Badminton in the Olympics

Badminton has been played at the Summer Olympics since 1992. In 1972, badminton was played as a demonstration sport in Munich (excluding women's doubles). Badminton was a demonstration sport for the second time in Seoul in 1988. In 2020, badminton will also be played at the Paralympic Games for the first time.

Competitions

Five competitions will be held (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). The first four disciplines mentioned have been part of the games program since 1992, and mixed was added in 1996. In 1972 the badminton competition took place as a demonstration sport (D), in 1988 as an exhibition (E).

Overview competitions for men

Badminton - Current Competitions
competition	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Men
singles	D.				E.	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th
Double	D.				E.	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th
Number of competitions						2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Overview competitions for women

Badminton - Current Competitions
competition	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Women
singles	D.				E.	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th
Double					E.	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th
Number of competitions						2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Overview of mixed competitions

Badminton - Current Competitions
competition	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Mixed
Double	D.				E.		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7th
Number of competitions							1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Competition venues

Games	Competition venue	Other sports in the competition venue	capacity	reference
Munich 1972	Volleyball hall in the Olympic Park (demonstration)	volleyball	3,680
Seoul 1988	Seoul National University Gymnasium (Exhibition)	Table tennis	5,000
Barcelona 1992	Pavelló de la Mar Bella	no	1,200
Atlanta 1996	Georgia State University High School	no	3,500
Sydney 2000	The Dome and Exhibition Complex	Basketball, rhythmic gymnastics, handball, modern pentathlon (fencing, shooting), volleyball	10,000
Athens 2004	Goudi Olympic Hall	no	8,000
Beijing 2008	Beijing University of Technology High School	Rhythmic sports gymnastics	7,500
London 2012	Wembley Arena	Rhythmic sports gymnastics	6,000
Rio de Janeiro 2016	Riocentro Sports Complex , Pavilion 4	no	6,500
Tokyo 2020	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Modern pentathlon	10,000

Medalist

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	People's Republic of China	18th	8th	15th	41
2	Indonesia	7th	6th	6th	19th
3	South Korea	6th	7th	6th	19th
4th	Denmark	1	3	4th	8th
5	Japan	1	1	1	3
6th	Spain	1	0	0	1
7th	Malaysia	0	6th	2	8th
8th	United Kingdom	0	1	2	3
9	India	0	1	1	2
10	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
11	Russia	0	0	1	1
total		34	34	38	106

Participants each NOK

nation	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Years
Egypt					1	1		2
Algeria					1			1
Australia	2	8th	7th	6th	6th	5	5	7th
Belgium	1		1			2	2	4th
Brazil							2	1
Brunei							1	1
Bulgaria	7th	3	4th	2	1	1	3	7th
People's Republic of China	13	20th	17th	19th	19th	17th	14th	7th
Chinese Taipei		6th	5	5	4th	8th	4th	6th
Denmark	12	16	18th	12	10	9	8th	7th
Germany	4th	6th	6th	6th	5	6th	7th	7th
Estonia					2	1	2	3
Finland	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	7th
France	4th	2	3	3	2	2	2	7th
Greece				2				1
Guatemala		1		1	1	1	1	5
Hong Kong	5	3	4th	5	3	4th	7th	7th
India	3	2	2	3	2	5		6th
Indonesia	13	20th	19th	14th	11	9		6th
Iran					1			1
Ireland			1		2	2	2	4th
Iceland	3	1			1	1		4th
Israel						1	1	2
Italy					1	1	1	3
Jamaica				1				1
Japan	11	7th	9	11	10	11	9	7th
Canada	6th	7th	6th	7th	4th	4th	2	7th
Cuba							1	1
Lithuania					2	1		2
Malaysia	6th	7th	6th	9	9	6th	8th	7th
Maldives						1		1
Mauritius	3	4th	5		1		1	5
Mexico					1	1	1	3
Netherlands	3	5	8th	4th		1	3	6th
New Zealand	4th	2		2	3			4th
Nigeria		2			1			2
Norway	1			1		1		3
Austria	2	1				2	2	4th
Peru		1		1	1	2		4th
Philippines		1						1
Poland	6th	1	3	3	5	6th	5	7th
Portugal	2		1	1	2	2	2	6th
Romania	1							1
Russia		5	3	2	2	6th	4th	6th
Zambia					1			1
Sweden	8th	10	6th	3	1	1	1	7th
Switzerland	2	2			2	1	1	5
Seychelles					2			1
Singapore	3	1		3	5	4th	2	6th
Slovakia					1	1		2
Slovenia			1		1	1		2
Spain	2			2	2	2	2	5
Sri Lanka	1				1	2	1	4th
South Africa	2			6th	5	4th	1	5
South Korea	12	17th	12	15th	13	12	14th	7th
Suriname		1				1	1	3
Thailand	8th	7th	6th	8th	4th	6th	7th	7th
Trinidad and Tobago		1						1
Czech Republic					2	2	2	3
Czechoslovakia	2							1
Turkey						1	1	2
Uganda					1	1		2
Ukraine		3	3		2	2	2	5
Hungary	3	1					1	3
United Kingdom	12	11	12	11	6th	4th	8th	7th
United States	6th	3	1	2	5	3	7th	7th
United team	2							1
Vietnam					2	1	2	4th
Belarus		2			1	1		3
Nations	36	37	28	32	50	51	46	69
year	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	7th

Web links

Commons : Badminton at the Olympics  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• The medal winners at olympic.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1972 Summer Olympics official report. (PDF; 22.1 MB) Volume 2. Part 1. Accessed December 1, 2010.
2. ↑ 1988 Summer Olympics official report. (PDF; 22.7 MB) Volume 1. Part 1. p. 192. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
3. ↑ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. (PDF; 92.6 MB) Volume 2. pp. 259-62. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
4. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. (PDF; 42.8 MB) Volume 1. p. 540. Retrieved December 9, 2010
5. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. (PDF; 28.2 MB) Volume 3. p. 450. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
6. ↑ 2000 Summer Olympics official report. (PDF; 39.7 MB) Volume 1. p. 391. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
7. ↑ 2004 Summer Olympics official report. (PDF; 60.9 MB) Volume 2. p. 265. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
8. ↑ Beijing University of Technology High School . Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
9. ^ London2012.com profile of Wembley Arena. ( Memento of September 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved December 30, 2010.
10. ↑ Rio De Janeiro 2016 . (PDF 49.3 MB) Rio De Janeiro , 2016, p. 66 f. , archived from the original on March 20, 2009 ; accessed on June 2, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).  
11. ↑ Olympic Venues