Badminton at the Summer Paralympics

Badminton at the Summer Paralympics
Governing bodyBadminton World Federation
Events14 (men: 7; women: 6; mixed: 1)
Games
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
  • 2024

Para-Badminton debuted at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1]

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.[2]

Summary

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

History

[edit]

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

Events

[edit]
Current program
Event 2020 2024
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
Doubles SH6 X
Events 14 16

Medal table

[edit]
See also: List of Paralympic medalists in badminton
As of the 2024 Paralympics
RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)145322
2 Japan (JPN)52613
3 Indonesia (INA)36514
4 India (IND)3339
5 France (FRA)3115
6 Malaysia (MAS)2002
7 South Korea (KOR)0527
8 Great Britain (GBR)0314
9 Thailand (THA)0235
10 Hong Kong (HKG)0213
11 United States (USA)0101
12 Brazil (BRA)0011
 Germany (GER)0011
 Nigeria (NGR)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (16 entries)30303090

Successful national teams

[edit]

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.

As of the 2024 Paralympics
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

[edit]

Men's singles

[edit]

Men's singles WH1

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)2002
2 South Korea (KOR)0213
3 Germany (GER)0011
Totals (3 entries)2226

Men's singles WH2

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)2002
2 Hong Kong (HKG)0112
 South Korea (KOR)0112
Totals (3 entries)2226

Men's singles SL3

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India (IND)2013
2 Great Britain (GBR)0202
3 Thailand (THA)0011
Totals (3 entries)2226

Men's singles SL4

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)2002
2 India (IND)0202
3 Indonesia (INA)0022
Totals (3 entries)2226

Men's singles SU5

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Malaysia (MAS)2002
2 Indonesia (INA)0224
Totals (2 entries)2226

Men's singles SH6

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)1001
 India (IND)1001
3 Great Britain (GBR)0112
4 Hong Kong (HKG)0101
5 Brazil (BRA)0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Women's singles

[edit]

Women's singles WH1

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)2002
2 Thailand (THA)0202
3 China (CHN)0022
Totals (3 entries)2226

Women's singles WH2

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)2204
2 Japan (JPN)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (3 entries)2226

Women's singles SL3

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)1001
2 Indonesia (INA)0101
3 Nigeria (NGR)0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Women's singles SL4

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)2013
2 Indonesia (INA)0202
3 Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (3 entries)2226

Women's singles SU5

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)2002
2 India (IND)0112
 Japan (JPN)0112
Totals (3 entries)2226

Women's singles SH6

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)1102
2 India (IND)0011
Totals (2 entries)1113

Men's doubles

[edit]

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)2002
2 South Korea (KOR)0202
3 Japan (JPN)0022
Totals (3 entries)2226

Women's doubles

[edit]

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)1102
 Japan (JPN)1102
3 Thailand (THA)0022
Totals (3 entries)2226

Women's doubles SL3–SU5

[edit]
As of 2020 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Indonesia (INA)1001
2 China (CHN)0101
3 Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Mixed doubles

[edit]

Mixed doubles SL3–SU5

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Indonesia (INA)2103
2 France (FRA)0112
3 Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (3 entries)2226

Mixed doubles SH6

[edit]
As of 2024 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)1001
2 United States (USA)0101
3 Indonesia (INA)0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Competition

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Towards Tokyo 2020 - Badminton, a paralympic sport". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  2. ^ "Badminton | IPC". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 2018-12-07.


Stub icon

This Paralympics-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badminton_at_the_Summer_Paralympics&oldid=1243750477"