History Of Badminton The origins of badminton date back at least two thousand years, a surprisingly long history for one of the Olympics newest sports! http://www.chevroncars.com/wocc/lrn/artcl/artcl.jhtml?id=/content/Sports/a1839.x
A Brief History Of Badminton A surprisingly long history for one of the Olympics newest sports! badminton took its name from badminton House in Gloucestershire, the home of the Duke of http://users.erols.com/wiker/history.htm
Extractions: Badminton was invented long ago; its origins date back at least two thousand years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, India and China. A surprisingly long history for one of the Olympics newest sports! Badminton took its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, the home of the Duke of Beaufort, where the sport was played in the last century. By coincidence, Gloucestershire is now the base for the International Badminton Federation. The IBF was founded in 1934 with nine members - Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. The USA joined four years later. Membership grew steadily over the following years with a surge in new members after badminton's Olympic debut at Barcelona. As the sport's development program grows, the current 130 members is expected to increase further. The first major IBF tournament was the Thomas Cup (world men's team championships) in 1948. Since then, the number of world events has increased to seven, with the addition of the Uber Cup (ladies' team), World Championships, Sudirman Cup (mixed team), World Juniors, World Grand Prix Finals and the World Cup. The World Cup invitational event started in 1981 and is organized by the International Management Group (IMG). The World Cup series is due to end in 1997 and the IBF is considering organizing exhibition matches featuring the world's top players to replace the World Cup.
USA Badminton USA In The Olympics The sport of badminton was forever changed when, in June 1985, the International olympic Committee recognized the sports magnitude (the IBF has 129 member http://www.usabadminton.org/page.asp?page=USA in the Olympics
Olympic Preview: Badminton Athens 2004 olympics. badminton. First olympic Appearance 1992. by Mike Morrison. Billed as the world s fastest racket sport, badminton traces its roots back to http://www.infoplease.com/spot/ol-badminton.html
Extractions: by Mike Morrison Billed as "the world's fastest racket sport," badminton traces its roots back to the 5th century BCE. The Chinese originally played a version called Ti Zian Ji, a game that used a shuttlecock like badminton, but was played with the feet. Modern badminton began in India in the 1800s and was known as "poona." In its current form, badminton resembles tennis , in that it can be played by either singles or doubles and rackets are used to hit an object over a net. Badminton, however, is a much faster sport. Instead of a ball, badminton uses a shuttlecock, which is made of cork and real goose feathers and can travel at speeds up to 260 kilometers per hour (162 mph). A badminton match follows a "best-of-three" format (two games are needed to win the match). In men's and doubles play, the first side to 15 points wins, while in women's play, the first side to 11 wins (must win by two). Only the serving team can score a point, but unlike volleyball, a serve that hits the net and drops onto the opposition's side of the court earns a point for the serving team.
Badminton In Australia National Court Officials Committee established. 1982, badminton becomes an acknowledged olympic Sport. Australia wins Team bronze at Brisbane Commonwealth Games. http://badminton.org.au/BA/Bahistory.htm
Extractions: History of Badminton in Australia Originally compiled by Ron Ward Rev Ernest Bryant, born in Kyneton, Vic 1876 and a Congregational Minister, joined the Fremantle Club. He soon became Secretary/Treasurer Badminton played in Geelong and various places throughout Victoria Mrs Bryant - first woman to play in Australia Fremantle Club affiliated to Badminton Assoc (England) Alf Lennard helped develop badminton in Tasmania First State Championship played in WA Central, Congregational, Methodist, Presbyterian, Church of England Associations formed in Victoria First State Championships in Victoria; August 22, Badminton Association of WA formed July 6: Tasmanian Badminton Association formed. (Later became North Tasmanian BA when STBA and NWBA) took over the TBA title. First interstate Game - St Stephen's Richmond Tasmania def Victoria 9 - Feb 18: South Australia BA formed April 26: Victorian Badminton Association formed from 17 clubs and five Associations Terms "men & women" dropped Only players registered. First anti - discrimination move in sport
SPORTS FACTS - Badminton - Olympics 2000 Tony Hinchliffe s sports Facts history badminton Olympics 2000. http://sportsfacts.net/history/badminton/olympics/badminton_olympics_2000.html
Extractions: 2000 Badminton Olympic Medallists Men's Singles Ji Xinpeng CHN Hendrawan INA Xia Xuanze CHN Men's Doubles Tony Gunawan Lee Dong-Soo Ha Tae-Kwon Candra Wijaya INA Yoo Yong-Sung KOR Kim Dong-Moon KOR Women's Singles Gong Zhichao CHN Camilla Martin DEN Ye Zhaoying CHN Women's Doubles Ge Fei Huang Nanyan Gao Ling Gu Jun CHN Yang Wei CHN Qin Yiyuan CHN Mixed Doubles Zhang Jun Tri Kusharyanto Simon Archer Gao Ling CHN Minarti Timur INA Joanne Goode GBR Men's Singles Final 2000 Ji Xinpeng (7) CHN 15-4 15-13 Hendrawan (2) INA Bronze Xia Xuanze (4) CHN 15-13 15-5 Peter Gade (3) DEN Semifinals Hendrawan 15-12 15-4 Xia Xuanze CHN Ji Xinpeng 15-9 1-15 15-9 Peter Gade DEN Quarter-finals Hendrawan 15-13 15-5 Sun Jun CHN Xia Xuanze 17-15 15-11 Choong Hann Wong (5) MAS Ji Xinpeng 15-12 15-5 Taufik Hidayat (1) INA Peter Gade 15-6 15-6 Marlev Mario Mainaky (8) INA 3rd Round Taufik Hidayat 15-9 13-15 15-3 Ewe Hock Ong MAS Sun Jun 15-10 15-8 Richard Vaughan GBR Xia Xuanze 15-11 15-2 Svetoslav Stoyanov BUL Hendrawan 15-9 15-4 Pulella Gopichand IND Choong Hann Wong 15-6 15-7 Kenneth Jonassen DEN M M Mainaky 15-5 15-3 Hwang Sun-Ho KOR Ji Xinpeng 15-3 15-6 Kevin Han USA Peter Gade 15-8 15-7 Fung Permadi TPE
Extractions: Olympic Sections Event Venues Local Olympians Medal Chart Olympic Talk Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Shooting Soccer Softball Swimming Synchronized Swimming Tennis Table Tennis Team Handball Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling Yachting The Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta came to a close Sunday night, after two weeks of athletic competition between 197 countries and over 11,000 athletes the most ever in an Olympic Games. The Games closed with International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch praising the city of Atlanta, but notably failing to call the game as "the greatest in Olympic history" a phrase that has become routine in his Closing Ceremonies speeches.
