Badminton 2016 Rio Olympic Review

Men’s Singles

Only one seed went out in the group stages, Marc Zwiebler (Germany). In the round of sixteen, the fifth and seventh seeds were eliminated in Jan O.Jorgensen (Denmark) and Tommy Sugiarto (Indonesia). Son Wan-ho (South Korea) took Chen Long (China) to three sets in the quarter-final. Lee Chong-Wei (Malaysia) and Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) both won in straight sets. Lin Dan (China) was also taken to three sets, against Srikanth Kidambi (India). Long was comfortable against Axelsen, winning in straight sets. After losing the first set to Dan, Chong Wei came back to win. The number one seed lost his final in straight sets to Chen Long.

🥇Chen Long 🇨🇳

🥈Lee Chong Wei 🇲🇾

🥉Viktor Axelsen 🇩🇰

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Men’s Doubles

Only one seeded pair did not manage to make it through the group stage, with Ahsan/Setiawan (Indonesia) missing out to Endo/Hayakawa (Japan) and Biao/Wei (China). Biao/Wei surprised the winners of the first group, Ivanov/Sozonov (Russia). Ellis/Langridge (Great Britain) managed to beat Endo/Hayakawa in straight sets. Also out in the quarter-finals were first and third seeds, Lee/Yoo (South Korea) and Kim/Kim (South Korea). Ellis/Langridge went out in straight sets to Haifeng/Nan (China), while Shem/Kiong (Malaysia) went on to meet them in the final. They won the first set of the final, but Haifeng/Nan came back and eventually won the final set 23-21.

🥇Fu Haifeng/Zhang Nan 🇨🇳

🥈Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong 🇲🇾

🥉Marcus Ellis/Chris Langridge 🇬🇧

Women’s Singles

Saina Newhal (India) and Kirsty Gilmour (Great Britain) were knocked out in the group stage. All the round of sixteen ties were decided in straight sets, eliminating Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand) and Tai Tzu-Ying (Taiwan). Similarly, three of the quarter-final ties were won in straight sets, with only Nozomi Okuhara (Japan) needing three sets to beat Akane Yamaguchi (Japan). The two semi-finals followed the pattern of most of the tournament with two straight-set victories. Carolina Marín (Spain) beat Li Xuerui (China) and P.V Sindhu (India) beat Okuhara. The final went to three sets with Sindhu winning the first set, but Marín came back to win the match.

🥇Carolina Marín 🇪🇸

🥈P.V Sindhu 🇮🇳

🥉Nozomi Okuhara 🇯🇵

Women’s Doubles

The number one seeds, Matsutomo/Takahashi (Japan) cruised through their group, winning all three games without losing a set. They were taken to three in the quarter-final by Hoo Kah Mun/Khe Wei (Malaysia) but got the win with a 21-9 final set. Only one seed got knocked out, with Maheswari/Polii (Indonesia), losing to Yang/Yuanying (China). The Japanese pair got a straight-set win in the semi-final, while Yang/Yuanting were upset by Pedersen/Juhl (Denmark). They did not manage to keep the fairytale up, losing to Matsutomo/Takahashi in the final.

🥇Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi 🇯🇵

🥈Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl 🇩🇰

🥉Jung Kyung-eun/Shin Seung-chan 🇰🇷

Mixed Doubles

The group stages saw three seeds go unbeaten, winning all six sets they played: Nan/Yunlei (China), Ahmad/Natsir (Indonesia) and Ko/Kim (South Korea). The other seed went out in the first round, finishing bottom of their group, in Nielsen/Pedersen (Denmark). It was all straight sets in the quarter-finals, although another seed bit the dust, as Chen/Jin (China) beat Ko/Kim. The two remaining seeds clashed in the semi-final, with Ahmad/Natsir winning in straight sets. The other semi saw Peng Soon/Liu Ying (Malaysia) also win in straight sets. The final saw them outclassed a bit, as the Indonesian pair took gold.

🥇Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir 🇮🇩

🥈Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying 🇲🇾

🥉Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei 🇨🇳