Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Badminton at the XVI Paralympic Games
Badminton pictogram of the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates	1–5 September 2021
Competitors	90 from 28 nations
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Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, was played at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium (renamed to Yoyogi National Stadium for the Games) from 1 to 5 September 2021. There were a total of fourteen events taking place: seven male events (six singles, one doubles), six female events (four singles, two doubles) and one mixed doubles event. ^[1]

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. ^{[2] [3]}

Classification

There were six different classes in the competition. ^[4]

Class	Description
WH1	Athletes who have impairment in both lower limbs and trunk and/or have high spinal cord injuries. They may also have impaired hand function which could impact the ability to manoeuvre in their wheelchair. Their playing style is by holding their wheelchair with one hand while the other hand is moving the racquet; they will push or pull themselves to a neutral wheelchair sitting position after the stroke.
WH2	Similar to WH1 athletes, WH2 athletes have one or more impairments in their lower limbs, one or more loss of legs (above the knee) and would have minimal or no trunk impairment and/or lower . They would move their wheelchairs quicker than WH1 athletes and they will hold onto their wheels less to maintain their balance.
SL3	Athletes would have impairment in one or both lower limbs and have poor walking/running balance: to reduce their impairment, they would often compete on half-court (lengthwise). These athletes would have cerebral palsy, bilateral polio or loss of both legs below the knee.
SL4	Athletes would run faster and have better balance than athletes who are in the SL3 class, they would have an impairment in one or both lower limbs, unilateral polio or mild cerebral palsy. These athletes would play on full-court.
SU5	Unlike the SL3 and SL4 sport classes, SU5 have impairments in their upper limbs such as a missing thumb which restricts grip and power of the stroke or loss of an arm due to amputation or nerve damage. Also, athletes may have a severe impairment to their non-playing arm which can affect balance movements, trunk rotation and ability to serve.
SH6	Athletes who have achondroplasia and short stature.

Qualification

Main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Schedule

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

F

Finals

Events	Dates
	Wed 1 Sep	Thu 2 Sep	Fri 3 Sep		Sat 4 Sep		Sun 5 Sep
Men's singles WH1	G	G	G	¼	½	F
Men's singles WH2		G	G	¼	½		F
Men's singles SL3	G	G	G		½	F
Men's singles SL4		G	G		½		F
Men's singles SU5	G	G	G		½	F
Men's singles SH6		G	G		½		F
Women's singles WH1	G	G	¼		½	F
Women's singles WH2	G	G	G	¼	½	F
Women's singles SL4		G	G		½		F
Women's singles SU5	G	G	G	¼	½	F
Men's doubles WH1–WH2		G	G		½		F
Women's doubles WH1–WH2		G	G		½		F
Women's doubles SL3–SU5		G	G		½	F
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5	G	G	G		½		F

Participating nations

•   Australia  (2)
•   Brazil  (1)
•   Canada  (1)
•   China  (9)
•   Chinese Taipei  (1)
•   Denmark  (1)
•   Egypt  (1)
•   France  (6)
•   Germany  (6)
•   Great Britain  (4)
•   Hong Kong  (2)
•   India  (7)
•   Indonesia  (7)
•   Israel  (1)
•   Japan  (13) (Host nation)
•   Malaysia  (2)
•   Netherlands  (1)
•   Norway  (1)
•   Peru  (1)
•   Poland  (1)
•   Portugal  (1)
•   RPC  (1)
•   South Korea  (7)
•   Switzerland  (2)
•   Thailand  (7)
•   Turkey  (2)
•   Uganda  (1)
•   Ukraine  (1)

Medal table

Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	5	3	2	10
2	Japan*	3	1	5	9
3	Indonesia	2	2	2	6
4	India	2	1	1	4
5	France	1	1	0	2
6	Malaysia	1	0	0	1
7	South Korea	0	3	1	4
8	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
	Hong Kong	0	1	1	2
	Thailand	0	1	1	2
Totals (10 entries)		14	14	14	42

Medalists

Singles events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	WH1 details	Qu Zimo   China	Lee Sam-seop   South Korea	Lee Dong-seop   South Korea
	WH2 details	Daiki Kajiwara   Japan	Kim Jung-jun   South Korea	Chan Ho Yuen   Hong Kong
	SL3 details	Pramod Bhagat   India	Daniel Bethell   Great Britain	Manoj Sarkar   India
	SL4 details	Lucas Mazur   France	Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj   India	Fredy Setiawan   Indonesia
	SU5 details	Cheah Liek Hou   Malaysia	Dheva Anrimusthi   Indonesia	Suryo Nugroho   Indonesia
	SH6 details	Krishna Nagar   India	Chu Man Kai   Hong Kong	Krysten Coombs   Great Britain
Women's singles	WH1 details	Sarina Satomi   Japan	Sujirat Pookkham   Thailand	Yin Menglu   China
	WH2 details	Liu Yutong   China	Xu Tingting   China	Yuma Yamazaki   Japan
	SL4 details	Cheng Hefang   China	Leani Ratri Oktila   Indonesia	Ma Huihui   China
	SU5 details	Yang Qiuxia   China	Ayako Suzuki   Japan	Akiko Sugino   Japan

Doubles events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's doubles	WH1–WH2 details	China Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo	South Korea Kim Jung-jun Lee Dong-seop	Japan Daiki Kajiwara Hiroshi Murayama
Women's doubles	WH1–WH2 details	Japan Sarina Satomi Yuma Yamazaki	China Liu Yutong Yin Menglu	Thailand Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan
	SL3–SU5 details	Indonesia Leani Ratri Oktila Khalimatus Sadiyah	China Cheng Hefang Ma Huihui	Japan Noriko Ito Ayako Suzuki
Mixed doubles	SL3–SU5 details	Indonesia Hary Susanto Leani Ratri Oktila	France Lucas Mazur Faustine Noël	Japan Daisuke Fujihara Akiko Sugino

References

1. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 7 April 2021.
2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
3. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport . 30 March 2020.
4. "Para Badminton Classification". www.paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

External links

• Results book Archived 5 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine