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The draw was held on 23 July 2012. [1] [2] Forty-six players from 42 nations competed. In an all-Chinese final, Li Xuerui defeated reigning World Number 1 Wang Yihan to win the gold medal. India's Saina Nehwal took bronze after the injury-forced withdrawal of China's Wang Xin. This was the first medal of any colour for India in Olympic badminton.
The badminton tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 28 July and 5 August at Wembley Arena. A total of 172 athletes competed in five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. [1]
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.
This category is for the sport of women's badminton in the year 2012. 2007; 2008; 2009; ... Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles; Badminton at ...
The Olympic schedule for Thursday, Aug. 1, is filled with thrilling events and record-breaking athletes, so be sure to tune in.. Highlights include the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay, where ...
The badminton women's doubles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at Wembley Arena. The draw for the tournament was made on 23 July 2012. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Thirty-two players from 14 nations competed in the event.
The Olympic qualification period was between 2 May 2011 and 29 April 2012, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, published on 3 May 2012, was used to allocate spots. [1] Nations can enter a total of three players.
Indonesia became the second to achieve this feat, stretching from its first gold in the 1992 women's singles to 2020 women's doubles. [8] As of the 2024 Summer Olympics, China has been the most successful nation in badminton, winning 52 medals; 37 of them were from the women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles tournaments. Indonesia, South ...