Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Badminton (men's singles)

sport	badminton
discipline	singles
gender	Men
Attendees	40 athletes from 34 countries
Competition location	Wembley Arena
Competition phase	July 28 to August 5, 2012
Medalist  Lin Dan  Lee Chong Wei  Chen Long

Badminton tournaments at the 2012 Olympics
singles	Women	Men
Double	Women	Men	Mixed

The individual competition of the men in badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was from July 28 to August 5 in the Wembley Arena discharged.

From a total of 40 participants, 16 players who were distributed among the 16 groups were placed. Two or three players were drawn to the groups on July 23rd. In the groups everyone played against everyone, the group winner qualified for the next round, which was played in the knockout system , in which the winners reached the next round. The losers in the semifinals then played the bronze medal.

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Lee Chong Wei silver 02.  Lin Dan gold 03.  Chen Long bronze 04th  Chen Jin Quarter finals 05.  Peter Gade Quarter finals 06th  Sho Sasaki Quarter finals 07th  Lee Hyun-il 4th Place 08th.  Kenichi Tago Group stage

No. player Round reached 09.  Simon Santoso Round of 16 10.  Nguyễn Ti Minn Minh Group stage 11.  Taufik Hidayat Round of 16 12.  Jan Ø. Jørgensen Round of 16 13.  Shon Wan-ho Round of 16 14th  Marc Zwiebler Round of 16 15th  Rajiv Ouseph Group stage 16.  Wong Wing Ki Round of 16

Results

Group stage

Group A

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Lee Chong Wei	1	1	0	2	1	1
Ville Lång	1	0	1	1	1	0

July 30th 21:15
Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
Lee Chong Wei	21 -8 14 21 21 -11	Ville Lång

Group B

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Simon Santoso	2	2	0	4th	0	2
Raul Must	2	1	1	2	2	1
Michael Lahnsteiner	2	0	2	0	4th	0

Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
July 28, 9:19 pm
Michael Lahnsteiner	14- 21 18- 21	Raul Must
July 29 2:07 pm
Simon Santoso	21 -12 21 -8	Raul Must
July 31, 2:07 p.m.
Simon Santoso	21 -11 21 -7	Michael Lahnsteiner

Group C

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Niluka Karunaratne	1	1	0	2	0	1
Kenichi Tago	1	0	1	0	2	0

July 30, 10:07 am
Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
Kenichi Tago	18- 21 16- 21	Niluka Karunaratne

Group D

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Kashyap Parupalli	2	2	0	4th	0	2
Nguyễn Ti Minn Minh	2	1	1	2	3	1
Yuhan Tan	2	0	2	1	4th	0

Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
July 28, 10:42 am
Kashyap Parupalli	21 -14 21 -12	Yuhan Tan
July 29 8:07 pm
Nguyễn Ti Minn Minh	17 21 21 -14 21 -10	Yuhan Tan
July 31, 9:30 am
Nguyễn Ti Minn Minh	9- 21 14- 21	Kashyap Parupalli

Group E

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Chen Long	1	1	0	2	0	1
Boonsak Ponsana	1	0	1	0	2	0

July 29, 1:40 pm
Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
Chen Long	21 -12 21 -17	Boonsak Ponsana

Group F.

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Wong Wing Ki	2	2	0	4th	0	2
Brice Leverdez	2	1	1	2	2	1
Edwin Ekiring	2	0	2	0	4th	0

Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
July 28, 8:44 pm
Edwin Ekiring	12- 21 11- 21	Brice Leverdez
July 30th 09:30
Wong Wing Ki	21 -10 21 -8	Edwin Ekiring
July 31, 9:50 pm
Wong Wing Ki	21 -11 21 -16	Brice Leverdez

Group G

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Peter Gade	1	1	0	2	0	1
Pedro Martins	1	0	1	0	2	0

July 30, 8:44 pm
Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
Peter Gade	21 -14 21 -8	Pedro Martins

Group H.

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Shon Wan-ho	2	2	0	4th	0	2
Vladimir Ivanov	2	1	1	2	2	1
Hsu Jen-Hao	2	0	2	0	4th	0

Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
July 28, 1:40 p.m.
Shon Wan-ho	21 -15 21 -19	Vladimir Ivanov
July 30 13:07
Hsu Jen-Hao	15- 21 13- 21	Vladimir Ivanov
July 31 1:44 pm
Shon Wan-ho	21 -14 21 -10	Hsu Jen-Hao

Group I.

