Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The badminton tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place between 24 July and 2 August 2021. A total of 172 athletes (86 male and 86 female players) competed in five events: men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles.^[1][2]

Badminton at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Dates	24 July – 2 August 2021
No. of events	5
Competitors	172 from 49 nations
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Qualification

Main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic qualification period was originally scheduled to take place between 29 April 2019 and 26 April 2020, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, scheduled to publish on 30 April 2020. The Olympic qualification period was then set between 29 April 2019 and 6 June 2021, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, published on 15 June 2021, was used to allocate spots.^[3] Nations were able to enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles, if both were ranked in the world's top 16; otherwise, one quota place until the roster of thirty-eight players had been completed. Similar regulations also applied to the players competing in the doubles, as the NOCs could enter a maximum of two pairs if both were ranked in the top eight, while the remaining NOC's were entitled to one until the quota of 16 highest-ranked pairs was filled. Additional rules ensured that each continent is represented in every event, guaranteed the host at least one quota place in each individual event, and assign additional quota places if players qualify in multiple events.

Schedule

The tournament was held over a 10-day period.^[4][5]

Legend

P

Preliminaries

R

Round of 16

QF

Quarter-finals

SF

Semi-finals

M

Medal matches

Date	24 Jul		25 Jul		26 Jul		27 Jul		28 Jul		29 Jul		30 Jul		31 Jul		1 Aug		2 Aug
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	A	M	E	A	E	A	E
Men's singles	P									P		R			QF		SF			M
Men's doubles	P										QF			SF		M
Women's singles	P										R		QF			SF		M
Women's doubles	P											QF			SF				M
Mixed doubles	P								QF		SF		M

Participating nations

A total of 172 badminton players from 49 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) across five continental confederations participate at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2][6]

•  Australia (4)
•  Austria (1)
•  Azerbaijan (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Brazil (2)
•  Bulgaria (3)
•  Canada (8)
•  China (14)
•  Denmark (9)
•  Egypt (3)
•  Estonia (2)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (4)
•  Germany (5)
•  Great Britain (7)
•  Guatemala (2)
•  Hong Kong (4)
•  Hungary (2)
•  India (4)
•  Indonesia (11)
•  Iran (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Israel (2)
•  Japan (13) (host)
•  Malaysia (8)
•  Maldives (1)
•  Malta (1)
•  Mauritius (1)
•  Mexico (2)
•  Myanmar (1)
•  Netherlands (4)
•  Nigeria (3)
•  Pakistan (1)
•  Peru (1)
•  Refugee Olympic Team (1)
•  ROC (4)
•  Singapore (2)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  South Korea (10)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sri Lanka (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Switzerland (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (5)
•  Thailand (7)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United States (4)
•  Vietnam (2)

Competitors

Main article: List of badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	2	4	0	6
2	Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	2
3	Indonesia	1	0	1	2
4	Denmark	1	0	0	1
5	India	0	0	1	1
	Japan*	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		5	5	5	15

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Viktor Axelsen  Denmark	Chen Long  China	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting  Indonesia
Men's doubles details	Chinese Taipei Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	China Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Malaysia Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik
Women's singles details	Chen Yufei  China	Tai Tzu-ying  Chinese Taipei	P. V. Sindhu  India
Women's doubles details	Indonesia Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	China Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	South Korea Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong
Mixed doubles details	China Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping	China Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	Japan Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino

Results

Men's singles

Main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Gold medal match
								A1	Heo Kwang-hee (KOR)	13	18
								C1	Kevin Cordón (GUA)	21	21
	C1	Kevin Cordón (GUA)	21	3	21
	D1	Mark Caljouw (NED)	17	21	19
															C1	Kevin Cordón (GUA)	18	11
															E1	Viktor Axelsen (DEN)	21	21
	E1	Viktor Axelsen (DEN)	21	21
	F1	Wang Tzu-wei (TPE)	16	14
								E1	Viktor Axelsen (DEN)	21	21
								H1	Shi Yuqi (CHN)	13	13
	G1	Jonatan Christie (INA)	11	9
	H1	Shi Yuqi (CHN)	21	21
																						E1	Viktor Axelsen (DEN)	21	21
																						N1	Chen Long (CHN)	15	12
	I1	Kanta Tsuneyama (JPN)	18	14
	J1	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA)	21	21
								J1	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA)	21	15	21
								L1	Anders Antonsen (DEN)	18	21	18
	K1	Toby Penty (GBR)	10	15
	L1	Anders Antonsen (DEN)	21	21
															J1	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA)	16	11
															N1	Chen Long (CHN)	21	21
	M1	Lee Zii Jia (MAS)	21	19	5																	Bronze medal match
	N1	Chen Long (CHN)	8	21	21
								N1	Chen Long (CHN)	21	9	21										C1	Kevin Cordón (GUA)	11	13
								P1	Chou Tien-chen (TPE)	14	21	14										J1	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA)	21	21

