Badminton at the 1997 East Asian Games explained

1997 East Asian Games
Number Edition:	2nd
Venue:	Pukyong National University Gymnasium
Location:	Busan, South Korea
Dates:	10 – 19 May
Previous:	1993 Shanghai
Next:	2009 Hong Kong

Badminton at the 1997 East Asian Games was held at Busan, South Korea in the month of May.^[1] Competitions for five individual disciplines as well as for teams was conducted.^[2] Host South Korea topped with four gold medals in the tally while China won two gold medals and Chinese Taipei ended with the Men's singles gold medal.^{[3] [4]}

Medal summary

Medalists

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Fung Permadi	Fumihiko Machida	Chen Wei
			Jang Chun-woong
Women's singles	Lee Joo-hyun	Takako Ida	Sun Jian
			Zeng Yaqiong
Men's doubles	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	Choi Ji-tae Kim Joong-suk	Que Ning Liang Yongping
			Takuya Katayama Yuzo Kubota
Women's doubles	Zhang Jin Peng Xinyong	Wang Li Liu Lufang	Peng Ju-yu Chen Mei-chun
			Chikako Nakayama Takae Masumo
Mixed doubles	Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin	Yang Ming Zhang Jin	Hu Zhilan Peng Xinyong
			Yoo Yong-sung Lee Kyung-won
Men's team	Hwang Sun-ho Jang Chun-wong Lee Dong-soo Choi Ji-tae Kim Joong-suk Kim Hyung-joon Yoo Yong-sung	Hu Zhilan Xiao Ting Que Ning Yang Ming Liang Yongping Xia Xuanze Chen Wei	Chen Feng Jang Chun-wung Huang Shih-chung
			Fumihiko Machida Yuzo Kubota Takuya Katayama
Women's team	Yao Jie Liu Lufang Wang Li Zhang Jin Peng Xinyong Sun Jian Zeng Yaqiong	Lee Joo-hyun Lee Deuk-soon Park Se-yeon Lee So-young Cha Yun-sook Yim Kyung-jin Park Jin-hyun Lee Kyung-won	Peng Ju-yu Chen Mei-chun
			Chikako Nakayama Takae Masumo Takako Ida

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Fung Permadi	Fumihiko Machida	18–13, 15–5
Women's singles	Lee Joo-hyun	Takako Ida	11–8, 11–5
Men's doubles	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	Choi Ji-tae Kim Joong-suk	15–2, 15–4
Women's doubles	Zhang Jin Peng Xinyong	Wang Li Liu Lufang	15–8, 15–6
Mixed doubles	Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin	Yang Ming Zhang Jin	15–11, 15–6

Notes and References

1. Web site: [동아시아대회] 한국여자 배드민턴 일본 꺾고 은메달 확보]. https://web.archive.org/web/20200821064829/https://www.hankyung.com/sports/article/1997051203111. ko. Korea Economic Daily. 12 May 1997. 21 August 2020. 21 August 2020.
2. Web site: Mike. Grossman. Jh. Lee. EAST ASIAN GAMES: CHINESE WOMEN SQUEEZE BY KOREA TO TAKE TEAM GOLD. World Badminton – Shuttle News. 14 May 1997. 19 January 2018.
3. Web site: Mike. Grossman. Jh. Lee. EAST ASIAN GAMES: KOREA STUNS CHINA IN MEN'S TEAM FINAL. World Badminton – Shuttle News. 14 May 1997. 19 January 2018.
4. Web site: Mike. Grossman. Jh. Lee. EAST ASIAN GAMES: KOREA GRABS 3 BADMINTON GOLD MEDALS. World Badminton – Shuttle News. 18 May 1997. 19 August 2011.