OLYMPIC HISTORY Badminton was a demonstration sport at the Games of 1972 and 1988 before it achieved full Olympic status at Barcelona in 1992, when romance was in the air; the first winners of Olympic badminton titles and Olympic gold medals in any sport for Indonesia, Susi Susanti and Allan Budi Kusuma, were engaged to be married. Their successes capped an overwhelming triumph for Asian nations, one that was reflected in the fact that Thomas Stu ...

Sports History Alpha IndexIndex by SportHistory Bits ForumLinksSearch Badminton History Table of Contents History Other Resources History Badminton probably originated in India as a grownup's version of a very old children's game known in England as battledore and shuttlecock, the battledore being a paddle and the shuttlecock a small feathered cork, now usually balled a "bird." Played for centuries by children in India, Siam, and Japan, this was a cooperative game in which th ...

www.olympic.org Français Olympic Games Sports Athletes News Passion Organisation olympic news © IOC/RRH8 June 2006 Vancouver 2010: learning from the past, progressing confidently forward After two days of meetings and visits by the IOC Coordination Commission, under the Chairmanship of IOC member René Fasel, the Commission has successfully completed its 3rd visit to the Organising Committee for the Vancouver... [Full story] 12th Olympic Collectors World Fair12th Olympic Colle ...

www.olympic.org Français Olympic Games Sports Athletes News Passion Organisation olympic news © IOC/RRH8 June 2006 Vancouver 2010: learning from the past, progressing confidently forward After two days of meetings and visits by the IOC Coordination Commission, under the Chairmanship of IOC member René Fasel, the Commission has successfully completed its 3rd visit to the Organising Committee for the Vancouver... [Full story] 12th Olympic Collectors World Fair12th Olympic Colle ...

USA BADMINTON - USA IN THE OLYMPICS One Olympic Plaza • Colorado Springs, CO 80909 phone: (719) 866-4808 • fax: (719) 866-4507 • e-mail: usab@usabadminton.org The sport of badminton was forever changed when, in June 1985, the International Olympic Committee recognized the sport’s magnitude (the IBF has 129 member countries) and voted unanimously to promote badminton to full-medal Olympic status. After having been a demonstration sport at the 1972 Olympics in Munich and an exhibition ...

[an error occurred while processing this directive] SOURCE: USBA Go to Badminton SectionBadminton in the Olympics The sport of badminton was forever changed when, in June 1985, the International Olympic Committee recognized the sport’s magnitude (the IBF has 129 member countries) and voted unanimously to promote badminton to full-medal Olympic status. After having been a demonstration sport at the 1972 Olympics in Munich and an exhibition sport in 1988 in Seoul, badminton made a hu ...