2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships

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2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships
2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships logo.png
Tournament details
Edition12th
Competitors315
Venue St. Jakobshalle
Location Basel, Switzerland
2017 Ulsan 2022 Tokyo

The 2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships was held from 20 to 25 August 2019 in Basel, Switzerland. [1]

Contents

Host city selection

After Basel was selected to be the host of 2019 BWF World Championships in March 2019, the organizing team proposed to hold the able-bodied badminton world championships together the para-badminton world championships. [2] The proposal was approved by Badminton World Federation thus marking the first time Para-Badminton World Championships is held together with World Badminton Championships in the same venue.

Participating countries

313 players from 49 countries took part.

Medalists

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Singles WH1
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qu Zimo Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dong-seop Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Tong
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jung-man
Singles WH2
details
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jung-jun Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chan Ho Yuen Flag of Japan.svg Atsuya Watanabe
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-hoon
Singles SL3
details
Flag of India.svg Pramod Bhagat Flag of England.svg Daniel Bethell Flag of Indonesia.svg Ukun Rukaendi
Flag of India.svg Manoj Sarkar
Singles SL4
details
Flag of France.svg Lucas Mazur Flag of India.svg Tarun Dhillon Flag of Indonesia.svg Fredy Setiawan
Flag of India.svg Sukant Kadam
Singles SU5
details
Flag of Indonesia.svg Dheva Anrimusthi Flag of Indonesia.svg Suryo Nugroho Flag of Malaysia.svg Cheah Liek Hou
Flag of Poland.svg Bartłomiej Mróz
Singles SS6
details
Flag of England.svg Jack Shephard Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Chun Yim Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Tavares
Flag of India.svg Krishna Nagar
Doubles WH1–WH2
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Mai Jianpeng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qu Zimo
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jung-jun
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dong-seop
Flag of Japan.svg Osamu Nagashima
Flag of Japan.svg Atsuya Watanaber
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jung-man
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-hoon
Doubles SL3–SL4
details
Flag of India.svg Pramod Bhagat
Flag of India.svg Manoj Sarkar
Flag of India.svg Kumar Nitesh
Flag of India.svg Tarun Dhillon
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ukun Rukaendi
Flag of Indonesia.svg Hary Susanto
Flag of Thailand.svg Chawarat Kitichokwattana
Flag of India.svg Umesh Vikram Kumar
Doubles SU5
details
Flag of Indonesia.svg Dheva Anrimusthi
Flag of Indonesia.svg Hafizh Briliansyah Prawiranegara
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi Shengzhuo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Zhirui
Flag of India.svg Raj Kumar
Flag of India.svg Rakesh Pandey
Flag of Malaysia.svg Cheah Liek Hou
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohamad Faris Ahmad Azri
Doubles SS6
details
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chu Man Kai
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Chun Yim
Flag of India.svg Krishna Nagar
Flag of India.svg Raja Magotra
Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Tavares
Flag of the United States.svg Miles Krajewski
Flag of England.svg Andrew Martin
Flag of France.svg Fabien Morat

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Singles WH1
details
Flag of Japan.svg Sarina Satomi Flag of Thailand.svg Sujirat Pookkham Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Karin Suter-Erath
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yin Menglu
Singles WH2
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yutong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Hongyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Tingting
Flag of Japan.svg Rie Ogura
Singles SL3
details
Flag of India.svg Manasi Joshi Flag of India.svg Parul Parmar Flag of Thailand.svg Wannaphatdee Kamtam
Flag of Turkey.svg Halime Yıldız
Singles SL4
details
Flag of Indonesia.svg Leani Ratri Oktila Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cheng Hefang Flag of Norway.svg Helle Sofie Sagøy
Flag of Indonesia.svg Khalimatus Sadiyah
Singles SU5
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Qiuxia Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Suzuki Flag of Denmark.svg Cathrine Rosengren
Flag of Japan.svg Kaede Kamayama
Singles SS6
details
Flag of Peru.svg Giuliana Póveda Flag of England.svg Rachel Choong Flag of England.svg Rebecca Bedford
Flag of the United States.svg Katherine Valli
Doubles WH1–WH2
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yutong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yin Menglu
Flag of Thailand.svg Sujirat Pookkham
Flag of Thailand.svg Amnouy Wetwithan
Flag of Japan.svg Ikumi Fuke
Flag of Japan.svg Rie Ogura
Flag of Japan.svg Sarina Satomi
Flag of Japan.svg Yuma Yamazaki
Doubles SL3–SU5
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cheng Hefang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Huihui
Flag of Indonesia.svg Leani Ratri Oktila
Flag of Indonesia.svg Khalimatus Sadiyah
Flag of Japan.svg Noriko Ito
Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Suzuki
Flag of Japan.svg Kaede Kamayama
Flag of Japan.svg Asami Yamada
Doubles SS6
details
Flag of England.svg Rebecca Bedford
Flag of England.svg Rachel Choong
Flag of Peru.svg Giuliana Póveda
Flag of the United States.svg Katherine Valli
Flag of Poland.svg Daria Bujnicka
Flag of Poland.svg Oliwia Szmigiel
Flag of Russia.svg Irina Borisova
Flag of Russia.svg Uliana Podpalnaya

Mixed events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Doubles WH1–WH2
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Tong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Hongyan
Flag of Thailand.svg Jakarin Homhual
Flag of Thailand.svg Amnouy Wetwithan
Flag of Germany.svg Mi Young-chin
Flag of Germany.svg Valeska Knoblauch
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-hoon
Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Jung-kum
Doubles SL3–SU5
details
Flag of Indonesia.svg Hary Susanto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Leani Ratri Oktila
Flag of Germany.svg Jan-Niklas Pott
Flag of Germany.svg Katrin Seibert
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiaki Suenaga
Flag of Japan.svg Akiko Sugino
Flag of Thailand.svg Siripong Teammarom
Flag of Thailand.svg Nipada Saensupa
Doubles SS6
details
Flag of England.svg Andrew Martin
Flag of England.svg Rachel Choong
Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Laing
Flag of England.svg Rebecca Bedford
Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Tavares
Flag of Peru.svg Rubí Fernández
Flag of Malaysia.svg Didin Taresoh
Flag of Poland.svg Daria Bujnicka

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 73313
2Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 42410
3Flag of India.svg  India 344.511.5
4Flag of England.svg  England 32.51.57
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1247
6Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1203
7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 11911
8Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 10.50.52
9Flag of France.svg  France 100.51.5
10Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 032.55.5
11Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0112
12Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 00.51.52
13Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 00.500.5
14Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 002.52.5
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 002.52.5
16Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0022
17Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0011
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0011
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0011
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland*0011
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 0011
Totals (21 entries)22224488

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