| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 8 – 13 October | ||
| Edition | 4th | ||
| Nations | 8 | ||
| Venue | Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium | ||
| Location | Tianjin, China | ||
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Badminton at the 2013 East Asian Games was held in Tianjin, China in the month of October. Participant countries included China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Macau, Mongolia and Independent Olympic Athletes. [1] Competitions for five individual disciplines as well as for Men's and Women's team competitions were conducted. [2] [3] China dominated by winning six out of seven possible gold medals while Chinese Taipei won a gold medal in Men's doubles event. [4]
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN)* | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 | |
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Du Pengyu | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
 Jeon Hyeok-jin | 15 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Du Pengyu | 22 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Wang Zhengming | 20 | 17 | ||||||||||
 Kazumasa Sakai | 11 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Wang Zhengming | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Wang Shixian | 19 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||
| Akane Yamaguchi | 21 | 19 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Wang Shixian | 21 | 17 | 20 | |||||||||
| Han Li | 14 | 21 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Aya Ohori | 16 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Han Li | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Chen Hung-ling Lu Chia-pin | 21 | 15 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata | 19 | 21 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Chen Hung-ling Lu Chia-pin | 8 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
 Lee Chun Hei Ng Ka Long | 11 | 19 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Hsieh Pei-chen Cheng Wen-hsing | 17 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Ou Dongni Tang Yuanting | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Ou Dongni Tang Yuanting | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Kim Ji-won Chae Yoo-jung | 15 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Xu Chen Ma Jin | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Choi Sol-gyu Chae Yoo-jung | 10 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Xu Chen Ma Jin | 17 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||
| 2 | Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah | 21 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||
| Lee Sheng-mu Wang Pei-rong | 12 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
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