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Badminton has been part of the Olympic Games since Barcelona 1992. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is an opportunity to showcase badminton in a country where the sport is extremely popular.

172 badminton players (86 men and 86 women) from more than 45 countries will be selected to compete in Beijing from 8 – 24 August 2008.  
Olympic Games Results - 1992 - 2004

Badminton Medal Winners – Olympic Games 1992 – 2004    
Badminton Competition Results – Athens 2004
Badminton Competition Results – Sydney 2000     
Badminton Competition Results – Atlanta 1996     
Badminton Competition Results – Barcelona 1992     

Athens 2004 Olympic Games

The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad were hosted in Athens 2008 from 13 – 29 August 2004. The Badminton Competition was from 14 – 22 August and there were 172 competitors (86 men, 86 women) in the five events – Men’s Singles (29 players), Women’s Singles (29 players), Men’s doubles (19 pairs), Women’s doubles (19 pairs), Mixed doubles (19 pairs).

More than 74 million viewers in China tuned in to watch the badminton mixed doubles final for Athens 2004, making it the ninth most watched sporting event of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games in China and the third most watched event in key urban areas such as Beijing

Athens 2004 Key Facts

Men’s Singles

Gold Medal      Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia)
Number of matches  32 (73 games for 1671 points scored)
Total duration time     27 hours 23 minutes (average of 51 minutes per match)
Total shuttles used     685 (average of 21.4 per match)
Longest match     82 minutes (Chen/Jonassen)
Shortest match 18 minutes (Ponsana/Dednam)
Longest rally/Strokes 58 seconds/56 strokes

Women’s Singles

Gold Medal      Zhang Ning (China)
Number of matches  32 (78 games for 1296 points scored)
Total duration time     20 hours 33 minutes (average of 38 min/match)
Total shuttles used     297 (average of 9.3 per match)
Longest match     70 minutes (Audina/Zhang)
Shortest match 15 minutes (Zhou/Nedelcheva)
Longest rally/Strokes 55 seconds/36 strokes 1 yellow card (Audina)

Men’s Doubles

Gold Medal      Ha Tae Kwon/Kim Dong Moon (Korea)
Number of matches  22 (50 games for 1125 points scored)
Total duration time     17 hours 20 minutes (average of 47 min/match)
Total shuttles used     409 (average of 18.6 per match)
Longest match     84 minutes
Shortest match 23 minutes (Chan/Chew Vs Velkos/Patis)
(Matsuda/Ohtsuka Vs Cai/Fu)
Longest rally/Strokes 56 seconds/65 strokes

Women’s Doubles

Gold Medal     

Zhang Jiewen/Yang Wei (China)

Number of matches  23 (53 games for 1173 points scored)
Total duration time     19 hours 35 minutes (average of 51 min / match)
Total shuttles used     325 (14.1 per match)
Longest match     104 minutes (Bronze medal match)
Shortest match 19 minutes (Grether/Schenk Vs Edwards/Botts)
Longest rally/Strokes 92 seconds/94 strokes

Mixed Doubles

Gold Medal     

Zhang Jun/Gao Ling (China)
Number of matches  23 (54 games for 1231 points scored)
Total duration time     17 hours 32 minutes (45 min / match)
Total shuttles used    

289 (12.6 per match)

Longest match     93 minutes (Final)
Shortest match 17 minutes (Tsai/Cheng Vs Dednam/Uys)
Longest rally/Strokes 153 seconds/60 strokes

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