Date | 28 July – 9 August 2012 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Horse Guards Parade, Centre Court, London / Horse Guards Parade, Centre Court, London | |
Participants | 48 from 19 countries | |
Format | Top 16 teams from round-robin pools advanced to the single-elimination tournament. |
Brazil’s Emanuel and Alison Cerutti had won the 2011 World Championships and were slight favorites in London, but were expected to be challenged by Germany’s Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann, the 2009 World Champions. Emanuel had won gold in the event in 2004 and bronze in 2008, then playing with Ricardo, while Alison was an Olympic newcomer.
The two teams did not disappoint, meeting the final, and producing great drama in the final match. They split the first two sets, with Brink and Reckermann winning the first 23-21, and Emanuel and Alison taking the second 21-16. In the final set, Germany went to gold medal point at 14-11, but Brazil fought back to even the match, 14-14. Reckermann then won on a kill to go ahead, 15-14, and Brink/Reckermann won gold when Brazil hit out on the final point.
The bronze medal match also went three sets with the surprising Latvian team of Martins Plavins and Janis Smedins, who were only seeded 17th but won over the Netherlands’ Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil, 19-21, 21-19, 15-11. In a sport dominated in the past by the United States and Brazil, it was noteworthy that the semi-finals consisted of three European teams. The Latvian bronze medallists were the surprise of the tournament, having only been seeded 17th for the competition.
Date | 28 July – 2 August 2012 |
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Format | First two and two best numbers three of each group qualified for Round One, other numbers three advanced to lucky-losers round. |
Date | 28 July – 2 August 2012 |
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Pos | Pair | NOC | GP | Wins | Losses | Points | Sets | Points | ||
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1 | Alison Cerutti / Emanuel | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6-1 | 145-123 | ||
2 | Patrick Heuscher / Jefferson Bellaguarda | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2-4 | 111-118 | ||
3 | Paolo Nicolai / Daniele Lupo | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2-4 | 119-126 | ||
4 | Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3-4 | 128-136 |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 29 Jul 11:00 | Centre Court | Cerutti / Emanuel | ![]() | 19-21, 21-17, 16-14 | Doppler / Horst | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 29 Jul 23:00 | Centre Court | Nicolai / Lupo | ![]() | 21-19, 21-18 | Heuscher / Bellaguarda | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 31 Jul 10:00 | Centre Court | Cerutti / Emanuel | ![]() | 21-17, 21-12 | Heuscher / Bellaguarda | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 31 Jul 22:00 | Centre Court | Doppler / Horst | ![]() | 21-18, 21-17 | Nicolai / Lupo | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 02 Aug 10:00 | Centre Court | Cerutti / Emanuel | ![]() | 26-24, 21-18 | Nicolai / Lupo | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 02 Aug 20:00 | Centre Court | Heuscher / Bellaguarda | ![]() | 24-22, 21-12 | Doppler / Horst | ![]() |
Date | 28 July – 2 August 2012 |
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Pos | Pair | NOC | GP | Wins | Losses | Points | Sets | Points | ||
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1 | Todd Rogers / Phil Dalhausser | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6-1 | 139-109 | ||
2 | Pablo Herrera / Adrián Gavira | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5-2 | 139-133 | ||
3 | Přemysl Kubala / Petr Beneš | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2-5 | 120-128 | ||
4 | Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1-6 | 110-138 |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 29 Jul 10:00 | Centre Court | Herrera / Gavira | ![]() | 25-23, 21-16 | Kubala / Beneš | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 29 Jul 22:00 | Centre Court | Rogers / Dalhausser | ![]() | 21-15, 21-16 | Asahi / Shiratori | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 31 Jul 9:00 | Centre Court | Kubala / Beneš | ![]() | 17-21, 21-12, 15-7 | Asahi / Shiratori | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 31 Jul 21:00 | Centre Court | Rogers / Dalhausser | ![]() | 19-21, 21-16, 15-13 | Herrera / Gavira | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 02 Aug 14:30 | Court One | Herrera / Gavira | ![]() | 21-19, 22-20 | Asahi / Shiratori | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 02 Aug 21:00 | Centre Court | Rogers / Dalhausser | ![]() | 21-13, 21-15 | Kubala / Beneš | ![]() |
