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Singles, Men

Date28 July – 4 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationPabellón de la Mar Bella, Barcelona
Participants56 from 32 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

The favorites were Zhao Jianhua (CHN), who was World Champion in 1991 and won the All-England title in 1985 and 1990; Indonesia’s Ardy Wiranata, the 1991 All-England Champion; and Denmark’s Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, the 1992 European Champion.

Zhao lost in the quarter-finals in three games to Hermawan Susanto (INA), and Høyer-Larsen also went out in the quarters, to Wiranata. The final was an all-Indonesian affair, as all three Indonesian entrants had made the semis, with Wiranata facing Alan Budikusuma, which Budikusuma won in two straight games. Budikusuma’s girlfriend, Susy Susanti, also won the women’s singles gold medal. The two titles were the first gold medals ever for Indonesia at the Olympics. One losing semi-finalist and bronze medalist was Denmark’s Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen, which was the only badminton medal won by a non-Asian in 1992.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Alan BudikusumaINAGold
2Ardy WiranataINASilver
=3Thomas Stuer-LauridsenDENBronze
=3Hermawan SusantoINABronze
=5Zhao JianhuaCHN
=5Rashid SidekMAS
=5Poul-Erik Høyer LarsenDEN
=5Kim Hak-GyunKOR
=9Deepankar BhattacharyaIND
=9Teeranun ChiangtaTHA
=9Foo Kok KeongMAS
=9Chan Kin NgaiHKG
=9Andrey AntropovEUN
=9Wu WenkaiCHN
=9Liu JunCHN
=9Wong Wai LapHKG
=17Darren HallGBR
=17Hannes FuchsAUT
=17Robert LiljequistFIN
=17Chris JogisUSA
=17Jens OlssonSWE
=17Tomáš MendrekTCH
=17Fumihiko MachidaJPN
=17Abdul Hamid KhanSGP
=17Peter AxelssonSWE
=17Sompol KookasemkitTHA
=17Árni Þór HallgrímssonISL
=17Anil KaulCAN
=17Bryan BlanshardCAN
=17Pontus JänttiFIN
=17Jürgen KochAUT
=17Hideaki MotoyamaJPN
=33David HumbleCAN
=33Niroshan WijekoonSRI
=33Ivan IvanovBUL
=33Ricardo FernandesPOR
=33Broddi KristjánssonISL
=33Dean GaltNZL
=33Lee Gwang-JinKOR
=33Stéphane RenaultFRA
=33Hans SperreNOR
=33Jacek HankiewiczPOL
=33Pedro VannesteBEL
=33Nico MeerholzRSA
=33Kerrin HarrisonNZL
=33Fernando SilvaPOR
=33Anders NielsenGBR
=33Donald KohSGP
=33Anton KrielRSA
=33Florin BalabanROU
=33Benny LeeUSA
=33Vimal KumarIND
=33Yasen BorisovBUL
=33Édouard ClarisseMRI
=33Stephan KuhlGER
=33David SerranoESP
DNSTommy ReidyUSA

Round One

Date28 July 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #128 JulZhao Jianhua (1)CHNbye
Match #228 JulDarren HallGBR2 – 0David HumbleCAN
Match #328 JulHannes FuchsAUT2 – 0Niroshan WijekoonSRI
Match #428 JulDeepankar BhattacharyaIND2 – 0Ivan IvanovBUL
Match #528 JulHermawan Susanto (8)INAbye
Match #628 JulRobert LiljequistFIN2 – 0Ricardo FernandesPOR
Match #728 JulTeeranun ChiangtaTHA2 – 0Broddi KristjánssonISL
Match #828 JulChris JogisUSA2 – 0Dean GaltNZL
Match #928 JulArdy Wiranata (3)INAbye
Match #1028 JulJens OlssonSWE2 – 1Lee Gwang-JinKOR
Match #1128 JulTomáš MendrekTCH2 – 0Stéphane RenaultFRA
Match #1228 JulFoo Kok KeongMAS2 – 0Hans SperreNOR
Match #1328 JulPoul-Erik Høyer Larsen (5)DENbye
Match #1428 JulFumihiko MachidaJPN2 – 1Jacek HankiewiczPOL
Match #1528 JulAbdul Hamid KhanSGP2 – 0Pedro VannesteBEL
Match #1628 JulChan Kin NgaiHKG2 – 0Nico MeerholzRSA
Match #1728 JulAndrey AntropovEUN2 – 0Kerrin HarrisonNZL
Match #1828 JulPeter AxelssonSWE2 – 0Fernando SilvaPOR
Match #1928 JulSompol KookasemkitTHA2 – 1Anders NielsenGBR
Match #2028 JulAlan Budikusuma (6)INA2 – 0Donald KohSGP
Match #2128 JulÁrni Þór HallgrímssonISL2 – 0Anton KrielRSA
Match #2228 JulKim Hak-GyunKOR – Tommy ReidyUSAwalkover
Match #2328 JulAnil KaulCAN2 – 0Florin BalabanROU
Match #2428 JulWu Wenkai (4)CHNbye
Match #2528 JulBryan BlanshardCAN2 – 0Benny LeeUSA
Match #2628 JulThomas Stuer-LauridsenDEN2 – 0Vimal KumarIND
Match #2728 JulPontus JänttiFIN2 – 0Yasen BorisovBUL
Match #2828 JulLiu Jun (7)CHNbye
Match #2928 JulWong Wai LapHKG2 – 0Édouard ClarisseMRI
Match #3028 JulJürgen KochAUT2 – 1Stephan KuhlGER
Match #3128 JulHideaki MotoyamaJPN2 – 0David SerranoESP
Match #3228 JulRashid Sidek (2)MASbye

