Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles that conserving resources in early matches is a common practice in every competitive sport. The competition format for Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics was changed to discourage match fixing. Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles The badminton women's doubles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at Wembley Arena. The draw for the tournament was made on 23 July 2012. Thirty-two players from 14 nations competed in the event. The competition became embroiled in controversy during the group stage when eight players (two pairs from South Korea
Badminton at the 2011 Pan American Games the number of athletes confirmed by countries participating in the badminton tournament is under 44 by June 15, 2011, the quota per country will be adjusted so that the limit of slots for each ranked country is four men's and women's slots. Higher-ranked countries will receive priorities in the reallocation of slots. The following countries will send athletes: The venue for badminton will be the newly built Multipurpose Gymnasium. The venue will seat about 856 people. The venue is also scheduled to host the fencing events at the 2011 Pan American Games. Badminton at the 2011 Pan American Games Badminton