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Singles, Women

Date	24 July – 1 August 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia State University Sports Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	47 from 29 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

Forty-eight women started, with the 16 seeds given byes into round two. The #1 seed was the World Champion, Ye Zhaoying (CHN), but she would lose in the quarter-finals, defeated by Korea’s Kim Ji-Hyeon in straight sets. The semi-finals saw a replay of the 1992 final, with Bang Su-Hyeon exacting revenge on Indonesia’s Susi Susanti Haditono, 11-9, 11-8. In the final Bang faced Mia Audina (INA), a true badminton prodigy. Audina had first played in the Uber Cup (women’s world team championship) when only 14, and was only 16-years-old at the Atlanta Olympics. After the 1998 Uber Cup matches, she married a Dutch native and moved to that nation, which she would represent at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. The final in Atlanta was an easy victory for Bang, who had won the All-England title earlier in the year. Susanti defeated Kim for the bronze medal, 11-4, 11-1.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Bang Su-Hyeon	KOR	Gold
2	Mia Audina	INA	Silver
3	Susy Susanti	INA	Bronze
4	Kim Ji-Hyeon	KOR
=5	Han Jingna	CHN
=5	Camilla Martin	DEN
=5	Yao Yan	CHN
=5	Ye Zhaoying	CHN
=9	Margit Borg	SWE
=9	Hisako Mizui	JPN
=9	Huang Chia-Chi	TPE
=9	Kelly Morgan	GBR
=9	Yuliani Santoso	INA
=9	Yasuko Mizui	JPN
=9	Pornsawan Plungwech	THA
=9	Katarzyna Krasowska	POL
=17	Chan Chia Fong	MAS
=17	Somhasurthai Jaroensiri	THA
=17	Sandra Dimbour	FRA
=17	Yelena Rybkina	RUS
=17	Rhona Robertson	NZL
=17	Denyse Julien	CAN
=17	Christine Magnusson	SWE
=17	Zarinah Abdullah	SGP
=17	Anne Søndergaard	DEN
=17	Marina Yakusheva	RUS
=17	Santi Wibowo	SUI
=17	Obigeli Olorunsola	NGR
=17	Jeng Shwu-Zen	TPE
=17	Andrea Ódor	HUN
=17	P. V. V. Lakshmi	IND
=17	Doris Piché	CAN
=33	Neli Nedyalkova-Boteva	BUL
=33	Elsa Nielsen	ISL
=33	Marie-Josephe Jean-Pierre	MRI
=33	Jo Muggeridge	GBR
=33	Na Gyeong-Min	KOR
=33	Debra O'Connor	TTO
=33	Song Yang	AUS
=33	Olena Nozdran	UKR
=33	Ulada Charniauskaya	BLR
=33	Martine de Souza	MRI
=33	Lisa Campbell	AUS
=33	Erika Von Heiland	USA
=33	Catrine Bengtsson	SWE
=33	Anne Gibson	GBR
=33	Weena Lim	PHI
DNS	Diana Koleva	BUL

Round One

Date	24 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Ye Zhaoying (1)	CHN				bye
Match #2	24 Jul	Chan Chia Fong	MAS				bye
Match #3	24 Jul	Margit Borg	SWE	2 – 0	Neli Nedyalkova-Boteva	BUL
Match #4	24 Jul	Somhasurthai Jaroensiri	THA	2 – 0	Elsa Nielsen	ISL
Match #5	24 Jul	Kim Ji-Hyeon (5/8)	KOR				bye
Match #6	24 Jul	Sandra Dimbour	FRA				bye
Match #7	24 Jul	Hisako Mizui	JPN	2 – 0	Marie-Josephe Jean-Pierre	MRI
Match #8	24 Jul	Yelena Rybkina	RUS	2 – 0	Jo Muggeridge	GBR
Match #9	24 Jul	Camilla Martin (3/4)	DEN				bye
Match #10	24 Jul	Rhona Robertson	NZL				bye
Match #11	24 Jul	Huang Chia-Chi	TPE	2 – 0	Na Gyeong-Min	KOR
Match #12	24 Jul	Denyse Julien	CAN	2 – 0	Debra O'Connor	TTO
Match #13	24 Jul	Mia Audina (5/8)	INA				bye
Match #14	24 Jul	Christine Magnusson	SWE				bye
Match #15	24 Jul	Kelly Morgan	GBR	2 – 0	Song Yang	AUS
Match #16	24 Jul	Zarinah Abdullah	SGP	2 – 0	Olena Nozdran	UKR
Match #17	24 Jul	Anne Søndergaard	DEN	–	Diana Koleva	BUL	walkover
Match #18	24 Jul	Yuliani Santoso	INA	2 – 1	Ulada Charniauskaya	BLR
Match #19	24 Jul	Marina Yakusheva	RUS				bye
Match #20	24 Jul	Yao Yan (5/8)	CHN				bye
Match #21	24 Jul	Santi Wibowo	SUI	2 – 1	Martine de Souza	MRI
Match #22	24 Jul	Yasuko Mizui	JPN	2 – 1	Lisa Campbell	AUS
Match #23	24 Jul	Obigeli Olorunsola	NGR				bye
Match #24	24 Jul	Bang Su-Hyeon (3/4)	KOR				bye
Match #25	24 Jul	Jeng Shwu-Zen	TPE	2 – 0	Erika Von Heiland	USA
Match #26	24 Jul	Pornsawan Plungwech	THA	2 – 1	Catrine Bengtsson	SWE
Match #27	24 Jul	Andrea Ódor	HUN				bye
Match #28	24 Jul	Han Jingna (5/8)	CHN				bye
Match #29	24 Jul	P. V. V. Lakshmi	IND	2 – 0	Anne Gibson	GBR
Match #30	24 Jul	Katarzyna Krasowska	POL	2 – 0	Weena Lim	PHI
Match #31	24 Jul	Doris Piché	CAN				bye
Match #32	24 Jul	Susy Susanti (2)	INA				bye

