Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events held at the previous Games (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles) as well as a fifth event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rather than the awarding of two bronzes.

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. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University gymnasium.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
 Denmark		 Dong Jiong
 China		 Rashid Sidek
 Malaysia
Women's singles
 Bang Soo-hyun
 South Korea		 Mia Audina
 Indonesia		 Susi Susanti
 Indonesia
Men's doubles
 Ricky Subagja
and Rexy Mainaky
 Indonesia		 Cheah Soon Kit
and Yap Kim Hock
 Malaysia		 Denny Kantono
and Antonius Ariantho
 Indonesia
Women's doubles
 Ge Fei
and Gu Jun
 China		 Gil Young-ah
and Jang Hye-ock
 South Korea		 Qin Yiyuan
and Tang Yongshu
 China
Mixed doubles
 Kim Dong-moon
and Gil Young-ah
 South Korea		 Park Joo-bong
and Ra Kyung-min
 South Korea		 Liu Jianjun
and Sun Man
 China

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 South Korea 2 2 0 4
2 Indonesia 1 1 2 4
China 1 1 2 4
4 Denmark 1 0 0 1
5 Malaysia 0 1 1 2

Participating nations

A total of 37 nations participated in this event.


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