Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
{{More citations needed|date=November 2024}}{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's singles
|games = 2008 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Beijing University of Technology
Gymnasium
|date = 9 August to 17 August 2008
|competitors = 41
|nations = 35
|gold = Lin Dan
|goldNOC = CHN
|silver = Lee Chong Wei
|silverNOC = MAS
|bronze = Chen Jin
|bronzeNOC = CHN
|prev = 2004 Athens
|next = 2012 London
}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}These are the results of the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring. Each game had to be won by a margin of two points, except when the game was won by a player who reached 30 even if the lead was only 1 at that point.
{{BadmintonAt2008SummerOlympics}}The top eight seeds in the tournament were placed in the bracket so as not to face each other until the quarterfinals. All other competitors were placed by draw.
Seeds
Two players for China – Lin Dan and Chen Jin – took gold and bronze, respectively – while Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia won silver in the men's singles tournament.{{Cite web |title=TOURNAMENT WINNERS 2008 |url=https://olympics.bwfbadminton.com/results/2723/beijing-2008-olympic-games/podium |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Badminton World Federation}}{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Lin Dan|CHN|2008 Summer}} (gold medalist)
- {{flagIOCathlete|Lee Chong Wei|MAS|2008 Summer}} (silver medalist)
- {{flagIOCathlete|Bao Chunlai|CHN|2008 Summer}} (quarter-finals)
- {{flagIOCathlete|Chen Jin|CHN|2008 Summer}} (bronze medalist)
- {{flagIOCathlete|Kenneth Jonassen|DEN|2008 Summer}} (second round)
- {{flagIOCathlete|Sony Dwi Kuncoro|INA|2008 Summer}} (quarter-finals)
- {{flagIOCathlete|Taufik Hidayat|INA|2008 Summer}} (second round)
- {{flagIOCathlete|Peter Gade|DEN|2008 Summer}} (quarter-finals)
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Draw
=Finals=
{{8TeamBracket|sets=3
| RD1=Quarter-finals
| RD2=Semi-finals
| RD3=Final
| 3rd=Bronze-medal match
| team-width=175
| score-width=20
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1={{flagIOCathlete|Lin Dan|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score1-1=21
| RD1-score1-2=21
| RD1-score1-3=
| RD1-seed2=8
| RD1-team2={{flagIOCathlete|Peter Gade|DEN|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score2-1=13
| RD1-score2-2=16
| RD1-score2-3=
| RD1-seed3=4
| RD1-team3={{flagIOCathlete|Chen Jin|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score3-1=21
| RD1-score3-2=21
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagIOCathlete|Hsieh Yu-Hsing|TPE|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score4-1=8
| RD1-score4-2=14
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagIOCathlete|Lee Hyun-il|KOR|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score5-1=23
| RD1-score5-2=21
| RD1-score5-3=
| RD1-seed6=3
| RD1-team6={{flagIOCathlete|Bao Chunlai|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score6-1=21
| RD1-score6-2=11
| RD1-score6-3=
| RD1-seed7=6
| RD1-team7={{flagIOCathlete|Sony Dwi Kuncoro|INA|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score7-1=9
| RD1-score7-2=11
| RD1-score7-3=
| RD1-seed8=2
| RD1-team8={{flagIOCathlete|Lee Chong Wei|MAS|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score8-1=21
| RD1-score8-2=21
| RD1-score8-3=
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1={{flagIOCathlete|Lin Dan|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score1-1=21
| RD2-score1-2=21
| RD2-score1-3=
| RD2-seed2=4
| RD2-team2={{flagIOCathlete|Chen Jin|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score2-1=12
| RD2-score2-2=18
| RD2-score2-3=
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagIOCathlete|Lee Hyun-il|KOR|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score3-1=18
| RD2-score3-2=21
| RD2-score3-3=13
| RD2-seed4=2
| RD2-team4={{flagIOCathlete|Lee Chong Wei|MAS|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score4-1=21
| RD2-score4-2=13
| RD2-score4-3=21
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1={{flagIOCathlete|Lin Dan|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score1-1=21
| RD3-score1-2=21
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-seed2=2
| RD3-team2={{flagIOCathlete|Lee Chong Wei|MAS|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score2-1=12
| RD3-score2-2=8
| RD3-score2-3=
| 3rd-seed1=4
| 3rd-team1={{flagIOCathlete|Chen Jin|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| 3rd-score1-1=21
| 3rd-score1-2=12
| 3rd-score1-3=21
| 3rd-seed2=
| 3rd-team2={{flagIOCathlete|Lee Hyun-il|KOR|2008 Summer}}
| 3rd-score2-1=16
| 3rd-score2-2=21
| 3rd-score2-3=14
}}
=Section 1=
{{16TeamBracket|compact=y|sets=3|byes=1
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Third round
| RD4=Quarter-finals
| team-width=175
| score-width=20
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Andrew Dabeka|CAN|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score07-1=11
| RD1-score07-2=11
| RD1-score07-3=
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08={{flagIOCathlete|Park Sung-hwan|KOR|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score08-1=21
| RD1-score08-2=21
| RD1-score08-3=
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15={{flagIOCathlete|Anup Sridhar|IND|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score15-1=21
| RD1-score15-2=21
| RD1-score15-3=
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16={{flagIOCathlete|Marco Vasconcelos|POR|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score16-1=16
| RD1-score16-2=14
| RD1-score16-3=
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Lin Dan|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score01-1=21
| RD2-score01-2=21
| RD2-score01-3=
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Ng Wei|HKG|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score02-1=16
| RD2-score02-2=13
| RD2-score02-3=
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Edwin Ekiring|UGA|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score03-1=5
| RD2-score03-2=8
| RD2-score03-3=
