Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

Badminton had it debut at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and has been consented in 14 consecutive Commonwealth Games since its debut in 1966.

Editions

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

History

The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica saw the inaugural staging of badminton with five events being played in the sport. This would be later jump to six events with the introduction of the mixed team events in 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. In 1994, the bronze medal playoff was scraped until it was brought back in the 2006 held in Melbourne. During that time, the mixed team was replaced by a separate teams event for each gender but it would only be played once with it reverting back to the mixed teams format in 2002.

Events

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

See also: List of Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	37	34	38	109
2	Malaysia	29	21	14	64
3	India	7	7	11	25
4	Canada	3	10	6	19
5	Australia	2	1	9	12
6	Singapore	1	5	4	10
7	Scotland	1	2	7	10
8	Hong Kong	1	0	2	3
9	Wales	1	0	1	2
10	New Zealand	0	2	9	11
Totals (10 entries)		82	82	101	265

Successful national teams

Below is the gold medalists shown based by category and countries after the 2018 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	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	29
3	India				1	1							2	1	22	7
4	Canada		1			1								1		3
5	Australia						1		1							2
6	Scotland						1									1
	Hong Kong							1								1
	Wales									1						1
	Singapore										1					1

BOLD means overall winner of Badminton at Commonwealth Games

^1 England and Malaysia are 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 are 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

Individual competition

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	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	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 Meow Eng	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	Mike 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 Wei Shem	Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Woon Khe Wei	Chris Adcock Gabrielle Adcock
2018	Lee Chong Wei	Saina Nehwal	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	Chow Mei Kuan Vivian Hoo

Team competition

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

References

• Commonwealth Games medallists