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| Tournament details | |||
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| Edition | 11th | ||
| Competitors | 264 from 39 nations | ||
| Venue | Dongchun Gymnasium | ||
| Location | Ulsan, South Korea | ||
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The 2017 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships was held from 22 to 26 December 2017 in Ulsan, South Korea. [1]
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Edition | 11th | ||
| Competitors | 264 from 39 nations | ||
| Venue | Dongchun Gymnasium | ||
| Location | Ulsan, South Korea | ||
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The 2017 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships was held from 22 to 26 December 2017 in Ulsan, South Korea. [1]
264 athletes from 39 countries participated in this edition of Para-Badminton World Championships.
Australia (8)
Austria (1)
Belgium (1)
Brazil (1)
Canada (3)
China (18)
Chinese Taipei (8)
Denmark (3)
England (13)
Finland (2)
France (15)
Germany (11)
Greece (2)
Guatemala (1)
Hong Kong (5)
India (25)
Indonesia (10)
Ireland (3)
Italy (5)
Japan (28)
Macau (2)
Malaysia (5)
Netherlands (2)
New Zealand (1)
Norway (1)
Peru (4)
Poland (5)
Russia (11)
Scotland (5)
South Korea (18)
Spain (2)
Sri Lanka (2)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (4)
Thailand (19)
Tonga (1)
Turkey (10)
United States (2)
Vietnam (6)| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles WH1 | Lee Sam-seop | Qu Zimao | Thomas Wandschneider |
| Lee Dong-seop | |||
| Singles WH2 | Kim Jung-jun | Kim Kyung-hoon | Chan Ho Yuen |
| Madzlan Saibon | |||
| Singles SL3 | Ukun Rukaendi | Manoj Sarkar | Chen Xiaoyu |
| Pramod Bhagat | |||
| Singles SL4 | Lucas Mazur | Tarun Dhillon | Fredy Setiawan |
| Bakri Omar | |||
| Singles SU5 | Cheah Liek Hou | Suryo Nugroho | Taiyo Imai |
| Bartlomiej Mroz | |||
| Singles SS6 | Jack Shephard | Krysten Coombs | Wong Chun Yim |
| Didin Taresoh | |||
| Doubles WH1-WH2 | Kim Jung-jun Lee Sam-seop | Choi Jung-man Kim Sung-hun | Junthong Dumnern Jakarin Homhaul |
| Kim Kyung-hoon Lee Dong-seop | |||
| Doubles SL3-SL4 | Ukun Rukaendi Hary Susanto | Chen Xiaoyu Yang Jianyuan | Siripong Teamarrom Mathieu Thomas |
| Chawarat Kitichokwattana Umesh Vikram Kumar | |||
| Doubles SU5 | Suryo Nugroho  Tay Wei Ming | Cheah Liek Hou Saaba Hairol Fozi | Ray Kumar Rakesh Pandey |
| Kim Gi-yeon Shin Kyung-hwan | |||
| Doubles SS6 | Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim | Krysten Coombs Jack Shephard | Alexander Mekhdiev Fabien Morat |
| Mark Joseph Dharmai Raja Magotra |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles WH1 | Li Hongyan | Zhang Jing | Son Ok-cha |
| Sujirat Pookkham | |||
| Singles WH2 | Liu Yutong | Xu Tingting | Lee Sun-ae |
| Amnouy Wetwithan | |||
| Singles SL3 | Parul Parmar | Wannaphatdee Kamtam | Manasi Girishchandra Joshi |
| Darunee Henpraiwan | |||
| Singles SL4 | Cheng Hefang | Leani Ratri Oktila | Ma Huihui |
| Khalimatus Sadiyah | |||
| Singles SU5 | Ayako Suzuki | Yang Qiuxia | Cathrine Rosengren |
| Mamiko Toyoda | |||
| Singles SS6 | Rachel Choong | Carmen Giuliana Poveda Flores | Rebecca Bedford |
| Maria Bartusz | |||
| Doubles WH1-WH2 | Li Hongyan Yang Fan | Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan | Ikume Fuke Yuma Yamazaki |
| Liu Yutong Zhang Jing | |||
| Doubles SL3-SU5 | Parul Parmar Akiko Sugino | Cheng Hefang Ma Huihui | Leani Ratri Oktila Khalimatus Sadiyah |
| Noriko Ito Mamiko Toyoda | |||
| Doubles SS6 | Rebecca Bedford Rachel Choong | Maria Bartusz Emma Farnham | Randika Doling Carmen Giuliana Poveda Flores |
| Daria Bujnicka Oliwia Szmigiel |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles WH1-WH2 | Jakarin Homhaul Amnouy Wetwithan | Lee Sam-seop Lee Sun-ae | Kim Jung-jun Kang Jung-kum |
| Mai Jianpeng Li Hongyan | |||
| Doubles SL3-SU5 | Hary Susanto Leani Ratri Oktila | Yang Jianyuan Yang Qiuxia | Marcel Adam Katrin Seibert |
| Toshiaki Suenaga Akiko Sugino | |||
| Doubles SS6 | Andrew Martin Rachel Choong | Fabien Morat Rebecca Badford | Niall McVeigh Carmen Giuliana Poveda Flores |
| Raja Magotra Ruhi Satish Shingade |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | England | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 8.5 |
| 4 | South Korea * | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | India | 1.5 | 2 | 5.5 | 9 |
| 6 | Japan | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Thailand | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | France | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Singapore | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 12 | Peru | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Poland | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 14 | Ireland | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 15 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 22 | 22 | 43 | 87 | |
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