Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
2014 Commonwealth Games Badminton Event Logo.jpg
Dates24 July – 3 August 2014
Host city Glasgow, Scotland
Venue Emirates Arena, Glasgow
Events6
Participation– athletes from
– nations


Badminton events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games took place between Thursday 24 July and Sunday 3 August at the newly built Emirates Arena, in Glasgow. [1]

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Badminton is one of ten core sports at the Commonwealth Games and has been continuously held at the Games since its first appearance at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. The badminton programme in 2014 included men's and women's singles competitions; men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions alongside a mixed team event throughout the 11 days of competition. The draw for the tournament was held on 21 July in Glasgow. [2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) [3]

PPreliminaries¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsBBronze medal matchFFinal
Date →Thu 24Fri 25Sat 26Sun 27Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 31Fri 1Sat 2Sun 3
Event ↓MAEMAEMEMEMAMAMAAEAEMEM
Men's singles P¼½BF
Men's doubles P¼½BF
Women's singles P¼½BF
Women's doubles P¼½BF
Mixed doubles P¼½BF
Mixed team P¼½BF
M = Morning session, A = Afternoon session, E = Evening session

Medal table

Final MAS vs SIN Commonwealth Games 2014 Badminton Double Final MAS-SGP.jpg
Final MAS vs SIN

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)3003
2Flag of England.svg  England  (ENG)1225
3Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)1124
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)1001
5Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore  (SIN)0213
6Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland  (SCO)*0112
Totals (6 nations)66618

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles
details
Kashyap Parupalli
Flag of India.svg  India
Derek Wong
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Gurusai Dutt
Flag of India.svg  India
Women's singles
details
Michelle Li
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Kirsty Gilmour
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
P. V. Sindhu
Flag of India.svg  India
Men's doubles
details
Tan Wee Kiong
and Goh V Shem
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
and Chayut Triyachart
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Chris Langridge
and Peter Mills
Flag of England.svg  England
Women's doubles
details
Vivian Hoo
and Woon Khe Wei
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Jwala Gutta
and Ashwini Ponnappa
Flag of India.svg  India
Gabby Adcock
and Lauren Smith
Flag of England.svg  England
Mixed doubles
details
Chris Adcock
and Gabby Adcock
Flag of England.svg  England
Chris Langridge
and Heather Olver
Flag of England.svg  England
Robert Blair
and Imogen Bankier
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Mixed team
details
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Chong Wei Feng
Liew Daren
Tee Jing Yi
Woon Khe Wei
Lai Pei Jing
Lim Yin Loo
Chan Peng Soon
Vivian Hoo
Tan Wee Kiong
Goh V Shem
Flag of England.svg  England
Andrew Ellis
Chris Adcock
Chris Langridge
Gabby Adcock
Heather Olver
Kate Robertshaw
Lauren Smith
Peter Mills
Rajiv Ouseph
Sarah Walker
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Huang Chao
Chayut Triyachart
Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Derek Wong
Yao Lei
Fu Mingtian
Shinta Mulia Sari
Terry Hee
Vanessa Neo
Liang Xiaoyu

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References

  1. "Badminton". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  2. "2014 Commonwealth Games". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. "Sports Schedule - Badminton" (PDF). Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.