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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 badminton women's singles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at Wembley Arena. 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.
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 .
South Korea’s badminton team won An’s gold medal in women’s singles and a silver in mixed doubles in Paris. “Singles and doubles are clearly different, and I think [the athletes] should be ...
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.
Missy Franklin (pictured) tied with Michael Phelps for most gold medals won at the 2012 Summer Olympics at four apiece. Phelps led the overall medal count with six. China defended the men's team event title in table tennis. [13] Victoria Pendleton won the first-ever gold medal in the women's Keirin event. [14]
The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
The U.S. won the overall medal count with 126 — 40 gold, 44 silver and 42 bronze. Team USA tied China in the gold medal count after winning the women's basketball gold. Here is the top 10 by ...