Badminton at the 1988 Summer Olympics
# Badminton at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Badminton was an exhibition sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There were five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Competitions took place at the Seoul National University Gymnasium on 19 September 1988.

## Qualification

The competitors were selected according to the results of the 1987 IBF World Championships.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles details | Yang Yang China | Icuk Sugiarto Indonesia | Park Sung-bae South Korea |
| Men's doubles details | Li Yongbo and Tian Bingyi (CHN) | Lee Sang-bok and Lee Gwang-jin (KOR) | Shuji Matsuno and Shinji Matsuura (JPN) |
| Women's singles details | Hwang Hye-young South Korea | Han Aiping China | Sumiko Kitada Japan |
| Women's doubles details | Kim Yun-ja and Chung So-young (KOR) | Lin Ying and Guan Weizhen (CHN) | Dorte Kjær and Nettie Nielsen (DEN) |
| Mixed doubles details | Park Joo-bong and Chung Myung-hee (KOR) | Wang Pengren and Shi Fangjing (CHN) | Chan Chi Choi and Amy Chan Lim Chee (HKG) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | China | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |

## Participating nations

* China
* Denmark
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Sweden
* Hong Kong
* Great Britain
* Canada
* South Korea
