Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

These are the results of the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Men's singles
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing University of Technology
Gymnasium
Date9 August to 17 August
Competitors41 from 35 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Lin Dan China
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Lee Chong Wei Malaysia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Chen Jin China

The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring. Each game had to be won by a margin of two points, except when the game was won by a player who reached 30 even if the lead was only 1 at that point.

The top eight seeds in the tournament were placed in the bracket so as not to face each other until the quarterfinals. All other competitors were placed by draw.

Seeds

  1.  Lin Dan (CHN) (gold medalist)
  2.  Lee Chong Wei (MAS) (silver medalist)
  3.  Bao Chunlai (CHN) (quarter-finals)
  4.  Chen Jin (CHN) (bronze medalist)
  5.  Kenneth Jonassen (DEN) (second round)
  6.  Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA) (quarter-finals)
  7.  Taufik Hidayat (INA) (second round)
  8.  Peter Gade (DEN) (quarter-finals)

Draw

Finals

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
               
1  Lin Dan (CHN)2121 
8  Peter Gade (DEN)1316 
1  Lin Dan (CHN)2121 
4  Chen Jin (CHN)1218 
4  Chen Jin (CHN)2121 
   Hsieh Yu-Hsing (TPE)814 
1  Lin Dan (CHN)2121 
2  Lee Chong Wei (MAS)128 
   Lee Hyun-il (KOR)2321 
3  Bao Chunlai (CHN)2111 
   Lee Hyun-il (KOR)182113Bronze-medal match
2  Lee Chong Wei (MAS)211321
6  Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA)911 4  Chen Jin (CHN)211221
2  Lee Chong Wei (MAS)2121    Lee Hyun-il (KOR)162114

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter-finals
1  Lin Dan (CHN)2121 
   Ng Wei (HKG)1613 
1  Lin Dan (CHN)2121 
   Park Sung-hwan (KOR)811 
   Edwin Ekiring (UGA)58 
   Andrew Dabeka (CAN)1111    Park Sung-hwan (KOR)2121 
   Park Sung-hwan (KOR)2121 1  Lin Dan (CHN)2121 
8  Peter Gade (DEN)1316 
8  Peter Gade (DEN)2121 
   Nabil Lasmari (ALG)64 
8  Peter Gade (DEN)192221
   Shoji Sato (JPN)212015
   Shoji Sato (JPN)2121 
   Anup Sridhar (IND)2121    Anup Sridhar (IND)1317 
   Marco Vasconcelos (POR)1614 

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter-finals
4  Chen Jin (CHN)2121 
   John Moody (NZL)911 
4  Chen Jin (CHN)2121 
   Erwin Kehlhoffner (FRA)106 
WC  Eli Mambwe (ZAM)1517 
   Erwin Kehlhoffner (FRA)192221   Erwin Kehlhoffner (FRA)2121 
   Stuart Gomez (AUS)2120154  Chen Jin (CHN)2121 
   Hsieh Yu-Hsing (TPE)814 
7  Taufik Hidayat (INA)1916 
   Wong Choong Hann (MAS)2121 
   Wong Choong Hann (MAS)211718
   Hsieh Yu-Hsing (TPE)142121
   Nguyen Tien Minh (VIE)162115
   Hsieh Yu-Hsing (TPE)2121    Hsieh Yu-Hsing (TPE)211521
   Kaveh Mehrabi (IRI)1612 

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter-finals
   Scott Evans (IRL)182119
   Marc Zwiebler (GER)211821   Marc Zwiebler (GER)162121
   Petr Koukal (CZE)211215   Andrew Smith (GBR)211317
   Andrew Smith (GBR)102121   Marc Zwiebler (GER)1311 
   Lee Hyun-il (KOR)2121 
   Lee Hyun-il (KOR)152121
5  Kenneth Jonassen (DEN)211419
   Lee Hyun-il (KOR)2321 
   Przemysław Wacha (POL)2121 3  Bao Chunlai (CHN)2111 
   Raul Must (EST)1415    Przemysław Wacha (POL)211121
   Christian Bösiger (SUI)122119
   Przemysław Wacha (POL)112113
3  Bao Chunlai (CHN)211921
   Kevin Cordón (GUA)1716 
3  Bao Chunlai (CHN)2121 

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter-finals
   Ville Lång (FIN)2121 
   Vladislav Druzchenko (UKR)1219    Ville Lång (FIN)2121 
   Raju Rai (USA)916 
   Ville Lång (FIN)1318 
6  Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA)2121 
   Boonsak Ponsana (THA)1614 
6  Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA)2121 
6  Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA)911 
   Kęstutis Navickas (LTU)2312212  Lee Chong Wei (MAS)2121 
   Pablo Abián (ESP)21219   Kęstutis Navickas (LTU)2121 
   Stanislav Pukhov (RUS)1217 
   Kęstutis Navickas (LTU)57 
2  Lee Chong Wei (MAS)2121 
   Ronald Susilo (SIN)1314 
2  Lee Chong Wei (MAS)2121