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 ...
competitions at the
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2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
were held from 9 August to 17 August at the
Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
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The gymnasium hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics badminton and rhythmic gy ...
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Qualification
The qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics began from May 2007 until April 2008. During that period, all of tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation (except test events) awarded points to qualify for Olympic Games.
Competition schedule
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Draw
The draw of the competition was held on July 26, 2008 in Beijing Henan Plaza Hotel at 16:00
CST (
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). The draw was originally scheduled on August 4, 2008, just five days before the start of the competition. However it was brought forward to ensure better television broadcast scheduling.
Medal summary
Medal table
Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 official website.
Medalists
Results
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
References
External links
Badminton – Official Results Book
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Badminton tournaments in China