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The men's singles badminton tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 5 August 2024 at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena in Paris. [1] A total of 41 players from 36 nations competed at the tournament. Danish player Viktor Axelsen was the defending Olympic champion.
Lin Dan is the first player in mens single to win consecutive golds in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Gao Ling won a total of 4 olympic medals in badminton, with 2 being consecutive gold in Mix double in the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.
The 1972 Summer Olympics saw the inaugural staging of badminton, as a demonstration sport.Two decades later, after a successful exhibition at the 1988 games, the sport was officially introduced to the Olympics in 1989, and debuted in competition at the 1992 Games where 4 events were held, with singles and doubles events for both men and women.
There were 172 badminton quota places, with an equal split between men and women, were available for Paris 2024; NOCs can enter a maximum of eight badminton players across five medal events (men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles). [3]
The men's singles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 2 August 2021 at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. A total of 41 players from 36 nations actually competed at the tournament. Viktor Axelsen of Denmark won his first Olympic gold, defeating defending Olympic champion Chen Long from China.
The competition will comprise a total of 172 badminton players, with an equal distribution between men and women, coming from the different NOCs, similar to those in the previous editions. The qualification period commences on May 1, 2023, and concluded on April 28, 2024, with the final eligibility list published two days after the deadline.
The men's doubles badminton tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 4 August 2024 at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena in Paris. [1] A total of 34 players from 15 nations competed at the tournament. Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin, who represented Chinese Taipei, were the defending Olympic champions. They successfully retained ...
The badminton tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place between 24 July and 2 August 2021. A total of 172 athletes (86 male and 86 female players) competed in five events: men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. [1] [2]