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Singles, Men

Date9 – 17 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationBeijing Gongye Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants41 from 35 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

Lin Dan (CHN), nicknamed “Super Dan,” was the overwhelming favorite, having won the World Championships and All-England Championships in 2006-07. The #2 seed was Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. They made it to the final, but it was not close, Lin winning in straight sets, 21-12, 21-8. The bronze medal went to the Chinese player, Chen Jin, winner of the 2008 All-Englands, who defeated Lee Hyeon-Il of Korea in three sets.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Lin DanCHNGold
2Lee Chong WeiMASSilver
3Chen JinCHNBronze
4Lee Hyeon-IlKOR
=5Peter GadeDEN
=5Hsieh Yu-HsingTPE
=5Bao ChunlaiCHN
=5Sony Dwi KuncoroINA
=9Park Seong-HwanKOR
=9Shoji SatoJPN
=9Erwin KehlhoffnerFRA
=9Wong Choong HannMAS
=9Marc ZwieblerGER
=9Przemysław WachaPOL
=9Ville LångFIN
=9Kęstutis NavickasLTU
=17Ng WeiHKG
=17Edwin EkiringUGA
=17Nabil LasmariALG
=17Anup SridharIND
=17John MoodyNZL
=17Eli MambweZAM
=17Taufik HidayatINA
=17Nguyễn Tiến MinhVIE
=17Andrew SmithGBR
=17Kenneth JonassenDEN
=17Christian BösigerSUI
=17Kevin CordónGUA
=17Raju RaiUSA
=17Boonsak PonsanaTHA
=17Stanislav PukhovRUS
=17Ronald SusiloSGP
=33Andrew DabekaCAN
=33Marco VasconcelosPOR
=33Stuart GomezAUS
=33Kaveh MehrabiIRI
=33Scott EvansIRL
=33Petr KoukalCZE
=33Raul MustEST
=33Vladyslav DruzhchenkoUKR
=33Pablo AbiánESP

Round One

Date9 – 10 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #110 AugLin DanCHNbye
Match #210 AugNg WeiHKGbye
Match #310 AugEdwin EkiringUGAbye
Match #410 Aug 11:10Court 1Park Seong-HwanKOR2 – 0Andrew DabekaCAN
Match #510 AugPeter GadeDENbye
Match #610 AugNabil LasmariALGbye
Match #710 AugShoji SatoJPNbye
Match #810 Aug 19:40Court 1Anup SridharIND2 – 0Marco VasconcelosPOR
Match #910 AugChen JinCHNbye
Match #1010 AugJohn MoodyNZLbye
Match #1110 AugEli MambweZAMbye
Match #1209 Aug 20:00Court 3Erwin KehlhoffnerFRA2 – 1Stuart GomezAUS
Match #1310 AugTaufik HidayatINAbye
Match #1410 AugWong Choong HannMASbye
Match #1510 AugNguyễn Tiến MinhVIEbye
Match #1609 Aug 15:10Court 1Hsieh Yu-HsingTPE2 – 0Kaveh MehrabiIRI
Match #1709 Aug 10:45Court 1Marc ZwieblerGER2 – 1Scott EvansIRL
Match #1809 Aug 19:25Court 3Andrew SmithGBR2 – 1Petr KoukalCZE
Match #1910 AugLee Hyeon-IlKORbye
Match #2010 AugKenneth JonassenDENbye
Match #2109 Aug 10:10Court 1Przemysław WachaPOL2 – 0Raul MustEST
Match #2210 AugChristian BösigerSUIbye
Match #2310 AugKevin CordónGUAbye
Match #2410 AugBao ChunlaiCHNbye
Match #2509 Aug 19:05Court 1Ville LångFIN2 – 0Vladyslav DruzhchenkoUKR
Match #2610 AugRaju RaiUSAbye
Match #2710 AugBoonsak PonsanaTHAbye
Match #2810 AugSony Dwi KuncoroINAbye
Match #2909 Aug 19:50Court 2Kęstutis NavickasLTU2 – 1Pablo AbiánESP
Match #3010 AugStanislav PukhovRUSbye
Match #3110 AugRonald SusiloSGPbye
Match #3210 AugLee Chong WeiMASbye

