Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's Singles
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The winner of the women's singles competition received the first official badminton medal in Olympic history. It was also the first gold medal
Gold medal
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for Indonesia
Indonesia
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, which before had only won one silver (in archery
Archery
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). 52 players from 27 nations competed in women's singles.
Women's singles round of 64
winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal| Susi Susanti, Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... |
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| Harumi Kohara, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
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| Wong Chun Fan, Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... |
(11-8, 12-9) | Eline Coene, Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
| Silvia Albrecht, Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
(11-3, 11-6) | Nely Nedjalkova, Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... |
| Pernille Nedergaard Pernille Nedergaard Pernille Nedergaard is a retired female badminton player from Denmark.She won the European Badminton Championships in women's singles in 1990 and 1992.-References:**... , Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
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| Katarzyna Krasowska, Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
(5-11, 11-0, 11-6) | Andrea Harsagi, Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... |
| Somharuthai Jaroensiri Somharuthai Jaroensiri -Career:Jaroensiri competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles. She lost in quarterfinals to Susi Susanti, of Indonesia, 11-6, 11-1.-References:... , Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the... |
(11-3, 11-0) | Joy Kitzmiller, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
| Christine Magnusson Christine Magnusson Christine Magnusson is a retired female Swedish badminton player.-Career:She won the bronze medal at the 1989 IBF World Championships and a silver medal at the 1991 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson. She also represented Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
(11-1, 11-0) | Martine de Souza, Mauritius Mauritius Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar... |
| Huang Hua Huang Hua (badminton) Huang Hua is a Chinese female badminton player who won major international titles in the early 1990s.-Career:Huang and her contemporary Tang Jiuhong were the leading Chinese singles players between the era of Han Aiping and Li Lingwei and the era of Ye Zhaoying Huang Hua is a Chinese female... , China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
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| Linda French, United States | Bye | |
| Joanne Muggeridge, Great Britain United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
(11-5, 11-7) | Christelle Mol, France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
| Madhumita Bisht Madhumita Bisht Madhumita Bisht is a former badminton player from Uttarakhand, India. She is an eight-timeNational singles champion, nine-time doubles winner and a twelve-time mixed doubles winner. She received the Arjuna Award in 1982. Madhumita is also a recipient of the Padma Shri Award .-References:... , India |
(11-3, 11-0) | Elsa Nielsen, Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population... |
| Lee Heung-soon Lee Heung-soon -Career:Lee competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles. She lost in quarterfinals to Huang Hua, of China, 11-3, 10-12, 11-0.- References :*... , Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... |
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| Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator is a retired female badminton player from Australia.-Career:Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen. The same year, they won the French Open... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
(11-9, 11-5) | Esther Sanz, Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
| Doris Piche, Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
(11-0, 11-2) | Eva Lacinova, Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... |
| Katrin Schmidt, Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
(11-6, 11-1) | Diana Koleva, Bulgaria |
| Rhona Robertson Rhona Robertson Rhona Robertson is a former female badminton player from New Zealand. She is a veteran of two Olympic Games and four Commonwealth Games.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
(12-10, 12-9) | Sandra Dimbour, France |
| Pornsawan Plungwech, Thailand | (11-3, 12-9) | V. Khristova, Bulgaria |
| Erica van den Heuvel, Netherlands | (11-7, 11-3) | Andrea Dako, Hungary |
| Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Sukiran is a retired female badminton player from Indonesia.-Career:Kusumawardhani rated among the world's leading singles players in the late 1980s and early 1990s, though she was somewhat overshadowed by her younger Indonesian teammate, Susi Susanti... , Indonesia |
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| Zarinah Abdullah, Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
