Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics
# Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles) as well as a new event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rather than the awarding of two bronzes. The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 except. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University gymnasium.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles details | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Denmark | Dong Jiong China | Rashid Sidek Malaysia |
| Men's doubles details | Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky (INA) | Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock (MAS) | Denny Kantono and Antonius Ariantho (INA) |
| Women's singles details | Bang Soo-hyun South Korea | Mia Audina Indonesia | Susi Susanti Indonesia |
| Women's doubles details | Ge Fei and Gu Jun (CHN) | Gil Young-ah and Jang Hye-ock (KOR) | Qin Yiyuan and Tang Yongshu (CHN) |
| Mixed doubles details | Kim Dong-moon and Gil Young-ah (KOR) | Park Joo-bong and Ra Kyung-min (KOR) | Liu Jianjun and Sun Man (CHN) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | China | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |

## Participating nations

A total of 37 nations participated in this event.

* Australia (8)
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (2)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Canada (7)
* China (20)
* Denmark (16)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Great Britain (11)
* Germany (6)
* Guatemala (1)
* Hong Kong (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* India (2)
* Indonesia (20)
* Japan (7)
* South Korea (17)
* Malaysia (7)
* Mauritius (4)
* Netherlands (5)
* New Zealand (2)
* Nigeria (2)
* Peru (1)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (1)
* Russia (5)
* Singapore (1)
* Suriname (1)
* Switzerland (2)
* Sweden (10)
* Chinese Taipei (6)
* Thailand (7)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Ukraine (3)
* United States (3)
