| Badminton at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Seoul National University Gymnasium |
| Dates | 19 September 1988 |
| No. of events | 5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed) |
Badminton was an exhibition sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There were five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Competitions took place at the Seoul National University Gymnasium on 19 September 1988.
The competitors were selected according to the results of the 1987 IBF World Championships.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles | Yang Yang  China | Icuk Sugiarto  Indonesia | Park Sung-bae  South Korea |
| Men's doubles |  Li Yongbo and Tian Bingyi (CHN) |  Lee Sang-bok and Lee Gwang-jin (KOR) |  Shuji Matsuno and Shinji Matsuura (JPN) |
| Women's singles | Hwang Hye-young South Korea | Han Aiping China | Sumiko Kitada Japan |
| Women's doubles | Kim Yun-ja and Chung So-young (KOR) | Lin Ying and Guan Weizhen (CHN) |  Dorte Kjær and Nettie Nielsen (DEN) |
| Mixed doubles | Park Joo-bong and Chung Myung-hee (KOR) | Wang Pengren and Shi Fangjing (CHN) |  Chan Chi Choi and Amy Chan Lim Chee (HKG) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | China | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
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