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 singles tournament at the
2012 Olympic Games in
London
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took place from 28 July to 4 August at
Wembley Arena
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.
The draw was held on 23 July 2012. Forty-six players from 42 nations competed.
In an all-
Chinese
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final,
Li Xuerui
Li Xuerui (born 24 January 1991) is a retired Chinese professional badminton player. She is one of the most successful players of her time. She was a gold medalist at 2012 London Olympics in the women's singles event and was the silver medalists ...
defeated reigning World Number 1
Wang Yihan
Wang Yihan (born 18 January 1988) is a retired Chinese professional badminton player and former women's singles world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Wang started her career with her coach Wang Pengren at only nine years of age. She was ...
to win the gold medal.
India
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's
Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal (; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 ...
took bronze after the injury-forced withdrawal of China's
Wang Xin. This was the first medal of any colour for India in Olympic badminton.
Competition format
For the first time, the preliminary stage consisted of 16 groups of either two or three players. Each played every other member of the group with the top players advancing to the knock-out stage, ultimately leading to the winner.
Women’s singles competition format.
. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
Seeds
A Total of 16 Players were given seeds.
# ''(silver medallist)''
# ''(fourth place)''
# ''(gold medallist)''
# ''(bronze medallist)''
# ''(quarter-finals)''
# ''(round of 16)''
# ''(quarter-finals)''
# ''(group stage)''
# ''(quarter-finals)''
# ''(round of 16)''
# ''(round of 16)''
# ''(round of 16)''
# ''(round of 16)''
# ''(round of 16)''
# ''(group stage)''
# ''(round of 16)''
Results
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Group M
Group N
Group O
Group P
Knockout
References
External links
Results at tournamentsoftware.com
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Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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Women's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics