Badminton debuted in the Olympics at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The 2008 Games will be the 5th that badminton has been competed. 4 events, namely the Singles and Doubles for Womens and Men was held in 1992 and in 1996, Mixed Doubles was included in Atlanta Olympics.
Australia is planning to send a team of five to the 2008 Olympics to compete in badminton. Men's Singles: Stuart Gomez Men's Doubles: Ross Smith, Glenn Warfe Womens's Doubles: Tania Lutz, Eugenia Tanaka
It was Elena Dementieva
The mens singles winner was Novak Djocovik and the mens doubles winners were Rick de Voest and Dmitry Tursunov. The womens singles winner was Venus Williams and the womens doubles winners were Cara Black and Liezel Huber.
Sweden won in the mens competition and Canada won the womens competition.
Sweetie, sorry to break it to you but if you win Wimbledon you can afford a Rolex or 20. But in case you're still wondering ,no they do not.
Swimming Mens 100m Freestyle (Gael Adam) Swimming Womens 50m Freestyle (Diane Etienette) Weightlifting Mens 94kg (Ravi Bhollah) Athletics Mens 400m (Eric Milazar) Athletics Mens 200m (Stephan Buckland) Athletics Womens 800m (Annabelle Lascar) Athletics Mens Long Jump (Arnaud Casquette) Boxing Men (Richarno Colin & Bruno Julie) Badminton Womens Singles (Karen Foo Kune) Cycling Road (Aurelie Halbwachs) Archery Womens Individual (Veronique M.D'Unienville)
The first game that held in oiympics for womens is boxing .
The men's and women's Wimbledon singles winners receive £850,000 in prize money.
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Herma Szabo of Austria won the gold medal in Women's singles in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.