Olympic Games - Badminton
A demonstration sport at the 1972 Summer Olympics and an exhibition sport at the Games in 1988, men's and women's singles and doubles badminton events first made the official list in 1992, with mixed doubles joining the schedule in 1996.
There were four additional bronze medal winners awarded in Barcelona in 1992 because no bronze medal matches were played.
Medallists
| 1992 | |
| MEN'S SINGLES | WOMEN'S SINGLES |
| ALAN BUDIKUSUMA (Idn) | SUSI SUSANTI (Idn) |
| Ardy Wiranata (Idn) | Bang Soo-Hyun (Kor) |
| T S-Lauridsen (Den) H Susanto (Idn) | H Hua (Chn) T Jiuhong (Chn) |
| MEN'S DOUBLES | WOMEN'S DOUBLES |
| KIM MOON-SOO & PARK JOO-BONG (Kor) | CHUNG SO-YOUNG & HWANG HYE-YOUNG (Kor) |
| Rudy Gunawan & Eddy Hartono (Idn) | Guan Weizhen & Nong Qunhua (Chn) |
| Yongbo & Bingyi (Chn) Sidek & Sidek (Mys) | Young & Eun (Kor) Yanfen & Fen (Chn) |
1996 | |
| MEN'S SINGLES | WOMEN'S SINGLES |
| POUL-ERIK HOYER LARSEN (Den) | BANG SOO-HYUN (Kor) |
| Dong Jiong (Chn) | Mia Audina (Idn) |
| Rashid Sidek (Mys) | Susi Susanti (Idn) |
| MEN'S DOUBLES | WOMEN'S DOUBLES |
| REXY MAINAKY & RICKY SUBAGJA (Idn) | GE FEI & GU JUN (Chn) |
| Cheah Soon-KIt & Yap K Hock (Mys) | Gil Young-Ah & J'g Hye-Ock (Kor) |
| Ant. Ariantho & Denny Kantono (Idn) | Qin Yiyuan & Tang Yongshu (Chn) |
| MIXED DOUBLES | |
| GIL YOUNG-AH & KIM DONG-MOON (Kor) | |
| Park Joo-Bong & Ra Ky'g-Min (Kor) | |
| Liu Jianjun & Sun Man (Chn) | |
2000 | |
| MEN'S SINGLES | WOMEN'S SINGLES |
| JI XINPENG (Chn) | GONG ZHICHAO (Chn) |
| Hendrawan (Idn) | Camilla Martin (Den) |
| Xia Xuanse (Chn) | Ye Zhaoying (Chn) |
| MEN'S DOUBLES | WOMEN'S DOUBLES |
| TONY GUNAWAN & CANDRA WIJAYA (Idn) | GE FEI & GU JUN (Chn) |
| Lee Dong-Soo & Yoo Y'g-S'g (Kor) | Huang Nanyan & Yang Wei (Chn) |
| Ha Tae-Kwon & Kim D'g-M'n (Kor) | Gao Ling & Qin Yiyuan (Chn) |
| MIXED DOUBLES | |
| GAO LING & ZHANG JUN (Chn) | |
| Tri Kusharyanto & Minarti Timur (Idn) | |
| Simon Archer & Jo Goode (Gbr) | |
2004 | |
| MEN'S SINGLES | WOMEN'S SINGLES |
| TAUFIK HIDAYAT (Idn) | ZHANG NING (Chn) |
| S'g Seung-Mo (Kor) | Mia Audina (Nld) |
| S-D Kuncoro (Idn) | Zhou MI (Chn) |
| MEN'S DOUBLES | WOMEN'S DOUBLES |
| HA TAE-KWON & KIM DONG-MOON (Kor) | YANG WEI & ZHANG JIEWEN (Chn) |
| Lee Dong-Soo & Yoo Y'g-S'g (Kor) | Gao Ling & Huang Sui (Chn) |
| Eng Hian & F'y Limpele (Idn) | Le Kyung-Won & Ra Ky'g-Min (Kor) |
| MIXED DOUBLES | |
| GAO LING & ZHANG JUN (Chn) | |
| Gail Emms & Nathan Robertson (Gbr) | |
| Jens Eriksen & M Schj'ager (Den) | |
2008 | |
| MEN'S SINGLES | WOMEN'S SINGLES |
| LIN DAN (Chn) | ZHANG NING (Chn) |
| Lee Chong-Wei (Mys) | Xie Xingfang (Chn) |
| Chen Jin (Chn) | M Yulianti (Idn) |
| MEN'S DOUBLES | WOMEN'S DOUBLES |
| MARKIS KIDO & HENDRA SETIAWAN (Idn) | DU JING & YU YANG (Chn) |
| Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng (Chn) | Lee Hyo-Jung & Lee K'g-Won (Kor) |
| Hwang Ji-Man & Lee Jae-Jin (Kor) | Wei Yili & Z'g Yawen (Chn) |
| MIXED DOUBLES | |
| LEE HYO-JUNG & LEE YONG-DAE (Kor) | |
| Lilyana Natsir & Nova WIdianto (Idn) | |
| He Hanbin & Yu Yang (Chn) | |
2012 | |
