Badminton At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Singles
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The badminton men's singles tournament at the
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took place from 11 to 20 August at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. The seeding was decided on 21 July 2016.
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's Chen Long defeated Lee Chong Wei of
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, 21–18, 21–18, to win the gold medal in men's singles badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics. This was Lee's third consecutive Olympic silver medal. In the bronze-medal match,
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Viktor Axelsen Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is a two-time Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and four-time European Badminton Championships, European Cha ...
defeated the two-time defending Olympic champion Lin Dan of China, 15–21, 21–10, 21–17.


Competition format

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


Seeds

A total of 13 players were given seeds. # ''(silver medalist)'' # (gold medalist) # ''(fourth place)'' # ''(bronze medalist)'' # ''(round of 16)'' # ''(quarter-finals)'' # ''(round of 16)''
  1. ''(quarter-finals)''
  2. ''(quarter-finals)''
  3. '' (round of 16)''
  4. ''(round of 16)''
  5. ''(group stage)''
  6. ''(quarter-finals)''


Group stage


Group A


Group C


Group D


Group E


Group G


Group H


Group I


Group J


Group K


Group L


Group M


Group N


Group P

1 Cordòn was forced to retire from the competition due to an ankle injury he suffered during the third set of his match against Dziółko.


Finals


References

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