Badminton at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games

2008 Commonwealth Youth Games
Tournament details
Dates	13 October – 17 October
Edition	2nd
Competitors	90
Venue	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Location	Mahalunge, Balewadi, Pune, India
← 2004 Bendigo	2011 Douglas →

Badminton events for the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra from 13 to 17 October.[1][2] For the second consecutive time, sport of Badminton was included in the Commonwealth Youth Games programme which included Boys' singles,[3] Girls' singles,[4] Boys' doubles[5] and Girls' doubles[6] events. Mixed doubles was not conducted. At the end, host India emerged as the strongest nation by winning three titles, while Malaysia won the Boys' doubles title.

Medalists

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles	Gurusai Dutt	Aditya Prakash	Martin Campbell
Girls' singles	Saina Nehwal	N. Sikki Reddy	Panuga Riou
Boys' doubles	Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng	Lim Yu Sheng Loh Wei Sheng	B. Sai Praneeth Pranav Chopra
Girls' doubles	P. C. Thulasi N. Sikki Reddy	Alexandra Bruce Michelle Li	Lim Ee Von Ng Hui Ern

Results

Boys' singles

Semifinal			Final

Gurusai Dutt	21	21

Paul van Rietvelde	13	12
			Gurusai Dutt	21	20	21

			Aditya Prakash	18	22	18
Martin Campbell	14	17

Aditya Prakash	21	21	Third place


			Paul van Rietvelde	13	17

			Martin Campbell	21	21

Girls' singles

Semifinal			Final

Saina Nehwal	21	21

Panuga Riou	12	10
			Saina Nehwal	23	22

			N. Sikki Reddy	21	20
Tiffany Chase Currier	16	9

N. Sikki Reddy	21	21	Third place


			Panuga Riou	18	21	21

			Tiffany Chase Currier	21	16	16

Boys' doubles

Semi-finals			Final

B. Sai Praneeth Pranav Chopra	20	16

Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng	22	21
			Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng	14	21	21

			Lim Yu Sheng Loh Wei Sheng	21	13	14
Gary Fox Richard Morris	19	17

Lim Yu Sheng Loh Wei Sheng	21	21	Third place


			B. Sai Praneeth Pranav Chopra	21	23

			Gary Fox Richard Morris	18	21

Girls' doubles

Semi-finals			Final

Lim Ee Von Ng Hui Ern	19	10

Alexandra Bruce Michelle Li	21	21
			Alexandra Bruce Michelle Li	18	8

			P. C. Thulasi N. Sikki Reddy	21	21
Jessica Jonggowisastro Mary O’Connor	13	13

P. C. Thulasi N. Sikki Reddy	21	21	Third place


			Lim Ee Von Ng Hui Ern	21	21

			Jessica Jonggowisastro Mary O’Connor	8	19

References

"India dominate Commonwealth Youth Games, win 76 medals". Times of India. 18 October 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
"2008 Commonwealth Youth Games". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
"Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 – MS". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
"Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 – WS". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
"Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 – MD". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
"Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 – WD". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

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[1] "India dominate Commonwealth Youth Games, win 76 medals". Times of India. 18 October 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[2] "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[3] "Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 – MS". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[4] "Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 – WS". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[5] "Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 – MD". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[6] "Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 – WD". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.