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Doubles, Mixed

Date	26 July – 1 August 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia State University Sports Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	64 from 18 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

This was the Olympic début of badminton mixed doubles. The last two World Championships had been won by Europeans – 1993 by the mixed team of Thomas Lund (DEN) and Catrine Bengtsson (SWE), and 1995 by the Danish team of Lund and Marlene Thomsen. But Lund and Thomsen, also the 1995 All-England champions, did not enter the mixed event in Atlanta. The 1996 All-England title was won by Korea’s Na Gyeong-Min and Park Ju-Bong, who were also world ranked #1. Park had won a gold medal in 1992 in men’s doubles. The mixed final came down to Ra/Park against another Korean pair, Gir Yeong-A and Kim Dong-Mun, the 5th-ranked team in the world. The match went three games, with Gir and Kim winning, 15-12, in the final game. Gir and Park would soon retire, and Kim and Ra would begin competing together, winning the 1999 World Championships.

Pos	Pair	NOC
1	Gil Yeong-Ah / Kim Dong-Mun	KOR	Gold
2	Na Gyeong-Min / Park Ju-Bong	KOR	Silver
3	Sun Man / Liu Jianjun	CHN	Bronze
4	Peng Xingyong / Chen Xingdong	CHN
=5	Riseu Rosalina / Flandy Limpele	INA
=5	Minarti Timur / Tri Kusharyanto	INA
=5	Rikke Olsen / Michael Søgaard	DEN
=5	Wang Xiaoyuan / Tao Xiaoqiang	CHN
=9	Helene Kirkegaard / Jens Eriksen	DEN
=9	Astrid Crabo / Jan-Eric Antonsson	SWE
=9	Joanne Wright / Nick Ponting	GBR
=9	Catrine Bengtsson / Peter Axelsson	SWE
=9	Erica van den Heuvel / Ron Michels	NED
=9	Rhonda Cator / Peter Blackburn	AUS
=9	Denyse Julien / Darryl Yung	CAN
=9	Lotte Olsen / Christian Jakobsen	DEN
=17	Karen Stechmann / Michael Keck	GER
=17	Ulada Charniauskaya / Mikhail Korshuk	BLR
=17	Marie-Josephe Jean-Pierre / Édouard Clarisse	MRI
=17	Emmy Chan / Tim He	HKG
=17	Martine de Souza / Stephan Beeharry	MRI
=17	Jo Muggeridge / Chris Hunt	GBR
=17	Amanda Hardy / Paul Stevenson	AUS
=17	Marina Yakusheva / Nikolay Zuyev	RUS
=17	Viktoriya Yevtushenko / Vladyslav Druzhchenko	UKR
=17	Neli Nedyalkova-Boteva / Todor Velkov	BUL
=17	Lisa Campbell / Murray Hocking	AUS
=17	Doris Piché / Iain Sydie	CAN
=17	Santi Wibowo / Thomas Wapp	SUI
=17	Obigeli Olorunsola / Kayode Akinsanya	NGR
=17	Si-An Deng / Anil Kaul	CAN
=17	Julie Bradbury / Simon Archer	GBR

