Badminton at the Summer Paralympics Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Badminton at the Summer Paralympics

Governing body	Badminton World Federation
Events	14 (men: 7; women: 6; mixed: 1)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Medalists

Para-Badminton debuted at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Para-Badminton is a variant of the badminton for athletes with a variety of physical disabilities. The sport is governed by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2011.

Summary

Games	Year	Events	Best nation
16	2020	14	China (1)
17	2024	16	China (2)

History

The 2020 Summer Olympics makes the debut appearance of badminton, with 14 events hold.

Events

Event		2020	2024
Current program
Men	Singles WH1	X	X
	Singles WH2	X	X
	Singles SL3	X	X
	Singles SL4	X	X
	Singles SU5	X	X
	Singles SH6	X	X
	Doubles WH1–WH2	X	X
Women	Singles WH1	X	X
	Singles WH2	X	X
	Singles SL3		X
	Singles SL4	X	X
	Singles SU5	X	X
	Singles SH6		X
	Doubles WH1–WH2	X	X
	Doubles SL3–SU5	X
Mixed	Doubles SL3–SU5	X	X
Mixed	Doubles SH6		X

Events		14	16

Medal table

Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	14	5	3	22
2	Japan (JPN)	5	2	6	13
3	Indonesia (INA)	3	6	5	14
4	India (IND)	3	3	3	9
5	France (FRA)	3	1	1	5
6	Malaysia (MAS)	2	0	0	2
7	South Korea (KOR)	0	5	2	7
8	Great Britain (GBR)	0	3	1	4
9	Thailand (THA)	0	2	3	5
10	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	2	1	3
11	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
12	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		30	30	30	90

Successful national teams

Below is the gold medalists showed based on category and countries after the 2020 Summer Olympics. Bolded numbers below indicate a country as the overall winner of Olympic badminton of that year.

Rank	Country	2020	2024	Total
1	China	5	9	14
2	Japan	3	2	5
3	France	1	2	3
	India	2	1	3
	Indonesia	2	1	3
6	Malaysia	1	1	2
Total		14	16	30

Medal summary by event

Men's singles

Men's singles WH1

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	2	0	0	2
2	South Korea (KOR)	0	2	1	3
3	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)	2	2	2	6

Men's singles WH2

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	2	0	0	2
2	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	1	2
South Korea (KOR)	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)	2	2	2	6

Men's singles SL3

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)	2	0	1	3
2	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	0	2
3	Thailand (THA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)	2	2	2	6

Men's singles SL4

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	0	0	2
2	India (IND)	0	2	0	2
3	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)	2	2	2	6

Men's singles SU5

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malaysia (MAS)	2	0	0	2
2	Indonesia (INA)	0	2	2	4
Totals (2 entries)	2	2	2	6

Men's singles SH6

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
India (IND)	1	0	0	1
3	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
4	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	0	1
5	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)	2	2	2	6

Women's singles

Women's singles WH1

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	2	0	0	2
2	Thailand (THA)	0	2	0	2
3	China (CHN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)	2	2	2	6

Women's singles WH2

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	2	2	0	4
2	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)	2	2	2	6

Women's singles SL3

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
2	Indonesia (INA)	0	1	0	1
3	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)	1	1	1	3

Women's singles SL4

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	2	0	1	3
2	Indonesia (INA)	0	2	0	2
3	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)	2	2	2	6

Women's singles SU5

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	2	0	0	2
2	India (IND)	0	1	1	2
Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)	2	2	2	6

Women's singles SH6

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	1	1	0	2
2	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
Totals (2 entries)	1	1	1	3

Men's doubles

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	2	0	0	2
2	South Korea (KOR)	0	2	0	2
3	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)	2	2	2	6

Women's doubles

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	1	1	0	2
Japan (JPN)	1	1	0	2
3	Thailand (THA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)	2	2	2	6

Women's doubles SL3–SU5

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia (INA)	1	0	0	1
2	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
3	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)	1	1	1	3

Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles SL3–SU5

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia (INA)	2	1	0	3
2	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
3	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)	2	2	2	6

Mixed doubles SH6

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
2	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
3	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)	1	1	1	3

Competition

Paralympics badminton consists of a group stage and single-elimination tournament. Each match is played to the best of three games. Games are up to 21 points. Rally scoring is used, meaning a player does not need to be serving to score. A player must win by two points or be the first player to 30 points.

Participating nations

The following nations have taken part in the badminton competition. The numbers in the table indicate the number of competitors sent to that year's Paralympics.

Nation	2020	2024	Year
Australia	2	2	2
Austria	–	1	1
Belgium	–	2	1
Brazil	1	3	2
Canada	1	1	2
Chile	–	1	1
China	9	13	2
Chinese Taipei	1	4	2
Denmark	1	1	2
Egypt	1	–	1
France	6	8	2
Germany	6	3	2
Great Britain	4	4	2
Hong Kong	2	2	2
India	7	13	2
Indonesia	7	9	2
Israel	1	2	2
Italy	–	1	1
Japan	13	12	2
Malaysia	2	5	2
Netherlands	1	–	1
New Zealand	–	1	1
Nigeria	–	2	1
Norway	1	1	2
Peru	1	3	2
Poland	1	2	2
Portugal	1	1	2
RPC	1	–	1
South Korea	7	7	2
Switzerland	2	3	2
Thailand	7	8	2
Turkey	2	2	2
Uganda	1	–	1
Ukraine	1	1	2
United States	–	2	1
Nations	28	31	35
Year	2020	2024	2