Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Badminton at the Games of the Olympiad

Venue	Porte de La Chapelle Arena
Dates	27 July – 5 August 2024
No. of events	5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors	171 from 49 nations
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Porte de La Chapelle Arena during the Games

The badminton tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were super exciting! They took place from July 27 to August 5, 2024. The games were held at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena.

Around 171 amazing badminton players competed. They came from all over the world. There were five different medal events. These included two for men, two for women, and one mixed doubles event.

How Athletes Qualified
Competition Schedule
Medal Winners
- Medal Table
- Medalists
Participating Countries
See also

How Athletes Qualified

To play badminton at the Paris 2024 Olympics, athletes had to qualify. There were 172 spots available in total. These spots were split evenly between men and women.

Countries could send up to eight badminton players. These players would compete in different events. The host country, France, automatically got one spot for a man and one for a woman. A few other spots were given to countries that needed a special chance to compete.

Most players had to earn their spot. They did this through a special ranking list. This list was called the "Race to Paris." The Badminton World Federation kept track of these rankings. The qualification period lasted from May 1, 2023, to April 28, 2024.

In singles events, a country could send two players. But only if both were ranked in the top sixteen. Otherwise, they could send just one player.
For doubles, a country could send two pairs. This was allowed if both pairs were in the top eight. If not, they sent one pair.
Also, every major part of the world had to be represented. This meant players from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

Competition Schedule

Legend
P	Preliminary round	R16	Round of 16	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	F	Final

This table shows when each badminton event happened. You can see the dates across the top. The events are listed down the side.

Schedule
Date →	Sat 27			Sun 28			Mon 29			Tue 30			Wed 31			Thu 1			Fri 2		Sat 3		Sun 4		Mon 5
Event ↓	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A
Men's singles	P															R16				¼			½			F
Men's doubles	P																¼		½					F
Women's singles	P																R16				¼		½		F
Women's doubles	P															¼			½			F
Mixed doubles	P			P											¼			½		F

Medal Winners

Here's a look at which countries won medals. China won the most medals in badminton!

Medal Table

* Host nation (France)

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

Medalists

These are the amazing athletes who won medals in each event.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Viktor Axelsen Denmark	Kunlavut Vitidsarn Thailand	Lee Zii Jia Malaysia
Men's doubles details	Chinese Taipei Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	China Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	Malaysia Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik

Women's singles details	An Se-young South Korea	He Bingjiao China	Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Indonesia
Women's doubles details	China Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	China Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	Japan Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida

Mixed doubles details	China Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	South Korea Kim Won-ho Jeong Na-eun	Japan Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino