Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
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Venue | Riocentro - Pavilion 4 | ||||||||||||
Date | 11–20 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 41 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||
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Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics
The badminton men's singles tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place from 11 to 20 August at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. The seeding was decided on 21 July 2016.[1]
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 Lee's third consecutive Olympic silver medal. In the bronze-medal match Denmark's Viktor Axelsen defeated Lin Dan of China.