Badminton debuted at the 1972 Games as a demonstration sport and became a medal sport in 1992. Gold medalists in 1992 - Men's singles - Alan Budikusuma, Indonesia
Women's singles - Susi Susanti, Indonesia
Men's doubles - Kim Moon-Soo and Park Joo-bong, South Korea
Women's doubles - Hwang Hye-young and Chung So-young, South Korea Gold medalists in 1996 - Men's singles - Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Denmark
Women's singles - Bang Soo-hyun, South Korea
Men's doubles - Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja, Indonesia
Women's doubles - Ge Fei and Gu Jun, China
Mixed doubles - Kim Dong-moon and Gil Young-ah, South Korea Gold medalists in 2000 - Men's singles - Ji Xinpeng, China
Women's singles - Gong Zhichao, China
Men's doubles - Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya, Indonesia
Women's doubles - Ge Fei and Gu Jun, China
Mixed doubles - Zhang Jun and Gao Ling, China Gold medalists in 2004 - Men's singles - Taufik Hidayat, Indonesia
Women's singles - Zhang Ning, China
Men's doubles - Kim Dong-moon and Ha Tae-kwon, South Korea
Women's doubles - Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei, China
Mixed doubles - Zhang Jun and Gao Ling, China
Various - we've got Olympic Badminton and Handball Gold medalist teams.
Mark Harmon never was an Olympic gold medalist. You may be confusing him with Mark Spitz who WAS an Olympic gold medalist swimmer in the 1972 Olympics.
paul hamm
Nebraska
china has dominated the badminton olympic table for the longest time.
Tara Lipiniski
Shawn Johnson
Phi Beta Kappa
athens
usa
Cody Allison
Tommy Moe.