Badminton at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	GSU Sports Arena
Dates	July 24 – August 1, 1996
No. of events	5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors	192 from 37 nations
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Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women	mixed
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Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles) as well as a new event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rather than the awarding of two bronzes. The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 except. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University gymnasium. ^[1]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen   Denmark	Dong Jiong   China	Rashid Sidek   Malaysia
Men's doubles details	Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky ( INA)	Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock ( MAS)	Denny Kantono and Antonius Ariantho ( INA)
Women's singles details	Bang Soo-hyun   South Korea	Mia Audina   Indonesia	Susi Susanti   Indonesia
Women's doubles details	Ge Fei and Gu Jun ( CHN)	Gil Young-ah and Jang Hye-ock ( KOR)	Qin Yiyuan and Tang Yongshu ( CHN)
Mixed doubles details	Kim Dong-moon and Gil Young-ah ( KOR)	Park Joo-bong and Ra Kyung-min ( KOR)	Liu Jianjun and Sun Man ( CHN)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	2	2	0	4
2	China	1	1	2	4
	Indonesia	1	1	2	4
4	Denmark	1	0	0	1
5	Malaysia	0	1	1	2
Totals (5 entries)		5	5	5	15

Participating nations

A total of 37 nations participated in this event.

References

Sources

• "Badminton at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
• "Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
• "ATLANTA 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2019.