Badminton at the 1997 East Asian Games

1997 East Asian Games
Tournament details
Dates	10 – 19 May
Edition	2nd
Venue	Pukyong National University Gymnasium
Location	Busan, South Korea
← 1993 Shanghai	2009 Hong Kong →

Badminton at the 1997 East Asian Games was held at Busan, South Korea in the month of May.^[1] Competitions for five individual disciplines as well as for teams was conducted.^[2] Host South Korea topped with four gold medals in the tally while China won two gold medals and Chinese Taipei ended with the Men's singles gold medal.^[3]^[4]

Medal summary[edit]

Medal table[edit]

* Host nation (South Korea)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	4	2	2	8
2	China (CHN)	2	3	5	10
3	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	0	3	4
4	Japan (JPN)	0	2	4	6
Totals (4 entries)		7	7	14	28

Medalists[edit]

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Fung Permadi	Fumihiko Machida	Chen Wei
Men's singles	Fung Permadi	Fumihiko Machida	Jang Chun-woong
Women's singles	Lee Joo-hyun	Takako Ida	Sun Jian
Women's singles	Lee Joo-hyun	Takako Ida	Zeng Yaqiong
Men's doubles	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	Choi Ji-tae Kim Joong-suk	Que Ning Liang Yongping
Men's doubles	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	Choi Ji-tae Kim Joong-suk	Takuya Katayama Yuzo Kubota
Women's doubles	Zhang Jin Peng Xinyong	Wang Li Liu Lufang	Peng Ju-yu Chen Mei-chun
Women's doubles	Zhang Jin Peng Xinyong	Wang Li Liu Lufang	Chikako Nakayama Takae Masumo
Mixed doubles	Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin	Yang Ming Zhang Jin	Hu Zhilan Peng Xinyong
Mixed doubles	Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin	Yang Ming Zhang Jin	Yoo Yong-sung Lee Kyung-won
Men's team	South Korea Hwang Sun-ho Jang Chun-wong Lee Dong-soo Choi Ji-tae Kim Joong-suk Kim Hyung-joon Yoo Yong-sung	China Hu Zhilan Xiao Ting Que Ning Yang Ming Liang Yongping Xia Xuanze Chen Wei	Chinese Taipei Chen Feng Jang Chun-wung Huang Shih-chung
Men's team			Japan Fumihiko Machida Yuzo Kubota Takuya Katayama
Women's team	China Yao Jie Liu Lufang Wang Li Zhang Jin Peng Xinyong Sun Jian Zeng Yaqiong	South Korea Lee Joo-hyun Lee Deuk-soon Park Se-yeon Lee So-young Cha Yun-sook Yim Kyung-jin Park Jin-hyun Lee Kyung-won	Chinese Taipei Peng Ju-yu Chen Mei-chun
Women's team			Japan Chikako Nakayama Takae Masumo Takako Ida

Final results[edit]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Fung Permadi	Fumihiko Machida	18–13, 15–5
Women's singles	Lee Joo-hyun	Takako Ida	11–8, 11–5
Men's doubles	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	Choi Ji-tae Kim Joong-suk	15–2, 15–4
Women's doubles	Zhang Jin Peng Xinyong	Wang Li Liu Lufang	15–8, 15–6
Mixed doubles	Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin	Yang Ming Zhang Jin	15–11, 15–6

References[edit]

^ "[동아시아대회] 한국여자 배드민턴 일본 꺾고 은메달 확보" (in Korean). Korea Economic Daily. 12 May 1997. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ Grossman, Mike; Lee, Jh (14 May 1997). "EAST ASIAN GAMES: CHINESE WOMEN SQUEEZE BY KOREA TO TAKE TEAM GOLD". World Badminton – Shuttle News. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ Grossman, Mike; Lee, Jh (14 May 1997). "EAST ASIAN GAMES: KOREA STUNS CHINA IN MEN'S TEAM FINAL". World Badminton – Shuttle News. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ Grossman, Mike; Lee, Jh (18 May 1997). "EAST ASIAN GAMES: KOREA GRABS 3 BADMINTON GOLD MEDALS". World Badminton – Shuttle News. Retrieved 19 August 2011.

[1] "[동아시아대회] 한국여자 배드민턴 일본 꺾고 은메달 확보" (in Korean). Korea Economic Daily. 12 May 1997. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

[2] Grossman, Mike; Lee, Jh (14 May 1997). "EAST ASIAN GAMES: CHINESE WOMEN SQUEEZE BY KOREA TO TAKE TEAM GOLD". World Badminton – Shuttle News. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[3] Grossman, Mike; Lee, Jh (14 May 1997). "EAST ASIAN GAMES: KOREA STUNS CHINA IN MEN'S TEAM FINAL". World Badminton – Shuttle News. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[4] Grossman, Mike; Lee, Jh (18 May 1997). "EAST ASIAN GAMES: KOREA GRABS 3 BADMINTON GOLD MEDALS". World Badminton – Shuttle News. Retrieved 19 August 2011.

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