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Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

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Venue
  
Riocentro - Pavilion 4

Competitors
  
32 from 14 nations

Date
  
11–18 August 2016

The badminton women's doubles tournament at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games took place from 11 to 18 August at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. On July 21, the seeding was decided.

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Competition format

The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.

Seeds

A total of 4 pairs were given seeds.

  1.  Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) (Gold Medalists)
  2.  Tang Yuanting / Yu Yang (CHN) (Fourth Place)
  3.  Nitya Krishinda Maheswari / Greysia Polii (INA) (Quarter-finals)
  4.  Jung Kyung-eun / Shin Seung-chan (KOR) (Bronze Medalists)

References

Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles Wikipedia
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