Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Dates 24 July – 1 August 1996
Medal Events 5

There were several changes to the program and format for 1996. First of all, there was a fifth event added, the mixed doubles. Secondly, in 1992, both losing semi-finalists received bronze medals, but beginning in 1996, and ever since, the semi losers have played a deciding bronze medal match. The tournament continued as a single-elimination tournament with all matches played as best of three games, all games played to 15, except for women’s singles, who played games to 11. Finally, the single-elimination events saw seeded teams advanced directly into the second rounds except in mixed doubles.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Singles, Men Olympic 24 July – 1 August 1996 48 29
Doubles, Men Olympic 25 – 31 July 1996 50 14
Singles, Women Olympic 24 July – 1 August 1996 47 29
Doubles, Women Olympic 25 – 31 July 1996 54 18
Doubles, Mixed Olympic 26 July – 1 August 1996 64 18
192 (96/96) 37 (30/32)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles, Men Poul-Erik Høyer LarsenDEN Dong JiongCHN Adul Sidek MohamedMAS
Doubles, Men IndonesiaINA Malaysia 1MAS Indonesia 1INA
Singles, Women Bang Su-HyeonKOR Mia AudinaINA Susy SusantiINA
Doubles, Women People's Republic of China 2CHN Republic of Korea 2KOR People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Doubles, Mixed Republic of Korea 1KOR Republic of Korea 2KOR People's Republic of China 2CHN

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Republic of Korea KOR 2 2 0 4
Indonesia INA 1 1 2 4
People's Republic of China CHN 1 1 2 4
Denmark DEN 1 0 0 1
Malaysia MAS 0 1 1 2