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Singles, Women

Date	28 July – 4 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Pabellón de la Mar Bella, Barcelona
Participants	52 from 27 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

The co-favorites were China’s Tang Jiuhong and Indonesia’s Susi Susanti Haditono. Tang was World Champion in 1991 and won the All-England title in 1992. Susanti had won the All-England title in 1990-91. Susanti advanced to the final without losing a game, but Tang lost in the semis to Korea’s Bang Su-Hyeon. In the final, Bang surprisingly won the first game comfortably, 11-5, but Susanti came back to win the final two games and the gold medal. Susanti’s boyfriend, Alan Budikusuma, also won the men’s singles gold medal. The two gold medals were the first ever won for Indonesia. Susanti’s gold medal was also the first ever Olympic badminton gold medal, as this event finished before the others. In the first round, Sweden’s Catrine Bengtsson (SWE) defeated Martine de Souza of Mauritius, 11-1, 11-0, in only 8 minutes.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Susy Susanti	INA	Gold
2	Bang Su-Hyeon	KOR	Silver
=3	Huang Hua	CHN	Bronze
=3	Tang Jiuhong	CHN	Bronze
=5	Somhasurthai Jaroensiri	THA
=5	Lee Heung-Sun	KOR
=5	Sarwendah Kusumawardhani	INA
=5	Anna Lao	AUS
=9	Wong Chun Fan	HKG
=9	Pernille Nedergaard	DEN
=9	Jo Muggeridge	GBR
=9	Doris Piché	CAN
=9	Pornsawan Plungwech	THA
=9	Hisako Mizui	JPN
=9	Yelena Rybkina	EUN
=9	Denyse Julien	CAN
=17	Harumi Kohara	JPN
=17	Silvia Albrecht	SUI
=17	Katarzyna Krasowska	POL
=17	Christine Magnusson	SWE
=17	Linda French	USA
=17	Madhumita Bisht	IND
=17	Rhonda Cator	AUS
=17	Katrin Schmidt	GER
=17	Rhona Robertson	NZL
=17	Erica van den Heuvel	NED
=17	Zarinah Abdullah	SGP
=17	Catrine Bengtsson	SWE
=17	Camilla Martin	DEN
=17	Bożena Bąk	POL
=17	Astrid van der Knaap	NED
=17	Helen Troke	GBR
=33	Eline Coene	NED
=33	Neli Nedyalkova-Boteva	BUL
=33	Andrea Harsági	HUN
=33	Joy Kitzmiller	USA
=33	Martine de Souza	MRI
=33	Christelle Mol	FRA
=33	Elsa Nielsen	ISL
=33	Esther Sanz	ESP
=33	Eva Lacinová	TCH
=33	Diana Koleva	BUL
=33	Sandra Dimbour	FRA
=33	Viktoriya Hristova	BUL
=33	Andrea Dakó	HUN
=33	Wioletta Wilk	POL
=33	Kerstin Ubben	GER
=33	Bettina Villars	SUI
=33	Vandanah Seesurun	MRI
=33	Virginie Delvingt	FRA
=33	Erika Von Heiland	USA
=33	Csilla Fórián	HUN

Round One

Date	28 July 1992
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Susy Susanti (1)	INA				bye
Match #2	28 Jul	Harumi Kohara	JPN				bye
Match #3	28 Jul	Wong Chun Fan	HKG	11-8, 12-9	Eline Coene	NED
Match #4	28 Jul	Silvia Albrecht	SUI	11-3, 11-6	Neli Nedyalkova-Boteva	BUL
Match #5	28 Jul	Pernille Nedergaard (6)	DEN				bye
Match #6	28 Jul	Katarzyna Krasowska	POL	5-11, 11-0, 11-6	Andrea Harsági	HUN
Match #7	28 Jul	Somhasurthai Jaroensiri	THA	11-3, 11-0	Joy Kitzmiller	USA
Match #8	28 Jul	Christine Magnusson	SWE	11-1, 11-0	Martine de Souza	MRI
Match #9	28 Jul	Huang Hua (3)	CHN				bye
Match #10	28 Jul	Linda French	USA				bye
Match #11	28 Jul	Jo Muggeridge	GBR	11-5, 11-7	Christelle Mol	FRA
Match #12	28 Jul	Madhumita Bisht	IND	11-4, 11-2	Elsa Nielsen	ISL
Match #13	28 Jul	Lee Heung-Sun (7)	KOR				bye
Match #14	28 Jul	Rhonda Cator	AUS	11-9, 11-5	Esther Sanz	ESP
Match #15	28 Jul	Doris Piché	CAN	11-0, 11-2	Eva Lacinová	TCH
Match #16	28 Jul	Katrin Schmidt	GER	11-6, 11-1	Diana Koleva	BUL
Match #17	28 Jul	Rhona Robertson	NZL	12-10, 12-9	Sandra Dimbour	FRA
Match #18	28 Jul	Pornsawan Plungwech	THA	11-3, 12-9	Viktoriya Hristova	BUL
Match #19	28 Jul	Erica van den Heuvel	NED	11-7, 11-3	Andrea Dakó	HUN
Match #20	28 Jul	Sarwendah Kusumawardhani (5)	INA				bye
Match #21	28 Jul	Zarinah Abdullah	SGP	11-5, 11-3	Wioletta Wilk	POL
Match #22	28 Jul	Hisako Mizui	JPN	11-4, 11-1	Kerstin Ubben	GER
Match #23	28 Jul	Catrine Bengtsson	SWE				bye
Match #24	28 Jul	Bang Su-Hyeon (4)	KOR				bye
Match #25	28 Jul	Anna Lao	AUS	11-0, 11-4	Bettina Villars	SUI
Match #26	28 Jul	Camilla Martin	DEN	11-1, 11-0	Vandanah Seesurun	MRI
Match #27	28 Jul	Bożena Bąk	POL	11-0, 11-2	Virginie Delvingt	FRA
Match #28	28 Jul	Yelena Rybkina (8)	EUN				bye
Match #29	28 Jul	Denyse Julien	CAN	11-2, 11-0	Erika Von Heiland	USA
Match #30	28 Jul	Astrid van der Knaap	NED	11-3, 11-2	Csilla Fórián	HUN
Match #31	28 Jul	Helen Troke	GBR				bye
Match #32	28 Jul	Tang Jiuhong (2)	CHN				bye

