Badminton at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Munich, West Germany
Dates	4 September 1972
No. of events	4 (2 men, 1 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors	25 (17 men, 8 women) from 11 nations

Badminton was one of two demonstration sports at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. It was the first time that the sport was part of the Olympic program, and it would become an official Olympic sport 20 years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Event results

25 participants from 11 countries took part in four events. Several entries in the doubles events were mixed teams of players from different nations, a practice not allowed in official medal events at the Olympic Games since 1904. All competition took place on September 4.

Men's singles

	1st round							Semifinals							Final
	1	Rudy Hartono (INA)	15	14	15
	8	Jamie Paulson (CAN)	12	18	3
									Rudy Hartono (INA)	15	15
									Sture Johnsson (SWE)	2	4
	4	Sture Johnsson (SWE)	15	15
	5	Suresh Goel (IND)	5	8
																Rudy Hartono (INA)	15	15
																Svend Pri (DEN)	6	1
	3	Svend Pri (DEN)	15	15
	6	Bandid Jaiyen (THA)	11	2
									Svend Pri (DEN)	9	15	15
									Wolfgang Bochow (FRG)	15	9	8
	2	Wolfgang Bochow (FRG)	15	15
	7	Tan Aik Mong (MAS)	10	5

Men's doubles

	1st round							Semifinals							Final
	1	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata (INA)	15	15
	8	Tan Aik Mong (MAS)  Bandid Jaiyen (THA)	7	1
									Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata (INA)	15	15
									Elliot Stuart Derek Talbot (GBR)	8	12
	4	Elliot Stuart Derek Talbot (GBR)	15	15
	5	Wolfgang Bochow (FRG)  Jamie Paulson (CAN)	3	9
																Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata (INA)	15	2	15
																Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan (MAS)	4	15	11
	3	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan (MAS)	15	15
	6	Ippei Kojima (JPN)  Suresh Goel (IND)	8	1
									Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan (MAS)	12	15	15
									Willi Braun Roland Maywald (FRG)	15	10	11
	2	Willi Braun Roland Maywald (FRG)
	7	bye

Women's singles

	1st round							Semifinals							Final
	1	Noriko Nakayama (JPN)	11	11
	8	Ulla Strand (DEN)	5	9
									Noriko Nakayama (JPN)	11	8	11
									Gillian Gilks (GBR)	3	11	9
	4	Gillian Gilks (GBR)	11	11
	5	Brigitte Steden (FRG)	9	6
																Noriko Nakayama (JPN)	11	11
																Utami Dewi (INA)	5	3
	3	Utami Dewi (INA)	11	11
	6	Eva Twedberg (SWE)	7	8
									Utami Dewi (INA)	11	11
									Hiroe Yuki (JPN)	5	9
	2	Hiroe Yuki (JPN)	11	11
	7	Joke van Beusekom (NED)	3	2

Mixed doubles

	1st round							Semifinals							Final
	1	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks (GBR)	15	15
	8	Ippei Kojima Noriko Nakayama (JPN)	9	4
									Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks (GBR)	15	15
									Roland Maywald Brigitte Steden (FRG)	10	8
	4	Roland Maywald Brigitte Steden (FRG)	15	15
	5	Sture Johnsson Eva Twedberg (SWE)	7	11
																Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks (GBR)	15	18
																Svend Pri Ulla Strand (DEN)	6	16
	3	Svend Pri Ulla Strand (DEN)
	6	bye
									Svend Pri Ulla Strand (DEN)	15	15
									Christian Hadinata Utami Dewi (INA)	12	10
	2	Christian Hadinata Utami Dewi (INA)	15	15	15
	7	Elliot Stuart (GBR)  Joke van Beusekom (NED)	9	17	2

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia	2	1	1	4
2	Great Britain	1	0	2	3
3	Japan	1	0	1	2
4	Denmark	0	2	0	2
5	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
6	West Germany	0	0	3	3
7	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		4	4	8	16

References

• Ed. Herbert Kunze (ed.). The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3: The competitions (PDF) (PDF). München: proSport GmbH & Co. pp. 528–529.