Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing University of Technology Gymnasium
Date12 August to 17 August
Competitors32 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lee Yong-dae
Lee Hyo-jung
 South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nova Widianto
Liliyana Natsir
 Indonesia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) He Hanbin
Yu Yang
 China

These are the results of the mixed 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 a margin of 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.  Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir (INA) (silver medallists)
  2.  Zheng Bo and Gao Ling (CHN) (first round)
  3.  Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa (INA) (fourth place)
  4.  He Hanbin and Yu Yang (CHN) (bronze medallists)

Draw

First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1  Nova Widianto (INA)
 Liliyana Natsir (INA)
23 21  
   Han Sang-hoon (KOR)
 Hwang Yu-mi (KOR)
21 19   1  Nova Widianto (INA)
 Liliyana Natsir (INA)
21 21  
   Sudket Prapakamol (THA)
 Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA)
21 21      Sudket Prapakamol (THA)
 Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA)
13 19  
   Mike Beres (CAN)
 Valerie Loker (CAN)
9 9   1  Nova Widianto (INA)
 Liliyana Natsir (INA)
15 21 23
4  He Hanbin (CHN)
 Yu Yang (CHN)
21 21   4  He Hanbin (CHN)
 Yu Yang (CHN)
21 11 21
   Anthony Clark (GBR)
 Donna Kellogg (GBR)
15 8   4  He Hanbin (CHN)
 Yu Yang (CHN)
22 23  
   Robert Mateusiak (POL)
 Nadieżda Kostiuczyk (POL)
21 21      Robert Mateusiak (POL)
 Nadieżda Kostiuczyk (POL)
20 21  
   Georgie Cupidon (SEY)
 Juliette Ah-Wan (SEY)
8 19   1  Nova Widianto (INA)
 Liliyana Natsir (INA)
11 17  
   Thomas Laybourn (DEN)
 Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)
21 21      Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
 Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
21 21  
   Hendri Kurniawan Saputra (SIN)
 Li Yujia (SIN)
12 14      Thomas Laybourn (DEN)
 Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)
17 21 17
   Kristof Hopp (GER)
 Birgit Overzier (GER)
12 12   3  Flandy Limpele (INA)
 Vita Marissa (INA)
21 15 21
3  Flandy Limpele (INA)
 Vita Marissa (INA)
21 21   3  Flandy Limpele (INA)
 Vita Marissa (INA)
9 21 17 Third place
   Craig Cooper (NZL)
 Renee Flavell (NZL)
12 11      Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
 Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
21 12 21
   Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
 Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
21 21      Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
 Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
21 21   4  He Hanbin (CHN)
 Yu Yang (CHN)
19 21 23
   Nathan Robertson (GBR)
 Gail Emms (GBR)
21 16 21    Nathan Robertson (GBR)
 Gail Emms (GBR)
19 12   3  Flandy Limpele (INA)
 Vita Marissa (INA)
21 17 21
2  Zheng Bo (CHN)
 Gao Ling (CHN)
16 21 19

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