1972 Summer Olympics / Badminton
Badminton was one of two demonstration sports at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . 25 participants from 11 countries took part. It was the first time ever that badminton was played at the Olympics. But it should be another 20 years before badminton makes it into the official program.
Medalist
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
 Rudy Hartono
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 Svend Pri
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 Wolfgang Bochow
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 Stubborn Johnsson
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| Men's doubles |
Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata
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 Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan
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 Elliot Stuart Derek Talbot
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Willi Braun Roland Maywald
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| Ladies singles |
 Noriko Nakayama
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Utami Dewi
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Gillian Gilks
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Hiroe Yuki
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| Mixed |
Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
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Svend Pri Ulla beach
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Roland Maywald Brigitte Steden
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Christian Hadinata Utami Dewi
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Results
Men's singles
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||
| Rudy Hartono
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15th | 14th | 15th | |||||||||||||
 Jamie Paulson
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12 | 18th | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Rudy Hartono
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Stubborn Johnsson
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2 | 4th | ||||||||||||||
| Stubborn Johnsson
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
 Suresh Goel
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5 | 8th | ||||||||||||||
| Rudy Hartono
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Svend Pri
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6th | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Svend Pri
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
 Bandid Jaiyen
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11 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Svend Pri
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9 | 15th | 15th | |||||||||||||
| Wolfgang Bochow
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15th | 9 | 8th | |||||||||||||
| Wolfgang Bochow
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Tan Aik Mong
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10 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Men's doubles
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||
| Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Tan Aik Mong Bandid Jaiyen
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7th | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Elliot Stuart Derek Talbot
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8th | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Elliot Stuart Derek Talbot
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Wolfgang Bochow Jamie Paulson
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3 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata
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15th | 2 | 15th | |||||||||||||
| Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan
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4th | 15th | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Ippei Kojima Suresh Goel
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8th | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan
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12 | 15th | 15th | |||||||||||||
| Willi Braun Roland Maywald
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15th | 10 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Willi Braun Roland Maywald
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| bye | ||||||||||||||||
Ladies singles
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||
| Noriko Nakayama
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11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Ulla beach
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5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Noriko Nakayama
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11 | 8th | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Gillian Gilks
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3 | 11 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Gillian Gilks
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11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Brigitte Steden
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9 | 6th | ||||||||||||||
| Noriko Nakayama
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11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Utami Dewi
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5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Utami Dewi
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11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Eva Twedberg
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7th | 8th | ||||||||||||||
| Utami Dewi
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11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Hiroe Yuki
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5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Hiroe Yuki
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11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
 Joke van Beusekom
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3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Mixed
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||
| Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Ippei Kojima Noriko Nakayama
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9 | 4th | ||||||||||||||
| Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Roland Maywald Brigitte Steden
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10 | 8th | ||||||||||||||
| Roland Maywald Brigitte Steden
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Stubborn Johnsson Eva Twedberg
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7th | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
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15th | 18th | ||||||||||||||
| Svend Pri Ulla beach
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6th | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Svend Pri Ulla beach
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| bye | ||||||||||||||||
| Svend Pri Ulla beach
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Christian Hadinata Utami Dewi
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12 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Christian Hadinata Utami Dewi
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15th | 15th | 15th | |||||||||||||
| Elliot Stuart Joke van Beusekom
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9 | 17th | 2 | |||||||||||||
Web links
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