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Singles, Men

Date	17 – 23 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	The Dome and Exhibition Complex, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales (Pavilion 4)
Participants	35 from 22 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

The top seed was Taufik Hidayat (INA) while the #1 ranked player in the world was Peter Gade (DEN), who had won the 1999 All-England title. Neither would win a medal. In the quarter-finals Hidayat lost to China’s Ji Xinpeng, the 17th seed and the surprise of the tournament, 15-12, 15-5. Ji then defeated Gade in the semi-finals in three games, despite losing the second game 15-1. In the final, Ji faced Indonesia’s Hendrawan. The first game was an easy win for Ji, 15-4, but the second game was much closer, Ji winning again 15-13, to win the gold medal. The 1999 World Champion, Sun Jun (CHN), lost to Hendrawan in the quarters.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Ji Xinpeng	CHN	Gold
2	Hendrawan	INA	Silver
3	Xia Xuanze	CHN	Bronze
4	Peter Gade	DEN
=5	Marleve Mainaky	INA
=5	Sun Jun	CHN
=5	Taufik Hidayat	INA
=5	Wong Choong Hann	MAS
=9	Permadi Fung	TPE
=9	Hwang Seon-Ho	KOR
=9	Kenneth Jonassen	DEN
=9	Kevin Han	USA
=9	Ong Ewe Hock	MAS
=9	Pulella Gopichand	IND
=9	Richard Vaughan	GBR
=9	Svetoslav Stoyanov	BUL
=17	Bertrand Gallet	FRA
=17	Denis Constantin	MRI
=17	Hidetaka Yamada	JPN
=17	Jyri Aalto	FIN
=17	Keita Masuda	JPN
=17	Mike Beres	CAN
=17	Mihail Popov	BUL
=17	Ng Wei	HKG
=17	Peter Knowles	GBR
=17	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	DEN
=17	Rasmus Wengberg	SWE
=17	Rio Suryana	AUS
=17	Ruud Kuijten	BEL
=17	Tam Kai Chuen	HKG
=17	Tomas Johansson	SWE
=17	Vladyslav Druzhchenko	UKR
=33	Boonsak Ponsana	THA
=33	Marco Vasconcelos	POR
=33	Son Seung-Mo	KOR

Round One

Date	17 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Taufik Hidayat (1)	INA				bye
Match #2	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Hidetaka Yamada	JPN				bye
Match #3	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Peter Knowles	GBR				bye
Match #4	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Ong Ewe Hock	MAS				bye
Match #5	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Ji Xinpeng (7)	CHN				bye
Match #6	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Ng Wei	HKG				bye
Match #7	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Kevin Han	USA				bye
Match #8	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Mike Beres	CAN				bye
Match #9	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Peter Gade (3)	DEN				bye
Match #10	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Denis Constantin	MRI				bye
Match #11	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Permadi Fung	TPE				bye
Match #12	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Mihail Popov	BUL				bye
Match #13	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Marleve Mainaky (8)	INA				bye
Match #14	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Tomas Johansson	SWE				bye
Match #15	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Hwang Seon-Ho	KOR				bye
Match #16	17 Sep 9:50	Pavilion 4 - Court 3	Bertrand Gallet	FRA	15-7, 15-9	Marco Vasconcelos	POR
Match #17	17 Sep 10:15	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Kenneth Jonassen	DEN	14-17, 15-8, 17-15	Son Seung-Mo	KOR
Match #18	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Ruud Kuijten	BEL				bye
Match #19	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Jyri Aalto	FIN				bye
Match #20	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Wong Choong Hann (5)	MAS				bye
Match #21	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Rio Suryana	AUS				bye
Match #22	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Svetoslav Stoyanov	BUL				bye
Match #23	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Keita Masuda	JPN				bye
Match #24	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Xia Xuanze (4)	CHN				bye
Match #25	17 Sep 9:00	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Richard Vaughan	GBR	15-8, 15-12	Boonsak Ponsana	THA
Match #26	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Rasmus Wengberg	SWE				bye
Match #27	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Sun Jun	CHN				bye
Match #28	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (6)	DEN				bye
Match #29	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Pulella Gopichand	IND				bye
Match #30	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Vladyslav Druzhchenko	UKR				bye
Match #31	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Tam Kai Chuen	HKG				bye
Match #32	17 Sep	Pavilion 4	Hendrawan (2)	INA				bye

