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

Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, is played at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium (renamed to Yoyogi National Stadium for the Games) from 1 to 5 September 2021. There are 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.

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They keep the 2020 name and is held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

Classification

There are six different classes in the competition.

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	3	1	1	5
2	Japan*	1	1	2	4
3	India	1	0	1	2
4	Malaysia	1	0	0	1
5	Indonesia	0	1	1	2
6	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
	Thailand	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	5	17

Medalists

Singles events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	WH1	Qu Zimo  China	Lee Sam-seop  South Korea
	WH2
	SL3	Pramod Bhagat  India	Daniel Bethell  Great Britain	Manoj Sarkar  India
	SL4
	SU5	Cheah Liek Hou  Malaysia	Dheva Anrimusthi  Indonesia	Suryo Nugroho  Indonesia
	SH6
Women's singles	WH1	Sarina Satomi  Japan	Sujirat Pookkham  Thailand	Yin Menglu  China
	WH2	Liu Yutong  China	Xu Tingting  China	Yuma Yamazaki  Japan
	SL4
	SU5	Yang Qiuxia  China	Ayako Suzuki  Japan	Akiko Sugino  Japan

Doubles events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's doubles	WH1–WH2
Women's doubles	WH1–WH2
	SL3–SU5
Mixed doubles	SL3–SU5

See also

• Badminton at the 2018 Asian Para Games
• Badminton at the 2019 Parapan American Games
• Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics