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
Maldives at the 2012 Summer Olympics Maldives at the 2012 Summer Olympics The Asian island nation of Maldives competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Olympics. Five Maldivian athletes were selected to the team, competing only in 3 different sports. Mohamed Ajfan Rasheed, the first Maldivian badminton player to compete at the Olympics, was the nation's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. Maldives, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal. Maldives was given a wild card. Maldives has gained two "Universality places" from