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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. MEDALLISTS TOP 8 TABLE RESULTS Women's singles 48 women competed in the singles competition. Women's singles round of 64 16 of the competitors received byes in this round, with the other 32 playing each other to advance to the next round. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Women's singles round of 32 All participants had matches in this round. Only four of the sixteen winners were Europe an, the rest came from Asia n nations. All three members of the Chinese team and all three members of the Indonesia n team advanced, as did two of the Japan ese players and two of the Korean players. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Women's singles round of 16 Three of the four Europeans were defeated in this round, leaving only Camilla Martin of Denmark . Both of the Japanese players were also defeated, as well as the first Indonesian woman to exit the tournament. China was the only nation to advance all three of its players to the quarterfinals. Indonesia and Korea both qualified two players for the next round. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Women's singles quarterfinals The quarterfinals were disastrous for China. The Chinese women lost all three of the matches they played, and a loss by the Dane narrowed the competition to one between the two nations of Indonesia and Korea. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Women's singles semifinals Both of the semifinal matches were Indonesia-Korea rivalries. The first, between Mia Audina of Indonesia and Kim Ji Hyun of Korea, continued Audina's streak of three-set victories. The second semifinal was a rematch of the 1992 Final , in which Susi Susanti had defeated Bang Soo Hyun in three sets. After completely dominating one opponent and allowing only ten points in the three matches she had played, Bang won a pair of tight sets against Susanti to advance to the final. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Women's singles bronze medal match Defending gold medallist Susanti, eliminated from the chance to repeat by Bang in the semifinals, had little trouble dispatching Bang's countrywoman Kim Ji Hyun to earn the bronze medal. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Women's singles final The final women's singles match pitted the veteran, and defending silver medallist, Bang against the 16-year old Mia Audina . The elder woman won handily. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's singles 49 players from 31 nations competed in the men's singles competition. Men's singles round of 64 winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's singles round of 32 winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's singles round of 16 Defending bronze medallist Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen was defeated in the round of 16, though his fellow Dane Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen , who had been defeated in the quarterfinals four years earlier, was the only non- Asia n to advance to the quarterfinals. Indonesia 's three players all continued to advance. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's singles quarterfinals Rashid Sidek of Malaysia pulled off a surprising upset over the #1-seeded Indonesia n Joko Suprianto . Høyer Larsen kept a second Europe an medal hopes alive with his defeat of another member of the Indonesian team, defending Gold Medal list Alan Budikusuma . The final Indonesian won his match, which along with Dong Jiong 's defeat of Park Sung Woo eliminated the Korean team. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's singles semifinals Høyer Larsen continued to win, defeating another Indonesian to become the first European to win an Olympic badminton semifinal match. Dong defeated Sidek in the other match. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's singles bronze medal match Sidek defeated Arbi in the bronze medal match, keeping the Indonesian team from a medal in the men's singles which they had dominated four years earlier. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's singles final winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Women's doubles Women's doubles round of 32 winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Women's doubles round of 16 Of the eight pairs that won in this round, three were Chinese and three more were from Denmark . winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Women's doubles quarterfinals Two of the Danish pairs and one of the Chinese pairs were defeated in the quarterfinals. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Women's doubles semifinals Qin Yiyuan and Tang Yongshu tried valiantly to force an all-Chinese final, but lost a hard-fought third set to the Korean pair. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Women's doubles bronze medal match After nearly making the final, Qin and Tang had difficulty in their first set of the bronze medal match. They quickly corrected before the second set, winning that one and the third relatively easily to earn the Bronze Medal winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Women's doubles final Ge and Gu's dominance of the tournament continued straight through the final. winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's doubles Men's doubles round of 32 winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's doubles round of 16 winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's doubles quarterfinals winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's doubles semifinals winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's doubles bronze medal match winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal Men's doubles final Mixed doubles Mixed doubles round of 32 Mixed doubles round of 16 Mixed doubles quarterfinals Both of the Korean pairs won their matches, while the three Chinese pairs won two (losing only to the Koreans). This set up a pair of China-Korea semifinal matches. Mixed doubles semifinals The Koreans won both semifinals in straight sets, bumping the Chinese pairs from gold medal contention and creating a Korean face-off in the final. Mixed doubles bronze medal match In a hard-fought match for the Bronze Medal , Liu and Sun fell behind by losing the first set. The second set went to 17-15, with Liu and Sun staying alive by winning it. In the third set, Chen and Peng could no longer keep up, and were defeated by their fellows. Mixed doubles final Park and Ra quickly got ahead of Kim and Gil in the final, winning the first set in a close game. The second set was more lopsided, with Kim and Gil winning handily. The final set, which determined the Gold Medal winners, was another close one. Gil's gold medal in this event completed her set of medals along with the bronze she had won in women's doubles in 1992 and the silver in women's doubles in 1996 . |
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