title: Badminton at the 1988 Summer Olympics
text: # Badminton at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  
  Badminton was an exhibition sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There were five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Competitions took place at the Seoul National University Gymnasium on 19 September 1988.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  The competitors were selected according to the results of the 1987 IBF World Championships.
  
  ## Medallists
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's singles details | Yang Yang China | Icuk Sugiarto Indonesia | Park Sung-bae South Korea |
  | Men's doubles details | Li Yongbo and Tian Bingyi (CHN) | Lee Sang-bok and Lee Gwang-jin (KOR) | Shuji Matsuno and Shinji Matsuura (JPN) |
  | Women's singles details | Hwang Hye-young South Korea | Han Aiping China | Sumiko Kitada Japan |
  | Women's doubles details | Kim Yun-ja and Chung So-young (KOR) | Lin Ying and Guan Weizhen (CHN) | Dorte Kjær and Nettie Nielsen (DEN) |
  | Mixed doubles details | Park Joo-bong and Chung Myung-hee (KOR) | Wang Pengren and Shi Fangjing (CHN) | Chan Chi Choi and Amy Chan Lim Chee (HKG) |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
  | 2 | China | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
  | 3 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 5 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 5 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  * China
  * Denmark
  * Indonesia
  * Japan
  * Sweden
  * Hong Kong
  * Great Britain
  * Canada
  * South Korea
  