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Park Sung-hwan|KOR|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score04-1=21
| RD2-score04-2=21
| RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-seed05=8
| RD2-team05={{flagIOCathlete|Peter Gade|DEN|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score05-1=21
| RD2-score05-2=21
| RD2-score05-3=
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06={{flagIOCathlete|Nabil Lasmari|ALG|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score06-1=6
| RD2-score06-2=4
| RD2-score06-3=
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Shoji Sato|JPN|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score07-1=21
| RD2-score07-2=21
| RD2-score07-3=
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08={{flagIOCathlete|Anup Sridhar|IND|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score08-1=13
| RD2-score08-2=17
| RD2-score08-3=
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Lin Dan|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score01-1=21
| RD3-score01-2=21
| RD3-score01-3=
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Park Sung-hwan|KOR|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score02-1=8
| RD3-score02-2=11
| RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-seed03=8
| RD3-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Peter Gade|DEN|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score03-1=19
| RD3-score03-2=22
| RD3-score03-3=21
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Shoji Sato|JPN|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score04-1=21
| RD3-score04-2=20
| RD3-score04-3=15
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Lin Dan|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD4-score01-1=21
| RD4-score01-2=21
| RD4-score01-3=
| RD4-seed02=8
| RD4-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Peter Gade|DEN|2008 Summer}}
| RD4-score02-1=13
| RD4-score02-2=16
| RD4-score02-3=
}}
=Section 2=
{{16TeamBracket|compact=y|sets=3|byes=1
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Third round
| RD4=Quarter-finals
| team-width=175
| score-width=20
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Erwin Kehlhoffner|FRA|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score07-1=19
| RD1-score07-2=22
| RD1-score07-3=21
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08={{flagIOCathlete|Stuart Gomez|AUS|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score08-1=21
| RD1-score08-2=20
| RD1-score08-3=15
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15={{flagIOCathlete|Hsieh Yu-Hsing|TPE|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score15-1=21
| RD1-score15-2=21
| RD1-score15-3=
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16={{flagIOCathlete|Kaveh Mehrabi|IRI|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score16-1=16
| RD1-score16-2=12
| RD1-score16-3=
| RD2-seed01=4
| RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Chen Jin|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score01-1=21
| RD2-score01-2=21
| RD2-score01-3=
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02={{flagIOCathlete|John Moody|NZL|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score02-1=9
| RD2-score02-2=11
| RD2-score02-3=
| RD2-seed03=WC
| RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Eli Mambwe|ZAM|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score03-1=15
| RD2-score03-2=17
| RD2-score03-3=
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Erwin Kehlhoffner|FRA|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score04-1=21
| RD2-score04-2=21
| RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-seed05=7
| RD2-team05={{flagIOCathlete|Taufik Hidayat|INA|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score05-1=19
| RD2-score05-2=16
| RD2-score05-3=
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06={{flagIOCathlete|Wong Choong Hann|MAS|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score06-1=21
| RD2-score06-2=21
| RD2-score06-3=
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Nguyen Tien Minh|VIE|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score07-1=16
| RD2-score07-2=21
| RD2-score07-3=15
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08={{flagIOCathlete|Hsieh Yu-Hsing|TPE|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score08-1=21
| RD2-score08-2=15
| RD2-score08-3=21
| RD3-seed01=4
| RD3-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Chen Jin|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score01-1=21
| RD3-score01-2=21
| RD3-score01-3=
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Erwin Kehlhoffner|FRA|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score02-1=10
| RD3-score02-2=6
| RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Wong Choong Hann|MAS|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score03-1=21
| RD3-score03-2=17
| RD3-score03-3=18
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Hsieh Yu-Hsing|TPE|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score04-1=14
| RD3-score04-2=21
| RD3-score04-3=21
| RD4-seed01=4
| RD4-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Chen Jin|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD4-score01-1=21
| RD4-score01-2=21
| RD4-score01-3=
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Hsieh Yu-Hsing|TPE|2008 Summer}}
| RD4-score02-1=8
| RD4-score02-2=14
| RD4-score02-3=
}}
=Section 3=
{{16TeamBracket|compact=y|sets=3|byes=1
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Third round
| RD4=Quarter-finals
| team-width=175
| score-width=20
| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Scott Evans|IRL|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score01-1=18
| RD1-score01-2=21
| RD1-score01-3=19
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Marc Zwiebler|GER|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score02-1=21
| RD1-score02-2=18
| RD1-score02-3=21
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Petr Koukal|CZE|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score03-1=21
| RD1-score03-2=12
| RD1-score03-3=15
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Andrew Smith|GBR|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score04-1=10
