The badminton women'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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defeated

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's P. V. Sindhu in the final, 19–21, 21–12, 21–15, to win the gold medal in women's singles

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at the

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became the first Olympic badminton medalist from India in

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. Nozomi Okuhara of

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won the bronze medal after reigning gold medalist

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from

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was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury. This marked the first time that China failed to make to the podium in Olympics 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 13 players were given seeds. # (gold medalist) # ''(quarter-finals)'' # ''(fourth place)'' # ''(round of 16)'' # ''(group stage)'' # ''(bronze medalist)'' # ''(quarter-finals)''

''(round of 16)''
''(silver medalist)''
''(quarter-finals)''
''(group stage)''
''(quarter-finals)''
''(round of 16)''

Results

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

Knockout

¹ The match was scratched and Okuhara was awarded the bronze medal as Li was unable to compete due to suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and lateral meniscus in the semi-final.

References

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