Round One

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

Match	Date/Time	Pair (Seed)	NOC	Result	Pair (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Na / Park (1)	KOR	15-3, 15-6	Piché / Sydie	CAN
Match #2	26 Jul	Bengtsson / Axelsson	SWE	15-5, 15-8	Muggeridge / Hunt	GBR
Match #3	26 Jul	Wang / Tao (5/8)	CHN	15-5, 15-4	Campbell / Hocking	AUS
Match #4	26 Jul	Olsen / Jakobsen	DEN	15-1, 15-2	Olorunsola / Akinsanya	NGR
Match #5	26 Jul	Sun / Liu (3/4)	CHN	15-12, 15-3	Deng / Kaul	CAN
Match #6	26 Jul	Cator / Blackburn	AUS	18-14, 15-9	Charniauskaya / Korshuk	BLR
Match #7	26 Jul	Rosalina / Limpele	INA	15-5, 15-6	Bradbury / Archer (5/8)	GBR
Match #8	26 Jul	Kirkegaard / Eriksen	DEN	15-6, 15-8	de Souza / Beeharry	MRI
Match #9	26 Jul	van den Heuvel / Michels	NED	15-4, 15-6	Nedyalkova-Boteva / Velkov	BUL
Match #10	26 Jul	Olsen / Søgaard (5/8)	DEN	15-5, 15-5	Yevtushenko / Druzhchenko	UKR
Match #11	26 Jul	Julien / Yung	CAN	15-9, 15-3	Hardy / Stevenson	AUS
Match #12	26 Jul	Peng / Chen (3/4)	CHN	15-5, 15-2	Wibowo / Wapp	SUI
Match #13	26 Jul	Wright / Ponting	GBR	15-10, 18-14	Stechmann / Keck	GER
Match #14	26 Jul	Gil / Kim (5/8)	KOR	15-6, 15-10	Chan / He	HKG
Match #15	26 Jul	Crabo / Antonsson	SWE	15-4, 15-12	Jean-Pierre / Clarisse	MRI
Match #16	26 Jul	Timur / Kusharyanto (2)	INA	15-6, 15-6	Yakusheva / Zuyev	RUS

Round Two

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

Match	Date/Time	Pair (Seed)	NOC	Result	Pair (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Na / Park (1)	KOR	15-1, 17-15	Bengtsson / Axelsson	SWE
Match #2	27 Jul	Wang / Tao (5/8)	CHN	16-17, 15-6, 15-5	Olsen / Jakobsen	DEN
Match #3	27 Jul	Sun / Liu (3/4)	CHN	15-4, 7-15, 15-4	Cator / Blackburn	AUS
Match #4	27 Jul	Rosalina / Limpele	INA	10-15, 15-9, 15-9	Kirkegaard / Eriksen	DEN
Match #5	27 Jul	Olsen / Søgaard (5/8)	DEN	15-4, 15-6	van den Heuvel / Michels	NED
Match #6	27 Jul	Peng / Chen (3/4)	CHN	15-11, 15-6	Julien / Yung	CAN
Match #7	27 Jul	Gil / Kim (5/8)	KOR	18-13, 15-1	Wright / Ponting	GBR
Match #8	27 Jul	Timur / Kusharyanto (2)	INA	15-5, 18-13	Crabo / Antonsson	SWE

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Pair (Seed)	NOC	Result	Pair (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Na / Park (1)	KOR	15-7, 15-9	Wang / Tao (5/8)	CHN
Match #2	29 Jul	Sun / Liu (3/4)	CHN	15-2, 5-15, 15-7	Rosalina / Limpele	INA
Match #3	29 Jul	Peng / Chen (3/4)	CHN	15-10, 6-15, 18-15	Olsen / Søgaard (5/8)	DEN
Match #4	29 Jul	Gil / Kim (5/8)	KOR	15-4, 15-13	Timur / Kusharyanto (2)	INA

Semi-Finals

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

Match	Date/Time	Pair (Seed)	NOC	Result	Pair (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Na / Park (1)	KOR	15-10, 15-4	Sun / Liu (3/4)	CHN
Match #2	30 Jul	Gil / Kim (5/8)	KOR	15-6, 15-8	Peng / Chen (3/4)	CHN

Final Round

Date	31 July – 1 August 1996

Match	Date/Time	Pair (Seed)	NOC	Result	Pair (Seed)	NOC
Match 1/2	01 Aug 11:15	Gil / Kim (5/8)	KOR	13-15, 15-4, 15-12	Na / Park (1)	KOR
Match 3/4	31 Jul 20:30	Sun / Liu (3/4)	CHN	13-15, 17-15, 15-4	Peng / Chen (3/4)	CHN