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.
| Men's doubles at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Men's doubles victory ceremony | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Wembley Arena | ||||||||||||
| Date | 28 July to 5 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China, whom were the silver medalists in the men's doubles event in 2008, defeated Denmark's Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen in the final, 21–16, 21–15, to win the gold medal in men's doubles badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3][4] Their win made China the first and only country to win gold medals in all five disciplines of badminton in a single Olympics.[5] In the bronze-medal match, South Korea's Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae defeated Malaysia's Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong 23–21, 21–10.[6][7] It was South Korea's second consecutive bronze medal at the event and sixth men's doubles badminton Olympic medal overall in four consecutive Olympic games.
Competition format
editThe tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.[8]
Seeds
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Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng (CHN) (gold Medallists)
Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae (KOR) (bronze Medallists)
Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (DEN) (silver Medallists)- Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong (KOR) (group stage)
Results
editGroup stage
editGroup A
edit| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
 Fang Chieh-min / Lee Sheng-mu (TPE) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
 Ingo Kindervater / Johannes Schöttler (GER) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
 Ross Smith / Glenn Warfe (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 28 July, 19:05 | ||
| Cai Y / Fu H (CHN) |
21–11 21–17 |
Smith / Warfe (AUS) |
| 28 July, 19:09 | ||
| Fang C-m / Lee S-m (TPE) |
21–15 21–16 |
Kindervater / Schöttler (GER) |
| 29 July, 09:44 | ||
| Fang C-m / Lee S-m (TPE) |
21–14 21–13 |
Smith / Warfe (AUS) |
| 29 July, 20:19 | ||
| Cai Y / Fu H (CHN) |
22–20 21–16 |
Kindervater / Schöttler (GER) |
| 30 July, 12:30 | ||
| Kindervater / Schöttler (GER) |
21–13 21–14 |
Smith / Warfe (AUS) |
| 31 July, 19:42 | ||
| Cai Y / Fu H (CHN) |
21–19 21–13 |
Fang C-m / Lee S-m (TPE) |
Group B
edit| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bodin Isara / Maneepong Jongjit (THA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
 Mohammad Ahsan / Bona Septano (INA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
 Adam Cwalina / Michał Łogosz (POL)1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 28 July, 12:30 | ||
| Ko S-h / Yoo Y-s (KOR) |
17–21 21–7 21–131 |
Cwalina / Łogosz (POL) |
| 28 July, 20:17 | ||
| Ahsan / Septano (INA) |
11–21 16–21 |
Isara / Jongjit (THA) |
| 29 July, 15:20 | ||
| Ko S-h / Yoo Y-s (KOR) |
15–21 14–21 |
Isara / Jongjit (THA) |
| 30 July, 14:17 | ||
| Isara / Jongjit (THA) |
w/o1 | Cwalina / Łogosz (POL) |
| 30 July, 18:30 | ||
| Ko S-h / Yoo Y-s (KOR) |
22–24 12–21 |
Ahsan / Septano (INA) |
| 31 July, 12:30 | ||
| Ahsan / Septano (INA) |
w/o1 | Cwalina / Łogosz (POL) |
1 Cwalina / Łogosz retired from the competition after Łogosz pulled an Achillies tendon during the third set of the first match.
Group C
edit| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (DEN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Chai Biao / Guo Zhendong (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
 Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
 Dorian Lance James / Willem Viljoen (RSA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 28 July, 19:07 | ||
| Boe / Mogensen (DEN) |
21–6 21–12 |
James / Viljoen (RSA) |
| 29 July, 09:42 | ||
| Chai B / Guo Z (CHN) |
21–8 21–13 |
James / Viljoen (RSA) |
| 29 July, 18:30 | ||
| Boe / Mogensen (DEN) |
16–21 21–19 21–14 |
Ivanov / Sozonov (RUS) |
| 30 July, 19:07 | ||
| Chai B / Guo Z (CHN) |
23–21 21–15 |
Ivanov / Sozonov (RUS) |
| 31 July, 09:44 | ||
| Boe / Mogensen (DEN) |
21–14 21–19 |
Chai B / Guo Z (CHN) |
| 31 July, 20:52 | ||
| Ivanov / Sozonov (RUS) |
21–13 21–15 |
James / Viljoen (RSA) |
Group D
edit| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae (KOR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
 Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong (MAS) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
 Naoki Kawamae / Shoji Sato (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
 Howard Bach / Tony Gunawan (USA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 28 July, 13:07 | ||
| Koo / Tan (MAS) |
21–12 21–14 |
Kawamae / Sato (JPN) |
| 28 July, 18:30 | ||
| Jung J-s / Lee Y-d (KOR) |
21–14 21–19 |
Bach / Gunawan (USA) |
| 29 July, 14:15 | ||
| Koo / Tan (MAS) |
21–12 21–14 |
Bach / Gunawan (USA) |
| 29 July, 19:40 | ||
| Jung J-s / Lee Y-d (KOR) |
21–16 21–15 |
Kawamae / Sato (JPN) |
| 30 July, 14:19 | ||
| Kawamae / Sato (JPN) |
21–15 21–15 |
Bach / Gunawan (USA) |
| 31 July, 18:30 | ||
| Jung J-s / Lee Y-d (KOR) |
21–16 21–11 |
Koo / Tan (MAS) |
Finals
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Cai Yun (CHN) Fu Haifeng (CHN)
| 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Chai Biao (CHN) Guo Zhendong (CHN)
| 15 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Cai Yun (CHN) Fu Haifeng (CHN)
| 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| D2 | Koo Kien Keat (MAS) Tan Boon Heong (MAS)
| 9 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Bodin Isara (THA) Maneepong Jongjit (THA)
| 16 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| D2 | Koo Kien Keat (MAS) Tan Boon Heong (MAS)
| 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Cai Yun (CHN) Fu Haifeng (CHN)
| 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Mathias Boe (DEN) Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
| 16 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Fang Chieh-min (TPE) Lee Sheng-mu (TPE)
| 16 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Mathias Boe (DEN) Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
| 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Mathias Boe (DEN) Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
| 17 | 21 | 22 | Bronze-medal match | |||||||||||||||
| D1 | Jung Jae-sung (KOR) Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
| 21 | 18 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| B2 | Mohammad Ahsan (INA) Bona Septano (INA)
| 12 | 16 | D2 | Koo Kien Keat (MAS) Tan Boon Heong (MAS)
| 21 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| D1 | Jung Jae-sung (KOR) Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
| 21 | 21 | D1 | Jung Jae-sung (KOR) Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
| 23 | 21 | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ↑ "Draw announced for Olympic Badminton competition". london2012.com. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "LIVE DRAW: London 2012 Olympic Games". bwfbadminton.org. 23 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ↑ "Olympics badminton: Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng claim doubles gold". BBC. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ↑ Peter Rutherford (5 August 2012). "Badminton: China sweeps golds after doubles win". Reuters.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Ian Ransom (5 August 2012). "China sweep scandal-tainted badminton event at London". Reuters.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Peter Rutherford (5 August 2012). "Badminton: South Korean odd couple win bronze before parting ways". Reuters.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Badminton duo grateful for 7 years together". The Korea Herald. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ↑ Mixed doubles competition format. Archived 1 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 August 2012.