Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

Badminton had its debut at the 1966 Commonwealth Games and has been contested in 14 consecutive Commonwealth Games since.

Medalists of the badminton mixed team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Editions

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Games Year Host city
VIII 1966 Kingston, Jamaica
IX 1970 Edinburgh, Scotland
X 1974 Christchurch, New Zealand
XI 1978 Edmonton, Canada
XII 1982 Brisbane, Australia
XIII 1986 Edinburgh, Scotland
XIV 1990 Auckland, New Zealand
XV 1994 Victoria, Canada
XVI 1998 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
XVII 2002 Manchester, England
XVIII 2006 Melbourne, Australia
XIX 2010 New Delhi, India
XX 2014 Glasgow, Scotland
XXI 2018 Gold Coast, Australia
XXII 2022 Birmingham, England

History

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Badminton was added to the Commonwealth Games program in 1966, as an optional sport. The sport was chosen to replace lawn bowls, due the lack of facilities at Jamaica. Having this status until the 1994 edition, when it became a mandatory sport. In the first three editions, five events were played (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles). Between 1978 and 1990 a sixth event was in the program (the mixed team competition). Also between 1966 and 1990, one bronze medal was at stake. Between 1994 and 2002, the losers of the two semifinals also won two bronze medals. In 1998, the team events in both genres were introduced, but at the next edition the event was dropped and the mixed teams event returned. Later in 2002, the mixed team event returned. The last change to the program was in 2006, when the format and events played were reverted to the format used until 1990.

Events

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Current program
Event 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22
Men's singles X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Men's doubles X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Women's singles X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Women's doubles X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Mixed doubles X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Mixed team X X X X X X X X X X X
Past program
Men's team X
Women's team X
Events 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6

Medal table

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As of 2022 edition
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  England373738112
2  Malaysia31221669
3  India1081331
4  Canada311620
5  Singapore25613
6  Australia21912
7  Scotland12710
8  Hong Kong1023
9  Wales1012
10  New Zealand02911
Totals (10 entries)8888107283

Successful national teams

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Below is the gold medalists shown based by category and countries after the 2022 Commonwealth Games. England has been the most successful nation in the Commonwealth Games.

Rank Country 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Total
1   England 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 31 2 2 1 22 37
2   Malaysia 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 31 3 4 4 3 22 2 31
3   India 1 1 2 1 22 3 10
4   Canada 1 1 1 3
5   Australia 1 1 2
  Singapore 1 1 2
7   Scotland 1 1
  Hong Kong 1 1
  Wales 1 1

BOLD means overall winner of badminton at Commonwealth Games

^1 England and Malaysia were tied with three gold medals. However, Malaysia won four silver medals and England won one, thus Malaysia became the overall winner.
^2 India, England, and Malaysia were tied with two gold medals. However, India won three silver medals, Malaysia won two, and England won one, thus India became the overall winner.

Past winners

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Individual competition

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Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1966   Tan Aik Huang   Angela Bairstow   Tan Aik Huang
  Yew Cheng Hoe
  Helen Horton
  Ursula Smith
  Roger Mills
  Angela Bairstow
1970   Jamie Paulson   Margaret Beck   Punch Gunalan
  Ng Boon Bee
  Margaret Boxall
  Sue Whetnall
  Derek Talbot
  Margaret Boxall
1974   Punch Gunalan   Gillian Gilks   Elliot Stuart
  Derek Talbot
  Margaret Boxall
  Gillian Gilks
  Derek Talbot
  Gillian Gilks
1978   Prakash Padukone   Sylvia Ng   Ray Stevens
  Mike Tredgett
  Nora Perry
  Anne Statt
  Mike Tredgett
  Nora Perry
1982   Syed Modi   Helen Troke   Ong Beng Teong
  Razif Sidek
  Claire Backhouse
  Johanne Falardeau
  Martin Dew
  Karen Chapman
1986   Steve Baddeley   Billy Gilliland
  Dan Travers
  Gillian Clark
  Gillian Gowers
  Michael Scandolera
  Audrey Tuckey
1990   Rashid Sidek   Fiona Smith   Jalani Sidek
  Razif Sidek
  Sara Sankey
  Fiona Smith
  Chan Chi Choi
  Amy Chan
1994   Lisa Campbell   Cheah Soon Kit
  Soo Beng Kiang
  Joanne Muggeridge
  Joanne Wright
  Chris Hunt
  Gillian Clark
1998   Wong Choong Hann   Kelly Morgan   Choong Tan Fook
  Lee Wan Wah
  Joanne Goode
  Donna Kellogg
  Simon Archer
  Joanne Goode
2002   Muhammad Hafiz Hashim   Li Li   Chan Chong Ming
  Chew Choon Eng
  Ang Li Peng
  Lim Pek Siah
2006   Lee Chong Wei   Tracey Hallam   Chan Chong Ming
  Koo Kien Keat
  Chin Eei Hui
  Wong Pei Tty
  Nathan Robertson
  Gail Emms
2010   Saina Nehwal   Koo Kien Keat
  Tan Boon Heong
  Jwala Gutta
  Ashwini Ponnappa
  Koo Kien Keat
  Chin Eei Hui
2014   Parupalli Kashyap   Michelle Li   Tan Wee Kiong
  Goh V Shem
  Vivian Hoo
  Woon Khe Wei
  Chris Adcock
  Gabby Adcock
2018   Lee Chong Wei   Saina Nehwal   Marcus Ellis
  Chris Langridge
  Chow Mei Kuan
  Vivian Hoo
2022   Lakshya Sen   P. V. Sindhu   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
  Chirag Shetty
  Pearly Tan
  Thinaah Muralitharan
  Terry Hee
  Tan Wei Han

Team competition

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Year Men Women Mixed
1966
1970
1974
1978   England
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998   Malaysia   England
2002   England
2006   Malaysia
2010
2014
2018   India
2022   Malaysia

References

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