Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Badminton
at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Badminton ; at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne
Dates	15–26 March 2006
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Last updated July 16, 2023

The badminton competition at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place at the purpose-built temporary venue within the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia from 15 March until 26 March 2006.^[1]

Badminton medal count


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malaysia	4	3	0	7
2	England	2	1	2	5
3	Singapore	0	1	1	2
4	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
5	India	0	0	2	2
6	Scotland	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		6	6	6	18

Final results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Lee Chong Wei Malaysia	Wong Choong Hann Malaysia	Chetan Anand India
Women's singles details	Tracey Hallam England	Wong Mew Choo Malaysia	Susan Hughes Scotland
Men's doubles details	Malaysia (MAS) Koo Kien Keat Chan Chong Ming	Malaysia (MAS) Choong Tan Fook Wong Choong Hann	England (ENG) Robert Blair Anthony Clark
Women's doubles details	Malaysia (MAS) Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	Singapore (SIN) Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	England (ENG) Gail Emms Donna Kellogg
Mixed doubles details	England (ENG) Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	New Zealand (NZL) Dan Shirley Sara Petersen	Singapore (SIN) Hendri Saputra Li Yujia
Mixed team details	Malaysia (MAS) Chan Chong Ming Lee Chong Wei Wong Choong Hann Chin Eei Hui Julia Wong Pei Xian Koo Kien Keat Wong Mew Choo Wong Pei Tty Ooi Sock Ai Choong Tan Fook	England (ENG) Aamir Ghaffar Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg Ella Tripp Gail Emms Joanne Nicholas Nathan Robertson Robert Blair Simon Archer Tracey Hallam	India (IND) Anup Sridhar Aparna Popat Chetan Anand Jwala Gutta Rupesh Kumar Saina Nehwal Sanave Thomas Arattukulam Shruti Kurian Trupti Murgunde Valiyaveetil Diju

Results

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Men's singles

Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

	Lee Chong Wei	21	21
16	Philippe Bourret	6	4			Lee Chong Wei	21	21
8	Anup Sridhar	21	21			Sridhar	15	18
9	Geoff Bellingham	10	10								Lee Chong Wei	21	21
5	Aamir Ghaffar	21	21								Ghaffar	8	9
12	Wei Kiat Aaron Tan	11	9		Ghaffar		21	21
4	Niluka Karunaratne	21	14	21	Karunaratne		19	19
13	Robert Milroy	13	21	10												Lee Chong Wei	21	21
6	Wong Choong Hann	21	21													Hann	13	12
11	Andrew Dabeka	14	16		Hann		21	22
3	Kendrick Lee Yen Hui	21	21		Lee		17	20
14	Dinuka Karunaratne	11	4							Hann		21	17	21	Third place
7	Chetan Anand	21	21							Anand		11	21	13
10	Stephan Beeharry	14	6		Anand		21	13	21						Anand		21	18	21
2	Hendra Wijaya	21	21		Wijaya		16	21	11						Ghaffar		17	21	13
15	John Moody	15	9

Women's singles

Round of 16					Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

1	Tracey Hallam	21	21
16	Kelly Morgan	10	13		Hallam	21	21
8	Rachel Hindley	21	21		Hindley	11	6
9	Tania Luiz	7	12					Hallam	21	21
5	Elizabeth Cann	21	21					Cann	17	8
12	Charmaine Reid	16	12		Cann	21	21
4	Aparna Popat	10	23	21	Popat	13	14
13	Li Li	21	21	17							Hallam	21	21
6	Wong Mew Choo	21	21								Choo	12	15
11	Solenn Pasturel	6	11		Choo	21	21
3	Xing Aiying	14	21	21	Xing Aiying	10	10
14	Saina Nehwal	21	13	6				Choo	21	21	Third place
7	Susan Hughes	21	21					Hughes	7	18
10	Trupti Murgunde	17	9		Hughes	21	21				Hughes	21	13	21
2	Fran Frances Liu	21	21		Liu	18	19				Cann	5	21	19
15	Anna Rice	16	19

Men's doubles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals			Finals

	Koo Kien Keat Chan Chong Ming	21	21

	Hendri Saputra Ronald Susilo	17	17
					Keat Ming	21	21

					Brehaut Denney	11	8
	Ashley Brehaut Travis Denney	22	21	21

	Geoff Bellingham Craig Cooper	24	16	19
								Keat Ming	21	21

								Fook Hann	13	14
	Choong Tan Fook Wong Choong Hann	21	21

	Joe Morgan James Phillips	14	9
					Fook Hann	21	21	Third place

					Blair Clark	12	11
	Robert Blair Anthony Clark	21	21					Blair Clark	21	21

	Daniel Shirley John Moody	11	9					Brehaut Denney	6	14

Women's doubles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals			Finals

	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	21	21

	Michelle Douglas Yuan Wemyss	16	14
					Hui Tty	21	21

					Murgunde Nehwal	8	3
	Trupti Murgunde Saina Nehwal	5	21	23

	Charmaine Reid Helen Nichol	21	17	21
								Hui Tty	21	21

								Yanmei Yujia	17	19
	Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	21	21

	Nicole Gordon Sara Petersen	13	4
					Yanmei Yujia	21	21	Third place

					Emms Kellogg	8	14
	Gail Emms Donna Kellogg	21	21					Emms Kellogg	21	21

	Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurian	17	10					Murgunde Nehwal	14	9

Mixed doubles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Finals

	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	21	21

	Andrew Bowman Kirsteen Miller	8	6
					Robertson Emms	19	21	21

					Saputra Yujia	21	14	17
	Hendri Saputra Li Yujia	23	21

	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith	21	17
									Robertson Emms	21	21

									Shirley Petersen	17	10
	Daniel Shirley Sara Petersen	22	21

	William Milroy Tamara Katrina Sun	20	11
					Shirley Petersen	15	21	21	Third place

					Koo Wong	21	14	15
	Koo Kien Keat Wong Pei Tty	16	21	21					Saputra Yujia	21	21	21

	Hendra Wijaya Frances Liu Fan	21	11	11					Koo Wong	14	23	6

Mixed team

Semi-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
England	India	3-2
Malaysia	New Zealand	3-1

Bronze play-off

India
3

New Zealand
1

		1	2	3
1	Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta Daniel Shirley / Sara Petersen	21 17	13 21	21 9
2	Anup Sridhar John Moody	21 11	8 21	21 21
3	Saina Nehwal Rebecca Bellingham	21 13	24 22
4	Sanave Thomas / Rupesh Kumar Daniel Shirley / Craig Cooper	11 21	21 11	21 18

Final

Malaysia
3

England
1

		1	2	3
1	Wong Choong Hann / Sock Ai Ooi Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms	15 21	12 21
2	Lee Chong Wei Aamir Ghaffar	21 8	21 8
3	Wong Mew Choo Tracey Hallam	27 25	20 22	21 18
4	Chan Chong Ming / Koo Kien Keat Robert Blair / Anthony Clark	21 14	21 14

Mixed team preliminary matches were held on 16 March, 17 March, and 18 March. Finals were held on 19 March.

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References

↑ "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

External links

Official 2006 Commonwealth Games Badminton results and schedule page

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[1] "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2016-02-04.

[2] "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

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