Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
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Women's singles at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Wembley Arena | ||||||||||||
Date | 28 July to 4 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 46 from 42 nations | ||||||||||||
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The badminton women's singles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at Wembley Arena.
The draw was held on 23 July 2012.[1][2] Forty-six players from 42 nations competed.
In an all-Chinese final, Li Xuerui defeated reigning World Number 1 Wang Yihan to win the gold medal. India's Saina Nehwal took bronze after the injury-forced withdrawal of China's Wang Xin. This was the first medal of any colour for India in Olympic badminton.