Singles, Women

Date	24 – 31 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall D)
Participants	63 from 37 countries
Format	Round-robin qualifying pools, followed by single-elimination tournament.

The defending champion, Deng Yaping, was World Champion in 1991 and 1995, and was favored. Also back was the 1988 gold medalist, Chen Jing, but she was now representing Chinese Taipei (Taiwan). They were joined by 1992 silver medalist and 1989 World Champion, Qiao Hong, and the 1987 World Champion, Chire Koyama of Japan. Koyama had won her world title competing for China as He Zhili. The final in Atlanta came down to the last two gold medalists, Deng against Chen. Known as Chinese Taipei in the Olympic Movement, the IOC had brokered a deal in 1980 with the Republic of China, in which they could compete but not under the Taiwanese flag. Instead they used a special flag with the Olympic Symbol on it. But in the audience during the final, a spectator unfurled the actual Taiwanese flag. Police were called to remove the fan and the flag, as IOC rules forbid the display of any flags of non-competing nations by spectators. The final was extremely close for four games, but Deng crushed Chen in the fifth game, 21-5, to repeat as gold medalist.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Deng Yaping	CHN		Gold
2	Chen Jing	TPE		Silver
3	Qiao Hong	CHN		Bronze
4	Liu Wei	CHN
=5	Nicole Struse	GER
=5	Kim Hyon-Hui	PRK
=5	Chan Tan Lui	HKG
=5	Chire Koyama	JPN
=9	Park Hae-Jeong	KOR
=9	Dai-Yong Tu	SUI
=9	Chai Po Wa	HKG
=9	Otilia Bădescu	ROU
=9	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
=9	Lijuan Geng	CAN
=9	Tu Jong-Sil	PRK
=9	Jing Jun Hong	SGP
=17	Adriana Simion	ROU
=17	Amy Feng	USA
=17	Chunli Li	NZL
=17	Flyura Bulatova-Abbate	ITA
=17	Irina Palina	RUS
=17	Jie Schöpp	GER
=17	Kim Hyang-Mi	PRK
=17	Lily Hugh	USA
=17	Lyanne Kosaka	BRA
=17	Marie Svensson	SWE
=17	Olga Nemes	GER
=17	Park Gyeong-Ae	KOR
=17	Rika Sato	JPN
=17	Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU
=17	Yu Ji-Hye	KOR
=17	Taeko Todo	JPN
=33	Alessia Arisi	ITA
=33	Åsa Svensson	SWE
=33	Chen Chiu-Tan	TPE
=33	Emilia Elena Ciosu	ROU
=33	Gerdie Keen	NED
=33	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED
=33	Jana Dobešová	CZE
=33	Krisztina Tóth	HUN
=33	Lisa Lomas	GBR
=33	Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg	NED
=33	Shirley Zhou	AUS
=33	Tamara Boroš	CRO
=33	Valentina Popovová	SVK
=33	Xiao-Ming Wang-Dréchou	FRA
=33	Xu Jing	TPE
=33	Yelena Timina	RUS
=49	Aida Steshenko	TKM
=49	Ambika Radhika	IND
=49	Berta Rodríguez	CHI
=49	Blanca Alejo	DOM
=49	Bose Kaffo	NGR
=49	Eliana González	PER
=49	Fabiola Ramos	VEN
=49	Larissa Chouaib	LBN
=49	June Kyakobye	UGA
=49	Mary Musoke	UGA
=49	Mônica Doti	BRA
=49	Funke Oshonaike	NGR
=49	Petra Cada	CAN
=49	Rossy Pratiwi Dipoyanti	INA
=49	Sonia Touati	TUN

Preliminary Round (24 – 26 July 1996)

Group A (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Deng Yaping	CHN	3	0	6	0	126	53
2	Marie Svensson	SWE	2	1	4	2	103	81
3	Lisa Lomas	GBR	1	2	2	4	90	101
4	June Kyakobye	UGA	0	3	0	6	42	126

