Badminton at the 1962 Asian Games
Appearance
Badminton at the 1962 Asian Games | |
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Venue | Istora Senayan |
Dates | 25 August – 1 September |
Nations | 7 |
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Badminton tournament was held at the 1962 Asian Games at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia from 25 August to 1 September 1962.[1]
The host nation, Indonesia won five out of six possible gold medals. Indonesia won both the team events; in men's team final Indonesian team defeated Thailand by 5-0 and in Women's team final they defeated the Malayan team by 3-2 scoreline.
Medalists
[edit]Final results
[edit]Discipline | Winner | Finalist | Score[2] |
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Men's singles | ![]() |
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15–9, 15–3 |
Women's singles | ![]() |
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11–4, 7–11, 11–7 |
Men's doubles | ![]() & Tan Yee Khan |
![]() & Liem Tjeng Kiang |
15–13, 18–17 |
Women's doubles | ![]() & Retno Kustijah |
![]() & Happy Herowati |
9–15, 15–12, 15–6 |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (3 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Participating nations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Badminton – Past Medals (Medallists from previous Asian Games – Badminton)". Doha Asian Games' official website. Wayback Machine. 28 November 2006. Archived from the original on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ Siebel, Norman (3 September 1962). "Yee Khan, Boon Bee at best". The Straits Times. p. 17. Retrieved 15 September 2023 – via NewspaperSG.