Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles explained

Event:Women's doubles
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
Date:10 August to 15 August
Competitors:32
Nations:12
Gold:Du Jing
Yu Yang
Goldnoc:CHN
Silver:Lee Hyo-jung
Lee Kyung-won
Silvernoc:KOR
Bronze:Wei Yili
Zhang Yawen
Bronzenoc:CHN
Prev:2004 Athens
Next:2012 London

These are the results of the women's doubles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring. Each game had to be won by two points, except when the game was won by a player who reached 30 even if the lead was only 1 at that point.

The top four seeds in the tournament were placed in the bracket so as not to face each other until the semifinals. All other competitors were placed by draw.

Seeds

  1. (quarter-finals)
  2. (gold medalists)
  3. (bronze medalists)
  4. (silver medalists)