Match #1	Deng Yaping	CHN	2 – 0 21-4, 21-8	June Kyakobye	UGA
Match #2	Marie Svensson	SWE	2 – 0 21-16, 21-10	Lisa Lomas	GBR
Match #3	Marie Svensson	SWE	2 – 0 21-7, 21-6	June Kyakobye	UGA
Match #4	Deng Yaping	CHN	2 – 0 21-14, 21-8	Lisa Lomas	GBR
Match #5	Lisa Lomas	GBR	2 – 0 21-8, 21-9	June Kyakobye	UGA
Match #6	Deng Yaping	CHN	2 – 0 21-14, 21-5	Marie Svensson	SWE

Group B (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Qiao Hong	CHN	3	0	6	0	126	71	Q
2	Rika Sato	JPN	2	1	4	2	118	89
3	Xiao-Ming Wang-Dréchou	FRA	1	2	2	4	103	97
4	Mary Musoke	UGA	0	3	0	6	36	126

Match #1	Qiao Hong	CHN	2 – 0 21-10, 21-4	Mary Musoke	UGA
Match #2	Rika Sato	JPN	2 – 0 21-19, 21-19	Xiao-Ming Wang-Dréchou	FRA
Match #3	Rika Sato	JPN	2 – 0 21-6, 21-3	Mary Musoke	UGA
Match #4	Qiao Hong	CHN	2 – 0 21-12, 21-11	Xiao-Ming Wang-Dréchou	FRA
Match #5	Xiao-Ming Wang-Dréchou	FRA	2 – 0 21-7, 21-6	Mary Musoke	UGA
Match #6	Qiao Hong	CHN	2 – 0 21-17, 21-17	Rika Sato	JPN

Group C (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Chen Jing	TPE	3	0	6	1	145	88	Q
2	Chunli Li	NZL	2	1	4	2	109	76
3	Alessia Arisi	ITA	1	2	3	4	116	120
4	Larissa Chouaib	LBN	0	3	0	6	40	126

Match #1	Chen Jing	TPE	2 – 0 21-5, 21-6	Larissa Chouaib	LBN
Match #2	Chunli Li	NZL	2 – 0 21-14, 21-8	Alessia Arisi	ITA
Match #3	Chunli Li	NZL	2 – 0 21-7, 21-5	Larissa Chouaib	LBN
Match #4	Chen Jing	TPE	2 – 1 19-21, 21-18, 21-13	Alessia Arisi	ITA
Match #5	Alessia Arisi	ITA	2 – 0 21-4, 21-13	Larissa Chouaib	LBN
Match #6	Chen Jing	TPE	2 – 0 21-10, 21-15	Chunli Li	NZL

Group D (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Liu Wei	CHN	3	0	6	2	161	112	Q
2	Amy Feng	USA	2	1	5	2	129	112
3	Valentina Popovová	SVK	1	2	3	4	126	119
4	Berta Rodríguez	CHI	0	3	0	6	53	126

Match #1	Liu Wei	CHN	2 – 0 21-4, 21-12	Berta Rodríguez	CHI
Match #2	Amy Feng	USA	2 – 0 22-20, 21-12	Valentina Popovová	SVK
Match #3	Amy Feng	USA	2 – 0 21-15, 21-7	Berta Rodríguez	CHI
Match #4	Liu Wei	CHN	2 – 1 19-21, 21-13, 21-18	Valentina Popovová	SVK
Match #5	Valentina Popovová	SVK	2 – 0 21-11, 21-4	Berta Rodríguez	CHI
Match #6	Liu Wei	CHN	2 – 1 16-21, 21-8, 21-15	Amy Feng	USA

Group E (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Chai Po Wa	HKG	3	0	6	1	144	78	Q
2	Adriana Simion	ROU	2	1	5	2	126	106
3	Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg	NED	1	2	2	4	100	114
4	Fabiola Ramos	VEN	0	3	0	6	54	126

Match #1	Chai Po Wa	HKG	2 – 0 21-6, 21-4	Fabiola Ramos	VEN
Match #2	Adriana Simion	ROU	2 – 0 21-17, 21-15	Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg	NED
Match #3	Adriana Simion	ROU	2 – 0 21-7, 21-7	Fabiola Ramos	VEN
Match #4	Chai Po Wa	HKG	2 – 0 21-17, 21-9	Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg	NED
Match #5	Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg	NED	2 – 0 21-18, 21-12	Fabiola Ramos	VEN
Match #6	Chai Po Wa	HKG	2 – 1 21-12, 18-21, 21-9	Adriana Simion	ROU

