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The 1972 Summer Olympics saw the inaugural staging of badminton, as a demonstration sport.Two decades later, after a successful exhibition at the 1988 games, the sport was officially introduced to the Olympics in 1989, and debuted in competition at the 1992 Games where 4 events were held, with singles and doubles events for both men and women.
In the 2000 Summer Olympics, China swept the women's doubles tournament, winning all three medals, making it the only sweep in Olympic badminton history. [7] Indonesia also did this in the 1992 Olympics men's singles tournament , but there was no bronze medal match in that Games so the medal was shared with Danish player Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen .
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side).
An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The term derives from the Old French nonper , non , ' not ' and per , ' equal ' : ' one who is requested to act as arbiter of a dispute between two people ' [ 1 ] (as evidenced in ...
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada , Denmark , England , France , Ireland , Netherlands , New Zealand , Scotland and Wales .
From winning a gold medal to getting engaged, the 2024 Paris Olympics have been filled with happy milestones for China badminton player Huang Yaqiong. Shortly after Huang and her mixed doubles ...
For the first time there was a combination of group play and knockout stages in the Olympic badminton tournament, following its introduction at the 2010 Youth Summer Olympics in Singapore. All matches were the best of three games, with each game won by the first player to reach 21 points.
Riocentro Pavilion 4 was the venue of badminton competition. The badminton tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 11 to 20 August at the fourth pavilion of Riocentro. A total of 172 athletes competed in five events: men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. [1]