Rio Olympics: Badminton Schedule, Players and Results for India

India sent its biggest Badminton team ever for an Olympics at Rio 2016. The 7 member team participated in 4 events. Overall 172 players participated in the Badminton event scheduled from 11-20 August at Riocentro – Pavilion 4. While Sindhu won historic Silver by any woman of India, Srikanth reached Quarterfinals. Injury stopped Saina, while Men’s Doubles team could win at least one game.

Indian Performance in Every Olympics
History of All Sports Played at Olympics by India
Indian Medals In Olympics: When and Who Got It!!

Indian Teams and Schedule at Rio 2016: Athletics: Men’s, Women’s, Archery, Boxing, Golf, Gymnastics, Hockey: Men’s, Women’s, Judo, Rowing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting, Wrestling

Players

1. Women’s Singles: Saina and Sindhu

1. Men’s Singles: Srikanth

1. Men’s Doubles: Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy

Women’s Doubles: Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa

Group Schedule
Men’s Singles: K Srikanth
Reached Quarterfinals

1. Aug 11 vs Lino Muñoz (Mexico) wins 2-0 (Group)

1. Aug 14 vs Henri Hurskainen (Sweden) wins 2-0 (Group)

1. Aug 15 def Jan Jorgensen (Denmark) 2-0 in Round of 16

Aug 17 lost 1-2 vs Lin Dan Quarterfinals

Women’s Singles: PV Sindhu
Wins 1st Silver by any Indian woman in any Olympic Sports

1. Aug 11 vs Laura Sárosi (Hungary) win 2-0

1. Aug 14 vs Michelle Li (Canada) wins 2-1 (Group)

1. Aug 15 wins 2-0 vs Tzu (Taipei) Round of 16

1. Aug 16 wins 2-0 vs 2nd seed Yihan Wang (China) Quarterfinals

1. Aug 18 win 2-0 vs Nozomi Okuhara (Japan) Semifinals

1. Aug 19 lose 1-2 vs Top seed Carolina Marin (Spain) GOLD medal match

Women’s Singles: Saina Nehwal
Knocked out at Group Stage due to injury

1. Aug 11 vs Lohaynny Vicente (Brazil) win 2-0

Aug 14 vs Marija Ulitina (Ukraine) lose 0-2

Men’s Doubles: M Attri / B. S Reddy
Knocked out at Group Stage

1. Aug 11 vs M Ahsan / H Setiawan (Indonesia) – lose 0-2

1. Aug 12 vs Chai B / Hong W (China) – lose 0-2

Aug 13 vs H Endo / K Hayakawa (Japan) – win 2-0

Women’s Doubles: Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa
Knocked out at Group Stage

1. Aug 11 vs M Matsutomo / A Takahashi (Japan) – lose 0-2

1. Aug 12 vs E Muskens / S Piek (Netherlands) – lose 0-2

Aug 13 vs P Supajirakul / S Taerattanachai (Thailand) – lose 0-2

Saina is ranked 5th while Srikanth has been 9th for the Olympics 2016. In 2012 Olympics, Saina became the first Indian shuttler to win a medal as she won Bronze. P Kashyap reacdhed Quarterfinals while Women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa and Mixed Doubles pair of Jwala Gutta / Valiyaveetil Diju could not cross the Group Stage.