20200804 Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Tuesday, 04 August

#Today I wanna write about Badminton and the Olympic Games. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Badminton competed for the first time. And Indonesia also got the gold medal for the first time. Not only 1 gold medal but 2 gold medals from badminton. 👏👏👏

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I took this article from the website: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics

Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles. Badminton was contested in the Pavelló de la Mar Bella.  36 nations entered competitors, with a total of 177 entrants. Asian nations won fifteen of the sixteen medals, with their dominance being broken only by Denmark's bronze medal in the men's singles.

The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 except in women's singles, where sets were to 11. No playoffs were contested for semi-final losers, meaning that two bronze medals were awarded in each event. Similarly, all four players/pairs defeated in the quarterfinals for each event were awarded fifth place. Men's Singles and Women's Singles champions (Alan Budikusuma and Susi Susanti) are now married to each other. 

In 1992, there were no bronze medal matches to decide 3rd and 4th place. Both semifinal losers won bronze medals.

#enoughfortoday #qmo