The men's doubles badminton tournament at the

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took place 11–20 August 2016 at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. The seeding was decided on 21 July 2016. Defending Olympic champion

Fu Haifeng Fu Haifeng (born 23 August 1983) is a Chinese badminton player. Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams since 2004. They ...

and his partner Zhang Nan of

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's Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong in the final, 16–21, 21–11, 23–21, to win the gold medal in men's doubles

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. It was Fu's second consecutive men's doubles gold medal, after winning the event in 2012 with

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, and Zhang's second Olympic badminton gold medal after winning the mixed doubles event in 2012 with Zhao Yunlei. The pair saved two match points in the third game on route to the title. In the bronze-medal match,

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and

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defeated

's Chai Biao and

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21–18, 19–21, 21–10. It was Great Britain's first Olympic medal in badminton since

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Competition format

The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.

Seeds

A total of 4 pairs were given seeds. # ''(quarter-finals)'' # ''(group stage)'' # ''(quarter-finals)'' # (gold medalists)

Results

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Finals

References

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