Badminton at the Asian Games

Summary

Badminton has been one of the regular Asian Games sports since 1962 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

History edit

Badminton made its debut in the Asian Games as a demonstration sport at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan, and became a regular competitive sport in 1962.[1] In the 1962 Games, six events were held, with singles, doubles and team event for both men and women. The mixed doubles event was added in 1966 Asian Games. There was a playoff between the two semifinal losers to determine the sole winner of the bronze medal in 1962; but since 1966, two bronze medals per event are awarded in each event (except in 1974).

Competition edit

Asian Games badminton consists of a single-elimination tournament. Each match is played to the best of three games, each game is of 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.[2]

Editions edit

Games Year Host city Best nation
IV 1962 Jakarta, Indonesia   Indonesia
V 1966 Bangkok, Thailand   Indonesia
VI 1970 Bangkok, Thailand   Japan
VII 1974 Tehran, Iran   China
VIII 1978 Bangkok, Thailand   Indonesia
IX 1982 New Delhi, India   China
X 1986 Seoul, South Korea   China
XI 1990 Beijing, China   China
XII 1994 Hiroshima, Japan   South Korea
XIII 1998 Bangkok, Thailand   China
XIV 2002 Busan, South Korea   South Korea
XV 2006 Doha, Qatar   China
XVI 2010 Guangzhou, China   China
XVII 2014 Incheon, South Korea   China
XVIII 2018 JakartaPalembang, Indonesia   China
XIX 2022 Hangzhou, China   China

Events edit

Event 62 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
Men's singles X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16
Men's doubles X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16
Men's team X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16
Women's singles X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16
Women's doubles X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16
Women's team X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16
Mixed doubles X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15
Total 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

Participating nations edit

Nation 62 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 Years
  Afghanistan 2 2 2
  Bahrain 2 1
  Cambodia X 3 2 3
  China 12 12 12 16 16 16 16 19 16 20 20 20 12
  Chinese Taipei X 8 16 4 9 20 20 20 8
  East Timor 2 2 2
  Hong Kong 4 8 6 8 6 6 8 8 10 10 13 12 18 20 14
  India X X X 12 1 2 10 17 15 20 10
  Indonesia 10 X X X X 12 14 16 16 16 12 16 20 18 20 15
  Iran X 4 2 2 2 5
  Iraq 1 1
  Japan X X X X X X 11 12 16 11 11 11 16 20 20 15
  Macau 2 4 6 10 4 5
  Malaysia 10 X X X X X 7 7 9 16 17 16 18 20 14 15
  Maldives 4 3 8 8 4
  Mongolia 4 2 4 4 4 5
  Myanmar X 1
  Nepal X X X X 8 1 5 8 8 9
  North Korea X 6 2
  Pakistan X X 2 6 2 4 8 7
  Philippines X X X X X 4 1 2 8
  Qatar 1 1
  Saudi Arabia 2 1
  Singapore X 3 2 12 2 6 6
  South Korea X X X X X 16 16 16 16 20 16 20 20 20 14
  Sri Lanka X 1 2 2 1 4 4 6 8
  Syria 1 4 2
  Thailand X X X X X X 5 12 13 16 12 16 20 20 20 15
  Vietnam 4 2 5 6 4
Number of nations 7 11 8 13 11 11 10 11 14 16 20 17 19 19
Number of athletes 98 101 112 132 120 162 190 221 224

Winners edit

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles Men's team Women's team
1962   Tan Joe Hok   Minarni   Ng Boon Bee
  Tan Yee Khan
  Minarni
  Retno Kustijah
not conducted   Indonesia   Indonesia
1966   Ang Tjin Siang   Noriko Takagi   Ng Boon Bee
  Tan Yee Khan
  Teh Kew San
  Rosalind Singha Ang
  Thailand   Japan
1970   Punch Gunalan   Hiroe Yuki   Ng Boon Bee
  Punch Gunalan
  Etsuko Takenaka
  Machiko Aizawa
  Ng Boon Bee
  Sylvia Ng
  Indonesia
1974   Hou Jiachang   Chen Yuniang   Tjun Tjun
  Johan Wahjudi
  Liang Qiuxia
  Zheng Huiming
  Christian Hadinata
  Regina Masli
  China   China
1978   Liem Swie King   Liang Qiuxia   Ade Chandra
  Christian Hadinata
  Verawaty Wiharjo
  Imelda Wiguno
  Tang Xianhu
  Zhang Ailing
  Indonesia
1982   Han Jian   Zhang Ailing   Icuk Sugiarto
  Christian Hadinata
  Hwang Sun-ai
  Kang Haeng-suk
  Christian Hadinata
  Ivana Lie
  China
1986   Zhao Jianhua   Han Aiping   Park Joo-bong
  Kim Moon-soo
  Lin Ying
  Guan Weizhen
  Park Joo-bong
  Chung Myung-hee
  South Korea
1990   Tang Jiuhong   Li Yongbo
  Tian Bingyi
  Guan Weizhen
  Nong Qunhua
  China
1994   Hariyanto Arbi   Bang Soo-hyun   Rexy Mainaky
  Ricky Subagja
  Shim Eun-jung
  Jang Hye-ock
  Yoo Yong-sung
  Chung So-young
  Indonesia   South Korea
1998   Dong Jiong   Kanako Yonekura   Ge Fei
  Gu Jun
  Kim Dong-moon
  Ra Kyung-min
  China
2002   Taufik Hidayat   Zhou Mi   Lee Dong-soo
  Yoo Yong-sung
  Ra Kyung-min
  Lee Kyung-won
  South Korea
2006   Wang Chen   Koo Kien Keat
  Tan Boon Heong
  Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
  Zheng Bo
  Gao Ling
  China
2010   Lin Dan   Wang Shixian   Markis Kido
  Hendra Setiawan
  Tian Qing
  Zhao Yunlei
  Shin Baek-cheol
  Lee Hyo-jung
2014   Wang Yihan   Mohammad Ahsan
  Hendra Setiawan
  Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
  Greysia Polii
  Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
  South Korea
2018   Jonatan Christie   Tai Tzu-ying   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
  Chen Qingchen
  Jia Yifan
  Zheng Siwei
  Huang Yaqiong
  China   Japan
2022   Li Shifeng   An Se-young   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
  Chirag Shetty
  South Korea

Performance by nations edit

Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD* MT WT Total
1   China 8 8 1 8 5 7 10 47
2   Indonesia 7 1 8 4 2 5 1 28
3   South Korea 0 2 2 3 6 3 2 18
4   Malaysia 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 7
5   Japan 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 7
6   Hong Kong 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
6   Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
6   India 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6   Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 111

Notes: The table above shows number of gold medals won by countries. At the 1962 Asian Games, mixed doubles discipline wasn't conducted, so the number of gold medals aren't equal with others disciplines.

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)473237116
2  Indonesia (INA)28274499
3  South Korea (KOR)18193673
4  Japan (JPN)793046
5  Malaysia (MAS)782136
6  Thailand (THA)1111628
7  India (IND)121013
8  Hong Kong (HKG)1258
9  Chinese Taipei (TPE)1179
10  Myanmar (MYA)0011
  Pakistan (PAK)0011
  Singapore (SGP)0011
Totals (12 entries)111111209431

References edit

  1. ^ "Badminton – History". doha-2006.com. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Sports – Badminton". gz2010.cn. Guangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (GAGOC). 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.

External links edit

  • BAC: Asian Games
  • Doha 2006: Medalists from previous Asian Games
  • Sports123: Asian Games badminton