Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles explained

Event:	Women's doubles
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia State University Gymnasium
Date:	25–31 July 1996
Competitors:	27 pairs
Nations:	15
Gold:	Ge Fei Gu Jun
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock
Silvernoc:	KOR
Bronze:	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	1992 Barcelona
Next:	2000 Sydney

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]

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

Bottom half

Sources

• Badminton at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Doubles
• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games Volume Three ˗ The Competition Results . 113 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222634/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf . 27 September 2007 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Doubles, Women . Olympedia . 28 May 2020.