Indonesia's golden boys

Wijaya claimed gold for Indonesia with Tony Gunawan

Indonesia's Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya have won the gold medal in the Olympic badminton men's doubles after defeating Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung of South Korea.

The world number ones and top seeds, supported by a deafening crowd straight from Jakarta, came through 15-10 9-15 15-7 after a one hour, 17 minute battle against the world championship runners-up.

This was a welcome victory for a badminton-mad nation who had suffered with top seeds Kusharyanto Tri and Timur Minarti losing the mixed doubles final to China's Zhang Jun and Gao Ling.

The victory takes Indonesia's all-time Olympic gold tally to four, all in badminton.

Roaring crowd

The very first point set the tone for the night, with the crowd roaring as each smash was dispatched.

Dong-soo and Yong-sung silver medallists

At 3-3 there was a rally of incredible power and sublime skill that eventually went the Indonesians' way after 79 shots.

They took the opening game in half an hour but the Koreans hit back strongly in the second to level.

The third game was a tight affair, with both sides exhibiting excellent defence and attack.

But the Koreans tired and the favourites gradually began to dominate, turning a 4-3 deficit into an unassailable 10-4 lead.

In the third-place play-off, South Koreans Ha Tae-kwon and Kim Dong-moon added Olympic bronze to their world title with a 15-2 15-8 victory over Malaysians Tan Fook Choong and Wan Wah Lee.

The fourth seeds were much the better pair in the opening game, capitalising on their opponents' mistakes.

After losing the first two points of the game they then won a remarkable 15 in a row.

But after falling 6-1 down in the second the Malaysians began to make a fight of it, levelling at 7-7 only to concede six straight points to go down after 50 minutes.