Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Badminton
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney Showground Hall 3
Dates17 – 23 September 2000
No. of events5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors161 from 28 nations

Badminton was held at The Dome and Exhibition Complex at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney from 17–23 September 2000. The competition included five events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles).

The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 except in women's singles, where sets were to 11.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
Ji Xinpeng
 China
Hendrawan
 Indonesia
Xia Xuanze
 China
Men's doubles
Tony Gunawan
and Candra Wijaya
 Indonesia
Lee Dong-soo
and Yoo Yong-sung
 South Korea
Ha Tae-kwon
and Kim Dong-moon
 South Korea
Women's singles
Gong Zhichao
 China
Camilla Martin
 Denmark
Ye Zhaoying
 China
Women's doubles
Ge Fei
and Gu Jun
 China
Huang Nanyan
and Yang Wei
 China
Gao Ling
and Qin Yiyuan
 China
Mixed doubles
Zhang Jun
and Gao Ling
 China
Tri Kusharyanto
and Minarti Timur
 Indonesia
Simon Archer
and Joanne Goode
 Great Britain

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 4 1 3 8
2 Indonesia 1 2 0 3
3 South Korea 0 1 1 2
4 Denmark 0 1 0 1
5 Great Britain 0 0 1 1

Participating nations

A total of 28 nations participated in this event.

References

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