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 ran from 27 July to 5 August at Porte de La Chapelle Arena. A total of 171 badminton players competed across five medal events (two per gender and a mixed) at these Games.

Qualification

There were 172 badminton quota places, with an equal split between men and women, were available for Paris 2024; NOCs can enter a maximum of eight badminton players across five medal events (men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles). The host nation France reserves a spot each in the men's and women's singles to be officially awarded to its respective highest-ranked badminton player, while four places (two per gender) were entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have badminton players compete for Paris 2024 under the Universality principle.

The remaining badminton players must undergo a direct qualifying process to secure a spot in their respective categories for Paris 2024 through the "Race to Paris" ranking list prepared by the Badminton World Federation. The qualification period commenced on 1 May 2023 and concluded on 28 April 2024, with the final eligibility list published two days after the deadline.

NOCs may enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles if they were ranked within the top sixteen of the "Race to Paris" ranking list, respectively; otherwise, they will send a single player until the roster of thirty-eight was completed. Similar protocols also apply to the players competing in the doubles tournament as the NOCs could enter a maximum of two pairs if they were ranked in the top eight with the rest entitled to a single pair until the quota of sixteen was reached. Additional rules ensure that each category must feature a badminton player representing each of the five continental zones (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) and assign additional quota places if some players qualify for multiple events.

Competition schedule

Medal summary

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 NOCs)		5	5	5	15

Medalists

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

Participating NOCs

In total, there were 171 participants from 49 nations.