A total of 173 players was planned to compete in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Of them, 16 pairs competed in each doubles events, 41 players competed in the men's singles event and 47 players competed in the women's singles event.
Qualifying criteria
The main qualifying criterion was the BWF Ranking list as of May 1, 2008. It provided a total of 16 pairs in each doubles event and 38 athletes in each singles event, in the following manner: Rankings 1–4: Players/pairs will be taken in turn unless a NOC has already qualified 3 players/pairs. Rankings 5–16: Players/pairs will be taken in turn unless a NOC has already qualified 2 players/pairs. Rankings 17+: Players/pairs will be taken in turn unless a NOC has already qualified 1 player/pair.
Each continent was guaranteed one entry in each event. If this was not satisfied by the entry selection method described above, the highest ranking player/pair had qualified. If there was no player/pair in the rankings, the winner of the most recently contested Continental Championship was qualified.
The host nation (People's Republic of China) entered 2 players in total, but more than 2 players were permitted if they all qualified under qualifying regulations.
There were also 2 invitational places in each singles event which were allocated by the IOC Tripartite Commission.Olympic Qualifying Regulations for Beijing 2008
Summary NOCMen's SinglesMen's DoublesWomen's SinglesWomen's DoublesMixed DoublesTotal Quotas Athletes1 111111 46 1 11 1 111 1 1343233213191 11 341 1 2222111710 1 111 1 221 1 221 1 221 2 1451 112561 111 2 33 1 111 1 22221128111 111 1 22 1 111212 6101 1 222211 69 1 11 1 111 123 1 11 1 11111 1451 1 221 1 22 1121 11145 1 11 1 11 111 35221229131 1 22 1 11 1 111 1 221 1 1341 111 1 221111 451 1 221 11Total: 50 NOCs41 16 47 16 16 136 173
Qualifiers The color pink signifies that a player withdrew from the competition.
Men's singles No.RankPlayerNOCNote11Lin Dan22Lee Chong Wei33Bao Chunlai44Chen Jin55Kenneth Jonassen66Sony Dwi Kuncoro77Taufik Hidayat88Peter Gade99Boonsak Ponsana1010Park Sung-hwan1111Lee Hyun-il1213Przemysław Wacha1314Wong Choong Hann1417Ronald Susilo1518Shoji Sato1620Ng Wei1730Marc Zwiebler1831Andrew Smith1933Anup Sridhar2034Andrew Dabeka2135Nguyễn Tiến Minh—36Eric PangEric Pang was forced to withdraw due to the strict qualification rules set out by the Dutch Olympic Committee Badzine.info 2238Petr Koukal2340John Moody2443Scott Evans2547Pablo Abián2652Hsieh Yu-hsing2754Ville Lång2857Kevin Cordón2958Kęstutis Navickas3059Erwin Kehlhoffner3160Stanislav Pukhov3264Marco Vasconcelos3368Raju Rai3469Vladislav Druzchenko3572Stuart Gomez—79Jürgen Koch—83Magnus SahlbergMaghus Sahlberg withdrew from the competition with unknown reason after a meeting with Swedish Olympic Council Badzine.info —84Yuhan TanRemove from Olympic Men's Singles List as of July 7, 2008.3686Nabil Lasmari3788Raul Must3892Kaveh Mehrabi3995Edwin Ekiring4099Christian Bösiger41129Eli MambweWC
Women's singles No.RankPlayerNOCNote11Xie Xingfang22Zhang Ning33Lu Lan45Wang Chen56Pi Hongyan67Tine Rasmussen78Xu Huaiwen—9Zhou MiHong Kong would have received the option to select any two of the three players it had in the women's singles top three, under qualification rule 3.3.3. However, Zhou does not have a Hong Kong passport and was not granted a special dispensation to compete for Hong Kong from the International Olympic Committee.Badzine.info Thus, only Wang and Yip are eligible for selection for Hong Kong's two qualification places.810Wong Mew Choo911Jun Jae-youn1012Yip Pui Yin1113Juliane Schenk1214Tracey Hallam1315Eriko Hirose1416Cheng Shao-chieh1517Petya Nedelcheva—18Yao Jie1623Anna Rice1724Maria Kristin Yulianti1826Larisa Griga1927Ella Diehl2031Saina Nehwal2132Sara Persson2233Salakjit Ponsana2336Xing Aiying2441Anu Nieminen2542Agnese Allegrini2644Kati Tolmoff2745Claudia Rivero2847Jeanine Cicognini—50Rachel HindleyNew Zealand Olympic Committee officially denied Rachel Hindley's place at the Beijing Olympics, on 5 June 2008, after she failed to meet the New Zealand qualification standard (of showing she has the potential to reach the top 16). New Zealand will not send a women's single player to the Olympics 2951Olga Konon —55Simone Prutsch3056Ragna Ingólfsdóttir3159Ana Moura3260Maja Tvrdy3365Eva Lee3469Kristína Ludíková3575Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung3679Chloe Magee3781Yoana Martínez3882Kamila Augustyn3989Grace Daniel—95Huang Chia-chiRemove from Olympic Women's Singles List as of June 30, 2008.40100Erin Carroll41102Karen Foo Kune42107Thilini Jayasinghe43110Akvilė Stapušaitytė—116Nathalie Descamps44118Deyanira Angulo45119Eva Sládeková46142Hadia Hosny47146Kerry-Lee Harrington
Men's doubles No.RankPlayersNOCNote11Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan22Fu Haifeng / Cai Yun33Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae44Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah55Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong67Luluk Hadiyanto / Alvent Yulianto78Lars Paaske / Jonas Rasmussen89Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo910Hwang Ji-man / Lee Jae-jin1011Shintaro Ikeda / Shuichi Sakamoto1112Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen1214Keita Masuda / Tadashi Ohtsuka—16Albertus Susanto Njoto / Yohan Hadikusumo WiratamaRemove from Olympic Men's Doubles List as of June 15, 2008.1318Michał Łogosz / Robert Mateusiak1421Howard Bach / Bob Malaythong1542Ross Smith / Glenn Warfe1655Chris Dednam / Roelof Dednam
Women's doubles No.RankPlayersNOCNote11Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen22Du Jing / Yu Yang33Wei Yili / Zhang Yawen44Lee Hyo-jung / Lee Kyung-won55Cheng Wen-hsing / Chien Yu-chin66Gail Emms / Donna Kellogg77Kumiko Ogura / Reiko Shiota88Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna99Vita Marissa / Liliyana Natsir1010Chin Eei Hui / Wong Pei Tty1111Jiang Yanmei / Li Yujia1213Lena Frier Kristiansen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl1315Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung1436Eva Lee / Mesinee Mangkalakiri1549Tania Luiz / Eugenia Tanaka1679Chantal Botts / Michelle Edwards
Mixed doubles No.RankPlayersNOCNote11Nova Widianto / Liliyana Natsir22Zheng Bo / Gao Ling33Flandy Limpele / Vita Marissa44He Hanbin / Yu Yang56Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms67Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thungthongkam78Anthony Clark / Donna Kellogg89Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl910Lee Yong-dae / Lee Hyo-jung1011Han Sang-hoon / Hwang Yu-mi1112Robert Mateusiak / Nadieżda Kostiuczyk1213Kristof Hopp / Birgit Overzier1314Hendri Kurniawan Saputra / Li Yujia—21Howard Bach / Eva LeeRemove from Olympic Mixed Doubles List as of June 15, 2008.1431Craig Cooper / Renee Flavell1542Mike Beres / Valerie Loker1675Georgie Cupidon / Juliette Ah-Wan
References
External links Olympics 2008 Player List