Badminton at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Badminton at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was the tenth appearance of Badminton at the Commonwealth Games, Competition took place in Bolton, England, from 25 July to 4 August 2002.[1]

Badminton
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
VenueBolton Arena
LocationBolton, England
Dates25 July – 4 August 2002
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The badminton events took place at the Bolton Arena. There were no bronze medal play off matches because both losing semi-finalists were awarded a bronze medal. This was the only time that the scoring system of 7 points / 5 sets was used for a Commonwealth Games badminton event.[2][3]

Malaysia topped the badminton medal table by virtue of winning three gold medals.[4]

Bolton Arena

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Malaysia (MAS)3339
2 England (ENG)*2147
3 Singapore (SIN)1102
4 New Zealand (NZL)0123
5 India (IND)0011
 Scotland (SCO)0011
 Wales (WAL)0011
Totals (7 entries)661224

Medallists

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Final results

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Category Gold Silver Score
Men's singles Malaysia Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Malaysia Lee Tsuen Seng 7-3, 7-1, 3-7, 7-8 7-4
Women's singles Singapore Li Li England Tracey Hallam 7-5, 5-7, 8-7, 7-0
Men's doubles Malaysia Chan Chong Ming & Chew Choon Eng Malaysia Chang Kim Wai & Choong Tan Fook 7-5, 4-7, 2-7, 7-5, 7-3
Women's doubles Malaysia Ang Li Peng & Lim Pek Siah New Zealand Nicole Gordon & Sara Petersen 7-8, 7-4, 2-7, 7-5, 7-0
Mixed doubles England Simon Archer & Joanne Goode Malaysia Chew Choon Eng & Chin Eei Hui 0-7, 7-5 7-3, 7-3
Mixed team England England Singapore Singapore 3-0

Results

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Men's singles

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Malaysia Muhammad Hafiz Hashim 7 7 7
Australia Stuart Brehaut 0 0 1 Malaysia Hafiz 8 7 7
New Zealand Nick Hall 8 4 8 7 New Zealand Hall 6 4 4
England Mark Constable 6 7 6 1 Malaysia Hafiz 6 8 7 7 7
Malaysia Wong Choong Hann 7 7 7 Malaysia Hann 8 6 0 8 3
New Zealand John Gordon 0 2 2 Malaysia Hann 7 7 7
India Pullela Gopichand 7 7 7 India Pullela 1 1 4
Canada Stephan Wojcikiewicz 0 1 1 Malaysia Hafiz 7 7 3 7 7
Malaysia Lee Tsuen Seng 7 4 7 4 7 Malaysia Seng 3 1 7 8 4
India Nikhil Kanetkar 3 7 4 7 5 Malaysia Seng 7 7 7
New Zealand Geoffrey Bellingham 7 7 7 New Zealand Bellingham 4 0 2
Sri Lanka Dinuka Karunaratne 3 3 1 Malaysia Seng 7 7 7
Wales Richard Vaughan 6 7 8 3 7 Wales Vaughan 4 0 1
Singapore Ronald Susilo 8 2 6 7 1 Wales Vaughan 7 7 3 7
India Abhinn Shyam Gupta 8 7 7 India Gupta 4 1 7 3
England Colin Haughton 6 5 3

Women's singles

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Singapore Li Li 7 7 7
Canada Kara Solmundson 1 1 3 Singapore Li 7 7 4 7
Wales Kelly Morgan 7 7 7 Wales Morgan 4 4 7 4
India B. R. Meenakshi 3 3 1 Singapore Li 7 7 7
Malaysia Ng Mee Fen 5 7 7 4 7 Malaysia Ng 3 0 1
India Trupti Murgunde 7 2 3 7 2 Malaysia Ng 2 7 7 7
England Julia Mann 7 7 7 England Mann 7 2 2 5
Scotland Fiona Sneddon 1 3 1 Singapore Li 7 5 8 7
England Tracey Hallam 7 7 7 England Hallam 5 7 7 0
Northern Ireland Lisa Lynas 1 1 1 England Hallam 2 5 7 7 8
Scotland Susan Hughes 7 8 7 Scotland Hughes 7 7 5 0 6
Sri Lanka R. C. Hettiarachchige 0 7 0 England Hallam 7 7 7
India Aparna Popat 7 7 7 India Popat 3 3 1
Mauritius Amrita Sawaram 0 1 0 India Popat 7 7 7
Canada Denyse Julien 5 7 7 7 Canada Julien 1 0 0
New Zealand Nicole Gordon 7 4 3 4