| RD1-score04-2=21
| RD1-score04-3=21
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09={{flagIOCathlete|Przemysław Wacha|POL|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score09-1=21
| RD1-score09-2=21
| RD1-score09-3=
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{flagIOCathlete|Raul Must|EST|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score10-1=14
| RD1-score10-2=15
| RD1-score10-3=
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Marc Zwiebler|GER|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score01-1=16
| RD2-score01-2=21
| RD2-score01-3=21
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Andrew Smith|GBR|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score02-1=21
| RD2-score02-2=13
| RD2-score02-3=17
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Lee Hyun-il|KOR|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score03-1=15
| RD2-score03-2=21
| RD2-score03-3=21
| RD2-seed04=5
| RD2-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Kenneth Jonassen|DEN|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score04-1=21
| RD2-score04-2=14
| RD2-score04-3=19
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05={{flagIOCathlete|Przemysław Wacha|POL|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score05-1=21
| RD2-score05-2=11
| RD2-score05-3=21
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06={{flagIOCathlete|Christian Bösiger|SUI|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score06-1=12
| RD2-score06-2=21
| RD2-score06-3=19
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Kevin Cordón|GUA|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score07-1=17
| RD2-score07-2=16
| RD2-score07-3=
| RD2-seed08=3
| RD2-team08={{flagIOCathlete|Bao Chunlai|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score08-1=21
| RD2-score08-2=21
| RD2-score08-3=
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Marc Zwiebler|GER|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score01-1=13
| RD3-score01-2=11
| RD3-score01-3=
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Lee Hyun-il|KOR|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score02-1=21
| RD3-score02-2=21
| RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Przemysław Wacha|POL|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score03-1=11
| RD3-score03-2=21
| RD3-score03-3=13
| RD3-seed04=3
| RD3-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Bao Chunlai|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score04-1=21
| RD3-score04-2=19
| RD3-score04-3=21
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Lee Hyun-il|KOR|2008 Summer}}
| RD4-score01-1=23
| RD4-score01-2=21
| RD4-score01-3=
| RD4-seed02=3
| RD4-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Bao Chunlai|CHN|2008 Summer}}
| RD4-score02-1=21
| RD4-score02-2=11
| RD4-score02-3=
}}
=Section 4=
{{16TeamBracket|compact=y|sets=3|byes=1
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Third round
| RD4=Quarter-finals
| team-width=175
| score-width=20
| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Ville Lång|FIN|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score01-1=21
| RD1-score01-2=21
| RD1-score01-3=
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Vladislav Druzchenko|UKR|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score02-1=12
| RD1-score02-2=19
| RD1-score02-3=
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09={{flagIOCathlete|Kęstutis Navickas|LTU|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score09-1=23
| RD1-score09-2=12
| RD1-score09-3=21
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{flagIOCathlete|Pablo Abián|ESP|2008 Summer}}
| RD1-score10-1=21
| RD1-score10-2=21
| RD1-score10-3=9
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Ville Lång|FIN|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score01-1=21
| RD2-score01-2=21
| RD2-score01-3=
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02= {{flagIOCathlete|Raju Rai|USA|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score02-1=9
| RD2-score02-2=16
| RD2-score02-3=
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Boonsak Ponsana|THA|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score03-1=16
| RD2-score03-2=14
| RD2-score03-3=
| RD2-seed04=6
| RD2-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Sony Dwi Kuncoro|INA|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score04-1=21
| RD2-score04-2=21
| RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05= {{flagIOCathlete|Kęstutis Navickas|LTU|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score05-1=21
| RD2-score05-2=21
| RD2-score05-3=
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06={{flagIOCathlete|Stanislav Pukhov|RUS|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score06-1=12
| RD2-score06-2=17
| RD2-score06-3=
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Ronald Susilo|SIN|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score07-1=13
| RD2-score07-2=14
| RD2-score07-3=
| RD2-seed08=2
| RD2-team08={{flagIOCathlete|Lee Chong Wei|MAS|2008 Summer}}
| RD2-score08-1=21
| RD2-score08-2=21
| RD2-score08-3=
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Ville Lång|FIN|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score01-1=13
| RD3-score01-2=18
| RD3-score01-3=
| RD3-seed02=6
| RD3-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Sony Dwi Kuncoro|INA|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score02-1=21
| RD3-score02-2=21
| RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Kęstutis Navickas|LTU|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score03-1=5
| RD3-score03-2=7
| RD3-score03-3=
| RD3-seed04=2
| RD3-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Lee Chong Wei|MAS|2008 Summer}}
| RD3-score04-1=21
| RD3-score04-2=21
| RD3-score04-3=
| RD4-seed01=6
| RD4-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Sony Dwi Kuncoro|INA|2008 Summer}}
| RD4-score01-1=9
| RD4-score01-2=11
| RD4-score01-3=
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Lee Chong Wei|MAS|2008 Summer}}
| RD4-score02-1=21
| RD4-score02-2=21
| RD4-score02-3=
}}
References
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