Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles explained

Event:	Men's doubles
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	Wembley Arena
Date:	28 July to 5 August
Competitors:	32
Nations:	14
Gold:	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen
Silvernoc:	DEN
Bronze:	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae
Bronzenoc:	KOR
Prev:	2008 Beijing
Next:	2016 Rio de Janeiro

The badminton men's doubles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 5 August at Wembley Arena.

The draw was held on 23 July 2012.^{[1] [2]} Thirty-two players from 14 nations competed in the event. China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng won the gold medal.

Competition format

The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.^[3]

Seeds

1. (gold Medallists)
2. (bronze Medallists)
3. (silver Medallists)
4. (group stage)

Results

Group stage

Group A

width=290	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	3	3	0	6	0	3
	3	2	1	4	2	2
	3	1	2	2	4	1
	3	0	3	0	6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
28 July, 19:05
	21–11 21–17
28 July, 19:09
	21–15 21–16
29 July, 09:44
	21–14 21–13
29 July, 20:19
	22–20 21–16
30 July, 12:30
	21–13 21–14
31 July, 19:42
	21–19 21–13

Group B

width=280	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	3	3	0	6	0	3
	3	2	1	4	2	2
	3	1	2	2	4	1
^1	–	–	–	–	–	–

Team 1	Score	Team 2
28 July, 12:30
	17–21 21–7 21–13^1
28 July, 20:17
	11–21 16–21
29 July, 15:20
	15–21 14–21
30 July, 14:17
	w/o^1
30 July, 18:30
	22–24 12–21
31 July, 12:30
	w/o^1

¹ Cwalina / Łogosz retired from the competition after Łogosz pulled an Achillies tendon during the third set of the first match.

Group C

width=280	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	3	3	0	6	1	3
	3	2	1	4	2	2
	3	1	2	3	4	1
	3	0	3	0	6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
28 July, 19:07
	21–6 21–12
29 July, 09:42
	21–8 21–13
29 July, 18:30
	16–21 21–19 21–14
30 July, 19:07
	23–21 21–15
31 July, 09:44
	21–14 21–19
31 July, 20:52
	21–13 21–15

Group D

width=280	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	3	3	0	6	0	3
	3	2	1	4	2	2
	3	1	2	2	4	1
	3	0	3	0	6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
28 July, 13:07
	21–12 21–14
28 July, 18:30
	21–14 21–19
29 July, 14:15
	21–12 21–14
29 July, 19:40
	21–16 21–15
30 July, 14:19
	21–15 21–15
31 July, 18:30
	21–16 21–11

Finals

External links

• Results at tournamentsoftware.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Draw announced for Olympic Badminton competition. 23 July 2012. london2012.com. 24 July 2012. 4 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121204184417/http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/draw-announced-for-olympic-badminton-competition.html. dead.
2. Web site: LIVE DRAW: London 2012 Olympic Games. 23 July 2012. bwfbadminton.org. 23 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120730105839/http://www.bwfbadminton.org/news_item.aspx?id=64818. 30 July 2012. dead.
3. http://www.london2012.com/badminton/event/men-doubles/competition-format/ Mixed doubles competition format.