Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia State University Gymnasium
Date	25–31 July 1996
Competitors	27 pairs from 15 nations
Medalists
Ge Fei and Gu Jun   China   Gil Young-ah and Jang Hye-ock   South Korea   Qin Yiyuan and Tang Yongshu   China

Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men		women		mixed

Women’s doubles badminton event at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 25 to 31 July 1996. The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 for women's doubles. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University Gymnasium.

Seeds

1. Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
2. Ge Fei / Gu Jun
3. Qin Yiyuan / Tang Yongshu
4. Helene Kirkegaard / Rikke Olsen

Results

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Gil Young-ah   Jang Hye-ock	15	10	18
	3	Qin Yiyuan   Tang Yongshu	12	15	16
								1	Gil Young-ah   Jang Hye-ock	5	5
								2	Ge Fei   Gu Jun	15	15
	4	Helene Kirkegaard   Rikke Olsen	8	2
	2	Ge Fei   Gu Jun	15	15				Bronze medal match
								3	Qin Yiyuan   Tang Yongshu	7	15	15
								4	Helene Kirkegaard   Rikke Olsen	15	4	8

Top Half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Gil Young-ah   Jang Hye-ock
		bye
								1	Gil Young-ah   Jang Hye-ock	15	15
									Tomomi Matsuo   Masako Sakamoto	7	6
		Tomomi Matsuo   Masako Sakamoto	15	15
		Diana Koleva   Nely Nedjalkova	0	4
															1	Gil Young-ah   Jang Hye-ock	15	15
															Ann Lou Jørgensen   Lotte Olsen	9	9
		Julie Bradbury   Joanne Wright
		bye
									Julie Bradbury   Joanne Wright	4	5
									Ann Lou Jørgensen   Lotte Olsen	15	15
		Ann Lou Jørgensen   Lotte Olsen	15	15
		Elena Rybkhina   Marina Yakusheva	13	10
																						1	Gil Young-ah   Jang Hye-ock	15	10	18
																					3	Qin Yiyuan   Tang Yongshu	12	15	16
	3	Qin Yiyuan   Tang Yongshu
		bye
								3	Qin Yiyuan   Tang Yongshu	15	4	15
									Lili Tampi   Finarsih	1	15	6
		Lili Tampi   Finarsih	15	15
		Rhonda Cator   Amanda Hardy	9	4
															3	Qin Yiyuan   Tang Yongshu	15	15
															Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen  Marlene Thomsen	8	3
		Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen  Marlene Thomsen	15	15
		Linda French   Erika von Heiland	4	1
									Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen  Marlene Thomsen	15	13	15
									Chung Jae-hee   Park Soo-yun	8	15	9
		Chung Jae-hee   Park Soo-yun	15	15
		Chen Li-Chin   Tsai Huey-Min	7	6

Bottom Half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
		Kelly Morgan   Joanne Muggeridge	10	5
		Eline Coene   Erica van den Heuvel	15	15
									Eline Coene   Erica van den Heuvel	8	3
									Chen Ying   Peng Xingyong	15	15
		Victoria Evtoushenko   Elena Nosdran	2	15	1
		Chen Ying   Peng Xingyong	15	11	15
																Chen Ying   Peng Xingyong	6	15	5
														4	Helene Kirkegaard   Rikke Olsen	15	8	15
		Kim Shin-young   Kim Mee-hyang	15	18
		Aiko Miyamura   Akiko Miyamura	12	13
									Kim Shin-young   Kim Mee-hyang	8	8
								4	Helene Kirkegaard   Rikke Olsen	15	15
		bye
	4	Helene Kirkegaard   Rikke Olsen
																						4	Helene Kirkegaard   Rikke Olsen	8	2
																					2	Ge Fei   Gu Jun	15	15
		Tammy Jenkins   Rhona Robertson	15	15
		Si-An Deng   Denyse Julien	7	4
									Tammy Jenkins   Rhona Robertson	9	2
									Eliza   Zelin Resiana	15	15
		Eliza   Zelin Resiana	15	15
		Maria Bengtsson   Margit Borg	6	13
																Eliza   Zelin Resiana	7	3
														2	Ge Fei   Gu Jun	15	15
		Katrin Schmidt   Kerstin Ubben	15	15
		Martine de Souza   Marie-Josephe Jean-Pierre	1	2
									Katrin Schmidt   Kerstin Ubben	3	6
								2	Ge Fei   Gu Jun	15	15
		bye
	2	Ge Fei   Gu Jun

References

• Badminton at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Doubles
• The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games Volume Three ˗ The Competition Results (PDF). p. 113.