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Doubles, Women

Date25 – 31 July 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationGeorgia State University Sports Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants54 from 18 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

Twenty-seven teams started with five given byes into the second round. The two top seeds were the Chinese pair of Ge Fei and Gu Jun, winners of the 1996 All-England title, and Korea’s Gir Yeong-A and Jang Hye-Ok, 1995 World Champions. Gil/Jang were seeded first, but Ge/Gu were world ranked #1, and they dominated the tournament. They won all four of their matches easily, never yielding more than 8 points in any game. In the final they faced Gil/Jang, and crushed them, 15-5, 15-5 in 36 minutes.

PosPairNOC
1Ge Fei / Gu JunCHNGold
2Gil Yeong-Ah / Jang Hye-OkKORSilver
3Qin Yiyuan / Tang YongshuCHNBronze
4Helene Kirkegaard / Rikke OlsenDEN
=5Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen / Marlene ThomsenDEN
=5Chen Ying / Peng XingyongCHN
=5Eliza Nathanael / Zelin ResianaINA
=5Ann Jørgensen / Lotte OlsenDEN
=9Kim Mi-Hyang / Kim Sin-YeongKOR
=9Masako Sakamoto / Tomomi MatsuoJPN
=9Joanne Wright / Julie BradburyGBR
=9 Finarsih / Lili TampiINA
=9Jeong Jae-Hui / Park Su-YeonKOR
=9Eline Coene / Erica van den HeuvelNED
=9Rhona Robertson / Tammy JenkinsNZL
=9Katrin Schmidt / Kerstin UbbenGER
=17Diana Koleva / Neli Nedyalkova-BotevaBUL
=17Marina Yakusheva / Yelena RybkinaRUS
=17Amanda Hardy / Rhonda CatorAUS
=17Erika Von Heiland / Linda FrenchUSA
=17Chen Li-Chin / Tsai Hui-MinTPE
=17Jo Muggeridge / Kelly MorganGBR
=17Olena Nozdran / Viktoriya YevtushenkoUKR
=17Aiko Miyamura / Akiko MiyamuraJPN
=17Denyse Julien / Si-An DengCAN
=17Margit Borg / Maria BengtssonSWE
=17Marie-Josephe Jean-Pierre / Martine de SouzaMRI

Round One

Date25 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #125 JulGil / Jang (1)KORbye
Match #225 JulMatsuo / SakamotoJPN15-0, 15-4Koleva / Nedyalkova-BotevaBUL
Match #325 JulBradbury / Wright (5/8)GBRbye
Match #425 JulJørgensen / OlsenDEN15-13, 15-10Rybkina / YakushevaRUS
Match #525 JulQin / Tang (3/4)CHNbye
Match #625 JulFinarsih / TampiINA15-9, 15-4Cator / HardyAUS
Match #725 JulStuer-Lauridsen / Thomsen (5/8)DEN15-4, 15-1French / Von HeilandUSA
Match #825 JulJeong / ParkKOR15-7, 15-6Chen / TsaiTPE
Match #925 JulCoene / van den HeuvelNED15-10, 15-5Morgan / MuggeridgeGBR
Match #1025 JulChen / Peng (5/8)CHN15-2, 11-15, 15-1Yevtushenko / NozdranUKR
Match #1125 JulKim / KimKOR15-12, 18-13Miyamura / MiyamuraJPN
Match #1225 JulKirkegaard / Olsen (3/4)DENbye
Match #1325 JulJenkins / RobertsonNZL15-7, 15-4Deng / JulienCAN
Match #1425 JulNathanael / Resiana (5/8)INA15-6, 15-13Bengtsson / BorgSWE
Match #1525 JulSchmidt / UbbenGER15-1, 15-2de Souza / Jean-PierreMRI
Match #1625 JulGe / Gu (2)CHNbye

Round Two

Date27 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #127 JulGil / Jang (1)KOR15-7, 15-6Matsuo / SakamotoJPN
Match #227 JulJørgensen / OlsenDEN15-4, 15-5Bradbury / Wright (5/8)GBR
Match #327 JulQin / Tang (3/4)CHN15-1, 4-15, 15-6Finarsih / TampiINA
Match #427 JulStuer-Lauridsen / Thomsen (5/8)DEN15-8, 13-15, 15-9Jeong / ParkKOR
Match #527 JulChen / Peng (5/8)CHN15-8, 15-13Coene / van den HeuvelNED
Match #627 JulKirkegaard / Olsen (3/4)DEN15-8, 15-8Kim / KimKOR
Match #727 JulNathanael / Resiana (5/8)INA15-9, 15-2Jenkins / RobertsonNZL
Match #827 JulGe / Gu (2)CHN15-3, 15-6Schmidt / UbbenGER

Quarter-Finals

Date28 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #128 JulGil / Jang (1)KOR15-9, 15-9Jørgensen / OlsenDEN
Match #228 JulQin / Tang (3/4)CHN15-8, 15-3Stuer-Lauridsen / Thomsen (5/8)DEN
Match #328 JulKirkegaard / Olsen (3/4)DEN15-6, 8-15, 15-5Chen / Peng (5/8)CHN
Match #428 JulGe / Gu (2)CHN15-7, 15-3Nathanael / Resiana (5/8)INA

Semi-Finals

Date29 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #129 JulGil / Jang (1)KOR15-12, 10-15, 18-16Qin / Tang (3/4)CHN
Match #229 JulGe / Gu (2)CHN15-8, 15-2Kirkegaard / Olsen (3/4)DEN

Final Round

Date30 – 31 July 1996
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match 1/231 Jul 9:00Ge / Gu (2)CHN15-5, 15-5Gil / Jang (1)KOR
Match 3/430 Jul 20:00Qin / Tang (3/4)CHN7-15, 15-4, 15-8Kirkegaard / Olsen (3/4)DEN