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 |
Ji Xinpeng (CHN) | Hendrawan (INA) | Xia Xuanze (CHN) |
Women's singles |
Gong Zhichao (CHN) | Camilla Martin (DEN) | Ye Zhaoying (CHN) |
Men's doubles |
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 |
Ge Fei and Gu Jun (CHN) |
Huang Nanyan and Yang Wei (CHN) |
Gao Ling and Qin Yiyuan (CHN) |
Mixed doubles |
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 |
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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.
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