Venue Riocentro - Pavilion 4 Competitors 41 from 37 nations | Date 11–20 August | |
The badminton men's singles tournament at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games took place from 11 to 20 August at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. On July 21, the seeding was decided.
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The event was won by the reigning world champion, China's Chen Long who defeated Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia who was also runner up to Chen at the 2015 World Championships. This was Wei's third consecutive Olympic silver medal. In the bronze medal match Denmark's Viktor Axelsen defeated Lin Dan of China.
Competition format
The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.
Seeds
A total of 13 players were given seeds.
References
Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA