Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Women's doubles; at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Pavilion 3, Sydney Olympic Park
Date	16 – 21 September 2000
Competitors	26 pairs from 17 nations
Medalists

These are the results for the women’s doubles badminton tournament of 2000 Summer Olympics. The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 for women's doubles. The tournament was held at Pavilion 3, Sydney Olympic Park.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

Section	Name	Country
Top	Ge Fei and Gu Jun	China
Top	Lee Hyo-jung and Yim Kyung-jin	South Korea
Top	Chen Li-chin and Tsai Hui-min	Chinese Taipei
Top	Etty Tantri and Cynthia Tuwankotta	Indonesia
Top	Ann-Lou Jørgensen and Mette Schjoldager	Denmark
Top	Victoria Evtoushenko and Elena Nozdran	Ukraine
Top	Joanne Goode and Donna Kellogg	Great Britain
Top	Milaine Cloutier and Robbyn Hermitage	Canada
Top	Rhonda Cator and Amanda Hardy	Australia
Top	Gao Ling and Qin Yiyuan	China
Top	Neli Boteva and Diana Koleva	Bulgaria
Top	Yoshiko Iwata and Haruko Matsuda	Japan
Top	Marie-Helene Pierre and Amrita Sawaram	Mauritius
Bottom	Irina Ruslyakova and Marina Yakusheva	Russia
Bottom	Satomi Igawa and Hiroko Nagamine	Japan
Bottom	Helene Kirkegaard and Rikke Olsen	Denmark
Bottom	Koon Wai Chee and Ling Wan Ting	Hong Kong
Bottom	Joanne Davies and Sarah Hardaker	Great Britain
Bottom	Deyana Lomban and Eliza Nathanael	Indonesia
Bottom	Chung Jae-hee and Ra Kyung-min	South Korea
Bottom	Nicole Grether and Karen Neumann	Germany
Bottom	Ann Jørgensen and Majken Vange	Denmark
Bottom	Lotte Jonathans and Nicole van Hooren	Netherlands
Bottom	Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn and Saralee Thungthongkam	Thailand
Bottom	Rayoni Head and Kellie Lucas	Australia
Bottom	Huang Nanyan and Yang Wei	China

Semifinals				Final

1	Ge Fei (CHN) Gu Jun (CHN)	15	15

6	Gao Ling (CHN) Qin Yiyuan (CHN)	7	12
				1	Ge Fei (CHN) Gu Jun (CHN)	15	15

				2	Huang Nanyan (CHN) Yang Wei (CHN)	5	5
3	Chung Jae-hee (KOR) Ra Kyung-min (KOR)	6	11

2	Huang Nanyan (CHN) Yang Wei (CHN)	15	15	Bronze-medal match


				6	Gao Ling (CHN) Qin Yiyuan (CHN)	15	15

				3	Chung Jae-hee (KOR) Ra Kyung-min (KOR)	10	4

Round 1					Round 2				Quarterfinals				Semifinals

1	Ge Fei (CHN) Gu Jun (CHN)
	bye				1	Ge Fei (CHN) Gu Jun (CHN)	15	15
	Lee Hyo-jung (KOR) Yim Kyung-jin (KOR)	15	8	15		Lee Hyo-jung (KOR) Yim Kyung-jin (KOR)	3	5
	Chen Li-chin (TPE) Tsai Hui-min (TPE)	11	15	12					1	Ge Fei (CHN) Gu Jun (CHN)	15	15
8	Etty Tantri (INA) Cynthia Tuwankotta (INA)								8	Etty Tantri (INA) Cynthia Tuwankotta (INA)	3	5
	bye				8	Etty Tantri (INA) Cynthia Tuwankotta (INA)	17	15
	Ann-Lou Jørgensen (DEN) Mette Schjoldager (DEN)	15	11	15		Ann-Lou Jørgensen (DEN) Mette Schjoldager (DEN)	16	10
	Victoria Evtoushenko (UKR) Elena Nozdran (UKR)	3	15	11									1	Ge Fei (CHN) Gu Jun (CHN)
4	Joanne Goode (GBR) Donna Kellogg (GBR)												6	Gao Ling (CHN) Qin Yiyuan (CHN)
	bye				4	Joanne Goode (GBR) Donna Kellogg (GBR)	15	15
	Milaine Cloutier (CAN) Robbyn Hermitage (CAN)	15	15			Milaine Cloutier (CAN) Robbyn Hermitage (CAN)	4	10
	Rhonda Cator (AUS) Amanda Hardy (AUS)	13	6						4	Joanne Goode (GBR) Donna Kellogg (GBR)	2	7
6	Gao Ling (CHN) Qin Yiyuan (CHN)	15	15						6	Gao Ling (CHN) Qin Yiyuan (CHN)	15	15
	Neli Boteva (BUL) Diana Koleva (BUL)	1	9		6	Gao Ling (CHN) Qin Yiyuan (CHN)	15	15
	Yoshiko Iwata (JPN) Haruko Matsuda (JPN)	15	15			Yoshiko Iwata (JPN) Haruko Matsuda (JPN)	5	5
	Marie-Helene Pierre (MRI) Amrita Sawaram (MRI)	2	2

Round 1					Round 2				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

	Irina Ruslyakova (RUS) Marina Yakusheva (RUS)	15	15
	Satomi Igawa (JPN) Hiroko Nagamine (JPN)	9	11			Irina Ruslyakova (RUS) Marina Yakusheva (RUS)	16	5
5	Helene Kirkegaard (DEN) Rikke Olsen (DEN)	15	13	15	5	Helene Kirkegaard (DEN) Rikke Olsen (DEN)	17	15
	Koon Wai Chee (HKG) Ling Wan Ting (HKG)	9	15	5					5	Helene Kirkegaard (DEN) Rikke Olsen (DEN)	15	12	5
	Joanne Davies (GBR) Sarah Hardaker (GBR)	15	15						3	Chung Jae-hee (KOR) Ra Kyung-min (KOR)	12	15	15
	Deyana Lomban (INA) Eliza Nathanael (INA)	13	11			Joanne Davies (GBR) Sarah Hardaker (GBR)	6	1
	bye				3	Chung Jae-hee (KOR) Ra Kyung-min (KOR)	15	15
3	Chung Jae-hee (KOR) Ra Kyung-min (KOR)													3	Chung Jae-hee (KOR) Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
	Nicole Grether (GER) Karen Neumann (GER)	15	15											2	Huang Nanyan (CHN) Yang Wei (CHN)
	Ann Jørgensen (DEN) Majken Vange (DEN)	13	6			Nicole Grether (GER) Karen Neumann (GER)	7	4
	bye				7	Lotte Jonathans (NED) Nicole van Hooren (NED)	15	15
7	Lotte Jonathans (NED) Nicole van Hooren (NED)								7	Lotte Jonathans (NED) Nicole van Hooren (NED)	10	12
	Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn (THA) Saralee Thungthongkam (THA)	15	15						2	Huang Nanyan (CHN) Yang Wei (CHN)	15	15
	Rayoni Head (AUS) Kellie Lucas (AUS)	7	4			Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn (THA) Saralee Thungthongkam (THA)	1	4
	bye				2	Huang Nanyan (CHN) Yang Wei (CHN)	15	15
2	Huang Nanyan (CHN) Yang Wei (CHN)

^ ^a ^b "2000 Summer Olympics official report volume 1" (PDF). www.la84foundation.org. p. 391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
^ "2000 Summer Olympics official report volume 2" (PDF). www.la84foundation.org. p. 173. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2020.

Olympic badminton women's doubles champions
Exhibition	1988: Chung So-young & Kim Yun-ja (KOR)
Official	1992: Chung So-young & Hwang Hye-young (KOR) 1996: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) : Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) 2004: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen (CHN) 2008: Du Jing & Yu Yang (CHN) 2012: Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei (CHN) 2016: Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) 2020: Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu (INA) 2024: Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (CHN)