Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Logo representing badminton at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
Venue	Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
Dates	9 August – 17 August

Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men		women		mixed

Pictogram used to identify badminton at the 2008 Games

Badminton competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from 9 August to 17 August at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.

Qualification

The qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics began from May 2007 until April 2008. During that period, all of tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (except test events) awarded points to qualify for Olympic Games.

Competition schedule

August	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Men's singles	Round of 64	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Bronze	Final
Women's singles	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16		Quarterfinal		Semifinal	Bronze / Final
Men's doubles				Round of 16	Quarterfinal		Semifinal	Bronze / Final
Women's doubles		Round of 16	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Bronze / Final
Mixed doubles				Round of 16		Quarterfinal		Semifinal	Bronze / Final

Draw

The Draw of the competition was held on July 26, 2008 in Beijing Henan Plaza Hotel at 16:00 CST (UTC+8). The draw was originally scheduled on August 4, 2008, just five days before the start of the competition. However it was brought forward to ensure better television broadcast scheduling.

Lee Chong Wei playing in the semifinals

Medal summary

Medal table

Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	3	2	3	8
2	Indonesia (INA)	1	1	1	3
	22x20px South Korea (KOR)	1	1	1	3
4	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	0	1
Total		5	5	5	15

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Lin Dan  China	Lee Chong Wei  Malaysia	Chen Jin  China
Men's doubles	Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan  Indonesia	Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng  China	Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man 23x15px South Korea
Women's singles	Zhang Ning  China	Xie Xingfang  China	Maria Kristin Yulianti  Indonesia
Women's doubles	Du Jing and Yu Yang  China	Lee Kyung-won and Lee Hyo-jung 23x15px South Korea	Zhang Yawen and Wei Yili  China
Mixed doubles	Lee Yong-dae and Lee Hyo-jung 23x15px South Korea	Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir  Indonesia	He Hanbin and Yu Yang  China

Participating nations

Nation	Men's singles	Men's doubles	Women's singles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Total
Algeria	1					1
Australia	1	2	1	2		6
Belarus			1			1
Bulgaria			1			1
Canada	1		1		2	4
China	3	4	3	6	4	19
Chinese Taipei	1		1	2		4
Czech Republic	1		1			2
Denmark	2	4	1	2	2	10
Egypt			1			1
Estonia	1		1			2
Finland	1		1			2
France	1		1			2
Germany	1		2		2	5
Great Britain	1		1	2	4	6
Guatemala	1					1
Hong Kong	1		2			3
Iceland			1			1
India	1		1			2
Indonesia	2	4	1	2	4	11
Iran	1					1
Ireland	1		1			2
Italy			1			1
Japan	1	4	1	4		10
Lithuania	1		1			2
Malaysia	2	4	1	2		9
Mauritius			1			1
Mexico			1			1
New Zealand	1				2	3
Nigeria			1			1
Peru			1			1
Poland	1	2	1		2	5
Portugal	1		1			2
Russia	1		1			2
Seychelles					2	2
Singapore	1		1	2	2	5
Slovakia			1			1
Slovenia			1			1
South Africa		2	1	2		5
23x15px South Korea	2	4	1	4	4	13
Spain	1		1			2
Sri Lanka			1			1
Sweden			1			1
Switzerland	1		1			2
Thailand	1		1		2	4
Uganda	1					1
Ukraine	1		1			2
United States	1	2	1	2		5
Vietnam	1		1			2
Zambia	1					1
Total athletes	41	32	47	32	32	173
Total NOCs	35	10	43	12	12	50