List of Olympic champions in badminton

Peter Gade , participant in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics

Olympic champions in badminton have been named since 1992. All winners, second and third place winners of the badminton competitions at the Summer Olympics are listed below, broken down by men, women and mixed teams.

Competitions

Five badminton tournaments are held at the Summer Olympics :

• Women's singles tournament (since 1992)
• Women's double tournament (since 1992)
• Men's singles tournament (since 1992)
• Men's doubles tournament (since 1992)
• Mixed tournament (since 1996)

In 1972 in Munich, badminton was played as a demonstration sport, without a double tournament for women. Badminton was a demonstration sport in Seoul in 1988. In the table, those placed in these years are in italics.

At the tournaments of the 1992 Summer Olympics, two bronze medals were awarded each time, and at the 1972 demonstration competition, there were also two third-placed winners.

Women

singles

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1972	Noriko Nakayama	Utami Dewi	Gillian Gilks Hiroe Yuki
1988	Han Aiping	Hwang Hye-young	Sumiko Kitada
1992	Susi Susanti	Bang Soo-hyun	Huang Hua Tang Jiuhong
1996	Bang Soo-hyun	Mia Audina	Susi Susanti
2000	Gong Zhichao	Camilla Martin	Ye Zhaoying
2004	Zhang Ning	Mia Audina	Zhou Mi
2008	Zhang Ning	Xie Xingfang	Maria Kristin Yulianti
2012	Li Xuerui	Wang Yihan	Saina Nehwal
2016	Carolina Marín	PV Sindhu	Nozomi Okuhara

Double

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1988	South Korea Kim Yun-ja Chung So-young	China Lin Ying Guan Weizhen	Denmark Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen
1992	South Korea Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young	China Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua	South Korea Gil Young-ah Shim Eun-jung  China Lin Yanfen Yao Fen
1996	China Ge Fei Gu Jun	South Korea Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	China Tang Yongshu Qin Yiyuan
2000	China Ge Fei Gu Jun	China Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	China Qin Yiyuan Gao Ling
2004	China Zhang Jiewen Yang Wei	China Huang Sui Gao Ling	South Korea Ra Kyung-min Lee Kyung-won
2008	China You Jing Yu Yang	South Korea Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-young	China Zhang Jiewen Yang Wei
2012	China Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Japan Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	Russia Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova
2016	Japan Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Denmark Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	South Korea Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan

Men

singles

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1972	Rudy Hartono	Svend Pri	Stubborn Johnsson Wolfgang Bochow
1988	Yang Yang	Icuk Sugiarto	Sung-bae Park
1992	Alan Budikusuma	Ardy Wiranata	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen Hermawan Susanto
1996	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Dong Jiong	Rashid Sidek
2000	Ji Xinpeng	Hendrawan	Xia Xuanze
2004	Taufik Hidayat	Shon Seung-mo	Sony Dwi Kuncoro
2008	Lin Dan	Lee Chong Wei	Chen Jin
2012	Lin Dan	Lee Chong Wei	Chen Long
2016	Chen Long	Lee Chong Wei	Viktor Axelsen

Double

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1972	Indonesia Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Malaysia Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	United Kingdom Elliot Stuart Derek Talbot  BR Germany Willi Braun Roland Maywald
1988	China Tian Bingyi Li Yongbo	South Korea Lee Sang-bok Lee Kwang-jin	Japan Shuji Matsuno Shinji Matsuura
1992	South Korea Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Indonesia Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan	Malaysia Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek  China Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi
1996	Indonesia Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	Malaysia Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	Indonesia Denny Cantono S. Antonius Budi Ariantho
2000	Indonesia Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan	South Korea Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	South Korea Kim Dong-moon Ha Tae-kwon
2004	South Korea Kim Dong-moon Ha Tae-kwon	South Korea Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	Indonesia Eng Hian Flandy Limpele
2008	Indonesia Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	China Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	South Korea Lee Jae-jin Hwang Ji-man
2012	China Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Denmark Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	South Korea Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae
2016	China Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	Malaysia Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	United Kingdom Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge

Mixed

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1972	United Kingdom Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	Denmark Svend Pri Ulla beach	BR Germany Roland Maywald Brigitte Steden  Indonesia Christian Hadinata Utami Dewi
1988	South Korea Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee	China Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing	Hong Kong Chan Chi Choi Amy Chan
1996	South Korea Kim Dong-moon Gil Young-ah	South Korea Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min	China Liu Jianjun Sun Man
2000	China Zhang Jun Gao Ling	Indonesia Tri Kusharyanto Minarti Timur	United Kingdom Simon Archer Joanne Goode
2004	China Zhang Jun Gao Ling	United Kingdom Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	Denmark Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager
2008	South Korea Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-young	Indonesia Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	China He Hanbin Yu Yang
2012	China Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	China Xu Chen Ma Jin	Denmark Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2016	Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	Malaysia Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	China Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei

total

• Placement: Indicates the order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals.
• Name: gives the name of the athlete.
• Country: Name the country for which the athlete started. When changing nationality, the country for which the athlete won the last medal is named.
• By: The year the athlete won the first medal.
• Until: The year in which the athlete won the last medal.
• Gold: states the number of gold medals won.
• Silver: states the number of silver medals won.
• Bronze: states the number of bronze medals won.
• Total: states the number of all medals won.