Group F (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Lijuan Geng	CAN	2	0	4	0	84	58	Q
2	Park Gyeong-Ae	KOR	1	1	2	2	71	74
3	Gerdie Keen	NED	0	2	0	4	61	84

Match #1	Park Gyeong-Ae	KOR	2 – 0 21-16, 21-16	Gerdie Keen	NED
Match #2	Lijuan Geng	CAN	2 – 0 21-10, 21-19	Gerdie Keen	NED
Match #3	Lijuan Geng	CAN	2 – 0 21-15, 21-14	Park Gyeong-Ae	KOR

Group G (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Nicole Struse	GER	3	0	6	1	144	80
2	Taeko Todo	JPN	2	1	3	2	93	95
3	Tamara Boroš	CRO	1	2	2	4	92	110
4	Sonia Touati	TUN	0	3	0	4	40	84

Match #1	Nicole Struse	GER	2 – 0 21-11, 21-5	Sonia Touati	TUN
Match #2	Taeko Todo	JPN	2 – 0 23-21, 21-14	Tamara Boroš	CRO
Match #3	Taeko Todo	JPN	–	Sonia Touati	TUN
Match #4	Nicole Struse	GER	2 – 0 21-6, 21-9	Tamara Boroš	CRO
Match #5	Tamara Boroš	CRO	2 – 0 21-16, 21-8	Sonia Touati	TUN
Match #6	Nicole Struse	GER	2 – 1 21-12, 18-21, 21-16	Taeko Todo	JPN

Group H (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Chire Koyama	JPN	3	0	6	1	141	110	Q
2	Irina Palina	RUS	2	1	5	2	134	104
3	Jana Dobešová	CZE	1	2	2	4	108	102
4	Blanca Alejo	DOM	0	3	0	6	59	126

Match #1	Chire Koyama	JPN	2 – 0 21-9, 21-11	Blanca Alejo	DOM
Match #2	Irina Palina	RUS	2 – 0 21-9, 21-17	Jana Dobešová	CZE
Match #3	Irina Palina	RUS	2 – 0 21-11, 21-12	Blanca Alejo	DOM
Match #4	Chire Koyama	JPN	2 – 0 22-20, 22-20	Jana Dobešová	CZE
Match #5	Jana Dobešová	CZE	2 – 0 21-9, 21-7	Blanca Alejo	DOM
Match #6	Chire Koyama	JPN	2 – 1 13-21, 21-19, 21-10	Irina Palina	RUS

Group I (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Kim Hyon-Hui	PRK	3	0	6	0	128	100	Q
2	Jie Schöpp	GER	2	1	4	2	120	88
3	Yelena Timina	RUS	1	2	2	4	108	113
4	Funke Oshonaike	NGR	0	3	0	6	71	126

Match #1	Kim Hyon-Hui	PRK	2 – 0 21-15, 21-16	Funke Oshonaike	NGR
Match #2	Jie Schöpp	GER	2 – 0 21-14, 21-19	Yelena Timina	RUS
Match #3	Jie Schöpp	GER	2 – 0 21-6, 21-7	Funke Oshonaike	NGR
Match #4	Kim Hyon-Hui	PRK	2 – 0 23-21, 21-12	Yelena Timina	RUS
Match #5	Yelena Timina	RUS	2 – 0 21-14, 21-13	Funke Oshonaike	NGR
Match #6	Kim Hyon-Hui	PRK	2 – 0 21-17, 21-19	Jie Schöpp	GER

Group J (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	3	0	6	1	146	105	Q
2	Kim Hyang-Mi	PRK	2	1	5	3	159	135
3	Xu Jing	TPE	1	2	3	4	120	123
4	Petra Cada	CAN	0	3	0	6	64	126

Match #1	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	2 – 0 21-4, 21-13	Petra Cada	CAN
Match #2	Kim Hyang-Mi	PRK	2 – 1 21-15, 15-21, 21-14	Xu Jing	TPE
Match #3	Kim Hyang-Mi	PRK	2 – 0 21-10, 21-13	Petra Cada	CAN
Match #4	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	2 – 0 21-12, 21-16	Xu Jing	TPE
Match #5	Xu Jing	TPE	2 – 0 21-17, 21-7	Petra Cada	CAN
Match #6	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	2 – 1 19-21, 21-19, 22-20	Kim Hyang-Mi	PRK

