Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

The winner of the women's singles competition received the first official badminton medal in Olympic history. It was also the first gold medal for Indonesia, which before had only won one silver (in archery). 52 players from 27 nations competed in women's singles.[1]

Women's Singles
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenuePavelló de la Mar Bella
Date28 July – 4 August
Competitors52 from 27 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Susi Susanti  Indonesia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bang Soo-hyun  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Huang Hua  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tang Jiuhong  China

Draw

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First rounds

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Section 1

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter Finals
  Susi Susanti
BYE   Susi Susanti 11 11
  Harumi Kohara   Harumi Kohara 2 2
BYE   Susi Susanti 11 11
  Eline Coene 8 9   Wong Chun Fan 4 2
  Wong Chun Fan 11 12   Wong Chun Fan 8 11 11
  Silvia Albrecht 11 11   Silvia Albrecht 11 4 3
  Nely Nedyalkova 3 6   Susi Susanti 11 11
  Pernille Nedergaard   Somharuthai Jaroensiri 6 1
BYE   Pernille Nedergaard 11 11
  Katarzyna Krasowska 5 11 11   Katarzyna Krasowska 0 3
  Andrea Harsagi 11 0 6   Pernille Nedergaard 11 6 10
  Somharuthai Jaroensiri 11 11   Somharuthai Jaroensiri 5 11 12
  Joy Kitzmiller 3 0   Somharuthai Jaroensiri 8 12 11
  Christine Magnusson 11 11   Christine Magnusson 11 9 4
  Martine de Souza 1 0

Section 2

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter Finals
  Huang Hua
BYE   Huang Hua 11 11
  Linda French   Linda French 1 1
BYE   Huang Hua 11 11
  Joanne Muggeridge 11 11   Joanne Muggeridge 3 2
  Christelle Mol 5 7   Joanne Muggeridge 11 11
  Madhumita Bisht 11 11   Madhumita Bisht 7 8
  Elsa Nielsen 3 0   Huang Hua 11 10 11
  Lee Heung-soon   Lee Heung-soon 3 12 0
BYE   Lee Heung-soon 11 11
  Rhonda Cator 11 11   Rhonda Cator 1 4
  Esther Sanz 9 5   Lee Heung-soon 11 11
  Doris Piche 11 11   Doris Piche 8 2
  Eva Lacinova 0 2   Doris Piche 11 11
  Diana Koleva 6 1   Katrin Schmidt 5 8
  Katrin Schmidt 11 11

Section 3

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter Finals
  Sandra Dimbour 10 9
  Rhona Robertson 12 12   Rhona Robertson 9 11 9
  Pornsawan Plungwech 11 12   Pornsawan Plungwech 12 2 12
  Viktoria Hristova 3 9   Pornsawan Plungwech 4 2
  Erica van den Heuvel 11 11   Sarwendah Kusumawardhani 11 11
  Andrea Dako 7 3   Erica van den Heuvel 8 2
BYE   Sarwendah Kusumawardhani 11 11
  Sarwendah Kusumawardhani   Sarwendah Kusumawardhani 2 11 11
  Zarinah Abdullah 11 11   Bang Soo-hyun 11 3 12
  Wioletta Wilk 5 3   Zarinah Abdullah 5 4
  Kerstin Ubben 4 1   Hisako Mizui 11 11
  Hisako Mizui 11 11   Hisako Mizui 10 1
BYE   Bang Soo-hyun 12 11
  Catrine Bengtsson   Catrine Bengtsson 7 3
BYE   Bang Soo-hyun 11 11
  Bang Soo-hyun

Section 4

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter Finals
  Bettina Villars 0 4
  Anna Lao 11 11   Anna Lao 11 12
  Camilla Martin 11 12   Camilla Martin 6 11
  Vandanah Seesurun 1 0   Anna Lao 7 11 11
  Bożena Bąk 11 11   Elena Rybkhina 11 7 8
  Virginie Delvingt 0 2   Bożena Bąk 4 4
BYE   Elena Rybkhina 11 11
  Elena Rybkhina   Anna Lao 1 9
  Denyse Julien 11 11   Tang Jiuhong 11 11
  Erika von Heiland 2 0   Denyse Julien 9 11 11
  Astrid van der Knaap 11 11   Astrid van der Knaap 12 3 9
  Csilla Forian 3 2   Denyse Julien 9 0
BYE   Tang Jiuhong 12 11
  Helen Troke   Helen Troke 3 1
BYE   Tang Jiuhong 11 11
  Tang Jiuhong

Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
  Susi Susanti 11 11
  Somharuthai Jaroensiri 6 1
  Susi Susanti 11 11
  Huang Hua 4 1
  Huang Hua 11 10 11
  Lee Heung-soon 3 12 0
  Susi Susanti 5 11 11
  Bang Soo-hyun 11 5 3
  Sarwendah Kusumawardhani 2 11 11
  Bang Soo-hyun 11 3 12
  Bang Soo-hyun 11 11
  Tang Jiuhong 3 2
  Anna Lao 1 9
  Tang Jiuhong 11 11

References

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  1. ^ "Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics: Singles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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