The badminton women's doubles tournament at the

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took place from 11 to 17 August at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. The seeding was decided on 21 July 2016.

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Misaki Matsutomo is a Japanese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic women's doubles alongside Ayaka Takahashi. Despite playing doubles, she was also a finalist in girls' singles at the 2010 BWF World ...

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Ayaka Takahashi is a retired Japanese badminton player who was affiliated with Unisys badminton team. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, two-time Asian Champion, two-time Asian Games silver medalist, and World Championship bronze medalist. Playing for the ...

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Christinna Pedersen Christinna Pedersen (born 12 May 1986) is a Danish badminton player. Career Christinna Pedersen is a right-handed doubles specialist. From 2008 onwards, Pedersen paired with Joachim Fischer Nielsen in mixed doubles. The pair gained two Euro ...

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Kamilla Rytter Juhl Kamilla Rytter Juhl (born 23 November 1983) is a retired Danish badminton player. Juhl is an Olympic silver medalist, World Championship gold medalist and seven times European champion as well. Career Rytter Juhl played as a left-handed doub ...

18–21, 21–9, 21–19, to win the gold medal in women's doubles

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. It was Japan's first gold medal in Olympics badminton, and their win marked the first time since the debut of badminton as an Olympic sport in

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that a non-Chinese women's doubles team won the event. In the bronze-medal match,

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Jung Kyung-eun Jung Kyung-eun (; or ; born 20 March 1990) is a South Korean professional badminton player. She was the 2016 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the women's doubles event. Career Jung Kyung-eun began her career competing in singles, but now ...

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Shin Seung-chan Shin Seung-chan (; ; born 6 December 1994) is a South Korean doubles specialist badminton player. She won the women's doubles bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2014 BWF World Championships. Shin clinched the women's and mixed doubl ...

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Tang Yuanting Tang Yuanting ( zh, s=唐渊渟; born 2 August 1994) is a Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles. She is a women's doubles Asian Champion and East Asian Games gold medalist. Tang was part of the China winning team in a Sudirman Cup, U ...

and Yu Yang 21–8, 21–17, marking the first time in Olympic badminton history that a Chinese team failed to podium in the women's doubles event.

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. # (gold medalists) # ''(fourth place)'' # ''(quarter-finals)'' # ''(bronze medalists)''

Results

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Finals

References

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