Round Two

Date	29 – 30 July 1992
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Susy Susanti (1)	INA	11-2, 11-2	Harumi Kohara	JPN
Match #2	29 Jul	Wong Chun Fan	HKG	8-11, 11-4, 11-3	Silvia Albrecht	SUI
Match #3	29 Jul	Pernille Nedergaard (6)	DEN	11-0, 11-3	Katarzyna Krasowska	POL
Match #4	29 Jul	Somhasurthai Jaroensiri	THA	8-11, 12-9, 11-4	Christine Magnusson	SWE
Match #5	29 Jul	Huang Hua (3)	CHN	11-1, 11-1	Linda French	USA
Match #6	29 Jul	Jo Muggeridge	GBR	11-7, 11-8	Madhumita Bisht	IND
Match #7	29 Jul	Lee Heung-Sun (7)	KOR	11-1, 11-4	Rhonda Cator	AUS
Match #8	29 Jul	Doris Piché	CAN	11-5, 11-8	Katrin Schmidt	GER
Match #9	30 Jul	Pornsawan Plungwech	THA	12-9, 2-11, 12-9	Rhona Robertson	NZL
Match #10	30 Jul	Sarwendah Kusumawardhani (5)	INA	11-8, 11-2	Erica van den Heuvel	NED
Match #11	30 Jul	Hisako Mizui	JPN	11-5, 11-4	Zarinah Abdullah	SGP
Match #12	30 Jul	Bang Su-Hyeon (4)	KOR	11-7, 11-3	Catrine Bengtsson	SWE
Match #13	30 Jul	Anna Lao	AUS	11-6, 12-11	Camilla Martin	DEN
Match #14	30 Jul	Yelena Rybkina (8)	EUN	11-4, 11-4	Bożena Bąk	POL
Match #15	30 Jul	Denyse Julien	CAN	9-12, 11-3, 11-9	Astrid van der Knaap	NED
Match #16	30 Jul	Tang Jiuhong (2)	CHN	11-3, 11-1	Helen Troke	GBR

Round Three

Date	31 July – 1 August 1992
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Susy Susanti (1)	INA	11-4, 11-2	Wong Chun Fan	HKG
Match #2	31 Jul	Somhasurthai Jaroensiri	THA	5-11, 11-6, 12-10	Pernille Nedergaard (6)	DEN
Match #3	31 Jul	Huang Hua (3)	CHN	11-3, 11-2	Jo Muggeridge	GBR
Match #4	31 Jul	Lee Heung-Sun (7)	KOR	11-8, 11-2	Doris Piché	CAN
Match #5	01 Aug	Sarwendah Kusumawardhani (5)	INA	11-4, 11-2	Pornsawan Plungwech	THA
Match #6	01 Aug	Bang Su-Hyeon (4)	KOR	12-10, 11-1	Hisako Mizui	JPN
Match #7	01 Aug	Anna Lao	AUS	7-11, 11-7, 11-8	Yelena Rybkina (8)	EUN
Match #8	01 Aug	Tang Jiuhong (2)	CHN	12-9, 11-0	Denyse Julien	CAN

Quarter-Finals

Date	2 August 1992
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug	Susy Susanti (1)	INA	11-6, 11-1	Somhasurthai Jaroensiri	THA
Match #2	02 Aug	Huang Hua (3)	CHN	11-3, 10-12, 11-0	Lee Heung-Sun (7)	KOR
Match #3	02 Aug	Bang Su-Hyeon (4)	KOR	11-2, 3-11, 12-11	Sarwendah Kusumawardhani (5)	INA
Match #4	02 Aug	Tang Jiuhong (2)	CHN	11-9, 11-1	Anna Lao	AUS

Semi-Finals

Date	3 August 1992
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	03 Aug	Susy Susanti (1)	INA	11-4, 11-1	Huang Hua (3)	CHN
Match #2	03 Aug	Bang Su-Hyeon (4)	KOR	11-3, 11-2	Tang Jiuhong (2)	CHN

Final Round

Date	4 August 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match 1/2	04 Aug	Susy Susanti (1)	INA	5-11, 11-5, 11-3	Bang Su-Hyeon (4)	KOR