Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles the knock-out stage, ultimately leading to the winner. Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles The badminton women's singles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at Wembley Arena. The draw was held on 23 July 2012. Forty-six players from 42 nations competed. In an all-Chinese final, Li Xuerui defeated reigning world number one Wang Yihan to win the gold medal. India's Saina Nehwal took bronze. For the first time, the preliminary stage consisted of 16 groups of either two or three players. Each played every other member of
United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1 at the 'B' Standard): The team was selected based on the results of the 2012 United States Olympic Trials. The United States will be represented in two out of the five badminton events: men's doubles and women's singles. No US athlete has ever medaled in badminton since it became an Olympic sport in 1992. The United States men's team's group stage game against Nigeria set new Olympic records for most points scored in a half (78, set in the first half and equaled in the second) and for a full game (156). ---- ---- U.S. boxers qualified for the