Round Two

Date	18 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep 14:20	Pavilion 4 - Court 3	Taufik Hidayat (1)	INA	15-5, 14-17, 15-8	Hidetaka Yamada	JPN
Match #2	18 Sep 19:40	Pavilion 4 - Court 3	Ong Ewe Hock	MAS	15-3, 12-15, 15-5	Peter Knowles	GBR
Match #3	18 Sep 15:35	Pavilion 4 - Court 3	Ji Xinpeng (7)	CHN	7-15, 15-4, 15-11	Ng Wei	HKG
Match #4	18 Sep 20:55	Pavilion 4 - Court 2	Kevin Han	USA	15-5, 15-3	Mike Beres	CAN
Match #5	18 Sep 19:30	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Peter Gade (3)	DEN	15-3, 15-9	Denis Constantin	MRI
Match #6	18 Sep 22:25	Pavilion 4 - Court 2	Permadi Fung	TPE	15-0, 15-4	Mihail Popov	BUL
Match #7	18 Sep 19:50	Pavilion 4 - Court 3	Marleve Mainaky (8)	INA	15-11, 17-16	Tomas Johansson	SWE
Match #8	18 Sep 16:20	Pavilion 4 - Court 3	Hwang Seon-Ho	KOR	15-7, 15-12	Bertrand Gallet	FRA
Match #9	18 Sep 14:40	Pavilion 4 - Court 2	Kenneth Jonassen	DEN	15-8, 15-5	Ruud Kuijten	BEL
Match #10	18 Sep 15:25	Pavilion 4 - Court 2	Wong Choong Hann (5)	MAS	15-5, 15-12	Jyri Aalto	FIN
Match #11	18 Sep 21:40	Pavilion 4 - Court 2	Svetoslav Stoyanov	BUL	15-8, 2-15, 15-13	Rio Suryana	AUS
Match #12	18 Sep 14:20	Pavilion 4 - Court 3	Xia Xuanze (4)	CHN	15-4, 12-15, 15-8	Keita Masuda	JPN
Match #13	18 Sep 15:15	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Richard Vaughan	GBR	15-8, 15-4	Rasmus Wengberg	SWE
Match #14	18 Sep 20:45	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Sun Jun	CHN	15-3, 16-17, 15-10	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (6)	DEN
Match #15	18 Sep 16:10	Pavilion 4 - Court 2	Pulella Gopichand	IND	15-3, 10-15, 15-7	Vladyslav Druzhchenko	UKR
Match #16	18 Sep 21:05	Pavilion 4 - Court 3	Hendrawan (2)	INA	15-7, 15-7	Tam Kai Chuen	HKG

Round Three

Date	19 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep 21:20	Pavilion 4 - Court 3	Taufik Hidayat (1)	INA	15-9, 13-15, 15-3	Ong Ewe Hock	MAS
Match #2	19 Sep 19:40	Pavilion 4 - Court 2	Ji Xinpeng (7)	CHN	15-3, 15-6	Kevin Han	USA
Match #3	19 Sep 19:30	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Peter Gade (3)	DEN	15-8, 15-7	Permadi Fung	TPE
Match #4	19 Sep 19:50	Pavilion 4 - Court 3	Marleve Mainaky (8)	INA	15-5, 15-3	Hwang Seon-Ho	KOR
Match #5	19 Sep 20:25	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Wong Choong Hann (5)	MAS	15-6, 15-7	Kenneth Jonassen	DEN
Match #6	19 Sep 21:10	Pavilion 4 - Court 2	Xia Xuanze (4)	CHN	15-11, 15-2	Svetoslav Stoyanov	BUL
Match #7	19 Sep 21:15	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Sun Jun	CHN	15-10, 15-8	Richard Vaughan	GBR
Match #8	19 Sep 20:35	Pavilion 4 - Court 3	Hendrawan (2)	INA	15-9, 15-4	Pulella Gopichand	IND

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep 16:30	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Ji Xinpeng (7)	CHN	15-12, 15-5	Taufik Hidayat (1)	INA
Match #2	20 Sep 15:40	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Peter Gade (3)	DEN	15-6, 15-6	Marleve Mainaky (8)	INA
Match #3	20 Sep 19:30	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Xia Xuanze (4)	CHN	17-15, 15-11	Wong Choong Hann (5)	MAS
Match #4	20 Sep 20:20	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Hendrawan (2)	INA	15-13, 15-5	Sun Jun	CHN

Semi-Finals

Date	22 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	22 Sep 19:30	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Ji Xinpeng (7)	CHN	15-9, 1-15, 15-9	Peter Gade (3)	DEN
Match #2	22 Sep 20:30	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Hendrawan (2)	INA	15-12, 15-4	Xia Xuanze (4)	CHN

Final Round

Date	23 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match 1/2	23 Sep 21:15	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Ji Xinpeng (7)	CHN	15-4, 15-13	Hendrawan (2)	INA
Match 3/4	23 Sep 15:00	Pavilion 4 - Court 1	Xia Xuanze (4)	CHN	15-13, 15-5	Peter Gade (3)	DEN