Badminton at the 1997 East Asian Games

Badminton tournament

Badminton tournament

1997 East Asian GamesTournament details

Dates| 10 – 19 May
Edition| 2nd
Venue| Pukyong National University Gymnasium
Location| Busan, South Korea
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Badminton at the 1997 East Asian Games was held at Busan, South Korea in the month of May.[1] Competitions for five individual disciplines as well as for teams was conducted.[2] Host South Korea topped with four gold medals in the tally while China won two gold medals and Chinese Taipei ended with the Men's singles gold medal.[3][4]

## Medal summary[edit]

### Medal table[edit]

* Host nation (South Korea)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  South Korea (KOR)| 4| 2| 2| 8
2|  China (CHN)| 2| 3| 5| 10
3|  Chinese Taipei (TPE)| 1| 0| 3| 4
4|  Japan (JPN)| 0| 2| 4| 6
Totals (4 entries)| 7| 7| 14| 28

### Medalists[edit]

Discipline  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's singles  |  Fung Permadi |  Fumihiko Machida |  Chen Wei
Jang Chun-woong
Women's singles  |  Lee Joo-hyun |  Takako Ida |  Sun Jian
Zeng Yaqiong
Men's doubles  |  Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung |  Choi Ji-tae
Kim Joong-suk |  Que Ning
Liang Yongping
Takuya Katayama
Yuzo Kubota
Women's doubles  |  Zhang Jin
Peng Xinyong |  Wang Li
Liu Lufang |  Peng Ju-yu
Chen Mei-chun
Chikako Nakayama
Takae Masumo
Mixed doubles  |  Lee Dong-soo
Yim Kyung-jin |  Yang Ming
Zhang Jin |  Hu Zhilan
Peng Xinyong
Yoo Yong-sung
Lee Kyung-won
Men's team  |  South Korea
Hwang Sun-ho
Jang Chun-wong
Lee Dong-soo
Choi Ji-tae
Kim Joong-suk
Kim Hyung-joon
Yoo Yong-sung |  China
Hu Zhilan
Xiao Ting
Que Ning
Yang Ming
Liang Yongping
Xia Xuanze
Chen Wei |  Chinese Taipei
Chen Feng
Jang Chun-wung
Huang Shih-chung
Japan
Fumihiko Machida
Yuzo Kubota
Takuya Katayama
Women's team  |  China
Yao Jie
Liu Lufang
Wang Li
Zhang Jin
Peng Xinyong
Sun Jian
Zeng Yaqiong |  South Korea
Lee Joo-hyun
Lee Deuk-soon
Park Se-yeon
Lee So-young
Cha Yun-sook
Yim Kyung-jin
Park Jin-hyun
Lee Kyung-won |  Chinese Taipei
Peng Ju-yu
Chen Mei-chun
Japan
Chikako Nakayama
Takae Masumo
Takako Ida

## Final results[edit]

Category  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Score

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Men's singles  |  Fung Permadi |  Fumihiko Machida | 18–13, 15–5
Women's singles  |  Lee Joo-hyun |  Takako Ida | 11–8, 11–5
Men's doubles  |  Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung |  Choi Ji-tae
Kim Joong-suk | 15–2, 15–4
Women's doubles  |  Zhang Jin
Peng Xinyong |  Wang Li
Liu Lufang | 15–8, 15–6
Mixed doubles  |  Lee Dong-soo
Yim Kyung-jin |  Yang Ming
Zhang Jin | 15–11, 15–6

## References[edit]

1. ^ "[동아시아대회] 한국여자 배드민턴 일본 꺾고 은메달 확보" (in Korean). Korea Economic Daily. 12 May 1997. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
2. ^ Grossman, Mike; Lee, Jh (14 May 1997). "EAST ASIAN GAMES: CHINESE WOMEN SQUEEZE BY KOREA TO TAKE TEAM GOLD". World Badminton – Shuttle News. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
3. ^ Grossman, Mike; Lee, Jh (14 May 1997). "EAST ASIAN GAMES: KOREA STUNS CHINA IN MEN'S TEAM FINAL". World Badminton – Shuttle News. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
4. ^ Grossman, Mike; Lee, Jh (18 May 1997). "EAST ASIAN GAMES: KOREA GRABS 3 BADMINTON GOLD MEDALS". World Badminton – Shuttle News. Retrieved 19 August 2011.