Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Pavelló de la Mar Bella
Dates	28 July – 4 August 1992
No. of events	4 (2 men, 2 women)
Competitors	177 from 36 nations

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.

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Alan Budikusuma  Indonesia	Ardy Wiranata  Indonesia	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen  Denmark
			Hermawan Susanto  Indonesia
Women's singles	Susi Susanti  Indonesia	Bang Soo-hyun  South Korea	Huang Hua  China
			Tang Jiuhong  China
Men's doubles	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	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

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	Total
1	Indonesia	2	2	1	5
2	South Korea	2	1	1	4
3	China	0	1	4	5
4	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	8	16

Results

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	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

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
		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

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

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

Participation

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

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

•  Australia (2)
•  Austria (2)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Bulgaria (7)
•  Canada (6)
•  China (13)
•  Czechoslovakia (2)
•  Denmark (12)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (4)
•  Germany (4)
•  Great Britain (12)
•  Hong Kong (5)
•  Hungary (3)
•  Iceland (3)
•  India (3)
•  Indonesia (13)
•  Japan (11)
•  Malaysia (6)
•  Mauritius (3)
•  Netherlands (3)
•  New Zealand (4)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (6)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Singapore (3)
•  South Africa (2)
•  South Korea (12)
•  Spain (2) Host
•  Sri Lanka (1)
•  Sweden (8)
•  Switzerland (2)
•  Thailand (8)
•  Unified Team (2)
•  United States (6)

External links

• Draws and results at the 1992 Summer Olympics - InternationalBadminton.org