Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

Badminton
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePavelló de la Mar Bella
Dates28 July – 4 August 1992
No. of events4 (2 men, 2 women)
Competitors177 from 36 nations

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.

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
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Alan Budikusuma
  Indonesia
Ardy Wiranata
  Indonesia
Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen
  Denmark
Hermawan Susanto
  Indonesia
Women's singles
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Susi Susanti
  Indonesia
Bang Soo-hyun
  South Korea
Huang Hua
  China
Tang Jiuhong
  China
Men's doubles
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  South Korea
Kim Moon-soo
Park Joo-bong
  Indonesia
Eddy Hartono
Rudy Gunawan
  China
Li Yongbo
Tian Bingyi
  Malaysia
Razif Sidek
Jalani Sidek
Women's doubles
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  South Korea
Hwang Hye-young
Chung So-young
  China
Guan Weizhen
Nong Qunhua
  South Korea
Gil Young-ah
Shim Eun-jung
  China
Lin Yanfen
Yao Fen

Medal table

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Indonesia2215
2  South Korea2114
3  China0145
4  Denmark0011
  Malaysia0011
Totals (5 entries)44816

Results

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Men's singles

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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 12 13
  Alan Budikusuma 15 18
  Alan Budikusuma 15 15
  Kim Hak-kyun 9 4
  Alan Budikusuma 18 15
  Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen 14 8
  Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen 15 15
  Rashid Sidek 2 8

Women's singles

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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
  Sarwendah 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

Men's doubles

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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
               
15 15
7 4
15 15
11 13
15 15
5 4
15 15
11 7
15 12 17
11 15 14
9 8
15 15
15 18
4 15

Women's doubles

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

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
15 15
5 5
15 15
8 9
18 15
13 5
18 12 15
16 15 13
15 15
8 3
12 15 8
15 2 15
15 15
4 9

Participation

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A total of 177 badminton players from 36 Olympic Committees (NOCs) from the five Continental Confederations will participate at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Participating nations

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Below is the list of NOCs participants in badminton competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

References

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  1. ^ "Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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