Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
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Women's singles at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Riocentro – Pavilion 4 | ||||||||||||
Date | 11–19 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
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Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics
The badminton women'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 then two-time reigning world champion Carolina Marín of Spain who defeated P. V. Sindhu of India in the final. Nozomi Okuhara of Japan won the bronze medal after China's Li Xuerui was forced to withdraw. This was the first medal of any colour for Spain in Olympic badminton and this was also the first time that China failed to make to the podium since 1996.