The badminton mixed doubles tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place from 11 to 17 August at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. The seeding was decided on 21 July 2016.
Indonesia's Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir defeated Malaysia's Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying in the final, 21–14, 21–12 to win the gold medal in mixed doubles badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The pair won Indonesia's seventh Olympic medal in badminton, and became the second pair from Indonesia to win a gold medal in Olympic badminton after Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan achieved the feat in 2008. In the bronze-medal match, China's Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei defeated compatriots Xu Chen and Ma Jin 21–7, 21–11.
Competition format
The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.
Seeds A total of 4 pairs were given seeds.
(bronze medalists) (quarter-finals) (gold medalists) (group stage)
Results Group stage Group A Team330603321432312341303060
Team 1ScoreTeam 211 August, 8:0021–1921–1611 August, 10:4521–1219–2121–1512 August, 8:0021–1621–1512 August, 9:3521–1621–1513 August, 16:4021–1121–1813 August, 16:4021–1721–14
Group B Team321442321542312451312441
Team 1ScoreTeam 211 August, 16:4013–2122–2021–1511 August, 16:4021–1823–2112 August, 8:2521–139–2119–2112 August, 9:3519–2124–2217–2113 August, 8:2524–2214–2116–2113 August, 10:4521–1825–279–21
Group C Team330603321422312241303060
Team 1ScoreTeam 211 August, 15:3021–721–811 August, 16:4021–1321–1912 August, 11:5521–1121–1312 August, 15:5521–1721–1513 August, 10:1021–1521–1113 August, 21:0521–1321–18
Group D Team330603321422312241303060
Team 1ScoreTeam 211 August, 9:0021–1421–1911 August, 9:3521–1021–1212 August, 15:3021–621–1212 August, 16:4021–1021–1013 August, 9:0025–2321–1713 August, 15:5521–1521–19
Finals
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