Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles WH1 explained

Event:	Men's singles WH1
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates:	1–4 September 2021
Competitors:	9
Nations:	6
Gold:	Qu Zimo
Goldnpc:	CHN
Silver:	Lee Sam-seop
Silvernpc:	KOR
Bronze:	Lee Dong-seop
Bronzenpc:	KOR
Next:	2024

The men's singles WH1 tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 1 and 4 September 2021 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium.^[1]

Seeds

These were the seeds for this event:^[2]

1. (bronze medalist)
2. (gold medalist)
3. (silver medalist)

Group stage

The draw of the group stage revealed on 26 August 2021.^[3] The group stage was played from 1 to 3 September. The top two winners of each group advanced to the knockout rounds.

Group A

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
1 Sep	20:40	Lee Dong-seop	2–0	Jakarin Homhual	23–21	21–16
2 Sep	15:20		1–2	Jakarin Homhual	19–21	21–17	12–21
3 Sep	11:00	Lee Dong-seop	2–1	Thomas Wandschneider	17–21	21–19	21–17

Group B

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
1 Sep	20:40	Lee Sam-seop	1–2	Hiroshi Murayama	21–15	13–21	17–21
2 Sep	16:00		0–2	Hiroshi Murayama	8–21	7–21
3 Sep	11:40	Lee Sam-seop	2–0	Young-chin Mi	21–18	21–13

Group C

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
1 Sep	21:20	Qu Zimo	2–0	Osamu Nagashima	21–9	21–12
2 Sep	14:40	David Toupé	0–2	Osamu Nagashima	6–21	12–21
3 Sep	11:00	Qu Zimo	2–0	David Toupé	21–11	21–13

Finals

The knockout stage was played from 3 to 4 September.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Badminton . . Olympics.com . 26 August 2021 . 28 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210828070058/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/paralympics/sports/badminton/ . dead .
2. Web site: Men's singles WH1 – Seeds. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Olympics.com. 28 August 2021. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828144648/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/BDM/PG2020-_BDM_C48_BDMMSINGLES-01010-----------------.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics draw results . . 26 August 2021.
4. Web site: Badminton Men's Singles WH1 - Bracket Results . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . Olympics.com . 3 September 2021 . 3 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210903125739/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/badminton/bracket-men-s-singles-wh1.htm . dead .