The Chinese Taipei Open (formerly the Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold) in badminton is an open international championships held in Taiwan since 1970s,[ citation needed ] but they took place only in irregular periods. Since 1980 they are regularly held, except in 1998, due to the Asian economic crisis, and 2001.
| Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 15 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 47 |
| 2 |  | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 3 |  | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 |  | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0.5 | 17.5 |
| 5 |  | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 |  | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3.5 | 14.5 |
| 7 |  | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 | ||
| 8 |  | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 9 |  | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 10 |  | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 12 |  | 2 | 2 | ||||
 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 15 |  | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |||
| 16 |  | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 17 |  | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 33 | 185 |
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