Date | 28 July – 1 August 2012 |
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Pos | Pair | NOC | GP | Wins | Losses | Points | Sets | Points | ||
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1 | Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6-1 | 133-114 | ||
2 | Sascha Heyer / Séba Chevallier | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4-4 | 145-151 | ||
3 | Sergey Prokopyev / Konstantin Semyonov | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3-5 | 157-163 | ||
4 | Wu Penggen / Xu Linyin | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3-6 | 157-164 |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 28 Jul 12:00 | Centre Court | Brink / Reckermann | ![]() | 21-19, 21-17 | Prokopyev / Semyonov | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 28 Jul 14:30 | Centre Court | Heyer / Chevallier | ![]() | 18-21, 21-16, 15-12 | Wu / Xu | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 30 Jul 14:30 | Centre Court | Brink / Reckermann | ![]() | 13-21, 21-19, 15-8 | Wu / Xu | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 30 Jul 20:00 | Centre Court | Heyer / Chevallier | ![]() | 28-26, 18-21, 15-13 | Prokopyev / Semyonov | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 01 Aug 11:00 | Centre Court | Prokopyev / Semyonov | ![]() | 29-27, 17-21, 15-12 | Wu / Xu | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 01 Aug 21:00 | Centre Court | Brink / Reckermann | ![]() | 21-14, 21-16 | Heyer / Chevallier | ![]() |
Date | 28 July – 1 August 2012 |
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Pos | Pair | NOC | GP | Wins | Losses | Points | Sets | Points | ||
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1 | Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4-2 | 119-89 | ||
2 | Mariusz Prudel / Grzegorz Fijałek | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5-2 | 132-115 | ||
3 | Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4-3 | 116-113 | ||
4 | Freedom Chiya / Grant Goldschmidt | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0-6 | 76-126 |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 28 Jul 11:00 | Centre Court | Samoilovs / Sorokins | ![]() | 12-21, 21-15, 15-12 | Prudel / Fijałek | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 28 Jul 22:00 | Centre Court | Gibb / Rosenthal | ![]() | 21-10, 21-11 | Chiya / Goldschmidt | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 30 Jul 12:00 | Centre Court | Samoilovs / Sorokins | ![]() | 21-13, 21-10 | Chiya / Goldschmidt | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 30 Jul 21:00 | Centre Court | Prudel / Fijałek | ![]() | 21-17, 21-18 | Gibb / Rosenthal | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 01 Aug 12:00 | Centre Court | Prudel / Fijałek | ![]() | 21-19, 21-13 | Chiya / Goldschmidt | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 01 Aug 16:30 | Centre Court | Gibb / Rosenthal | ![]() | 21-10, 21-16 | Samoilovs / Sorokins | ![]() |
Date | 28 July – 2 August 2012 |
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Pos | Pair | NOC | GP | Wins | Losses | Points | Sets | Points | ||
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1 | Mārtiņš Pļaviņš / Jānis Šmēdiņš | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6-1 | 141-113 | ||
2 | Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4-3 | 127-116 | ||
3 | Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3-5 | 132-148 | ||
4 | Igor Hernández / Jesús Villafañe | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2-6 | 128-151 |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 29 Jul 14:30 | Centre Court | Nummerdor / Schuil | ![]() | 21-18, 17-21, 15-10 | Hernández / Villafañe | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 29 Jul 15:30 | Centre Court | Pļaviņš / Šmēdiņš | ![]() | 19-21, 23-21, 15-9 | Erdmann / Matysik | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 31 Jul 14:30 | Centre Court | Pļaviņš / Šmēdiņš | ![]() | 21-14, 21-16 | Hernández / Villafañe | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 31 Jul 15:30 | Centre Court | Nummerdor / Schuil | ![]() | 21-9, 21-16 | Erdmann / Matysik | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 02 Aug 9:00 | Centre Court | Pļaviņš / Šmēdiņš | ![]() | 21-14, 21-18 | Nummerdor / Schuil | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 02 Aug 15:30 | Court One | Erdmann / Matysik | ![]() | 20-22, 21-16, 15-11 | Hernández / Villafañe | ![]() |
Date | 28 July – 1 August 2012 |
