Badminton at the Summer Olympics

Badminton had its debut as an official event on the 1992 Summer Olympics and has been contested in eight Olympiads. 74 different nations have appeared in the Olympic badminton competitions, with 18 appearing all eight times. It is governed by the Badminton World Federation.

Badminton at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline CodeBDM
Governing bodyBWF
Events5 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 1)
Games
  • 1896
  • 1900
  • 1904
  • 1908
  • 1912
  • 1920
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics

Summary

Games Year Events Best nation
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Games Year Events Best nation
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2019724 Indonesia
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2419885 South Korea
2519924 Indonesia
2619965 South Korea
2720005 China
2820045 China
2920085 China
3020125 China
3120165 China
3220205 China

History

The 1972 Summer Olympics saw the inaugural staging of badminton, as a demonstration sport. Two decades later the sport was officially introduced to the Olympics in 1989, and debuted in competition at the 1992 Games where 4 events were held, with singles and doubles events for both men and women. Four medals were awarded in each event, including two bronzes. At the following Games in 1996, had 5 events with the addition of mixed doubles. Since 1996 there is a playoff between the two semi-final losers to determine the sole winner of the bronze medal. This format has continued to 2020 Olympics.

Events

(d) = demonstration event
(e) = exhibition event

Current program
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Medal table

As of the 2020 Olympics[1]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)20121547
2 Indonesia (INA)86721
3 South Korea (KOR)67720
4 Denmark (DEN)2349
5 Japan (JPN)1124
6 Chinese Taipei (TPE)1102
7 Spain (ESP)1001
8 Malaysia (MAS)0639
9 Great Britain (GBR)0123
 India (IND)0123
11 Netherlands (NED)0101
12 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (12 entries)393943121

Successful national teams

Below is the gold medalists showed based on category and countries after the 2020 Summer Olympics. China has been successfully dominating the Summer Olympics, it is the only country ever to achieve a shutout of the medals, which they did at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Indonesia is the second most successful country in Badminton sports after China at the Olympics event. China and Indonesia are the only countries that have ever won gold medals in every badminton discipline. Bolded numbers below indicate a country as the overall winner of Olympic badminton of that year.

As of the 2020 Olympics
Rank Country 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
1  China 1 4 3 3 5 2 2 20
2  Indonesia 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
3  South Korea 2 2 1 1 6
4  Denmark 1 1 2
5  Chinese Taipei 1 1
 Japan 1 1
 Spain 1 1

Medal summary by event

Men's singles

As of 2020 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)4239
2 Indonesia (INA)2237
3 Denmark (DEN)2024
4 Malaysia (MAS)0314
5 South Korea (KOR)0101
Totals (5 entries)88925

Women's singles

As of 2020 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)52411
2 Indonesia (INA)1124
3 South Korea (KOR)1102
4 Spain (ESP)1001
5 India (IND)0123
6 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0101
 Denmark (DEN)0101
 Netherlands (NED)0101
9 Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (9 entries)88925

Men's doubles

As of 2020 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Indonesia (INA)3126
2 South Korea (KOR)2237
3 China (CHN)2215
4 Chinese Taipei (TPE)1001
5 Malaysia (MAS)0224
6 Denmark (DEN)0101
7 Great Britain (GBR)0011
Totals (7 entries)88925

Women's doubles

As of 2020 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)54413
2 South Korea (KOR)1247
3 Japan (JPN)1102
4 Indonesia (INA)1001
5 Denmark (DEN)0101
6 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (6 entries)88925

Mixed doubles

As of 2020 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)4239
2 South Korea (KOR)2103
3 Indonesia (INA)1203
4 Great Britain (GBR)0112
5 Malaysia (MAS)0101
6 Denmark (DEN)0022
7 Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (7 entries)77721

Qualification

The Badminton World Federation's ranking list is used to determine qualification for the Olympic tournament. For singles, 29 competitors are selected. For doubles, 19 pairs are selected.

The general method of selection is by ranking, though the selection process stops once all qualification positions are filled. All players or pairs from the top 16 places on that list qualify, though each National Olympic Committee can send a maximum of three players/pairs. Players and pairs through the 64th place on that ranking qualify, with the caveat that each NOC can send only two players/pairs from that portion of the list. Players and pairs ranked below that only qualify if they are the highest-ranked competitor from their nation.

In addition, one place in each of the singles events is awarded by the Tripartite Commission. There are also regulations on minimum representation. Each continent must have at least one player/pair. This is the highest-ranked player/pair from that continent if none have qualified through the standard selection process. The host nation, if it has not already qualified two competitors, receives two slots as well, either two singles players or one pair.

Competition

Olympic badminton consists of a group stage and single-elimination tournament. Each match is played to the best of three games. Games are up to 21 points. Rally scoring is used, meaning a player does not need to be serving to score. A player must win by two points or be the first player to 30 points.

Participating nations

The following nations have taken part in the badminton competition. The numbers in the table indicate the number of competitors sent to that year's Olympics.

Nation 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Years
 Algeria11
 Australia287665548
 Austria212215
 Azerbaijan[lower-alpha 1]11
 Belarus[lower-alpha 1]2113
 Belgium112215
 Brazil222
 Brunei11
 Bulgaria734211338
 Canada676744288
 China13201719191714148
 Chinese Taipei65548457
 Cuba11
 Czech Republic[lower-alpha 2]2223
 Czechoslovakia2Country dissolved into Czech Republic and Slovakia1
 Denmark12161812109898
 Egypt1133
 Estonia21224
 Finland222322118
 France423322248
 Germany466656758
 Great Britain1211121164878
 Greece21
 Guatemala1111126
 Hong Kong534534748
 Hungary31124
 Iceland31114
 India322325748
 Indonesia1320191411910118
 Iran112
 Ireland122215
 Israel1123
 Italy1113
 Jamaica11
 Japan11791110119138
 Lithuania212
 Malaysia676996888
 Maldives112
 Malta11
 Mauritius3451116
 Mexico11124
 Myanmar11
 Netherlands35841347
 New Zealand42234
 Nigeria2133
 Norway1113
 Pakistan11
 Peru111215
 Philippines11
 Poland61335657
 Portugal2112226
 Romania11
 Russia[lower-alpha 1]532264[lower-alpha 3]6
 ROC[lower-alpha 4]41
 Seychelles21
 Singapore31354227
 Slovakia[lower-alpha 2]1113
 Slovenia1113
 South Africa265415
 South Korea12171215131214108
 Spain2222226
 Sri Lanka112115
 Suriname1113
 Sweden8106311118
 Switzerland2221116
 Thailand876846778
 Trinidad and Tobago11
 Turkey1113
 Uganda112
 Ukraine[lower-alpha 1]3322226
 Unified Team2Dissolved1
 United States631253748
 Vietnam21224
 Zambia11
Nations363728325051464974
Year199219962000200420082012201620208
  1. Competed within the Unified Team
  2. Competed within Czechoslovakia
  3. Competed as ROC
  4. Competed within the Unified Team (1992) and as Russia (1996–2016)

See also

References

  1. "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
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