Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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. Men's Singles and Women's Singles champions (Alan Budikusuma and Susi Susanti) are now married to each other.

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Alan Budikusuma (INA)	Ardy Wiranata (INA)	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (DEN)
			Hermawan Susanto (INA)
Women's singles	Susi Susanti (INA)	Bang Soo-hyun (KOR)	Huang Hua (CHN)
			Tang Jiuhong (CHN)
Men's doubles	Kim Moon-soo and Park Joo-bong (KOR)	Eddy Hartono and Rudy Gunawan (INA)	Li Yongbo and Tian Bingyi (CHN)
			Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek (MAS)
Women's doubles	Hwang Hye-young and Chung So-young (KOR)	Guan Weizhen and Nong Qunhua (CHN)	Gil Young-ah and Shim Eun-jung (KOR)
			Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen (CHN)

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
5	Malaysia	0	0	1	1

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

External links

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