Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Badminton was held at The Dome and Exhibition Complex at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney from 17–23 September 2000. The competition included five events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles).

The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 except in women's singles, where sets were to 11.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
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 Ji Xinpeng (CHN)  Hendrawan (INA)  Xia Xuanze (CHN)
Women's singles
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 Gong Zhichao (CHN)  Camilla Martin (DEN)  Ye Zhaoying (CHN)
Men's doubles
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 Tony Gunawan and
Candra Wijaya (INA)
22x20px Lee Dong-soo and
Yoo Yong-sung (KOR)
22x20px Ha Tae-kwon and
Kim Dong-moon (KOR)
Women's doubles
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 Ge Fei
and Gu Jun (CHN)
 Huang Nanyan and
Yang Wei (CHN)
 Gao Ling and
Qin Yiyuan (CHN)
Mixed doubles
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 Zhang Jun and
Gao Ling (CHN)
 Tri Kusharyanto and
Minarti Timur (INA)
 Simon Archer and
Joanne Goode (GBR)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China 4 1 3 8
2  Indonesia 1 2 0 3
3 23x15px South Korea 0 1 1 2
4  Denmark 0 1 0 1
5  Great Britain 0 0 1 1

Participating nations

A total of 28 nations participated in this event.

References