Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Women's doubles; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia State University Gymnasium
Date	25–31 July 1996
Competitors	27 pairs from 15 nations
Medalists
	← 1992 Barcelona 2000 Sydney →

Women’s doubles badminton event at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 25 to 31 July 1996. The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 for women's doubles. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University Gymnasium.^[1]

Seeds

Semifinals					Final

1	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15	10	18

3	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	12	15	16
					1	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	5	5

					2	Ge Fei Gu Jun	15	15
4	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	8	2

2	Ge Fei Gu Jun	15	15		Bronze medal match


					3	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	7	15	15

					4	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	15	4	8

First round				Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

1	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock

	bye
				1	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15	15

					Tomomi Matsuo Masako Sakamoto	7	6
	Tomomi Matsuo Masako Sakamoto	15	15

	Diana Koleva Neli Nedjalkova	0	4
									1	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15	15

										Ann Jørgensen Lotte Olsen	9	9
	Julie Bradbury Joanne Wright

	bye
					Julie Bradbury Joanne Wright	4	5

					Ann Jørgensen Lotte Olsen	15	15
	Ann Jørgensen Lotte Olsen	15	15

	Elena Rybkhina Marina Yakusheva	13	10
													1	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15	10	18

													3	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	12	15	16
3	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu

	bye
				3	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15	4	15

					Lili Tampi Finarsih	1	15	6
	Lili Tampi Finarsih	15	15

	Rhonda Cator Amanda Hardy	9	4
									3	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15	15

										Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	8	3
	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	15	15

	Linda French Erika von Heiland	4	1
					Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	15	13	15

					Chung Jae-hee Park Soo-yun	8	15	9
	Chung Jae-hee Park Soo-yun	15	15

	Chen Li-Chin Tsai Hui-Min	7	6

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

	Kelly Morgan Joanne Muggeridge	10	5

	Eline Coene Erica van den Heuvel	15	15
						Eline Coene Erica van den Heuvel	8	3

						Chen Ying Peng Xingyong	15	15
	Victoria Evtoushenko Elena Nosdran	2	15	1

	Chen Ying Peng Xingyong	15	11	15
										Chen Ying Peng Xingyong	6	15	5

									4	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	15	8	15
	Kim Shin-young Kim Mee-hyang	15	18

	Aiko Miyamura Akiko Miyamura	12	13
						Kim Shin-young Kim Mee-hyang	8	8

					4	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	15	15
	bye

4	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen
														4	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	8	2

														2	Ge Fei Gu Jun	15	15
	Tammy Jenkins Rhona Robertson	15	15

	Si-An Deng Denyse Julien	7	4
						Tammy Jenkins Rhona Robertson	9	2

						Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana	15	15
	Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana	15	15

	Maria Bengtsson Margit Borg	6	13
										Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana	7	3

									2	Ge Fei Gu Jun	15	15
	Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	15	15

	Martine de Souza Marie-Josephe Jean-Pierre	1	2
						Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	3	6

					2	Ge Fei Gu Jun	15	15
	bye

2	Ge Fei Gu Jun

v t e Olympic badminton women's doubles champions
Exhibition	1988: Chung So-young & Kim Yun-ja (KOR)
Official	1992: Chung So-young & Hwang Hye-young (KOR) 1996: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) 2000: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) 2004: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen (CHN) 2008: Du Jing & Yu Yang (CHN) 2012: Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei (CHN) 2016: Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) 2020: Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu (INA) 2024: Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (CHN)