| Sport: | badminton |
| Size: | 150 |
| Menevents: | 7 |
| Womenevents: | 6 |
| Mixedevents: | 1 |
Para-Badminton debuted at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
Para-Badminton is a variant of the badminton for athletes with a variety of physical disabilities. The sport is governed by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2011.[2]
| Games | Year | Events | Best nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | (1) | |||
| 16 | (2) |
The 2020 Summer Olympics makes the debut appearance of badminton, with 14 events hold.
| Current program | ||||
| Event | 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Singles WH1 | X | X | |
| Singles WH2 | X | X | ||
| Singles SL3 | X | X | ||
| Singles SL4 | X | X | ||
| Singles SU5 | X | X | ||
| Singles SH6 | X | X | ||
| Doubles WH1–WH2 | X | X | ||
| Women | Singles WH1 | X | X | |
| Singles WH2 | X | X | ||
| Singles SL3 | X | |||
| Singles SL4 | X | X | ||
| Singles SU5 | X | X | ||
| Singles SH6 | X | |||
| Doubles WH1–WH2 | X | X | ||
| Doubles SL3–SU5 | X | |||
| Mixed | Doubles SL3–SU5 | X | X | |
| Doubles SH6 | X | |||
| Events | 14 | 16 | ||
See also: List of Paralympic medalists in badminton.
Below is the gold medalists showed based on category and countries after the 2020 Summer Olympics. Bolded numbers below indicate a country as the overall winner of Olympic badminton of that year.
| Rank | Country | 2020 | 2024 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total | 14 | 16 | 30 | ||
Paralympics badminton consists of a group stage and single-elimination tournament. Each match is played to the best of three games. Games are up to 21 points. Rally scoring is used, meaning a player does not need to be serving to score. A player must win by two points or be the first player to 30 points.
The following nations have taken part in the badminton competition. The numbers in the table indicate the number of competitors sent to that year's Paralympics.
| Nation | 2020 | 2024 | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| – | 1 | 1 | ||
| – | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| – | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | – | 1 | ||
| 6 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| – | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1 | – | 1 | ||
| – | 1 | 1 | ||
| – | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | – | 1 | ||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | – | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| – | 2 | 1 | ||
| Nations | 28 | 31 | 35 | |
| Year | 2020 | 2024 | 2 |