| Badminton at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| Dates | 15 – 19 August 2010 |
| No. of events | 2 (1 boys, 1 girls) |
| Competitors | 64 (32 boys, 32 girls) from 42 nations |
Badminton competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 15 to August 19, 2010 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
32 players from each event were drawn into eight groups. Of the eight groups, only the group winner of each group advanced into the knockout stage, starting with the quarterfinals. [1] The group stage were played from August 15–16, 2010, while the knockput stage were played from August 17–19, 2010. [2]
Only players born between January 1, 1992, and December 31, 1993, are eligible to participate. Highest ranked men and women (one per National Olympic Committee) qualify according to continental quotas at youth continental championships or based on continental ranking list (Two quotas each for Africa, America and Oceania, while five quotas each for Asia and Europe). If there was no continental championships held, that continent will select the players via ranking itself as of May 1, 2010. The remaining seven places will be selected through the 2010 World Junior Championships ranking list. For the host country, they may fill one highest ranked player in each event. [3]
As of July 21, 2010. [4]
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 |  South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys' singles | Pisit Poodchalat  Thailand | Prannoy Kumar  India | Kang Ji-wook  South Korea |
| Girls' singles | Sapsiree Taerattanachai Thailand | Deng Xuan  China | Vũ Thị Trang  Vietnam |
| Quarterfinals Tuesday, 17 August | Semifinals Wednesday, 18 August | Final Thursday, 19 August | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kang Ji-wook (KOR) | 21 | 14 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Evert Sukamta (INA) | 11 | 21 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kang Ji-wook (KOR) | 21 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Prannoy Kumar (IND) | 19 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Prannoy Kumar (IND) | 21 | 18 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Hsieh Feng-tse (TPE) | 13 | 21 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Prannoy Kumar (IND) | 15 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Pisit Poodchalat (THA) | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Pisit Poodchalat (THA) | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Huang Yuxiang (CHN) | 16 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Pisit Poodchalat (THA) | 21 | 19 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Loh Wei Sheng (MAS) | 13 | 21 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Loh Wei Sheng (MAS) | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 32 |  Huang Chao (SIN) | 18 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bronze Medal Match Thursday, 19 August | ||||||
| 1 | Kang Ji-wook (KOR) | WO | ||||
| 7 | Loh Wei Sheng (MAS) | WD | ||||
| Quarterfinals Tuesday, 17 August | Semifinals Wednesday, 18 August | Final Thursday, 19 August | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 |  Josephine Wentholt (NED) | 15 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Sarah Milne (GBR) | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sarah Milne (GBR) | 12 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Deng Xuan (CHN) | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Carolina Marín (ESP) | 12 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Deng Xuan (CHN) | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Deng Xuan (CHN) | 14 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Soniia Cheah Su Ya (MAS) | 15 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Vũ Thị Trang (VIE) | 18 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 |  Lene Clausen (DEN) | 19 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Vũ Thị Trang (VIE) | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bronze Medal Match Thursday, 19 August | ||||||
| 8 | Sarah Milne (GBR) | 15 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Vũ Thị Trang (VIE) | 21 | 22 | |||
The badminton tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 28 July and 5 August at Wembley Arena.
The badminton tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 11 to 20 August at the fourth pavilion of Riocentro. A total of 172 athletes competed in five events: men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles.
Egypt competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
Mexico competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
Thailand competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
The badminton tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place between 24 July and 2 August 2021. A total of 172 athletes competed in five events: men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles.
Brazil competes at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
Cycling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 17 to August 24. The events took place at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center and Laoshan National Forest Park in Nanjing, China.
Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place from 17 to 22 August 2014. The competition was held at the Nanjing Sport Institute in Nanjing, China.
Hungary competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Hungarian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions. Hungary was not invited to the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, because of its role in the first World War, and it was also part of the Soviet boycott, when Los Angeles hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Ukraine competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Thailand competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1952, Thai athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support of the US-led boycott.
This article details the qualifying phase for badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Olympic qualification period took place between May 4, 2015, and May 1, 2016, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, scheduled to publish on May 5, 2016, will be used to allocate spots. Unlike the previous Games, nations could only enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles, if both are ranked in the world's top 16; otherwise, one quota place until the roster of thirty-eight players has been completed. Similar regulations in the singles tournaments also apply to the players competing in the doubles, as the NOCs could only enter a maximum of two pairs if both are ranked in the top eight, while the remaining NOCs are entitled to one until the quota of 16 highest-ranked pairs is filled.
There are 172 quota places available for qualification for badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The Olympic qualification period took place between April 29, 2019 and April 25, 2021, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, scheduled to publish on June 15, 2021, was used to allocate spots. Nations can enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles if both are ranked in the world's top 16; otherwise, one quota place until the roster of thirty-eight players has been completed. Similar regulations also apply to the players competing in the doubles, as the NOCs can enter a maximum of two pairs if both are ranked in the top eight, while the remaining NOCs are entitled to one until the quota of 16 highest-ranked pairs is filled.
Estonia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games since 1992 and thirteenth overall in Summer Olympic history.
Peru competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1936, Peruvian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
Guatemala competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952, despite failing to register any athletes in three other editions.
Hong Kong competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, marking the territory's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut as a British colony in 1952. More medals were won at the 2020 Summer Olympics by athletes representing Hong Kong than ever before, and Hong Kong also won its first gold medal since the handover back to China.
The 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 31st edition of the Thomas Cup and the 28th edition of the Uber Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the men and women's national teams of the member associations of Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament were played at Ceres Arena in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the first time that Denmark hosted the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup tournament and the first time this event was held in Europe since England 1982. It was due to be played on 15–23 August 2020, but on 29 April 2020 it was postponed to the 3–11 October due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 15 September 2020 it was again postponed and on 21 December 2020 it was announced that it was postponed to 9–17 October 2021.
The men's singles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 2 August 2021 at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. A total of 41 players from 36 nations actually competed at the tournament.
