The
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
women's doubles tournament at the
1986 Asian Games
The 1986 Asian Games ( ko, 1986년 아시아 경기대회/1986년 아시안 게임, Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 10th Asian Games and the X Asiad ( ko, 제10 ...
in
Olympic Gymnastics Arena
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It was constructed between 31 Aug ...
,
Seoul
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, South Korea took place from 1 October to 4 October.
15 teams from 9 nations entered for the tournament and the Chinese duo of
Lin Ying and
Guan Weizhen
Guan won numerous major international doubles titles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is the only woman to have won three consecutive women's doubles titles at the BWF World Championships. She won the 1987 and 1989 tournaments with Lin Yin ...
won the gold in this tournament. with a three-set victory over Korea's
Kim Yun-ja
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Names
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* Kim (surname)
** Kim (Korean surname)
*** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties
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** Kim, Vietnamese f ...
and
Yoo Sang-hee
Yoo Sang-hee is a former female badminton player from South Korea.
Yoo competed at the 1985 IBF World Championships, where she won the gold medal in mixed doubles with Park Joo-bong, and the bronze medal in women's doubles with Kim Yun-ja
K ...
. Japan and Indonesia shared the bronze medal after losing in the semifinal.
Schedule
All times are Korea Standard Time ( UTC+09:00)
Results
References
1st round resultsQuarterfinals resultsSemifinals resultsFinal results
External links
Badminton Asia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Badminton at the 1986 Asian Games - Women's doubles
Women's doubles