Women's singles

Main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Gold medal match
								A1	Chen Yufei (CHN)	21	21
								C1	An Se-young (KOR)	18	19
	C1	An Se-young (KOR)	21	21
	D1	Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA)	15	15
															A1	Chen Yufei (CHN)	21	13	21
															G1	He Bingjiao (CHN)	16	21	12
	E1	Nozomi Okuhara (JPN)	21	21
	F1	Michelle Li (CAN)	9	7
								E1	Nozomi Okuhara (JPN)	21	13	14
								G1	He Bingjiao (CHN)	13	21	21
	G1	He Bingjiao (CHN)	14	9
	H1	Beiwen Zhang (USA)	21	7r
																						A1	Chen Yufei (CHN)	21	19	21
																						P1	Tai Tzu-ying (TPE)	18	21	18
	I1	Mia Blichfeldt (DEN)	15	13
	J1	P. V. Sindhu (IND)	21	21
								J1	P. V. Sindhu (IND)	21	22
								L1	Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)	13	20
	K1	Kim Ga-eun (KOR)	17	18
	L1	Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)	21	21
															J1	P. V. Sindhu (IND)	18	12
															P1	Tai Tzu-ying (TPE)	21	21
	M1	Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (INA)	12	19																		Bronze medal match
	N1	Ratchanok Intanon (THA)	21	21
								N1	Ratchanok Intanon (THA)	21	18	18										G1	He Bingjiao (CHN)	13	15
								P1	Tai Tzu-ying (TPE)	14	21	21										J1	P. V. Sindhu (IND)	21	21

Men's doubles

Main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Gold medal match
	A1	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)	14	17
	D2	Aaron Chia (MAS)  Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)	21	21
								D2	Aaron Chia (MAS)  Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)	22	13
								C1	Li Junhui (CHN)  Liu Yuchen (CHN)	24	21
	C1	Li Junhui (CHN)  Liu Yuchen (CHN)	12	21	21
	B2	Kim Astrup (DEN)  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)	21	14	19
															C1	Li Junhui (CHN)  Liu Yuchen (CHN)	18	12
															A2	Lee Yang (TPE)  Wang Chi-lin (TPE)	21	21
	A2	Lee Yang (TPE)  Wang Chi-lin (TPE)	21	21
	B1	Hiroyuki Endo (JPN)  Yuta Watanabe (JPN)	16	19
								A2	Lee Yang (TPE)  Wang Chi-lin (TPE)	21	21				Bronze medal match
								D1	Mohammad Ahsan (INA)  Hendra Setiawan (INA)	11	10
	C2	Takeshi Kamura (JPN)  Keigo Sonoda (JPN)	14	21	9										D2	Aaron Chia (MAS)  Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)	17	21	21
	D1	Mohammad Ahsan (INA)  Hendra Setiawan (INA)	21	16	21										D1	Mohammad Ahsan (INA)  Hendra Setiawan (INA)	21	17	14

Women's doubles

Main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Gold medal match
	A1	Greysia Polii (INA)  Apriyani Rahayu (INA)	21	20	21
	C2	Du Yue (CHN)  Li Yinhui (CHN)	15	22	17
								A1	Greysia Polii (INA)  Apriyani Rahayu (INA)	21	21
								C1	Lee So-hee (KOR)  Shin Seung-chan (KOR)	19	17
	C1	Lee So-hee (KOR)  Shin Seung-chan (KOR)	21	21
	B2	Selena Piek (NED)  Cheryl Seinen (NED)	8	17
															A1	Greysia Polii (INA)  Apriyani Rahayu (INA)	21	21
															D1	Chen Qingchen (CHN)  Jia Yifan (CHN)	19	15
	D2	Kim So-yeong (KOR)  Kong Hee-yong (KOR)	21	14	28
	B1	Mayu Matsumoto (JPN)  Wakana Nagahara (JPN)	14	21	26
								D2	Kim So-yeong (KOR)  Kong Hee-yong (KOR)	15	11				Bronze medal match
								D1	Chen Qingchen (CHN)  Jia Yifan (CHN)	21	21
	A2	Yuki Fukushima (JPN)  Sayaka Hirota (JPN)	21	10	10										C1	Lee So-hee (KOR)  Shin Seung-chan (KOR)	10	17
	D1	Chen Qingchen (CHN)  Jia Yifan (CHN)	18	21	21										D2	Kim So-yeong (KOR)  Kong Hee-yong (KOR)	21	21

Mixed doubles

Main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Gold medal match
	A1	Zheng Siwei (CHN)  Huang Yaqiong (CHN)	21	21
	C2	Praveen Jordan (INA)  Melati Daeva Oktavianti (INA)	17	15
								A1	Zheng Siwei (CHN)  Huang Yaqiong (CHN)	21	21
								D2	Tang Chun Man (HKG)  Tse Ying Suet (HKG)	16	12
	B1	Marcus Ellis (GBR)  Lauren Smith (GBR)	13	18
	D2	Tang Chun Man (HKG)  Tse Ying Suet (HKG)	21	21
															A1	Zheng Siwei (CHN)  Huang Yaqiong (CHN)	17	21	19
															D1	Wang Yilyu (CHN)  Huang Dongping (CHN)	21	17	21
	C1	Yuta Watanabe (JPN)  Arisa Higashino (JPN)	15	21	21
	B2	Dechapol Puavaranukroh (THA)  Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA)	21	16	14
								C1	Yuta Watanabe (JPN)  Arisa Higashino (JPN)	23	15	14			Bronze medal match
								D1	Wang Yilyu (CHN)  Huang Dongping (CHN)	21	21	21
	A2	Seo Seung-jae (KOR)  Chae Yoo-jung (KOR)	9	16											D2	Tang Chun Man (HKG)  Tse Ying Suet (HKG)	17	21
	D1	Wang Yilyu (CHN)  Huang Dongping (CHN)	21	21											C1	Yuta Watanabe (JPN)  Arisa Higashino (JPN)	21	23

See also

• Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games
• Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• Badminton at the 2019 African Games
• Badminton at the 2019 European Games
• Badminton at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics