Singles, Women

Date	29 July – 5 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Polideportivo Estación del Norte, Barcelona
Participants	62 from 38 countries
Format	Round-robin qualifying pools, followed by single-elimination tournament.

Deng Yaping had won the 1991 World Championships, was ranked #1 in the world, and was favored, despite her diminutive height of only 1.49 [4-10½]. Thru the round-robin pools and first three rounds of elimination, she won all her matches in straight games. In the final, she faced her doubles partner, Qiao Hong. They had won the doubles gold medal two days earlier. Deng crushed Qiao, 21-6, 21-8, in the first two games of the final, but then lost her first game of the Olympics, 15-21. However, she came back from a deficit in the fourth game to secure the gold medal, 23-21. This was the ninth straight title in the Olympics or Worlds by Chinese women.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Deng Yaping	CHN		Gold
2	Qiao Hong	CHN		Silver
=3	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR		Bronze
=3	Li Bun-Hui	PRK		Bronze
=5	Yu Sun-Bok	PRK
=5	Emilia Elena Ciosu	ROU
=5	Chen Zihe	CHN
=5	Chai Po Wa	HKG
=9	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
=9	Fumiyo Yamashita	JPN
=9	Kim Hye-Yong	PRK
=9	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED
=9	Otilia Bădescu	ROU
=9	Marie Hrachová	TCH
=9	Hong Sun-Hwa	KOR
=9	Mika Hoshino	JPN
=17	Alessia Arisi	ITA
=17	Alison Gordon	GBR
=17	Chan Tan Lui	HKG
=17	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL
=17	Yelena Timina	EUN
=17	Insook Bhushan	USA
=17	Jasna Fazlić	IOA
=17	Lee Jeong-Im	KOR
=17	Chunli Li	NZL
=17	Lotta Erlman	SWE
=17	Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg	NED
=17	Olga Nemes	GER
=17	Rika Sato	JPN
=17	Rossy Pratiwi Dipoyanti	INA
=17	Valentina Popova	EUN
=17	Xiao-Ming Wang	FRA
=33	Barbara Chiu	CAN
=33	Chan Suk Yuen	HKG
=33	Diana Gee	USA
=33	Eliana González	PER
=33	Elke Schall	GER
=33	Galina Melnik	EUN
=33	Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa	ARG
=33	Kerri Tepper	AUS
=33	Shui-Ling Yip	USA
=33	Ling Ling Agustin	INA
=33	Lisa Lomas	GBR
=33	Mary Musoke	UGA
=33	Nihal Meshref	EGY
=33	Niyati Roy-Shah	IND
=33	Bose Kaffo	NGR
=33	Polona Frelih	SLO
=49	Abiola Odumosu	NGR
=49	Ana María Godes	ESP
=49	Cheryl Roberts	RSA
=49	Feiza Ben Aïssa	TUN
=49	Helen Amankwah	GHA
=49	Lyanne Kosaka	BRA
=49	María Cabrera	ECU
=49	Marisel Ramírez	CUB
=49	Mônica Doti	BRA
=49	Nadia Al-Hindi	JOR
=49	Patience Opokua	GHA
=49	Sofija Tepes	CHI
=49	Sonia Touati	TUN
=49	Yolanda Rodríguez	CUB

Preliminary Round (29 – 31 July 1992)

Group A (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Deng Yaping	CHN	3	0	6	0	126	67	Q
2	Insook Bhushan	USA	2	1	4	2	110	89
3	Barbara Chiu	CAN	1	2	2	4	104	96
4	Nadia Al-Hindi	JOR	0	3	0	6	38	126

Match #1	Deng Yaping	CHN	2 – 0 21-6, 21-9	Nadia Al-Hindi	JOR
Match #2	Insook Bhushan	USA	2 – 0 21-19, 21-17	Barbara Chiu	CAN
Match #3	Insook Bhushan	USA	2 – 0 21-6, 21-5	Nadia Al-Hindi	JOR
Match #4	Deng Yaping	CHN	2 – 0 21-16, 21-10	Barbara Chiu	CAN
Match #5	Barbara Chiu	CAN	2 – 0 21-4, 21-8	Nadia Al-Hindi	JOR
Match #6	Deng Yaping	CHN	2 – 0 21-14, 21-12	Insook Bhushan	USA

Group B (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Qiao Hong	CHN	3	0	6	1	144	92	Q
2	Alessia Arisi	ITA	2	1	4	2	123	89
3	Elke Schall	GER	1	2	3	4	120	123
4	Cheryl Roberts	RSA	0	3	0	6	43	126

Match #1	Qiao Hong	CHN	2 – 0 21-7, 21-6	Cheryl Roberts	RSA
Match #2	Alessia Arisi	ITA	2 – 0 21-15, 23-21	Elke Schall	GER
Match #3	Alessia Arisi	ITA	2 – 0 21-5, 21-4	Cheryl Roberts	RSA
Match #4	Qiao Hong	CHN	2 – 1 21-12, 16-21, 21-9	Elke Schall	GER
Match #5	Elke Schall	GER	2 – 0 21-8, 21-13	Cheryl Roberts	RSA
Match #6	Qiao Hong	CHN	2 – 0 23-21, 21-16	Alessia Arisi	ITA

Group C (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	3	0	6	0	126	56	Q
2	Lotta Erlman	SWE	2	1	4	2	105	83
3	Polona Frelih	SLO	1	2	2	4	90	99
4	Feiza Ben Aïssa	TUN	0	3	0	6	43	126

Match #1	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	2 – 0 21-6, 21-7	Feiza Ben Aïssa	TUN
Match #2	Lotta Erlman	SWE	2 – 0 21-16, 21-10	Polona Frelih	SLO
Match #3	Lotta Erlman	SWE	2 – 0 21-8, 21-7	Feiza Ben Aïssa	TUN
Match #4	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	2 – 0 21-9, 21-13	Polona Frelih	SLO
Match #5	Polona Frelih	SLO	2 – 0 21-5, 21-10	Feiza Ben Aïssa	TUN
Match #6	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	2 – 0 21-12, 21-9	Lotta Erlman	SWE

Group D (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Li Bun-Hui	PRK	2	0	4	0	84	36	Q
2	Alison Gordon	GBR	1	1	2	2	59	74
3	Galina Melnik	EUN	0	2	0	4	51	84

Match #1	Alison Gordon	GBR	2 – 0 21-15, 21-17	Galina Melnik	EUN
Match #2	Li Bun-Hui	PRK	2 – 0 21-4, 21-15	Galina Melnik	EUN
Match #3	Li Bun-Hui	PRK	2 – 0 21-9, 21-8	Alison Gordon	GBR

Group E (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Chen Zihe	CHN	3	0	6	0	126	62	Q
2	Rika Sato	JPN	2	1	4	2	118	76
3	Ling Ling Agustin	INA	1	2	2	4	74	107
4	Patience Opokua	GHA	0	3	0	6	53	126

Match #1	Chen Zihe	CHN	2 – 0 21-8, 21-6	Patience Opokua	GHA
Match #2	Rika Sato	JPN	2 – 0 21-8, 21-10	Ling Ling Agustin	INA
Match #3	Rika Sato	JPN	2 – 0 21-7, 21-9	Patience Opokua	GHA
Match #4	Chen Zihe	CHN	2 – 0 21-7, 21-7	Ling Ling Agustin	INA
Match #5	Ling Ling Agustin	INA	2 – 0 21-9, 21-14	Patience Opokua	GHA
Match #6	Chen Zihe	CHN	2 – 0 21-19, 21-15	Rika Sato	JPN

Group F (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Emilia Elena Ciosu	ROU	2	0	4	0	84	52
2	Chan Tan Lui	HKG	1	1	2	2	74	52
3	Mary Musoke	UGA	0	2	0	4	30	84

Match #1	Chan Tan Lui	HKG	2 – 0 21-4, 21-6	Mary Musoke	UGA
Match #2	Emilia Elena Ciosu	ROU	2 – 0 21-10, 21-10	Mary Musoke	UGA
Match #3	Emilia Elena Ciosu	ROU	2 – 0 21-14, 21-18	Chan Tan Lui	HKG

Group G (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Chai Po Wa	HKG	3	0	6	1	148	81	Q
2	Lee Jeong-Im	KOR	2	1	5	2	137	110
3	Kerri Tepper	AUS	1	2	2	4	94	101
4	Sonia Touati	TUN	0	3	0	6	39	126

Match #1	Chai Po Wa	HKG	2 – 0 21-10, 21-1	Sonia Touati	TUN
Match #2	Lee Jeong-Im	KOR	2 – 0 21-19, 21-16	Kerri Tepper	AUS
Match #3	Lee Jeong-Im	KOR	2 – 0 21-7, 21-4	Sonia Touati	TUN
Match #4	Chai Po Wa	HKG	2 – 0 21-6, 21-11	Kerri Tepper	AUS
Match #5	Kerri Tepper	AUS	2 – 0 21-8, 21-9	Sonia Touati	TUN
Match #6	Chai Po Wa	HKG	2 – 1 21-14, 22-24, 21-15	Lee Jeong-Im	KOR

Group H (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Yu Sun-Bok	PRK	3	0	6	0	126	70	Q
2	Chunli Li	NZL	2	1	4	2	116	68
3	Shui-Ling Yip	USA	1	2	2	4	81	108
4	Helen Amankwah	GHA	0	3	0	6	49	126

Match #1	Yu Sun-Bok	PRK	2 – 0 21-8, 21-5	Helen Amankwah	GHA
Match #2	Chunli Li	NZL	2 – 0 21-8, 21-6	Shui-Ling Yip	USA
Match #3	Chunli Li	NZL	2 – 0 21-5, 21-7	Helen Amankwah	GHA
Match #4	Yu Sun-Bok	PRK	2 – 0 21-16, 21-9	Shui-Ling Yip	USA
Match #5	Shui-Ling Yip	USA	2 – 0 21-14, 21-10	Helen Amankwah	GHA
Match #6	Yu Sun-Bok	PRK	2 – 0 21-15, 21-17	Chunli Li	NZL

Group I (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	3	0	6	0	126	71	Q
2	Rossy Pratiwi Dipoyanti	INA	2	1	4	3	121	112
3	Lisa Lomas	GBR	1	2	3	4	113	116
4	María Cabrera	ECU	0	3	0	6	65	126

Match #1	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	2 – 0 21-11, 21-14	María Cabrera	ECU
Match #2	Rossy Pratiwi Dipoyanti	INA	2 – 1 21-12, 14-21, 21-15	Lisa Lomas	GBR
Match #3	Rossy Pratiwi Dipoyanti	INA	2 – 0 21-6, 21-16	María Cabrera	ECU
Match #4	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	2 – 0 21-14, 21-9	Lisa Lomas	GBR
Match #5	Lisa Lomas	GBR	2 – 0 21-9, 21-9	María Cabrera	ECU
Match #6	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	2 – 0 21-15, 21-8	Rossy Pratiwi Dipoyanti	INA

Group J (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	3	0	6	0	127	70	Q
2	Jasna Fazlić	IOA	2	1	4	2	111	108
3	Niyati Roy-Shah	IND	1	2	2	4	94	109
4	Marisel Ramírez	CUB	0	3	0	6	81	126

Match #1	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	2 – 0 21-9, 21-10	Marisel Ramírez	CUB
Match #2	Jasna Fazlić	IOA	2 – 0 21-12, 21-16	Niyati Roy-Shah	IND
Match #3	Jasna Fazlić	IOA	2 – 0 21-18, 21-19	Marisel Ramírez	CUB
Match #4	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	2 – 0 21-10, 21-14	Niyati Roy-Shah	IND
Match #5	Niyati Roy-Shah	IND	2 – 0 21-13, 21-12	Marisel Ramírez	CUB
Match #6	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	2 – 0 21-7, 22-20	Jasna Fazlić	IOA

Group K (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Hong Sun-Hwa	KOR	3	0	6	0	126	61	Q
2	Olga Nemes	GER	2	1	4	2	114	87
3	Diana Gee	USA	1	2	2	4	94	103
4	Sofija Tepes	CHI	0	3	0	6	43	126

Match #1	Hong Sun-Hwa	KOR	2 – 0 21-6, 21-4	Sofija Tepes	CHI
Match #2	Olga Nemes	GER	2 – 0 21-17, 21-14	Diana Gee	USA
Match #3	Olga Nemes	GER	2 – 0 21-10, 21-4	Sofija Tepes	CHI
Match #4	Hong Sun-Hwa	KOR	2 – 0 21-8, 21-13	Diana Gee	USA
Match #5	Diana Gee	USA	2 – 0 21-13, 21-6	Sofija Tepes	CHI
Match #6	Hong Sun-Hwa	KOR	2 – 0 21-17, 21-13	Olga Nemes	GER

Group L (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Mika Hoshino	JPN	3	0	6	0	126	83	Q
2	Valentina Popova	EUN	2	1	4	2	112	91
3	Nihal Meshref	EGY	1	2	2	4	97	116
4	Yolanda Rodríguez	CUB	0	3	0	6	81	126

Match #1	Mika Hoshino	JPN	2 – 0 21-13, 21-7	Yolanda Rodríguez	CUB
Match #2	Valentina Popova	EUN	2 – 0 21-9, 21-11	Nihal Meshref	EGY
Match #3	Valentina Popova	EUN	2 – 0 21-17, 21-12	Yolanda Rodríguez	CUB
Match #4	Mika Hoshino	JPN	2 – 0 21-17, 21-18	Nihal Meshref	EGY
Match #5	Nihal Meshref	EGY	2 – 0 21-19, 21-13	Yolanda Rodríguez	CUB
Match #6	Mika Hoshino	JPN	2 – 0 21-17, 21-11	Valentina Popova	EUN

Group M (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Kim Hye-Yong	PRK	3	0	6	1	146	116	Q
2	Xiao-Ming Wang	FRA	2	1	5	2	141	111
3	Chan Suk Yuen	HKG	1	2	2	4	103	119
4	Ana María Godes	ESP	0	3	0	6	83	127

Match #1	Kim Hye-Yong	PRK	2 – 0 21-12, 21-17	Ana María Godes	ESP
Match #2	Xiao-Ming Wang	FRA	2 – 0 21-16, 21-14	Chan Suk Yuen	HKG
Match #3	Xiao-Ming Wang	FRA	2 – 0 21-8, 21-11	Ana María Godes	ESP
Match #4	Kim Hye-Yong	PRK	2 – 0 21-15, 21-15	Chan Suk Yuen	HKG
Match #5	Chan Suk Yuen	HKG	2 – 0 22-20, 21-15	Ana María Godes	ESP
Match #6	Kim Hye-Yong	PRK	2 – 1 17-21, 24-22, 21-14	Xiao-Ming Wang	FRA

Group N (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	3	0	6	0	127	88	Q
2	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL	2	1	4	3	136	120
3	Bose Kaffo	NGR	1	2	2	5	128	139
4	Mônica Doti	BRA	0	3	2	6	120	164

Match #1	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	2 – 0 21-15, 21-8	Mônica Doti	BRA
Match #2	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL	2 – 0 21-18, 21-17	Bose Kaffo	NGR
Match #3	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL	2 – 1 21-4, 17-21, 21-17	Mônica Doti	BRA
Match #4	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	2 – 0 21-19, 21-11	Bose Kaffo	NGR
Match #5	Bose Kaffo	NGR	2 – 1 21-23, 21-19, 21-13	Mônica Doti	BRA
Match #6	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	2 – 0 22-20, 21-15	Daniela Gergelcheva	BUL

Group O (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Marie Hrachová	TCH	3	0	6	1	142	93	Q
2	Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg	NED	2	1	5	2	142	112
3	Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa	ARG	1	2	2	4	94	116
4	Lyanne Kosaka	BRA	0	3	0	6	69	126

Match #1	Marie Hrachová	TCH	2 – 0 21-6, 21-6	Lyanne Kosaka	BRA
Match #2	Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg	NED	2 – 0 21-13, 21-16	Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa	ARG
Match #3	Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg	NED	2 – 0 21-17, 21-8	Lyanne Kosaka	BRA
Match #4	Marie Hrachová	TCH	2 – 0 21-13, 21-10	Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa	ARG
Match #5	Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa	ARG	2 – 0 21-17, 21-15	Lyanne Kosaka	BRA
Match #6	Marie Hrachová	TCH	2 – 1 16-21, 21-18, 21-19	Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg	NED

Group P (29 – 31 July 1992)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Fumiyo Yamashita	JPN	3	0	6	1	147	92	Q
2	Yelena Timina	EUN	2	1	5	2	137	98
3	Eliana González	PER	1	2	2	4	78	119
4	Abiola Odumosu	NGR	0	3	0	6	74	127

Match #1	Fumiyo Yamashita	JPN	2 – 0 21-10, 21-10	Abiola Odumosu	NGR
Match #2	Yelena Timina	EUN	2 – 0 21-9, 21-7	Eliana González	PER
Match #3	Yelena Timina	EUN	2 – 0 21-12, 21-7	Abiola Odumosu	NGR
Match #4	Fumiyo Yamashita	JPN	2 – 0 21-6, 21-13	Eliana González	PER
Match #5	Eliana González	PER	2 – 0 22-20, 21-15	Abiola Odumosu	NGR
Match #6	Fumiyo Yamashita	JPN	2 – 1 21-23, 21-17, 21-13	Yelena Timina	EUN

Round One (1 August 1992)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Deng Yaping	CHN	3 – 0 21-14, 21-12, 21-15	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
Match #2	Yu Sun-Bok	PRK	3 – 2 21-10, 14-21, 19-21, 21-15, 21-11	Fumiyo Yamashita	JPN
Match #3	Emilia Elena Ciosu	ROU	3 – 0 21-13, 21-16, 21-19	Kim Hye-Yong	PRK
Match #4	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	3 – 0 21-12, 21-10, 21-10	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED
Match #5	Li Bun-Hui	PRK	3 – 1 21-19, 22-20, 13-21, 21-17	Otilia Bădescu	ROU
Match #6	Chen Zihe	CHN	3 – 0 21-12, 21-11, 21-7	Mika Hoshino	JPN
Match #7	Chai Po Wa	HKG	3 – 0 21-11, 21-17, 21-7	Marie Hrachová	TCH
Match #8	Qiao Hong	CHN	3 – 0 22-20, 21-19, 21-16	Hong Sun-Hwa	KOR

Quarter-Finals (3 August 1992)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Deng Yaping	CHN	3 – 0 23-21, 21-16, 21-17	Yu Sun-Bok	PRK
Match #2	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR	3 – 2 21-9, 18-21, 18-21, 21-11, 21-14	Emilia Elena Ciosu	ROU
Match #3	Li Bun-Hui	PRK	3 – 1 21-17, 19-21, 21-18, 21-10	Chen Zihe	CHN
Match #4	Qiao Hong	CHN	3 – 0 21-13, 21-10, 21-14	Chai Po Wa	HKG

Semi-Finals (4 August 1992)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Deng Yaping	CHN	3 – 0 21-6, 21-19, 21-17	Hyeon Jeong-Hwa	KOR
Match #2	Qiao Hong	CHN	3 – 1 15-21, 21-15, 21-8, 21-11	Li Bun-Hui	PRK

Final Round (5 August 1992 — 11:00)

Match 1/2	Deng Yaping	CHN	3 – 1 21-6, 21-8, 15-21, 23-21	Qiao Hong	CHN