| Badminton at the 2006 South Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium |
| Dates | 16–22 August |
Badminton at the 2006 South Asian Games was held in Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka between 16 and 22 August 2006. The badminton programme in 2006 included men's and women's singles competitions; men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions along with men's and women's team events. [1]
* Host nation (Sri Lanka)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India (IND) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 |  Sri Lanka (SRI)* | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 |  Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | |
The following players who won medals at the Games.
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
 Chetan Anand | 21 | 16 | 21 | ||||||||||
 Omar Zeeshan | 10 | 21 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Chetan Anand | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Nikhil Kanetkar | 14 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Wajid Ali Chaudhry | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Nikhil Kanetkar | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
| Trupti Murgunde | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
 Chandrika de Silva | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Trupti Murgunde | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| B. R. Meenakshi | 5 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Sumina Shrestha | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||
| B. R. Meenakshi | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Muhammad Atique Rizwan Azam | 17 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody | 16 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody | 21 | 16 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Akshay Dewalkar Jishnu Sanyal | 13 | 21 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Thilini Jayasinghe Chandrika de Silva | 7 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi | 21 | 21 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Shruti Kurien Jwala Gutta | 18 | 23 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Nadeesha Gayanthi Rasangi Ranatunge | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Shruti Kurien Jwala Gutta | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta | 19 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Waqas Ahmed Saima Manzoor | 21 | 15 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan | 11 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Thushara Edirisinghe Chandrika de Silva | 12 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
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