| Event: | Badminton |
| Games: | 1972 Summer |
| Venue: | Munich, West Germany |
| Dates: | 4 September 1972 |
| Num Events: | 4 (2 men, 1 women, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors: | 25 (17 men, 8 women) |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Next: | 1988 Seoul |
Badminton was one of two demonstration sports at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. It was the first time that the sport was part of the Olympic program, and it would become an official Olympic sport 20 years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
| width=100 bgcolor=efefef | Event | width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=cc9966 | Bronze |
| Men's singles | |||||||
| Women's singles | |||||||
| Men's doubles | Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata | Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan | Elliot Stuart Derek Talbot | ||||
Willi Braun Roland Maywald | |||||||
| Mixed doubles | Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks | Svend Pri Ulla Strand | Roland Maywald Brigitte Steden | ||||
Christian Hadinata Utami Dewi |
25 participants from 11 countries took part in four events. Several entries in the doubles events were mixed teams of players from different nations, a practice not allowed in official medal events at the Olympic Games since 1904. All competition took place on September 4.