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Jan Ø. Jørgensen	2	2	0	4th	0	2
Derek Wong Zi Liang	2	1	1	2	2	1
Misha Zilberman	2	0	2	0	4th	0

Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
July 28, 8:54 pm
Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21 -13 21 -12	Misha Zilberman
July 29, 1:33 pm
Misha Zilberman	9- 21 15- 21	Derek Wong Zi Liang
July 31 7:09 pm
Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21 -17 21 -14	Derek Wong Zi Liang

Group J

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Lee Hyun-il	1	1	0	2	0	1
Rodrigo Pacheco	1	0	1	0	2	0

July 29 9:05 pm
Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
Lee Hyun-il	21 -12 21 -7	Rodrigo Pacheco

Group K

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Marc Zwiebler	2	2	0	4th	1	2
Dmytro Zavadsky	2	1	1	3	2	1
Mohamed Ajfan Rasheed	2	0	2	0	4th	0

Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
July 28, 9:09 pm
Marc Zwiebler	21 -9 21 -6	Mohamed Ajfan Rasheed
July 30 13:44
Mohamed Ajfan Rasheed	8- 21 8- 21	Dmytro Zavadsky
July 31, 7:44 pm
Marc Zwiebler	17 21 21 -10 21 -16	Dmytro Zavadsky

Group L

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Chen Jin	1	1	0	1	0	1
Przemysław Wacha	1	0	1	0	1	0

July 30th 7:40 pm
Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
Chen Jin	21 -15 21 -8	Przemysław Wacha

Group M

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Kevin Cordón	2	2	0	4th	2	2
Rajiv Ouseph	2	1	1	3	3	1
Henri Hurskainen	2	0	2	2	4th	0

Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
July 28, 1:42 pm
Kevin Cordón	15 21 21 -12 21 -14	Henri Hurskainen
July 29, 8:15 pm
Rajiv Ouseph	22 -20 17 21 21 -15	Henri Hurskainen
July 31, 1:40 p.m.
Rajiv Ouseph	21 -12 19- 21 19- 21	Kevin Cordón

Groups

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Sho Sasaki	1	1	0	2	0	1
Virgil Soeroredjo	1	0	1	0	2	0

July 29, 9:42 pm
Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
Sho Sasaki	21 -12 21 -7	Virgil Soeroredjo

Group O

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Taufik Hidayat	2	2	0	4th	0	2
Pablo Abián	2	1	1	2	3	1
Petr Koukal	2	0	2	1	4th	0

Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
July 28, 1:05 p.m.
Taufik Hidayat	21 -8 21 -8	Pablo Abián
July 29 8:54 pm
Pablo Abián	21 -17 16 21 21 -16	Petr Koukal
July 31 21:42
Taufik Hidayat	22 -20 21 -11	Petr Koukal

Group p

athlete	Games	w.	lost	Sentences w.	Leave sentences	Points
Lin Dan	1	1	0	2	0	1
Scott Evans	1	0	1	0	2	0

July 30th 8:15 pm
Athlete 1	Result	Athlete 2
Lin Dan	21 -8 21 -14	Scott Evans

Final round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Lee Chong Wei

21st

21st

B1

Simon Santoso

12

8th

A1

Lee Chong Wei

21st

21st

C1

Niluka Karunaratne

14th

21st

9

D1

Kashyap Parupalli

19th

11

D1

Kashyap Parupalli

21st

15th

21st

A1

Lee Chong Wei

21st

21st

E1

Chen Long

21st

21st

E1

Chen Long

13

14th

F1

Wong Wing Ki

17th

17th

E1

Chen Long

21st

21st

G1

Peter Gade

21st

21st

G1

Peter Gade

16

13

H1

Shon Wan-ho

9

16

A1

Lee Chong Wei

21st

10

19th

I1

Jan Ø. Jørgensen

17th

13

P1

Lin Dan

15th

21st

21st

J1

Lee Hyun-il

21st

21st

J1

Lee Hyun-il

21st

21st

K1

Marc Zwiebler

21st

12

9

L1

Chen Jin

15th

16

L1

Chen Jin

19th

21st

21st

J1

Lee Hyun-il

12

10

M1

Kevin Cordón

21st

10

P1

Lin Dan

21st

21st

N1

Shō Sasaki

23

21st

N1

Shō Sasaki

12

21st

16

3rd place match

O1

Taufik Hidayat

9

12

P1

Lin Dan

21st

16

21st

E1

Chen Long

21st

15th

21st

P1

Lin Dan

21st

21st

J1

Lee Hyun-il

12

21st

15th

Lin Dan from China is the first badminton player to repeat his Olympic victory.
In 2008 Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei ( Malaysia ) faced each other in the final. Dan won the final 21:12 and 21: 8.
The fourth place, Lee Hyun-il from South Korea , also failed in the 2008 bronze medal match. At that time he lost with 16:21, 21:12 and 14:21 against the Chinese Chen Jin .

Web links

• http://www.london2012.com/badminton/event/men-singles/index.html