Round Two

Date11 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #111 Aug 19:05Court 1Lin Dan (1)CHN2 – 0Ng WeiHKG
Match #211 Aug 20:35Court 3Park Seong-HwanKOR2 – 0Edwin EkiringUGA
Match #311 Aug 18:40Court 2Peter Gade (8)DEN2 – 0Nabil LasmariALG
Match #411 Aug 20:15Court 1Shoji SatoJPN2 – 0Anup SridharIND
Match #511 Aug 20:00Court 3Chen Jin (4)CHN2 – 0John MoodyNZL
Match #611 Aug 19:50Court 2Erwin KehlhoffnerFRA2 – 0Eli MambweZAM
Match #711 Aug 19:40Court 1Wong Choong HannMAS2 – 0Taufik Hidayat (7)INA
Match #811 Aug 20:50Court 1Hsieh Yu-HsingTPE2 – 1Nguyễn Tiến MinhVIE
Match #911 Aug 10:20Court 3Marc ZwieblerGER2 – 1Andrew SmithGBR
Match #1011 Aug 11:10Court 1Lee Hyeon-IlKOR2 – 1Kenneth Jonassen (5)DEN
Match #1111 Aug 10:45Court 2Przemysław WachaPOL2 – 1Christian BösigerSUI
Match #1211 Aug 12:30Court 1Bao Chunlai (3)CHN2 – 0Kevin CordónGUA
Match #1311 Aug 11:55Court 2Ville LångFIN2 – 0Raju RaiUSA
Match #1411 Aug 11:45Court 1Sony Dwi Kuncoro (6)INA2 – 0Boonsak PonsanaTHA
Match #1511 Aug 10:55Court 3Kęstutis NavickasLTU2 – 0Stanislav PukhovRUS
Match #1611 Aug 10:00Court 1Lee Chong Wei (2)MAS2 – 0Ronald SusiloSGP

Round Three

Date12 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #112 Aug 19:15Court 2Lin Dan (1)CHN2 – 0Park Seong-HwanKOR
Match #212 Aug 18:30Court 1Peter Gade (8)DEN2 – 1Shoji SatoJPN
Match #312 Aug 19:50Court 2Chen Jin (4)CHN2 – 0Erwin KehlhoffnerFRA
Match #412 Aug 20:15Court 1Hsieh Yu-HsingTPE2 – 1Wong Choong HannMAS
Match #512 Aug 11:30Court 3Lee Hyeon-IlKOR2 – 0Marc ZwieblerGER
Match #612 Aug 12:20Court 1Bao Chunlai (3)CHN2 – 1Przemysław WachaPOL
Match #712 Aug 10:20Court 3Sony Dwi Kuncoro (6)INA2 – 0Ville LångFIN
Match #812 Aug 10:35Court 1Lee Chong Wei (2)MAS2 – 0Kęstutis NavickasLTU

Quarter-Finals

Date14 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #114 Aug 20:00Court 1Lin Dan (1)CHN2 – 0Peter Gade (8)DEN
Match #214 Aug 10:00Court 1Chen Jin (4)CHN2 – 0Hsieh Yu-HsingTPE
Match #314 Aug 18:30Court 1Lee Hyeon-IlKOR2 – 0Bao Chunlai (3)CHN
Match #414 Aug 11:30Court 1Lee Chong Wei (2)MAS2 – 0Sony Dwi Kuncoro (6)INA

Semi-Finals

Date15 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round match, losers advanced to the bronze medal match.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #115 Aug 20:30Court 1Lin Dan (1)CHN2 – 0Chen Jin (4)CHN
Match #215 Aug 18:30Court 1Lee Chong Wei (2)MAS2 – 1Lee Hyeon-IlKOR

Final Round

Date16 – 17 August 2008
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match 1/217 Aug 20:48Court 1Lin Dan (1)CHN2 – 0Lee Chong Wei (2)MAS
Match 3/416 Aug 20:30Court 1Chen Jin (4)CHN2 – 1Lee Hyeon-IlKOR