| MEN'S SINGLES | WOMEN'S SINGLES |
| LIN DAN (Chn) | LI XUERUI (Chn) |
| Lee Chong-Wei (Mys) | Wang Yihan (Chn) |
| Chen Long (Chn) | Saina Nehwal (Ind) |
| MEN'S DOUBLES | WOMEN'S DOUBLES |
| CAI YUN & FU HAIFENG (Chn) | TIAN QING & ZHAO YUNLEI (Chn) |
| Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen (Den) | Mizuki Fujii & Reika Kakiiwa (Jpn) |
| Jun Jae-Sung & Lee Yong-Dae (Kor) | Valeria Sorokina & Nina Vislova (Rus) |
| MIXED DOUBLES | |
| ZHANG NAN & ZHAO YUNLEI (Chn) | |
| Xu Chen & Ma Jin (Chn) | |
| J Fischer-Nielsen & C Pedersen (Den) | |
2016 | |
| MEN'S SINGLES | WOMEN'S SINGLES |
| CHEN LONG (Chn) | CAROLINA MARIN (Esp) |
| Lee Chong-Wei (Mys) | P V Sindhu (Ind) |
| Viktor Axelsen (Den) | Li Xuerui (Chn) |
| MEN'S DOUBLES | WOMEN'S DOUBLES |
| FU HAIFENG & ZHANG NAN (Chn) | MISAKI MATSUTOMO & AYAKA TAKAHASHI (Jpn) |
| Goh V Shem & Tan Wee Kiong (Mys) | Christinna Pedersen & Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Den) |
| Chris Langridge & Marcus Ellis (Gbr) | Jung Kyung-eun & Shin Seung-chan (Kor) |
| MIXED DOUBLES | |
| TONTOWI AHMAD & LILLYANA NATSIR (Idn) | |
| Chan Peng Soon & Goh Liu Ying (Mys) | |
| Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei (Chn) | |
2020 | |
| MEN'S SINGLES | WOMEN'S SINGLES |
| VIKTOR AXELSEN (Den) | CHEN YUFEI (Chn) |
| Chen Long (Chn) | Tai Tzu-ying (Twn) |
| Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Idn) | P V Sindhu (Ind) |
| MEN'S DOUBLES | WOMEN'S DOUBLES |
| LEE YANG & WANG CHI-LIN (Twn) | GREYSIA POLII & APRIYANI RAHAYU (Idn) |
| Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen (Chn) | Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (Chn) |
| Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik (Mys) | Kim So-yeong & Kong Hee-yong (Kor) |
| MIXED DOUBLES | |
| WANG YILYU & HUANG DONGPING (Chn) | |
| Xheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong (Chn) | |
| Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino (Jpn) | |
2024 | |
| MEN'S SINGLES | WOMEN'S SINGLES |
| VIKTOR AXELSEN (Den) | An Se-young (Kor) |
| Kunlavut Vitidsam (Tha) | He Bingjiao (Chn) |
| Lee Zii Jia (Mys) | Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Idn) |
| MEN'S DOUBLES | WOMEN'S DOUBLES |
| LEE YANG & WANG CHI-LIN (Twn) | CHEN QINGCHEN & JIA YIFAN (Chn) |
| Liang Weikeng & Wang Chang (Chn) | Liu Shengshu & Tan Ning (Chn) |
| Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik (Mys) | Nami Matsuyama & Chiharu Shida (Jpn) |
| MIXED DOUBLES | |
| ZHENG SIWEI & HUNAG YAQIONG (Chn) | |
| Kim Won-ho & Jeong Na-eun (Kor) | |
| Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino (Jpn) |
| The venues have been as follows: 1992: Pavello de La Mar Bella, Barcelona 1996: Georgia State University Sports Arena, Atlanta 2000: The Dome & Exhibition Complex, Sydney 2004: Goudi Hall, Athens 2008: University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing 2012: Wembley Arena, London 2016: Riodentro Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro 2020: Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo 2024: Porte de La Chapelle Arena (Adidas Arena), Paris Links to other Olympics |