Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles
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The badminton men's doubles tournament at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing took place from 12–16 August at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.
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| Venue | Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 12–16 August 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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Indonesia's Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan defeated China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng in the final, 12–21, 21–11, 21–16, to win the gold medal in men's doubles badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] The pair won Indonesia's first gold medal in Olympics badminton.[2]
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
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Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan (INA) (gold medalists)
Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun (CHN) (silver medalists)
Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae (KOR) (first round)
Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah (MAS) (first round)
Draw
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References
edit- ^ "Indonesia grab first Games gold". BBC. Archived from the original on 25 March 2025.
- ^ "Beijing 2008: Indonesia tradition continues". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2025.