Date | 15 – 21 August 2004 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Olympiako Gymnastirio Goudiou, Olympiako Syngrotima Goudiou, Athina | |
Participants | 32 from 21 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
There was no favorite. Since 2000, the two World titles and four All-England titles had been split by six different players. Indonesia’s Taufik Hidayat had been seeded #1 in 2000 but lost in the quarter-finals. He had managed a bronze at the 2001 Worlds, but had won no major championships in the interim. He was known as the bad boy of badminton, having been suspended from the Indonesian team several times because of his behavior, and this would occur again before the 2006 World Championships. In Athina Hidayat was unseeded but had reached the All-England semis earlier in the year. He struggled in his second round match, but then did not lose another set as he won the gold medal. The final was an easy victory for him over Korea’s Son Seung-Mo, who had been bronze medalist at the 2003 Worlds. Hidayat would also win the 2005 World Championships.
Winner of each match advanced to round two.
Match #1 | Ronald Susilo | ![]() | Lin Dan | ![]() | 1 | 15-12, 15-10 | |
Match #2 | Björn Joppien | ![]() | Kasperi Salo | ![]() | 14-17, 15-7, 15-11 | ||
Match #3 | Lee Hyeon-Il | ![]() | 5 | Stuart Brehaut | ![]() | 15-3, 15-2 | |
Match #4 | Boonsak Ponsana | ![]() | Chris Dednam | ![]() | 15-1, 15-0 | ||
Match #5 | Wong Choong Hann | ![]() | 3 | Przemysław Wacha | ![]() | 15-1, 15-5 | |
Match #6 | Taufik Hidayat | ![]() | Hidetaka Yamada | ![]() | 15-8, 15-10 | ||
Match #7 | Peter Gade | ![]() | 6 | Chien Yu-Hsiu | ![]() | 15-6, 15-1 | |
Match #8 | Nikhil Kanetkar | ![]() | Sergio Llopis | ![]() | 15-7, 13-15, 15-13 | ||
Match #9 | Jim Ronny Andersen | ![]() | Pedro Yang | ![]() | 15-9, 8-15, 15-6 | ||
Match #10 | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | ![]() | 8 | Mohamed Roslin Hashim | ![]() | 15-6, 9-15, 15-8 | |
Match #11 | Park Tae-Sang | ![]() | Abhinn Shyam Gupta | ![]() | 15-12, 15-0 | ||
Match #12 | Bao Chunlai | ![]() | 4 | Shoji Sato | ![]() | 15-6, 15-5 | |
Match #13 | Richard Vaughan | ![]() | Marco Vasconcelos | ![]() | 15-5, 15-5 | ||
Match #14 | Son Seung-Mo | ![]() | 7 | Antti Viitikko | ![]() | 15-12, 15-3 | |
Match #15 | Lee Chong Wei | ![]() | Ng Wei | ![]() | 15-3, 15-13 | ||
Match #16 | Chen Hong | ![]() | 2 | Kenneth Jonassen | ![]() | 12-15, 15-5, 15-9 |
Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
Match #1 | Ronald Susilo | ![]() | Björn Joppien | ![]() | 15-11, 15-6 | ||
Match #2 | Boonsak Ponsana | ![]() | Lee Hyeon-Il | ![]() | 5 | 15-13, 15-11 | |
Match #3 | Taufik Hidayat | ![]() | Wong Choong Hann | ![]() | 3 | 11-15, 15-7, 15-9 | |
Match #4 | Peter Gade | ![]() | 6 | Nikhil Kanetkar | ![]() | 15-10, 15-6 | |
Match #5 | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | ![]() | 8 | Jim Ronny Andersen | ![]() | 15-7, 15-6 | |
Match #6 | Park Tae-Sang | ![]() | Bao Chunlai | ![]() | 4 | 15-11, 15-12 | |
Match #7 | Son Seung-Mo | ![]() | 7 | Richard Vaughan | ![]() | 15-9, 15-4 | |
Match #8 | Chen Hong | ![]() | 2 | Lee Chong Wei | ![]() | 15-11, 3-15, 15-12 |
Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
Match #1 | Boonsak Ponsana | ![]() | Ronald Susilo | ![]() | 15-10, 15-1 | ||
Match #2 | Taufik Hidayat | ![]() | Peter Gade | ![]() | 6 | 15-12, 15-12 | |
Match #3 | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | ![]() | 8 | Park Tae-Sang | ![]() | 15-13, 15-4 | |
Match #4 | Son Seung-Mo | ![]() | 7 | Chen Hong | ![]() | 2 | 10-15, 15-4, 15-10 |
Winner of each match advanced to the final round.
Match #1 | Taufik Hidayat | ![]() | Boonsak Ponsana | ![]() | 15-9, 15-2 | ||
Match #2 | Son Seung-Mo | ![]() | 7 | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | ![]() | 8 | 15-6, 9-15, 15-9 |
Match 1/2 | Taufik Hidayat | ![]() | Son Seung-Mo | ![]() | 7 | 15-8, 15-7 | |
Match 3/4 | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | ![]() | 8 | Boonsak Ponsana | ![]() | 15-11, 17-16 |