# Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles

The badminton mixed doubles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 3 August at Wembley Arena.
The draw was held on 23 July 2012. Thirty-two players from 14 nations competed in the event.
The Chinese team of Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei won the gold medal, defeating Xu Chen and Ma Jin, also from China, in the final. Denmark pairing Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen won the bronze.

## Competition format

The tournament started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.

## Seeds

* Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei (CHN) (gold medallists)
* Xu Chen / Ma Jin (CHN) (silver medallists)
* Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen (DEN) (bronze medallists)
* Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir (INA) (fourth place)

## Results
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
| Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels (GER) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Aleksandr Nikolaenko / Valeria Sorokina (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Chris Adcock / Imogen Bankier (GBR) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 28 July, 09:40 |||
| Adcock / Bankier (GBR) | 21–14 9–21 18–21 | Nikolaenko / Sorokina (RUS) |
| 28 July, 18:30 |||
| Zhang N / Zhao Y (CHN) | 21–6 21–7 | Fuchs / Michels (GER) |
| 29 July, 08:30 |||
| Adcock / Bankier (GBR) | 21–11 17–21 14–21 | Fuchs / Michels (GER) |
| 29 July, 12:30 |||
| Zhang N / Zhao Y (CHN) | 21–9 21–18 | Nikolaenko / Sorokina (RUS) |
| 30 July, 18:30 |||
| Nikolaenko / Sorokina (RUS) | 18–21 21–12 19–21 | Fuchs / Michels (GER) |
| 31 July, 15:20 |||
| Zhang N / Zhao Y (CHN) | 21–13 21–14 | Adcock / Bankier (GBR) |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
| Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen (DEN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Mateusiak / Nadieżda Zięba (POL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Shintaro Ikeda / Reiko Shiota (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Toby Ng / Grace Gao (CAN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 28 July, 08:30 |||
| Ikeda / Shiota (JPN) | 18–21 20–22 | Mateusiak / Zięba (POL) |
| 28 July, 14:19 |||
| Nielsen / Pedersen (DEN) | 21–12 21–11 | Ng / Gao (CAN) |
| 29 July, 20:50 |||
| Ikeda / Shiota (JPN) | 21–10 11–21 21–15 | Ng / Gao (CAN) |
| 30 July, 09:42 |||
| Nielsen / Pedersen (DEN) | 21–9 14–21 21–17 | Mateusiak / Zięba (POL) |
| 31 July, 19:40 |||
| Nielsen / Pedersen (DEN) | 21–11 21–10 | Ikeda / Shiota (JPN) |
| 31 July, 20:17 |||
| Mateusiak / Zięba (POL) | 21–13 21–16 | Ng / Gao (CAN) |

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
| Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir (INA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Lee Yong-dae / Ha Jung-eun (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta (IND) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 28 July, 08:30 |||
| Ahmad / Natsir (INA) | 21–16 21–12 | Diju / Gutta (IND) |
| 29 July, 09:07 |||
| Ahmad / Natsir (INA) | 21–19 21–12 | Lee Y-d / Ha J-e (KOR) |
| 29 July, 13:05 |||
| Laybourn / Juhl (DEN) | 21–12 21–16 | Diju / Gutta (IND) |
| 30 July, 12:30 |||
| Laybourn / Juhl (DEN) | 21–15 21–12 | Lee Y-d / Ha J-e (KOR) |
| 31 July, 09:42 |||
| Lee Y-d / Ha J-e (KOR) | 21–15 21–15 | Diju / Gutta (IND) |
| 31 July, 18:30 |||
| Ahmad / Natsir (INA) | 24–22 21–16 | Laybourn / Juhl (DEN) |

#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
| Xu Chen / Ma Jin (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thungthongkam (THA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Chen Hung-ling / Cheng Wen-hsing (TPE) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (MAS) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 28 July, 12:30 |||
| Chen H-l / Cheng W-h (TPE) | 21–12 6–21 21–15 | Chan / Goh (MAS) |
| 29 July, 12:30 |||
| Chen H-l / Cheng W-h (TPE) | 15–21 16–21 | Prapakamol / Thungthongkam (THA) |
| 29 July, 19:09 |||
| Xu C / Ma J (CHN) | 21–14 21–8 | Chan / Goh (MAS) |
| 30 July, 13:40 |||
| Xu C / Ma J (CHN) | 21–19 21–12 | Prapakamol / Thungthongkam (THA) |
| 31 July, 08:30 |||
| Prapakamol / Thungthongkam (THA) | 21–16 21–15 | Chan / Goh (MAS) |
| 31 July, 20:15 |||
| Xu C / Ma J (CHN) | 21–16 22–20 | Chen H-l / Cheng W-h (TPE) |

### Finals

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Zhang Nan (CHN) Zhao Yunlei (CHN) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Thomas Laybourn (DEN) Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN) | 13 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Thomas Laybourn (DEN) Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN) | 13 | 17 | | A1 | Zhang Nan (CHN) Zhao Yunlei (CHN) | 17 | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | B1 | J Fischer Nielsen (DEN) Christinna Pedersen (DEN) | 21 | 17 | 19 | | | | | |
| B1 | J Fischer Nielsen (DEN) Christinna Pedersen (DEN) | 21 | 21 | | B1 | J Fischer Nielsen (DEN) Christinna Pedersen (DEN) | 21 | 17 | 19 | | | | | |
| D2 | Sudket Prapakamol (THA) Saralee Thungthongkam (THA) | 15 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | Sudket Prapakamol (THA) Saralee Thungthongkam (THA) | 15 | 13 | | | | | | | A1 | Zhang Nan (CHN) Zhao Yunlei (CHN) | 21 | 21 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | D1 | Xu Chen (CHN) Ma Jin (CHN) | 11 | 17 | |
| A2 | Michael Fuchs (GER) Birgit Michels (GER) | 15 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | D1 | Xu Chen (CHN) Ma Jin (CHN) | 11 | 17 |
| C1 | Tontowi Ahmad (INA) Liliyana Natsir (INA) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| C1 | Tontowi Ahmad (INA) Liliyana Natsir (INA) | 21 | 21 | | C1 | Tontowi Ahmad (INA) Liliyana Natsir (INA) | 23 | 18 | 13 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | | D1 | Xu Chen (CHN) Ma Jin (CHN) | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| B2 | Robert Mateusiak (POL) Nadieżda Zięba (POL) | 21 | 16 | 21 | D1 | Xu Chen (CHN) Ma Jin (CHN) | 21 | 21 | 21 | B1 | J Fischer Nielsen (DEN) Christinna Pedersen (DEN) | 21 | 21 | |
| D1 | Xu Chen (CHN) Ma Jin (CHN) | 19 | 21 | 23 | | | | | | C1 | Tontowi Ahmad (INA) Liliyana Natsir (INA) | 12 | 12 | |