The mixed doubles badminton event at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

was held from 26 July to 1 August 1996. The tournament was

single-elimination A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 for mixed doubles. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University Gymnasium.

Seeds

Park Joo-bong Park Joo-bong (Hangul: 박주봉; Hanja: 朴柱奉; born 5 December 1964) is a former badminton player from South Korea who excelled from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s. Career Park is one of the most successful players ever in the Wor ...

Ra Kyung-min Ra Kyung-min (; born 25 November 1976) is a badminton player from South Korea. Ra was a dominating mixed doubles team with her partner Kim Dong-moon from the late 1990s to early 2000s, resulting in a 70–match winning streak and 14 consecutive ...

''(silver medalist)'' # Trikus Heryanto /

Minarti Timur Minarti Timur (; 24 March 1968) is a former Indonesian badminton player who is affiliated with PB Djarum since 1987. Career Though she won women's singles at the 1990 Dutch Open, Minarti was primarily a doubles player, particularly excelling ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Liu Jianjun Liu Jianjun (; born January 5, 1969 Ningbo) is a male Chinese badminton player who played internationally in the 1990s. Career Liu shared a number of mixed doubles titles on the world circuit. He won the China (1991), French (1992), and Thaila ...

/ Sun Man ''(bronze medalist)'' #

Chen Xingdong Chen Xingdong (; born 2 April 1970) is a Chinese former badminton player. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles event together with his partner Peng Xinyong. Chen was part of the Sichuan Sports Technology College team sinc ...

Peng Xingyong Peng Xinyong (; born 20 January 1973) is a Chinese former badminton player. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's and mixed doubles teamed-up with Chen Ying and Chen Xingdong respectively. Together with Chen Xingdong, she reac ...

''(fourth place)''

Results

Finals

Top Half

Bottom Half

References

Sources

Badminton at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Doubles
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Mixed doubles Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Mixed events at the 1996 Summer Olympics