| Badminton at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics | |
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| Venue | Bafra Sports Hall |
| Location |  Turkey, Samsun |
| Dates | 19–28 July |
Badminton at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics took place at the Bafra Sports Hall. [1]
| Badminton at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | Bafra Sports Hall |
| Location | Turkey, Samsun |
| Dates | 19–28 July |
Badminton at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics took place at the Bafra Sports Hall. [1]
* Host nation (Turkey)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 |  Thailand (THA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Tang Kaifeng China | Artemy Mikhailovich Karpov Russia | Shokhzod Khudodagi Gulomzoda Russia |
| Men's doubles |  Thailand Siriwat Mattayanumat, Ittikorn Punyangam |  South Korea Shin Hyunwoo, Seo Myeongsoo | Russia Valery Valeryevich Antonov, Mikhail Yefremov |
| Women's singles | Wang Meng China | Jeong Seonhwa South Korea | Manami Nagahara Japan |
| Women's doubles | China Zhang Heng Yan Wang Meng | Chinese Taipei Jung-Yu Fan Yan-Ru Shen | South Korea Jeong Seonhwa Lee Soyeong |
| Mixed doubles | Russia Artemy Mikhailovich Karpov, Alena Igorevna Soboleva | Malaysia Boon Wei Ying, Francis Tan Heng Bock | China Ding Yibo, Zhang Heng Yan |
| Mixed team | China Ding Yibo, Lu Guangyao, Tang Kaifeng, Wang Meng, Wang Meng Xing, Zhang Heng Yan | Russia Valery Valeryevich Antonov, Olga Dormidontova, Mikhail Efremov, Shokhzod Khudodagi Gulomzoda, Artemy Mikhailovich Karpov, Karina Khakimova, Olga Andreevna Shtayger, Alena Igorevna Soboleva | Chinese Taipei Chen Chung-I, Fan Jung-Yu, Hsieh Li-Chi, Huang Chen-Che, Huang Cheng-I, Shen Yan-Ru, Tu Wen-Hsuan, Yin Shih-Rong |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Brazil | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Turkey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Indonesia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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| South Korea | 1 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||
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| Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
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