Group K (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Park Hae-Jeong	KOR	3	0	6	0	128	86	Q
2	Olga Nemes	GER	2	1	4	2	120	100
3	Chen Chiu-Tan	TPE	1	2	2	4	104	103
4	Aida Steshenko	TKM	0	3	0	6	63	126

Match #1	Park Hae-Jeong	KOR	2 – 0 21-9, 21-10	Aida Steshenko	TKM
Match #2	Olga Nemes	GER	2 – 0 21-12, 21-19	Chen Chiu-Tan	TPE
Match #3	Olga Nemes	GER	2 – 0 21-11, 21-14	Aida Steshenko	TKM
Match #4	Park Hae-Jeong	KOR	2 – 0 21-19, 21-12	Chen Chiu-Tan	TPE
Match #5	Chen Chiu-Tan	TPE	2 – 0 21-8, 21-11	Aida Steshenko	TKM
Match #6	Park Hae-Jeong	KOR	2 – 0 23-21, 21-15	Olga Nemes	GER

Group L (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Tu Jong-Sil	PRK	3	0	6	0	126	78
2	Yu Ji-Hye	KOR	2	1	4	3	135	105
3	Åsa Svensson	SWE	1	2	3	4	116	131
4	Eliana González	PER	0	3	0	6	63	126

Match #1	Tu Jong-Sil	PRK	2 – 0 21-6, 21-9	Eliana González	PER
Match #2	Yu Ji-Hye	KOR	2 – 1 21-13, 17-21, 21-11	Åsa Svensson	SWE
Match #3	Yu Ji-Hye	KOR	2 – 0 21-11, 21-7	Eliana González	PER
Match #4	Tu Jong-Sil	PRK	2 – 0 21-13, 21-16	Åsa Svensson	SWE
Match #5	Åsa Svensson	SWE	2 – 0 21-11, 21-19	Eliana González	PER
Match #6	Tu Jong-Sil	PRK	2 – 0 21-17, 21-17	Yu Ji-Hye	KOR

Group M (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	3	0	6	0	126	95	Q
2	Flyura Bulatova-Abbate	ITA	2	1	4	2	119	97
3	Shirley Zhou	AUS	1	2	2	4	106	97
4	Rossy Pratiwi Dipoyanti	INA	0	3	0	6	64	126

Match #1	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	2 – 0 21-12, 21-15	Rossy Pratiwi Dipoyanti	INA
Match #2	Flyura Bulatova-Abbate	ITA	2 – 0 21-18, 21-13	Shirley Zhou	AUS
Match #3	Flyura Bulatova-Abbate	ITA	2 – 0 21-12, 21-12	Rossy Pratiwi Dipoyanti	INA
Match #4	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	2 – 0 21-19, 21-14	Shirley Zhou	AUS
Match #5	Shirley Zhou	AUS	2 – 0 21-2, 21-11	Rossy Pratiwi Dipoyanti	INA
Match #6	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	2 – 0 21-16, 21-19	Flyura Bulatova-Abbate	ITA

Group N (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	3	0	6	1	144	82
2	Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU	2	1	5	3	132	136
3	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	1	2	3	4	124	116
4	Ambika Radhika	IND	0	3	0	6	60	126

Match #1	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	2 – 0 21-17, 21-3	Ambika Radhika	IND
Match #2	Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU	2 – 1 18-21, 21-14, 21-15	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED
Match #3	Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU	2 – 0 21-13, 21-13	Ambika Radhika	IND
Match #4	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	2 – 0 21-14, 21-18	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED
Match #5	Bettine Vriesekoop	NED	2 – 0 21-8, 21-6	Ambika Radhika	IND
Match #6	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	2 – 1 21-4, 18-21, 21-5	Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU

Group O (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Chan Tan Lui	HKG	3	0	6	1	144	108	Q
2	Lily Hugh	USA	2	1	4	2	106	97
3	Krisztina Tóth	HUN	1	2	3	4	134	121
4	Mônica Doti	BRA	0	3	0	6	68	126