Round Two

Date	26 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Ye Zhaoying (1)	CHN	2 – 0	Chan Chia Fong	MAS
Match #2	26 Jul	Margit Borg	SWE	2 – 1	Somhasurthai Jaroensiri	THA
Match #3	26 Jul	Kim Ji-Hyeon (5/8)	KOR	2 – 0	Sandra Dimbour	FRA
Match #4	26 Jul	Hisako Mizui	JPN	2 – 0	Yelena Rybkina	RUS
Match #5	26 Jul	Camilla Martin (3/4)	DEN	2 – 0	Rhona Robertson	NZL
Match #6	26 Jul	Huang Chia-Chi	TPE	2 – 1	Denyse Julien	CAN
Match #7	26 Jul	Mia Audina (5/8)	INA	2 – 0	Christine Magnusson	SWE
Match #8	26 Jul	Kelly Morgan	GBR	2 – 1	Zarinah Abdullah	SGP
Match #9	26 Jul	Yuliani Santoso	INA	2 – 0	Anne Søndergaard	DEN
Match #10	26 Jul	Yao Yan (5/8)	CHN	2 – 0	Marina Yakusheva	RUS
Match #11	26 Jul	Yasuko Mizui	JPN	2 – 0	Santi Wibowo	SUI
Match #12	26 Jul	Bang Su-Hyeon (3/4)	KOR	2 – 0	Obigeli Olorunsola	NGR
Match #13	26 Jul	Pornsawan Plungwech	THA	2 – 0	Jeng Shwu-Zen	TPE
Match #14	26 Jul	Han Jingna (5/8)	CHN	2 – 0	Andrea Ódor	HUN
Match #15	26 Jul	Katarzyna Krasowska	POL	2 – 0	P. V. V. Lakshmi	IND
Match #16	26 Jul	Susy Susanti (2)	INA	2 – 0	Doris Piché	CAN

Round Three

Date	27 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Ye Zhaoying (1)	CHN	2 – 0	Margit Borg	SWE
Match #2	27 Jul	Kim Ji-Hyeon (5/8)	KOR	2 – 0	Hisako Mizui	JPN
Match #3	27 Jul	Camilla Martin (3/4)	DEN	2 – 0	Huang Chia-Chi	TPE
Match #4	27 Jul	Mia Audina (5/8)	INA	2 – 1	Kelly Morgan	GBR
Match #5	27 Jul	Yao Yan (5/8)	CHN	2 – 0	Yuliani Santoso	INA
Match #6	27 Jul	Bang Su-Hyeon (3/4)	KOR	2 – 0	Yasuko Mizui	JPN
Match #7	27 Jul	Han Jingna (5/8)	CHN	2 – 0	Pornsawan Plungwech	THA
Match #8	27 Jul	Susy Susanti (2)	INA	2 – 0	Katarzyna Krasowska	POL

Quarter-Finals

Date	28 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Kim Ji-Hyeon (5/8)	KOR	2 – 0	Ye Zhaoying (1)	CHN
Match #2	28 Jul	Mia Audina (5/8)	INA	2 – 1	Camilla Martin (3/4)	DEN
Match #3	28 Jul	Bang Su-Hyeon (3/4)	KOR	2 – 0	Yao Yan (5/8)	CHN
Match #4	28 Jul	Susy Susanti (2)	INA	2 – 1	Han Jingna (5/8)	CHN

Semi-Finals

Date	30 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Mia Audina (5/8)	INA	2 – 1	Kim Ji-Hyeon (5/8)	KOR
Match #2	30 Jul	Bang Su-Hyeon (3/4)	KOR	2 – 0	Susy Susanti (2)	INA

Final Round

Date	31 July – 1 August 1996

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match 1/2	01 Aug 9:00	Bang Su-Hyeon (3/4)	KOR	2 – 0	Mia Audina (5/8)	INA
Match 3/4	31 Jul 19:00	Susy Susanti (2)	INA	2 – 0	Kim Ji-Hyeon (5/8)	KOR