2011 BWF World Championships

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2011 BWF World Championships
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Tournament details
Dates8 August – 14 August
Edition19th
LevelInternational
Competitors347 from 48 nations
Venue Wembley Arena
Location London, England
2010 Paris 2013 Guangzhou

The 2011 BWF World Championships was the 19th tournament of the World Badminton Championships, a global tournament in the sport of badminton. It was held at Wembley Arena in London, England, from August 8 to August 14, 2011. [1]

Contents

China clean swept all the titles for a record third time and became the first nation to successfully defend all the titles won from the previous edition. Scotland won their first medal from mixed pair and India won their medal in women's doubles and their seconds worlds medal after 28 years. [2]

Draw

The draw was held on 25 July at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [3]

Schedule

All five events started on the first day and concluded with the final on the last day. [4]

All times are local (UTC+1).

DateTimeRound
8 August 201110:00Round of 64
9 August 201111:00Round of 64
Round of 32
10 August 201111:00Round of 32
11 August 201111:00Round of 16
12 August 201111:00Quarterfinals
17:00Quarterfinals
13 August 201111:00Semifinals
17:30Semifinals
14 August 201112:00Finals

Medalists

Medal table

  *   Host nation (England)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5139
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0112
3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0101
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 0101
5Flag of England.svg  England*00.500.5
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 00.500.5
7Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0022
8Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0011
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0011
Flag of India.svg  India 0011
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0011
Totals (11 entries)551020

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Dan Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chong Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Jin
Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Gade
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yihan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng Shao-chieh Flag of Germany.svg Juliane Schenk
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xin
Men's Doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Yun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fu Haifeng
Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Sung-hyun
Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Yeon-seong
Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Jae-sung
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Yong-dae
Flag of Indonesia.svg Mohammad Ahsan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Bona Septano
Women's Doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xiaoli
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Qing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Yunlei
Flag of Japan.svg Miyuki Maeda
Flag of Japan.svg Satoko Suetsuna
Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta
Flag of India.svg Ashwini Ponnappa
Mixed Doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Yunlei
Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock
Flag of Scotland.svg Imogen Bankier
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Chen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Jin
Flag of Indonesia.svg Tontowi Ahmad
Flag of Indonesia.svg Lilyana Natsir

Participating countries

347 players from 48 countries participated at this year's edition. [5] The number in parentheses indicate the player contributed by each country.

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