Match #1	Chan Tan Lui	HKG	2 – 0 21-14, 21-15	Mônica Doti	BRA
Match #2	Lily Hugh	USA	2 – 0 21-17, 21-18	Krisztina Tóth	HUN
Match #3	Lily Hugh	USA	2 – 0 21-10, 21-10	Mônica Doti	BRA
Match #4	Chan Tan Lui	HKG	2 – 1 21-19, 18-21, 21-17	Krisztina Tóth	HUN
Match #5	Krisztina Tóth	HUN	2 – 0 21-12, 21-7	Mônica Doti	BRA
Match #6	Chan Tan Lui	HKG	2 – 0 21-5, 21-17	Lily Hugh	USA

Group P (24 – 26 July 1996)

Winner of group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Dai-Yong Tu	SUI	3	0	6	1	148	95	Q
2	Lyanne Kosaka	BRA	2	1	4	2	99	105
3	Emilia Elena Ciosu	ROU	1	2	3	5	151	157
4	Bose Kaffo	NGR	0	3	1	6	103	144

Match #1	Dai-Yong Tu	SUI	2 – 0 21-7, 21-9	Bose Kaffo	NGR
Match #2	Lyanne Kosaka	BRA	2 – 0 21-17, 21-10	Emilia Elena Ciosu	ROU
Match #3	Lyanne Kosaka	BRA	2 – 0 21-17, 21-19	Bose Kaffo	NGR
Match #4	Dai-Yong Tu	SUI	2 – 1 17-21, 25-23, 22-20	Emilia Elena Ciosu	ROU
Match #5	Emilia Elena Ciosu	ROU	2 – 1 21-12, 18-21, 21-18	Bose Kaffo	NGR
Match #6	Dai-Yong Tu	SUI	2 – 0 21-6, 21-9	Lyanne Kosaka	BRA

Round One (27 July 1996)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Deng Yaping	CHN	3 – 0 21-14, 21-19, 24-22	Park Hae-Jeong	KOR
Match #2	Nicole Struse	GER	3 – 1 18-21, 21-9, 21-16, 21-17	Dai-Yong Tu	SUI
Match #3	Kim Hyon-Hui	PRK	3 – 1 21-16, 22-20, 14-21, 22-20	Chai Po Wa	HKG
Match #4	Liu Wei	CHN	3 – 0 21-18, 21-16, 21-13	Otilia Bădescu	ROU
Match #5	Chen Jing	TPE	3 – 1 21-13, 21-14, 15-21, 21-14	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
Match #6	Chan Tan Lui	HKG	3 – 1 14-21, 21-17, 21-11, 21-14	Lijuan Geng	CAN
Match #7	Chire Koyama	JPN	3 – 2 21-12, 22-20, 16-21, 17-21, 21-16	Tu Jong-Sil	PRK
Match #8	Qiao Hong	CHN	3 – 0 21-9, 21-12, 21-14	Jing Jun Hong	SGP

Quarter-Finals (29 July 1996)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Deng Yaping	CHN	3 – 0 21-16, 21-9, 21-13	Nicole Struse	GER
Match #2	Liu Wei	CHN	3 – 0 21-12, 21-20, 21-14	Kim Hyon-Hui	PRK
Match #3	Chen Jing	TPE	3 – 0 21-12, 21-15, 21-19	Chan Tan Lui	HKG
Match #4	Qiao Hong	CHN	3 – 0 21-18, 21-19, 21-16	Chire Koyama	JPN

Semi-Finals (30 July 1996 — 21:00)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Deng Yaping	CHN	3 – 1 21-23, 21-17, 21-19, 21-9	Liu Wei	CHN
Match #2	Chen Jing	TPE	3 – 0 21-9, 23-21, 21-17	Qiao Hong	CHN

Final Round (31 July 1996)

Match 1/2	Deng Yaping	CHN	3 – 2 21-14, 21-17, 20-22, 17-21, 21-5	Chen Jing	TPE
Match 3/4	Qiao Hong	CHN	3 – 1 21-17, 15-21, 21-19, 21-11	Liu Wei	CHN