Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
# Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

The winner of the women's singles competition received the first official badminton medal in Olympic history. It was also the first gold medal for Indonesia, which before had only won one silver (in archery). 52 players from 27 nations competed in women's singles.

## Draw

### First rounds

**Section 1**

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Susi Susanti | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| BYE | | | | Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Harumi Kohara | | | | Harumi Kohara | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| BYE | | | | | | | | Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Eline Coene | 8 | 9 | | | | | | Wong Chun Fan | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Wong Chun Fan | 11 | 12 | | Wong Chun Fan | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Silvia Albrecht | 11 | 11 | | Silvia Albrecht | 11 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Nely Nedyalkova | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 |
| Pernille Nedergaard | | | | | | | | | | | | Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 6 | 1 |
| BYE | | | | Pernille Nedergaard | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Katarzyna Krasowska | 5 | 11 | 11 | Katarzyna Krasowska | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Andrea Harsagi | 11 | 0 | 6 | | | | | Pernille Nedergaard | 11 | 6 | 10 | | | |
| Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 5 | 11 | 12 | | | |
| Joy Kitzmiller | 3 | 0 | | Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 8 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Christine Magnusson | 11 | 11 | | Christine Magnusson | 11 | 9 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Martine de Souza | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Huang Hua | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| BYE | | | Huang Hua | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Linda French | | | Linda French | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| BYE | | | | | | Huang Hua | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Joanne Muggeridge | 11 | 11 | | | | Joanne Muggeridge | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Christelle Mol | 5 | 7 | Joanne Muggeridge | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Madhumita Bisht | 11 | 11 | Madhumita Bisht | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Elsa Nielsen | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | Huang Hua | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| Lee Heung-soon | | | | | | | | | Lee Heung-soon | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| BYE | | | Lee Heung-soon | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Rhonda Cator | 11 | 11 | Rhonda Cator | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Esther Sanz | 9 | 5 | | | | Lee Heung-soon | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Doris Piche | 11 | 11 | | | | Doris Piche | 8 | 2 | | | | |
| Eva Lacinova | 0 | 2 | Doris Piche | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Diana Koleva | 6 | 1 | Katrin Schmidt | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Katrin Schmidt | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 3**

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sandra Dimbour | 10 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rhona Robertson | 12 | 12 | Rhona Robertson | 9 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Pornsawan Plungwech | 11 | 12 | Pornsawan Plungwech | 12 | 2 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Viktoria Hristova | 3 | 9 | | | | | Pornsawan Plungwech | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Erica van den Heuvel | 11 | 11 | | | | | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Andrea Dako | 7 | 3 | Erica van den Heuvel | 8 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| BYE | | | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | | | | | | | | | | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 2 | 11 | 11 |
| Zarinah Abdullah | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 3 | 12 |
| Wioletta Wilk | 5 | 3 | Zarinah Abdullah | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Kerstin Ubben | 4 | 1 | Hisako Mizui | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Hisako Mizui | 11 | 11 | | | | | Hisako Mizui | 10 | 1 | | | | |
| BYE | | | | | | | Bang Soo-hyun | 12 | 11 | | | | |
| Catrine Bengtsson | | | Catrine Bengtsson | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| BYE | | | Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Bang Soo-hyun | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bettina Villars | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anna Lao | 11 | 11 | Anna Lao | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| Camilla Martin | 11 | 12 | Camilla Martin | 6 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Vandanah Seesurun | 1 | 0 | | | | | Anna Lao | 7 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Bożena Bąk | 11 | 11 | | | | | Elena Rybkhina | 11 | 7 | 8 | | | |
| Virginie Delvingt | 0 | 2 | Bożena Bąk | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| BYE | | | Elena Rybkhina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Elena Rybkhina | | | | | | | | | | | Anna Lao | 1 | 9 |
| Denyse Julien | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 11 |
| Erika von Heiland | 2 | 0 | Denyse Julien | 9 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Astrid van der Knaap | 11 | 11 | Astrid van der Knaap | 12 | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Csilla Forian | 3 | 2 | | | | | Denyse Julien | 9 | 0 | | | | |
| BYE | | | | | | | Tang Jiuhong | 12 | 11 | | | | |
| Helen Troke | | | Helen Troke | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| BYE | | | Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Tang Jiuhong | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Somharuthai Jaroensiri | 6 | 1 | | Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| | | | | Huang Hua | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| Huang Hua | 11 | 10 | 11 | Huang Hua | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| Lee Heung-soon | 3 | 12 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Lee Heung-soon | 3 | 12 | 0 | | | | Susi Susanti | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | 2 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 3 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 3 | 12 | Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| | | | | Tang Jiuhong | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Anna Lao | 1 | 9 | | Tang Jiuhong | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Tang Jiuhong | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
