Badminton at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Badminton

at the Games of the XX Olympiad

Venue| Munich, West Germany
Dates| 4 September 1972
No. of events| 4 (2 men, 1 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors| 25 (17 men, 8 women) from 11 nations

1988 Seoul ->

Badminton was one of two demonstration sports at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. It was the first time that the sport was part of the Olympic program, and it would become an official Olympic sport 20 years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

## Medallists[edit]

Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze

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Men's singles  | Rudy Hartono
Indonesia | Svend Pri
Denmark | Sture Johnsson
Sweden
Wolfgang Bochow
West Germany
Women's singles  | Noriko Nakayama
Japan | Utami Dewi
Indonesia | Gillian Gilks
Great Britain
Hiroe Yuki
Japan
Men's doubles  |  Indonesia
Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata |  Malaysia
Ng Boon Bee
Punch Gunalan |  Great Britain
Elliot Stuart
Derek Talbot
West Germany
Willi Braun
Roland Maywald
Mixed doubles  |  Great Britain
Derek Talbot
Gillian Gilks |  Denmark
Svend Pri
Ulla Strand |  West Germany
Roland Maywald
Brigitte Steden
Indonesia
Christian Hadinata
Utami Dewi

## Medal table[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Indonesia| 2| 1| 1| 4
2|  Great Britain| 1| 0| 2| 3
3|  Japan| 1| 0| 1| 2
4|  Denmark| 0| 2| 0| 2
5|  Malaysia| 0| 1| 0| 1
6|  West Germany| 0| 0| 3| 3
7|  Sweden| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (7 entries)| 4| 4| 8| 16

## Event results[edit]

25 participants from 11 countries took part in four events. Several entries in the doubles events were mixed teams of players from different nations, a practice not allowed in official medal events at the Olympic Games since 1904. All competition took place on September 4.

### Men's singles[edit]

| 1st round | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 1 |  Rudy Hartono (INA) | 15 | 14 | 15 | | |
| 8 |  Jamie Paulson (CAN) | 12 | 18 | 3 |
| |  |  Rudy Hartono (INA) | 15 | 15 |  |
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| | |  |  Sture Johnsson (SWE) | 2 | 4 |  |
| 4 |  Sture Johnsson (SWE) | 15 | 15 |  |

| 5 |  Suresh Goel (IND) | 5 | 8 |  |
| |  |  Rudy Hartono (INA) | 15 | 15 |  |
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| | |  |  Svend Pri (DEN) | 6 | 1 |  |
| 3 |  Svend Pri (DEN) | 15 | 15 |  | |

| 6 |  Bandid Jaiyen (THA) | 11 | 2 |  |
| |  |  Svend Pri (DEN) | 9 | 15 | 15 |
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| | |  |  Wolfgang Bochow (FRG) | 15 | 9 | 8 |
| 2 |  Wolfgang Bochow (FRG) | 15 | 15 |  |

| 7 |  Tan Aik Mong (MAS) | 10 | 5 |  |

### Men's doubles[edit]

| 1st round | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 1 |  Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata (INA) | 15 | 15 |  | | |
| 8 |  Tan Aik Mong (MAS)
Bandid Jaiyen (THA) | 7 | 1 |  |
| |  |  Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata (INA) | 15 | 15 |  |
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| | |  |  Elliot Stuart
Derek Talbot (GBR) | 8 | 12 |  |
| 4 |  Elliot Stuart
Derek Talbot (GBR) | 15 | 15 |  |

| 5 |  Wolfgang Bochow (FRG)
Jamie Paulson (CAN) | 3 | 9 |  |
| |  |  Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata (INA) | 15 | 2 | 15 |
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| | |  |  Ng Boon Bee
Punch Gunalan (MAS) | 4 | 15 | 11 |
| 3 |  Ng Boon Bee
Punch Gunalan (MAS) | 15 | 15 |  | |

| 6 |  Ippei Kojima (JPN)
Suresh Goel (IND) | 8 | 1 |  |
| |  |  Ng Boon Bee
Punch Gunalan (MAS) | 12 | 15 | 15 |
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| | |  |  Willi Braun
Roland Maywald (FRG) | 15 | 10 | 11 |
| 2 |  Willi Braun
Roland Maywald (FRG) |  |  |  |

| 7 | bye |  |  |  |

### Women's singles[edit]

| 1st round | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 1 |  Noriko Nakayama (JPN) | 11 | 11 |  | | |
| 8 |  Ulla Strand (DEN) | 5 | 9 |  |
| |  |  Noriko Nakayama (JPN) | 11 | 8 | 11 |
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| | |  |  Gillian Gilks (GBR) | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| 4 |  Gillian Gilks (GBR) | 11 | 11 |  |

| 5 |  Brigitte Steden (FRG) | 9 | 6 |  |
| |  |  Noriko Nakayama (JPN) | 11 | 11 |  |
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| | |  |  Utami Dewi (INA) | 5 | 3 |  |
| 3 |  Utami Dewi (INA) | 11 | 11 |  | |

| 6 |  Eva Twedberg (SWE) | 7 | 8 |  |
| |  |  Utami Dewi (INA) | 11 | 11 |  |
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| | |  |  Hiroe Yuki (JPN) | 5 | 9 |  |
| 2 |  Hiroe Yuki (JPN) | 11 | 11 |  |

| 7 |  Joke van Beusekom (NED) | 3 | 2 |  |

### Mixed doubles[edit]

| 1st round | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 1 |  Derek Talbot
Gillian Gilks (GBR) | 15 | 15 |  | | |
| 8 |  Ippei Kojima
Noriko Nakayama (JPN) | 9 | 4 |  |
| |  |  Derek Talbot
Gillian Gilks (GBR) | 15 | 15 |  |
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| | |  |  Roland Maywald
Brigitte Steden (FRG) | 10 | 8 |  |
| 4 |  Roland Maywald
Brigitte Steden (FRG) | 15 | 15 |  |

| 5 |  Sture Johnsson
Eva Twedberg (SWE) | 7 | 11 |  |
| |  |  Derek Talbot
Gillian Gilks (GBR) | 15 | 18 |  |
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| | |  |  Svend Pri
Ulla Strand (DEN) | 6 | 16 |  |
| 3 |  Svend Pri
Ulla Strand (DEN) |  |  |  | |

| 6 | bye |  |  |  |
| |  |  Svend Pri
Ulla Strand (DEN) | 15 | 15 |  |
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| | |  |  Christian Hadinata
Utami Dewi (INA) | 12 | 10 |  |
| 2 |  Christian Hadinata
Utami Dewi (INA) | 15 | 15 | 15 |

| 7 |  Elliot Stuart (GBR)
Joke van Beusekom (NED) | 9 | 17 | 2 |

## References[edit]

* Ed. Herbert Kunze (ed.). The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3: The competitions (PDF) (PDF). München: proSport GmbH & Co. pp. 528–529. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2012.

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