Men's doubles

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
  Malaysia Chan Chong Ming
Malaysia Chew Choon Eng
7 7 7
  Canada Keith Chan
Canada William Milroy
4 1 1
  Malaysia Chan
Malaysia Chew
7 7 7
  England Anderson
England Archer
4 5 2
  Australia Peter Blackburn
Australia Murray Hocking
7 5 6 1
  England James Anderson
England Simon Archer
3 7 8 7
  Malaysia Chan
Malaysia Chew
7 4 2 7 7
  Malaysia Chang
Malaysia Choong
5 7 7 5 3
  India Sanave Thomas
India Valiyaveetil Diju
1 4 6
  England Anthony Clark
England Nathan Robertson
7 7 8
  England Clark
England Robertson
5 3 4
  Malaysia Chang
Malaysia Choong
8 7 7
  Malaysia Chang Kim Wai
Malaysia Choong Tan Fook
8 7 7 7
  New Zealand John Gordon
New Zealand Daniel Shirley
7 8 3 2

Women's doubles

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
  Malaysia Ang Li Peng
Malaysia Lim Pek Siah
7 7 7
  Canada Denyse Julien
Canada Tammy Sun
0 1 4
Malaysia Peng
Malaysia Siah
7 6 8 7
England Emms
England Goode
4 8 6 4
  England Gail Emms
England Joanne Goode
7 7 4 7
  Singapore Fatimah Kumin Lim
Singapore Jiang Yanmei
4 5 7 1
Malaysia Peng
Malaysia Siah
7 7 2 7 7
New Zealand Gordon
New Zealand Petersen
8 4 7 5 0
  New Zealand Nicole Gordon
New Zealand Sara Petersen
6 7 7 3 7
  Scotland Elinor Middlemiss
Scotland Kirsteen McEwan
8 3 5 7 4
New Zealand Gordon
New Zealand Petersen
7 7 7
Malaysia Chin
Malaysia Wong
3 3 3
  Malaysia Chin Eei Hui
Malaysia Wong Pei Tty
4 1 7 7 7
  Wales Felicity Gallup
Wales Jo Muggeridge
7 7 1 0 4

Mixed doubles

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
  England Simon Archer
England Joanne Goode
7 7 7
  Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Singapore Jiang Yanmei
2 0 3
England Archer
England Goode
7 5 8 4 7
New Zealand Shirley
New Zealand Petersen
1 7 6 7 2
  New Zealand Daniel Shirley
New Zealand Sara Petersen
7 4 7 7
  Scotland Russell Hogg
Scotland Kirsteen McEwan
2 7 3 1
England Archer
England Goode
0 7 7 7
Malaysia Eng
Malaysia Hui
7 5 3 3
  Malaysia Chew Choon Eng
Malaysia Chin Eei Hui
7 8 1 7
  England Nathan Robertson
England Gail Emms
5 6 7 4
Malaysia Eng
Malaysia Hui
4 3 7 7 7
England Clark
England Sankey
7 7 4 4 0
  England Anthony Clark
England Sara Sankey
7 7 7
  Canada William Milroy
Canada Denyse Julien
4 4 1

Mixed Team

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Semi finals

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Team One Team Two Score
Singapore SingaporeNew Zealand New Zealand3-1
Team One Team Two Score
England EnglandScotland Scotland3-0[7]
Colin HaughtonGaham Simpson7–1, 4–7, 7–0, 7–1
Joanne Goode & Gail EmmsYuan Wemyss & Sandra Watt7–4, 7–2, 7–5
Tracey HallamSusan Hughes7–3, 8–6, 7–2

Final

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Team One Team Two Score
England EnglandSingapore Singapore3-0
Nathan Robertson & Gail EmmsPatrick Lau Kim Pong & Jiang Yanmei7-0, 7-4, 7-4
Colin HaughtonRonald Susilo5-7, 7-4, 7-0, 0-7, 7-3
Tracey HallamLi Li6-8, 7-4, 1-7, 7-1, 7-1

References

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  1. "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. The Laws of the Badminton - 5 × 7 scoring system
  3. Scoring experiment ends at Games.
  4. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Badminton". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  5. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  6. "Results: Badminton - Men's Doubles". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 25 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. "Badminton". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 30 July 2002. p. 74. Retrieved 22 January 2026 via British Newspaper Archive.