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Pos | Pair | NOC | GP | Wins | Losses | Points | Sets | Points | ||
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1 | Ricardo / Pedro Cunha | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6-0 | 129-101 | ||
2 | Martin Spinnangr / Tarjei Skarlund | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4-2 | 117-107 | ||
3 | Josh Binstock / Martin Reader | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2-4 | 114-119 | ||
4 | Steve Grotowski / John Garcia-Thompson | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0-6 | 94-127 |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 28 Jul 16:30 | Centre Court | Binstock / Reader | ![]() | 21-19, 21-13 | Grotowski / Garcia-Thompson | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 28 Jul 20:00 | Centre Court | Ricardo / Cunha | ![]() | 21-14, 21-18 | Spinnangr / Skarlund | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 30 Jul 11:00 | Centre Court | Spinnangr / Skarlund | ![]() | 21-14, 21-18 | Binstock / Reader | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 30 Jul 17:30 | Centre Court | Ricardo / Cunha | ![]() | 21-17, 21-12 | Grotowski / Garcia-Thompson | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 01 Aug 17:30 | Centre Court | Spinnangr / Skarlund | ![]() | 22-20, 21-13 | Grotowski / Garcia-Thompson | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 01 Aug 20:00 | Centre Court | Ricardo / Cunha | ![]() | 21-18, 24-22 | Binstock / Reader | ![]() |
Date | 2 August 2012 |
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Format | Winners of each match advanced to the round one. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 02 Aug 23:15 | Centre Court | Erdmann / Matysik | ![]() | 15-21, 21-19, 15-13 | Kubala / Beneš | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 02 Aug 23:00 | Court One | Nicolai / Lupo | ![]() | 21-16, 22-20 | Binstock / Reader | ![]() |
Date | 3 – 4 August 2012 |
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Format | Winners of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 04 Aug 10:00 | Centre Court | Cerutti / Emanuel | ![]() | 21-16, 21-14 | Erdmann / Matysik | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 03 Aug 10:00 | Centre Court | Prudel / Fijałek | ![]() | 21-18, 21-17 | Heyer / Chevallier | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 03 Aug 13:00 | Centre Court | Pļaviņš / Šmēdiņš | ![]() | 21-18, 21-16 | Spinnangr / Skarlund | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 04 Aug 22:00 | Centre Court | Gibb / Rosenthal | ![]() | 21-14, 22-20 | Prokopyev / Semyonov | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 04 Aug 17:00 | Centre Court | Brink / Reckermann | ![]() | 21-12, 21-17 | Samoilovs / Sorokins | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 03 Aug 21:00 | Centre Court | Ricardo / Cunha | ![]() | 21-18, 21-19 | Herrera / Gavira | ![]() | |
Match #7 | 04 Aug 14:00 | Centre Court | Nummerdor / Schuil | ![]() | 22-20, 21-15 | Heuscher / Bellaguarda | ![]() | |
Match #8 | 03 Aug 18:00 | Centre Court | Nicolai / Lupo | ![]() | 21-17, 21-19 | Rogers / Dalhausser | ![]() |
Date | 6 August 2012 |
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Format | Winners of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 06 Aug 18:00 | Centre Court | Cerutti / Emanuel | ![]() | 21-17, 16-21, 17-15 | Prudel / Fijałek | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 06 Aug 19:00 | Centre Court | Pļaviņš / Šmēdiņš | ![]() | 19-21, 21-18, 15-11 | Gibb / Rosenthal | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 06 Aug 22:00 | Centre Court | Brink / Reckermann | ![]() | 21-15, 21-19 | Ricardo / Cunha | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 06 Aug 23:00 | Centre Court | Nummerdor / Schuil | ![]() | 21-16, 21-18 | Nicolai / Lupo | ![]() |
Date | 7 August 2012 |
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Format | Winners of each match advanced to the final match. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 07 Aug 17:00 | Centre Court | Cerutti / Emanuel | ![]() | 21-15, 22-20 | Pļaviņš / Šmēdiņš | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 07 Aug 23:00 | Centre Court | Brink / Reckermann | ![]() | 21-14, 21-16 | Nummerdor / Schuil | ![]() |
Date | 9 August 2012 |
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Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 09 Aug 21:00 | Centre Court | Brink / Reckermann | ![]() | 23-21, 16-21, 16-14 | Cerutti / Emanuel | ![]() | |
Match 3/4 | 09 Aug 19:00 | Centre Court | Pļaviņš / Šmēdiņš | ![]() | 19-21, 21-19, 15-11 | Nummerdor / Schuil | ![]() |