Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics The badminton tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 28 July and 5 August at Wembley Arena. A total of 172 athletes competed in five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. The women's doubles tournament was marred by several disqualifications during the group stage for unethical play. All of the gold medals were won by players from China. The Chinese team also collected two silvers and one bronze, to top the medal table with eight in total. Denmark finished in second place, with one
Venues of the 2004 Summer Olympics and Shakira concerts in 2006 and basketball's Euroleague Final Four, won by home team Panathinaikos, in 2007. HOC has hosted numerous events as well including the European Rowing Championships at Schinias in 2008, blues guitarist Gary Moore in 2008, and ART-ATHINA in 2010. In the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, the Faliro Sports Pavilion is known as Athens International Convention Center, Peace and Friendship Stadium is a multipurpose venue, and the Beach Volleyball Centre is an outdoor conference venue. Goudi Olympic Hall after the Olympics was converted into a theater. Known as the Badminton Theater, in honor of the sport