The
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
women's singles tournament at the
2012 Olympic Games
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
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 final,
Li Xuerui defeated reigning World Number 1
Wang Yihan to win the gold medal.
India
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's
Saina Nehwal 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.
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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