Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women’s doubles badminton event at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 25 to 31 July 1996. The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 for women's doubles. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University Gymnasium.[1]

Women's doubles
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia State University Gymnasium
Date25–31 July 1996
Competitors27 pairs from 15 nations
Medalists
Ge Fei
Gu Jun
 China
Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
 South Korea
Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
 China

Seeds

  1. Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock (Silver medalist)
  2. Ge Fei / Gu Jun (Gold medalist)
  3. Qin Yiyuan / Tang Yongshu (Bronze medalist)
  4. Helene Kirkegaard / Rikke Olsen (Fourth place)

Results

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
15 10 18
3 Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
12 15 16
1 Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
5 5
2 Ge Fei
Gu Jun
15 15
4 Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
8 2
2 Ge Fei
Gu Jun
15 15 Bronze medal match
3 Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
7 15 15
4 Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
15 4 8

Top Half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
                    
1 Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
     
  bye      
1 Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
15 15  
  Tomomi Matsuo
Masako Sakamoto
7 6  
  Tomomi Matsuo
Masako Sakamoto
15 15
  Diana Koleva
Neli Nedjalkova
0 4
1 Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
15 15  
  Ann Jørgensen
Lotte Olsen
9 9  
  Julie Bradbury
Joanne Wright
     
  bye      
  Julie Bradbury
Joanne Wright
4 5  
  Ann Jørgensen
Lotte Olsen
15 15  
  Ann Jørgensen
Lotte Olsen
15 15  
  Elena Rybkhina
Marina Yakusheva
13 10  
1 Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
15 10 18
3 Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
12 15 16
3 Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
     
  bye      
3 Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
15 4 15
  Lili Tampi
Finarsih
1 15 6
  Lili Tampi
Finarsih
15 15  
  Rhonda Cator
Amanda Hardy
9 4  
3 Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
15 15
  Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
Marlene Thomsen
8 3
  Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
Marlene Thomsen
15 15  
  Linda French
Erika von Heiland
4 1  
  Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
Marlene Thomsen
15 13 15
  Chung Jae-hee
Park Soo-yun
8 15 9
  Chung Jae-hee
Park Soo-yun
15 15  
  Chen Li-Chin
Tsai Hui-Min
7 6  

Bottom Half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
                    
  Kelly Morgan
Joanne Muggeridge
10 5  
  Eline Coene
Erica van den Heuvel
15 15  
  Eline Coene
Erica van den Heuvel
8 3  
  Chen Ying
Peng Xingyong
15 15  
  Victoria Evtoushenko
Elena Nosdran
2 15 1
  Chen Ying
Peng Xingyong
15 11 15
  Chen Ying
Peng Xingyong
6 15 5
4 Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
15 8 15
  Kim Shin-young
Kim Mee-hyang
15 18  
  Aiko Miyamura
Akiko Miyamura
12 13  
  Kim Shin-young
Kim Mee-hyang
8 8  
4 Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
15 15  
  bye      
4 Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
     
4 Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
8 2
2 Ge Fei
Gu Jun
15 15
  Tammy Jenkins
Rhona Robertson
15 15  
  Si-An Deng
Denyse Julien
7 4  
  Tammy Jenkins
Rhona Robertson
9 2
  Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana
15 15
  Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana
15 15  
  Maria Bengtsson
Margit Borg
6 13  
  Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana
7 3  
2 Ge Fei
Gu Jun
15 15  
  Katrin Schmidt
Kerstin Ubben
15 15  
  Martine de Souza
Marie-Josephe Jean-Pierre
1 2  
  Katrin Schmidt
Kerstin Ubben
3 6  
2 Ge Fei
Gu Jun
15 15  
  bye      
2 Ge Fei
Gu Jun
     

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