Thailand Badminton Lifestyle Olympics - badminton Olympics - badminton. history. Thailand has never been a dependent of another nation sports and Games. http://splash.handii.com/thailand_badminton.htm
Medal Sports Olympic Debut sports Index. For a full sporting history visit the official Sydney 2000 olympic Games site. http://www.sjc.uq.edu.au/projects/Olympics/History/history5.html
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Badminton Contains player profiles, related links, and past Olympics results. http://www.ausport.gov.au/info/badminton.htm
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UK Online - Official ISP Of The Olympics history. No events. badminton first appeared in the Olympics in 1992. Photography supplied by Getty Images British Success. Simon http://www.ukonline.net/olympics/?art=sportwatch&page=sportcode&sportid=3
The Badminton Association Of England Ltd. clubdetails. QUICK POLL. Where do you play badminton? At school, With a club, With friends at a leisure centre, At a sports club (ie David Lloyd), View Results, http://www.baofe.co.uk/
Badminton Often one of the most misunderstood sports in the Olympics, badminton is the national sport in certain Asian countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia. http://www.ana.gr/olympics/English/pages/OlympicSports/Badminton.html
Extractions: History Olympic Venues Olympic Sports Greece Today ... Information Badminton Indoor Outdoor Discontinued Olympic Sports Often one of the most "misunderstood" sports in the Olympics, badminton is the national sport in certain Asian countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia. The game reached the Olympic stage as a exhibition sport at the 1972 Munich Games. It returned as an exhibition sport in Seoul in 1988 and was accepted with full medal status in 1992 at Barcelona. Badminton is played by two or four players, either indoors or outdoors on a marked court. A net is fixed across the middle of the court which is five feet high at the center and 5 1/2 ft at the posts. The game is played with a shuttlecock made initially of cork, but now of rubber with feathers attached. The shuttlecock is hit back and forth with the use of racquets strung with nylon string and weighing about six ounces. When one of the players fails to return the shuttlecock, a point is scored. Fifteen points wins the game, providing the winner's score exceeds that of the loser by at least 2 points. It has been estimated that the badminton ball can reach a speed up to 260km per hour, which requires a high degree of dexterity and quick reflexes by the players. Badminton took its name from Badminton House In Gloucestershire, the home of the Duke of Beaufort, where the sport was played in the 19 th century.
Extractions: Nathan Robertson You know that feeling when something instinctively feels right? Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms do when they're playing badminton together. And they are confident that their on-court chemistry can help them win an Olympic medal this summer. The duo, who will both turn 27 shortly before the Games, have produced a string of consistently fine performances in the past 12 months that has cemented their place as fourth in the world in mixed doubles. "We're a natural pair which not everybody is," said Nottingham-born Robertson. "We can read each other's game quite well and know whereabouts we're moving and know where our shots are going, so it doesn't take a lot of court time to know where we're going to hit it. "We've got some sort of natural understanding on the court which is very helpful."
Scholastic News In-depth: Special Olympics of smashing a tennis ball, badminton players whack a tumbled their way into Special Olympics history when gymnastics Now, the sport attracts athletes from more http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/special_olympics/athletes/i
CBS.SportsLine.com - Olympics history. badminton AllTime Medal Count. Place, Country, G, S, B, T. 1, China, 5, 3, 9, 17. 2, Indonesia, 4, 5, 3, 12. 3, South Korea, 4, 4, 2, 10. 4, Denmark, 1, 1, 1, 3. 5, Malaysia, 0, 1, 2, 3. http://cbs.sportsline.com/olympics/summer/history/sport/badminton
Extractions: document.write(''); ID: Password: Register Help Web SportsLine Home NFL NBA MLB ... Nations History Badminton All-Time Medal Count Place Country G S B T China Indonesia South Korea Denmark Malaysia Great Britain Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's Singles Xinpeng Ji, CHN Henra Wan, INA Xuanze Xia, CHN Men's Doubles Indonesia South Korea South Korea Women's Singles Zhichao Gong, CHN Camilla Martin, DEN Zhaoying Ye, CHN Women's Doubles China China China Mixed Doubles China Indonesia Great Britain Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's Singles Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen, DEN Jiong Dong, CHN Rashid Sidek, MAS Men's Doubles Indonesia Malaysia Indonesia Women's Singles Bang Soo-Hyun, KOR Mia Audina, INA Susi Susanti, INA Women's Doubles China South Korea China Mixed Doubles South Korea South Korea China Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's Singles Alan Budi Kusuma, INA Ardy Wiranata, INA Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen, DEN
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IPL Teenspace org/fmf/graphics/intro.html Read about the history of women in the Olympics, and about org/Portal/DesktopDefault.aspx The official world badminton website http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/browse/sp0000/
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