| Tournament details | |||
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| Dates | 13 October – 17 October | ||
| Edition | 2nd | ||
| Competitors | 90 | ||
| Venue | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex | ||
| Location | Mahalunge, Balewadi, Pune, India | ||
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Badminton events for the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra from 13 to 17 October. [1] [2] For the second consecutive time, sport of Badminton was included in the Commonwealth Youth Games programme which included Boys' singles, [3] Girls' singles, [4] Boys' doubles [5] and Girls' doubles [6] events. Mixed doubles was not conducted. At the end, host India emerged as the strongest nation by winning three titles, while Malaysia won the Boys' doubles title.
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys' singles |  Gurusai Dutt | Aditya Prakash |  Martin Campbell |
| Girls' singles | Saina Nehwal | N. Sikki Reddy |  Panuga Riou |
| Boys' doubles |  Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng | Lim Yu Sheng Loh Wei Sheng | B. Sai Praneeth Pranav Chopra |
| Girls' doubles | P. C. Thulasi N. Sikki Reddy |  Alexandra Bruce Michelle Li | Lim Ee Von Ng Hui Ern |
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
| Gurusai Dutt | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Paul van Rietvelde | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Gurusai Dutt | 21 | 20 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Aditya Prakash | 18 | 22 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Martin Campbell | 14 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Aditya Prakash | 21 | 21 | Third place | ||||||||||
| Paul van Rietvelde | 13 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Martin Campbell | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
| Saina Nehwal | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Panuga Riou | 12 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Saina Nehwal | 23 | 22 | |||||||||||
| N. Sikki Reddy | 21 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Tiffany Chase Currier | 16 | 9 | |||||||||||
| N. Sikki Reddy | 21 | 21 | Third place | ||||||||||
| Panuga Riou | 18 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Tiffany Chase Currier | 21 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| B. Sai Praneeth Pranav Chopra | 20 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng | 22 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng | 14 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Lim Yu Sheng Loh Wei Sheng | 21 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Gary Fox Richard Morris | 19 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Lim Yu Sheng Loh Wei Sheng | 21 | 21 | Third place | ||||||||||
| B. Sai Praneeth Pranav Chopra | 21 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Gary Fox Richard Morris | 18 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Lim Ee Von Ng Hui Ern | 19 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Alexandra Bruce Michelle Li | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Alexandra Bruce Michelle Li | 18 | 8 | |||||||||||
| P. C. Thulasi N. Sikki Reddy | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
 Jessica Jonggowisastro Mary O'Connor | 13 | 13 | |||||||||||
| P. C. Thulasi N. Sikki Reddy | 21 | 21 | Third place | ||||||||||
| Lim Ee Von Ng Hui Ern | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Jessica Jonggowisastro Mary O'Connor | 8 | 19 | |||||||||||
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