Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women’s doubles badminton event at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 25 to 31 July 1996. The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 for women's doubles. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University Gymnasium.

Women's doubles at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia State University Gymnasium
Date	25–31 July 1996
Competitors	27 pairs from 15 nations
Medalists
Ge Fei Gu Jun  China Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock  South Korea Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu  China

Seeds

1. Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock (silver medalist)
2. Ge Fei / Gu Jun (gold medalist)
3. Qin Yiyuan / Tang Yongshu (bronze medalist)
4. Helene Kirkegaard / Rikke Olsen (fourth place)

Results

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15	10	18
	3	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	12	15	16
								1	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	5	5
								2	Ge Fei Gu Jun	15	15
	4	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	8	2
	2	Ge Fei Gu Jun	15	15				Bronze medal match
								3	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	7	15	15
								4	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	15	4	8

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock
		bye
								1	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15	15
									Tomomi Matsuo Masako Sakamoto	7	6
		Tomomi Matsuo Masako Sakamoto	15	15
		Diana Koleva Neli Nedjalkova	0	4
															1	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15	15
																Ann Jørgensen Lotte Olsen	9	9
		Julie Bradbury Joanne Wright
		bye
									Julie Bradbury Joanne Wright	4	5
									Ann Jørgensen Lotte Olsen	15	15
		Ann Jørgensen Lotte Olsen	15	15
		Elena Rybkhina Marina Yakusheva	13	10
																						1	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15	10	18
																						3	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	12	15	16
	3	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu
		bye
								3	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15	4	15
									Lili Tampi Finarsih	1	15	6
		Lili Tampi Finarsih	15	15
		Rhonda Cator Amanda Hardy	9	4
															3	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15	15
																Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	8	3
		Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	15	15
		Linda French Erika von Heiland	4	1
									Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	15	13	15
									Chung Jae-hee Park Soo-yun	8	15	9
		Chung Jae-hee Park Soo-yun	15	15
		Chen Li-Chin Tsai Hui-Min	7	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
		Kelly Morgan Joanne Muggeridge	10	5
		Eline Coene Erica van den Heuvel	15	15
									Eline Coene Erica van den Heuvel	8	3
									Chen Ying Peng Xingyong	15	15
		Victoria Evtoushenko Elena Nosdran	2	15	1
		Chen Ying Peng Xingyong	15	11	15
																Chen Ying Peng Xingyong	6	15	5
															4	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	15	8	15
		Kim Shin-young Kim Mee-hyang	15	18
		Aiko Miyamura Akiko Miyamura	12	13
									Kim Shin-young Kim Mee-hyang	8	8
								4	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	15	15
		bye
	4	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen
																						4	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	8	2
																						2	Ge Fei Gu Jun	15	15
		Tammy Jenkins Rhona Robertson	15	15
		Si-An Deng Denyse Julien	7	4
									Tammy Jenkins Rhona Robertson	9	2
									Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana	15	15
		Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana	15	15
		Maria Bengtsson Margit Borg	6	13
																Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana	7	3
															2	Ge Fei Gu Jun	15	15
		Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	15	15
		Martine de Souza Marie-Josephe Jean-Pierre	1	2
									Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	3	6
								2	Ge Fei Gu Jun	15	15
		bye
	2	Ge Fei Gu Jun

Sources

• Badminton at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Doubles
• The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games Volume Three ˗ The Competition Results (PDF). p. 113. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.