The demonstration competitions are not taken into account as they were not an official part of the Olympic program.

Most successful women

space	Surname	country	from	to	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Gao Ling	China	2000	2004	2	1	1	4th
2.	Zhao Yunlei	China	2012	2016	2	-	1	3
3.	Ge Fei	China	1996	2000	2	-	-	2
3.	Gu Jun	China	1996	2000	2	-	-	2
3.	Zhang Ning	China	2004	2008	2	-	-	2
6th	Gil Young-ah	South Korea	1992	1996	1	1	1	3
7th	Bang Soo-hyun	South Korea	1996	1996	1	1	-	2
7th	Zhang Jiewen	China	2000	2004	1	1	-	2
7th	Liliyana Natsir	Indonesia	2008	2016	1	1	-	2
10.	Susi Susanti	Indonesia	1992	1996	1	-	1	2
10.	Yu Yang	China	2004	2008	1	-	1	2
12.	Chung So-young	South Korea	1992	1992	1	-	-	1
12.	You jing	China	2008	2008	1	-	-	1
12.	Gong Zhichao	China	2000	2000	1	-	-	1
12.	Hwang Hye-young	South Korea	1992	1992	1	-	-	1
12.	Lee Hyo-young	South Korea	2008	2008	1	-	-	1
12.	Zhang Jiewen	China	2004	2004	1	-	-	1
12.	Tian Qing	China	2012	2012	1	-	-	1
12.	Li Xuerui	China	2012	2012	1	-	-	1
12.	Carolina Marín	Spain	2016	2016	1	-	-	1
12.	Misaki Matsutomo	Japan	2016	2016	1	-	-	1
12.	Ayaka Takahashi	Japan	2016	2016	1	-	-	1

Most successful men

space	Surname	country	from	to	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Kim Dong-moon	South Korea	1996	2004	2	-	1	3
1.	Zhang Nan	China	2012	2016	2	-	1	3
3.	Lin Dan	China	2008	2012	2	-	-	2
3.	Zhang Jun	China	2000	2004	2	-	-	2
3.	Fu Haifeng	China	2012	2016	2	-	-	2
6th	Park Joo-bong	South Korea	1992	1992	1	1	-	2
7th	Ha Tae-kwon	South Korea	2004	2004	1	-	1	2
7th	Lee Yong-dae	South Korea	2008	2012	1	-	1	2
7th	Chen Long	China	2012	2016	1	-	1	2
10.	Tony Gunawan	Indonesia	2000	2000	1	-	-	1
10.	Taufik Hidayat	Indonesia	2004	2004	1	-	-	1
10.	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Denmark	1996	1996	1	-	-	1
10.	Ji Xinpeng	China	2000	2000	1	-	-	1
10.	Marki's Kido	Indonesia	2008	2008	1	-	-	1
10.	Kim Moon-soo	South Korea	1992	1992	1	-	-	1
10.	Alan Budikusuma	Indonesia	1992	1992	1	-	-	1
10.	Rexy Mainaky	Indonesia	1996	1996	1	-	-	1
10.	Hendra Setiawan	Indonesia	2008	2008	1	-	-	1
10.	Ricky Subagja	Indonesia	1996	1996	1	-	-	1
10.	Candra Wijaya	Indonesia	2000	2000	1	-	-	1
10.	Cai Yun	China	2012	2012	1	-	-	1

Nations ranking

The demonstration competitions will not be considered as they were not an official part of the Olympic program.

total

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	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	-	-	1
7th	Malaysia	-	6th	2	8th
8th.	United Kingdom	-	1	2	3
9.	India	-	1	1	2
10.	Netherlands	-	1	-	1
11.	Russia	-	-	1	1

Women

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	China	9	5	8th	22nd
2.	South Korea	2	3	3	8th
3.	Indonesia	1	1	2	4th
4th	Japan	1	1	1	3
5.	Spain	1	-	-	1
6th	Denmark	-	2	-	2
7th	India	-	1	1	2
8th.	Netherlands	-	1	-	1
9	Russia	-	-	1	1

Men

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	China	6th	2	4th	12
2.	Indonesia	5	3	4th	12
3.	South Korea	2	3	3	8th
4th	Denmark	1	1	2	4th
5.	Malaysia	-	5	2	7th
6th	United Kingdom	-	-	1	1

Mixed

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	China	3	1	3	7th
2.	South Korea	2	1	-	3
3.	Indonesia	1	2	-	3
4th	United Kingdom	-	1	1	2
5.	Malaysia	-	1	-	1
6th	Denmark	-	-	2	2

Web links

• The medal winners at olympic.org

This version was added to the selection of informative lists and portals on July 28, 2007 .