Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The badminton tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was originally scheduled to take place between 24 July and 9 August 2020, the Games have been rescheduled for 23 July to 8 August 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Despite being held in 2021, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad will keep the name Tokyo 2020 for marketing and branding purposes.[2] This marks the first time ever that the Olympic Games have been postponed, rather than cancelled.[3]

Badminton
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueMusashino Forest Sports Plaza
Dates24 July – 2 August 2021
No. of events5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors172
Badminton at the
2020 Summer Olympics
List of badminton players
Qualification
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmenwomenmixed

A total of 172 athletes will compete in five events: men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles.[4]

Qualification
Main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic qualification period was originally scheduled to take place between 29 April 2019 and 26 April 2020, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, scheduled to publish on 30 April 2020. Now the Olympic qualification period takes place between 29 April 2019 and 25 April 2021, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, scheduled to publish on 29 April 2021, will be used to allocate spots. Nations can enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles, if both were ranked in the world's top 16; otherwise, one quota place until the roster of thirty-eight players had been completed. Similar regulations also apply to the players competing in the doubles, as the NOCs can enter a maximum of two pairs if both were ranked in the top eight, while the remaining NOC's were entitled to one until the quota of 16 highest-ranked pairs was filled. Additional rules ensure that each continent is represented in every event, guarantee the host at least one quota place in each individual event, and assign additional quota places if players qualify in multiple events.

Participation

Participating nations

Medal summary

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
Men's doubles
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles

See also

References
  1. "IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Announce New Dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020". olympic.org. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. McDonald, Scott (25 March 2020). "The Reason why Olympics in 2021 will still be called the 2020 Olympic Games". newsweek.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. "Olympics history: Have the Games been postponed before?". Los Angeles Times. 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  4. "Japan 2020: Badminton". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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