(11-5, 11-3) | Wioletta Wilk, Poland |
| Hisuko Mizui, Japan | (11-4, 11-1) | Kerstin Ubben, Germany |
| Catrine Bengtsson Catrine Bengtsson -Career:Bengtsson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles and women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson, and they lost in quarterfinals to Guan Weizhen and Nong Qunhua, of China, 15-4, 15-9.... , Sweden |
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| Bang Soo-hyun Bang Soo-hyun Bang Soo-Hyun is a former badminton player from South Korea who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the 1990s. She was a contemporary and rival of Indonesia's Susi Susanti and China's Ye Zhaoying and recorded wins over both in major badminton tournaments... , Korea |
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| Anna Lao Anna Lao -Career:Lao competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles. She lost in quarterfinals to Tang Jiuhong, of China, 11-1, 11-9. She also competed in women's doubles with Rhonda Cator, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen... , Australia |
(11-0, 11-4) | Bettina Villars, Switzerland |
| Camilla Martin Camilla Martin Camilla Martin Nygaard née Martin is a retired badminton player from Denmark. She and Lene Køppen, who played two decades earlier, are the only Danish women to have won both the All-England and World singles titles.... , Denmark |
(11-1, 11-0) | Vandanah Seesurun, Mauritius |
| Bożena Bąk, Poland | (11-0, 11-2) | Virginie Delvingt, France |
| Elena Rybkhina, Unified Team Unified Team The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of the former Soviet Union at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The IOC country code was EUN, after the French name, Équipe Unifiée... |
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| Denyse Julien Denyse Julien Denyse Julien is a female badminton player from Canada notable for her versatility and longevity.-Career:... , Canada |
(11-2, 11-0) | Erika von Heiland, United States |
| Angela van der Knaap, Netherlands | (11-3, 11-2) | Csilla Forian, Hungary |
| Helen Troke Helen Troke Helen Troke, born November 7, 1964, MBE, is a retired female badminton player of England.-Career:She won the bronze medal at the 1983 IBF World Championships in women's singles, and gold at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. From 1982 to 1986 she won two singles and three team titles at the European... , Great Britain |
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| Tang Jiuhong Tang Jiuhong Tang Jiuhong is a former Chinese badminton star who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Career:... , China |
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Women's singles round of 32
winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal| Susi Susanti, Indonesia | (11-2, 11-2) | Harumi Kohara, Japan |
| Wong Chun Fan, Hong Kong | (8-11, 11-4, 11-3) | Silvia Albrecht, Switzerland |
| Pernille Nedergaard, Denmark | (11-0, 11-3) | Katarzyna Krasowska, Poland |
| Somharuthai Jaroensiri, Thailand | (8-11, 12-9, 11-4) | Christine Magnusson, Sweden |
| Huang Hua, China | (11-1, 11-1) | Linda French, United States |
| Joanne Muggeridge, Great Britain | (11-7, 11-8) | Madhumita Bisht, India |
| Lee Heung-soon, Korea | (11-1, 11-4) | Rhonda Cator, Australia |
| Doris Piche, Canada | (11-5, 11-8) | Katrin Schmidt, Germany |
| Pornsawan Plungwech, Thailand | (12-9, 2-11, 12-9) | Rhona Robertson, New Zealand |
| Sarwendah Kusumawardhani, Indonesia | (11-8, 11-2) | Erica van den Heuvel, Netherlands |
| Hisuko Mizui, Japan | (11-5, 11-4) | Zarinah Abdullah, Singapore |
| Bang Soo Hyun, Korea | (11-7, 11-3) | Catrine Bengtsson, Sweden |
| Anna Lao, Australia | (11-6, 12-11) | Camilla Martin, Denmark |
| Elena Rybkhina, Unified Team | (11-4, 11-4) | Bozena Bąk, Poland |
| Denyse Julien, Canada | (9-12, 11-3, 11-9) | Angela van der Knaap, Netherlands |
| Tang Jiuhong, China | (11-3, 11-1) | Helen Troke, Great Britain |
Women's singles round of 16
winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal| Susi Susanti, Indonesia | (11-4, 11-2) | Wong Chun Fan, Hong Kong |
| Somharuthai Jaroensiri, Thailand | (5-11, 11-6, 12-10) | Pernille Nedergaard, Denmark |
| Huang Hua, China | (11-3, 11-2) | Joanne Muggeridge, Great Britain |
| Lee Heung-soon, Korea | (11-8, 11-2) | Doris Piche, Canada |
| Sarwendah Kusumawardhani, Indonesia | (11-4, 11-2) | Pornsawan Plungwech, Thailand |
| Bang Soo Hyun, Korea | (12-10, 11-1) | Hisuko Mizui, Japan |
| Anna Lao, Australia | (7-11, 11-7, 11-8) | Elena Rybkhina, Unified Team |
| Tang Jiuhong, China | (12-9, 11-0) | Denyse Julien, Canada |
Women's singles quarterfinals
winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal| Susi Susanti, Indonesia | (11-6, 11-1) | Somharuthai Jaroensiri, Thailand |
| Huang Hua, China | (11-3, 10-12, 11-0) | Lee Heung-soon, Korea |
| Bang Soo Hyun, Korea | (11-2, 3-11, 12-11) | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani, Indonesia |
| Tang Jiuhong, China | (11-9, 11-1) | Anna Lao, Australia |
Women's singles semifinals
winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal| Susi Susanti, Indonesia | (11-4, 11-1) | Huang Hua, China |
| Bang Soo Hyun, Korea | (11-3, 11-2) | Tang Jiuhong, China |
Women's singles final
winners in bold, medallists highlighted in the color of their medal| Susi Susanti, Indonesia | (5-11, 11-5, 11-3) | Bang Soo Hyun, Korea |