| Badminton at the 2014 Asian Para Games | |
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| Venue | Gyeyang Gymnasium |
| Dates | October 19–23, 2014 |
| Competitors | 109 from 15 nations |
Badminton at the 2014 Asian Para Games was held at the Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea from October 19 to 23, 2014. [1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 |  Indonesia (INA) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 |  China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  India (IND) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 |  Thailand (THA) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 15 | 15 | 26 | 56 | |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | SL3 | Ukun Rukaendi  Indonesia | Manoj Sarkar  India | Pramod Bhagat India |
Pham Duc Trung Vietnam | ||||
| SL4 | Fredy Setiawan Indonesia | Tarun Dhillon India | Cheng-Che Lin Chinese Taipei | |
Bakri Omar Malaysia | ||||
| SU5 | Cheah Liek Hou Malaysia | Oddie Kurnia Dwi Indonesia | Imam Kunantoro Indonesia | |
| Suryo Nugroho Indonesia | ||||
| WH1 | Choi Jung-man South Korea | Lee Sam-seop South Korea | Jakarin Homhaul Thailand | |
Osamu Nagashima Japan | ||||
| WH2 | Kim Jung-jun South Korea | Kim Kyung-hoon South Korea | Kim Sung-hun South Korea | |
| Madzlan Saibon Malaysia | ||||
| Doubles | SL3–SL4 | Indonesia Hary Susanto Ukun Rukaendi | Indonesia Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan | Malaysia Md Radhi Juhari Hairul Fozi Saaba |
| Chinese Taipei Cheng Che-Lin Hsing Chih Huang | ||||
| SU5 | Malaysia Cheah Liek Hou Suhaili Laiman | India Raj Kumar Rakesh Pandey | Indonesia Suryo Nugroho Imam Kunantoro | |
| Vietnam Pham Hong Tuan Tram Minh Nhuan | ||||
| WH1–WH2 | South Korea Choi Jung-man Kim Sung-hun | South Korea Kim Kyung-hoon Lee Sam-seop | Thailand Junthong Dumnern Jakarin Homhual |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | SL3 | Parul Parmar India | Wandee Kamtam Thailand | Paramee Panyachaem Thailand |
| SL4–SU5 | Sun Shouqun China | Cheng Hefang China | Leani Ratri Oktila Indonesia | |
| Ma Huihui China | ||||
| WH1–WH2 | Lee Sun-ae South Korea | Amnouy Wetwithan Thailand | Kim Yeon-sim South Korea | |
| Wang Ping China | ||||
| Doubles | SL3–SU5 | China Cheng Hefang Ma Huihui | Indonesia Leani Ratri Oktila Khalimatus Sadiyah | Japan Noriko Ito Akiko Sugino |
| WH1–WH2 | South Korea Kim Yeon-sim Lee Mi-ok | Thailand Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan | South Korea Lee Sun-ae Son Ok-cha |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | SL3–SU5 | Indonesia Fredy Setiawan Leani Ratri Oktila | India Raj Kumar Parul Parmar | Thailand Adisak Saengarayakul Chanida Srinavakul |
| Japan Gen Shogaki Noriko Ito | ||||
| WH1–WH2 | Thailand Jakarin Homhual Amnouy Wetwithan | South Korea Lee Sam-seop Lee Sun Ae | South Korea Kim Jung-jun Son Ok Cha | |
| Thailand Dumnern Junthong Sujirat Pookkham |
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