Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

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

Editions

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

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

Event	66	70	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22
Current program
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

As of 2022 edition


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	37	37	38	112
2	Malaysia	31	22	16	69
3	India	10	8	13	31
4	Canada	3	11	6	20
5	Singapore	2	5	6	13
6	Australia	2	1	9	12
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)		88	88	107	283

Successful national teams

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
5	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

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	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	Helen Troke	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	Rashid Sidek	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	Simon Archer Joanne Goode
2006	Lee Chong Wei	Tracey Hallam	Chan Chong Ming Koo Kien Keat	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms
2010	Lee Chong Wei	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	Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock
2022	Lakshya Sen	P. V. Sindhu	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	Terry Hee Tan Wei Han

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
2022			Malaysia

References

Commonwealth Games medallists