Round Two

Date29 – 30 July 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #129 JulZhao Jianhua (1)CHN2 – 0Darren HallGBR
Match #229 JulDeepankar BhattacharyaIND2 – 1Hannes FuchsAUT
Match #329 JulHermawan Susanto (8)INA2 – 0Robert LiljequistFIN
Match #429 JulTeeranun ChiangtaTHA2 – 1Chris JogisUSA
Match #529 JulArdy Wiranata (3)INA2 – 0Jens OlssonSWE
Match #629 JulFoo Kok KeongMAS2 – 0Tomáš MendrekTCH
Match #729 JulPoul-Erik Høyer Larsen (5)DEN2 – 0Fumihiko MachidaJPN
Match #829 JulChan Kin NgaiHKG2 – 0Abdul Hamid KhanSGP
Match #930 JulAndrey AntropovEUN2 – 0Peter AxelssonSWE
Match #1030 JulAlan Budikusuma (6)INA2 – 0Sompol KookasemkitTHA
Match #1130 JulKim Hak-GyunKOR2 – 0Árni Þór HallgrímssonISL
Match #1230 JulWu Wenkai (4)CHN2 – 0Anil KaulCAN
Match #1330 JulThomas Stuer-LauridsenDEN2 – 0Bryan BlanshardCAN
Match #1430 JulLiu Jun (7)CHN2 – 0Pontus JänttiFIN
Match #1530 JulWong Wai LapHKG2 – 1Jürgen KochAUT
Match #1630 JulRashid Sidek (2)MAS2 – 0Hideaki MotoyamaJPN

Round Three

Date31 July – 1 August 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #131 JulZhao Jianhua (1)CHN2 – 0Deepankar BhattacharyaIND
Match #231 JulHermawan Susanto (8)INA2 – 0Teeranun ChiangtaTHA
Match #331 JulArdy Wiranata (3)INA2 – 0Foo Kok KeongMAS
Match #431 JulPoul-Erik Høyer Larsen (5)DEN2 – 0Chan Kin NgaiHKG
Match #501 AugAlan Budikusuma (6)INA2 – 0Andrey AntropovEUN
Match #601 AugKim Hak-GyunKOR2 – 1Wu Wenkai (4)CHN
Match #701 AugThomas Stuer-LauridsenDEN2 – 1Liu Jun (7)CHN
Match #801 AugRashid Sidek (2)MAS2 – 0Wong Wai LapHKG

Quarter-Finals

Date2 August 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #102 AugHermawan Susanto (8)INA2 – 1Zhao Jianhua (1)CHN
Match #202 AugArdy Wiranata (3)INA2 – 0Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (5)DEN
Match #302 AugAlan Budikusuma (6)INA2 – 0Kim Hak-GyunKOR
Match #402 AugThomas Stuer-LauridsenDEN2 – 0Rashid Sidek (2)MAS

Semi-Finals

Date3 August 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #103 AugArdy Wiranata (3)INA2 – 1Hermawan Susanto (8)INA
Match #203 AugAlan Budikusuma (6)INA2 – 0Thomas Stuer-LauridsenDEN

Final Round

Date4 August 1992
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match 1/204 AugAlan Budikusuma (6)INA2 – 0Ardy Wiranata (3)INA