Hong W (CHN)	21–13 21–15	M Attri / B. S Reddy (IND)
13 August, 09:00
M Ahsan / H Setiawan (INA)	15–21 17–21	Chai B / Hong W (CHN)
13 August, 19:55
H Endo / K Hayakawa (JPN)	21–23 11–21	M Attri / B. S Reddy (IND)

Finals

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	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				Bronze-medal match
								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	Marcus Ellis (GBR)  Chris Langridge (GBR)	21	19	21