The men's singles

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tournament at the

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took place from 27 July to 5 August 2024 at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena in

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. A total of 41 players from 36 nations competed at the tournament. Defending Olympic champion

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successfully retained his title, defeating

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's Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21–11, 21–11, to win the gold medal in men's singles badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Axelsen became the first men's singles player to defend his Olympic title since Lin Dan in

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, and concurrently became the first European player to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in badminton. Vitidsarn also became the first Thai player to win an Olympic badminton medal. In the bronze-medal match,

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's Lee Zii Jia defeated

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's Lakshya Sen, 13–21, 21–16, 21–11. Lee became the third men’s singles player from Malaysia to win an Olympic badminton medal (after Rashid Sidek and Lee Chong Wei), and subsequently won Malaysia's second bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics (after Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the men's doubles event).

Format

The 41 players were split into 13 groups of three to four players. They played a

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with the top-placed player advancing to the knockout stage. Each match was played in a best-of-3.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows.

Draw

The draw was held on 12 July 2024.

Seeds

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(silver medalist)
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''(quarter-finals)''
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Group stage

''All times are local ( UTC+2).''

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 stage

References

External links

Draw

Entries
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