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
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.
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.
The first game that held in oiympics for womens is boxing .
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Womens 10m platform diveing was introduced in the 1912 Olympics
Kristin Armstrong of the United States.