Tournament information | |
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Location | Qingdao, China |
Dates | April 17–April 22 |
The 2012 Badminton Asia Championships was the 31st tournament of the Badminton Asia Championships. It was held in Qingdao, China from April 17 to April 22, 2012.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Chen Jin | Du Pengyu | Lin Dan |
Chen Long | |||
Women's singles | Li Xuerui | Wang Yihan | Wang Shixian |
Chen Xiaojia | |||
Men's doubles | Kim Ki-jung Kim Sa-rang | Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa | Chai Biao Guo Zhendong |
Hong Wei Shen Ye | |||
Women's doubles | Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei | Bao Yixin Zhong Qianxin | Cheng Shu Pan Pan |
Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito | |||
Mixed doubles | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei | Xu Chen Ma Jin | Kim Sa-rang Choi Hye-in |
Kang Ji-wook Eom Hye-won |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Lin Dan | ||||||||||||
3 | Chen Jin | w | / | o | |||||||||
3 | Chen Jin | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
5 | Du Pengyu | 12 | 18 | ||||||||||
5 | Du Pengyu | 17 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||
2 | Chen Long | 21 | 16 | 12 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Wang Yihan | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
3 | Wang Shixian | 19 | 12 | ||||||||||
1 | Wang Yihan | 16 | 21 | 9 | |||||||||
4 | Li Xuerui | 21 | 16 | 21 | |||||||||
4 | Li Xuerui | 21 | 22 | ||||||||||
Chen Xiaojia | 15 | 20 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Chai Biao Guo Zhendong | 17 | 9 | ||||||||||
Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
6 | Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa | 12 | 16 | ||||||||||
6 | Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
7 | Hong Wei Shen Ye | 12 | 17 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei | w | / | o | |||||||||
Cheng Shu Pan Pan | |||||||||||||
1 | Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
Bao Yixin Zhong Qianxin | 14 | 15 | |||||||||||
5 | Mami Naito Shizuka Matsuo | 16 | 19 | ||||||||||
Bao Yixin Zhong Qianxin | 21 | 21 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei | 21 | 12 | 21 | |||||||||
Kim Sa-rang Choi Hye-in | 13 | 21 | 13 | ||||||||||
1 | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
2 | Xu Chen Ma Jin | 13 | 12 | ||||||||||
Kang Ji-wook Eom Hye-won | 14 | 12 | |||||||||||
2 | Xu Chen Ma Jin | 21 | 21 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
2 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
3 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (3 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
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