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.
Ygor Coelho de Oliveira is a Brazilian badminton player. He won the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships six times in the boys' singles and four times in the mixed doubles event with Lohaynny Vicente. Oliveira placed 27th in the world junior ranking and went on to compete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. He won his first senior international title at the 2014 Puerto Rico International in the men's singles event. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and became the first Brazil's male Olympic badminton player. He clinched three gold medals at the 2018 South American Games in the men's singles, doubles, and team event. Coelho won a gold medal in the men's singles at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games.
Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan is a Nigerian badminton player.
Indonesia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were rescheduled for 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
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.
The women's singles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 1 August at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. A total of 43 players from 37 nations competed.
Krishna Nagar is an Indian para-badminton player from Rajasthan. He had been ranked world number 2 in para-badminton men's Singles SH6. He has won a gold medal at 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Cheah Liek Hou is a Malaysian para-badminton player. He is an 11-time winner of the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships. He won the gold medal in the men's singles SU5 event of the 2020 Summer Paralympics, making him the first Malaysian athlete to win a medal in para-badminton. He is also the first-ever Paralympic champion in para-badminton.
Sujirat Pookkham is a Thai para-badminton player who competes in international elite competitions. She is a World women's singles champion in 2009. Sujirat competed for Thailand at the 2020 Summer Paralympics which she won a silver medal in women's singles WH1 event and another bronze medal in the women's doubles WH1–WH2 event.
Amnouy Wetwithan is a Thai para-badminton player who competes in international elite competitions. Amnouy competed for Thailand at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the women's doubles WH1–WH2 event.
Yuma Yamazaki is a Japanese para-badminton player who competes in international elite competitions. She won a gold medal in Women's doubles WH1–WH2, and a bronze medal in Women's singles WH2, at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Lee Sam-seop is a South Korean paralympic badminton player. He participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the badminton competition, being awarded the silver medal in the men's singles WH1 event.
Lee Dong-seop is a South Korean paralympic badminton player. He participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the badminton competition, being awarded the bronze medal in the men's singles WH1 event. Dong-seop also participated in the men's doubles WH1–WH2 event, being awarded the silver medal with his teammate, Kim Jung-jun.
Kim Jung-jun is a South Korean paralympic badminton player. He participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the badminton competition, being awarded the silver medal in the men's singles WH2 event. Jung-jun also participated in the men's doubles WH1–WH2 event, being awarded the silver medal with his teammate, Lee Dong-seop.
Yin Menglu is a Chinese paralympic badminton player. She participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the badminton competition, being awarded the bronze medal in the women's singles WH1 event. Menglu also participated in the women's doubles WH1–WH2 event, being awarded the silver medal with her teammate, Liu Yutong.
Ayako Suzuki is a Japanese former paralympic badminton player. She participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the badminton competition, being awarded the silver medal in the women's singles SU5 event. Suzuki also participated in the women's doubles SL3–SU5 event, being awarded the bronze medal with her teammate, Noriko Ito.
Noriko Ito is a Japanese paralympic badminton player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the badminton competition, winning the bronze medal in the women's doubles SL3–SU5 event with her teammate, Ayako Suzuki.
Hiroshi Murayama is a Japanese paralympic badminton player. He participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the badminton competition, winning the bronze medal in the men's doubles WH1–WH2 event with his teammate, Daiki Kajiwara.
Daisuke Fujihara is a Japanese paralympic badminton player. He participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the badminton competition, winning the bronze medal in the mixed doubles SL3–SU5 event with his teammate, Akiko Sugino.
