Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Badminton
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
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
	← 1988 Seoul 1996 Atlanta →

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]

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 details	Alan Budikusuma Indonesia	Ardy Wiranata Indonesia	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen Denmark
			Hermawan Susanto Indonesia
Women's singles details	Susi Susanti Indonesia	Bang Soo-hyun South Korea	Huang Hua China
			Tang Jiuhong China
Men's doubles details	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 details	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
4	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	8	16

Results

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

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

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

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.