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
2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships athletes from 20 countries participated in this tournament. This tournament was held at Gimcheon Indoor Stadium in Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk, South Korea. In the mixed team event, Japan claim the title for the first time after defeat China with the score 3–0. In the individuals event, South Korea ensure two titles after won the mixed and girls' doubles event. Japan, India, and Indonesia seize a title by winning the boys' singles, girls' singles and boys' doubles events respectively. 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships The 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton