Badminton attracted a significant chunk of the television viewership in China during the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last month.

The men's singles championship match between the current world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and China's world No. 2 Chen Long was reportedly the most-watched event on state broadcaster CCTV5. The Olympic gold medal round match between the two of the world's top male shuttlers recorded 7.08 percent share of viewership.

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Badminton dominated the most-watched list, with seven matches featuring in the top ten. Lee Chong Wei and China's two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan's semifinal match ends up in third at 5.91 percent followed by Lin's quarterfinal showdown against Kidambi Srikanth of India at 4.95 percent. 

Here is the list of the top-ten most watched sports event in the last Olympic Games.

1. Badminton: Men's Singles final: Lee Chong Wei vs Chen Long: 7.08 percent
2. Volleyball Women's final: China vs Serbia: 7.03 percent
3. Badminton: Men's Singles semi-final: Lin Dan vs Lee Chong Wei: 5.91 percent
4. Badminton: Men's Singles quarter-final: Lin Dan vs K Srikanth: 4.95 percent
5. Table Tennis: Women's Team semi-final: China vs Singapore: 4.46 percent
6. Badminton: Men's Singles Bronze play-off: Lin Dan vs Viktor Axelsen: 4.39 percent
7. Badminton: Women's Singles semi-final: Li Xuerui vs Carolina Marin: 3.97 percent
8. Badminton: Men's Doubles semi-final: Fu Haifeng/Zhang Nan vs Marcus Ellis/Chris Langridge: 3.64 percent
9. Badminton: Men's Doubles bronze play-off: Chai Biao/Hong Wei vs Marcus Ellis/Chris Langridge: 3.57 percent
10. Volleyball: Women's semi-final: China vs Netherlands: 3.56 percent

The racquet sport is continually becoming more popular in China. China is a very big country with a population of about 1.3 billion people and with about 100 million people in the land that take part in badminton, it is no wonder why the sport is greatly being followed by many of the Chinese viewers.

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