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 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men a meeting of the FIBA Central Board held on 10–11 December 2011 in Madrid, Spain. The teams were divided into three pots, corresponding to their continental zones: The draw was held on 31 January 2012 in Caracas. "All times are local (UTC−04:30)" 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men The 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament was a men's basketball tournament that consisted of 12 national teams, where the top three teams earned a place in the 2012 Olympics basketball tournament. It was held on 2–8 July 2012 in Caracas, Venezuela. Lithuania, Russia and Nigeria qualified for the 2012