Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
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The men's singles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 2 August 2021 at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. A total of 41 players from 36 nations actually competed at the tournament.
Men's singles at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Musashino Forest Sport Plaza | ||||||||||||
Dates | 24 July – 2 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 42 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
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Viktor Axelsen of Denmark won his first Olympic gold, defeating defending Olympic champion Chen Long from China. He became the first non-Asian — specifically Danish — to win Olympic badminton men's singles since Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen in 1996.[1] Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia won bronze by defeating four-time Olympian Kevin Cordón of Guatemala.[2] He became the first Youth Olympic badminton medalist to win a medal at the Olympics, having also won bronze in 2014.[3]