Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

These are the results of the women's doubles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Women's doubles
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing University of Technology Gymnasium
Date10 August to 15 August
Competitors32 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Du Jing
Yu Yang
 China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lee Hyo-jung
Lee Kyung-won
 South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wei Yili
Zhang Yawen
 China

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 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 edit

  1.   Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen (CHN) (quarter-finals)
  2.   Du Jing and Yu Yang (CHN) (gold medalists)
  3.   Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen (CHN) (bronze medalists)
  4.   Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Kyung-won (KOR) (silver medalists)

Draw edit

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1   Yang Wei (CHN)
  Zhang Jiewen (CHN)
21 21  
    Liliyana Natsir (INA)
  Vita Marissa (INA)
19 15   1   Yang Wei (CHN)
  Zhang Jiewen (CHN)
21 21 14
    Tania Luiz (AUS)
  Eugenia Tanaka (AUS)
4 8       Miyuki Maeda (JPN)
  Satoko Suetsuna (JPN)
8 23 21
    Miyuki Maeda (JPN)
  Satoko Suetsuna (JPN)
21 21     Miyuki Maeda (JPN)
  Satoko Suetsuna (JPN)
20 15  
4   Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
  Lee Kyung-won (KOR)
21 21   4   Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
  Lee Kyung-won (KOR)
22 21  
    Chin Eei Hui (MAS)
  Wong Pei Tty (MAS)
14 19   4   Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
  Lee Kyung-won (KOR)
21 21  
    Eva Lee (USA)
  Mesinee Mangkalakiri (USA)
12 12       Jiang Yanmei (SIN)
  Li Yujia (SIN)
15 12  
    Jiang Yanmei (SIN)
  Li Yujia (SIN)
21 21   4   Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)
  Lee Kyung-won (KOR)
15 13  
    Chantal Botts (RSA)
  Michelle Edwards (RSA)
6 12   2   Du Jing (CHN)
  Yu Yang (CHN)
21 21  
    Cheng Wen-hsing (TPE)
  Chien Yu-chin (TPE)
21 21       Cheng Wen-hsing (TPE)
  Chien Yu-chin (TPE)
14 18  
    Gail Emms (GBR)
  Donna Kellogg (GBR)
19 13   3   Wei Yili (CHN)
  Zhang Yawen (CHN)
21 21  
3   Wei Yili (CHN)
  Zhang Yawen (CHN)
21 21   3   Wei Yili (CHN)
  Zhang Yawen (CHN)
19 12   Third place
    Lena Frier Kristiansen (DEN)
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)
21 14 18 2   Du Jing (CHN)
  Yu Yang (CHN)
21 21  
    Kumiko Ogura (JPN)
  Reiko Shiota (JPN)
18 21 21     Kumiko Ogura (JPN)
  Reiko Shiota (JPN)
8 5       Miyuki Maeda (JPN)
  Satoko Suetsuna (JPN)
17 10  
    Ha Jung-eun (KOR)
  Kim Min-jung (KOR)
11 21 15 2   Du Jing (CHN)
  Yu Yang (CHN)
21 21   3   Wei Yili (CHN)
  Zhang Yawen (CHN)
21 21  
2   Du Jing (CHN)
  Yu Yang (CHN)
21 16 21