Olympic Games - Badminton
A demonstration sport at the 1972 Summer Olympics and an exhibition sport at the Games in 1988, men's and women's singles and doubles badminton events first made the official list in 1992, with mixed doubles joining the schedule in 1996.
There were four additional bronze medal winners awarded in Barcelona in 1992 because no bronze medal matches were played.
The venues have been as follows:
1992: Pavello de La Mar Bella, Barcelona, Spain
1996: Georgia State University Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States
2000: The Dome & Exhibition Complex, Sydney, Australia
2004: Goudi Hall, Athens, Greece
2008: University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China
2012: Wembley Arena, London, Great Britain
Medallists
| 1992 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| Men | ALAN BUDIKUSUMA (Idn) | Ardy Wiranata (Idn) | T S-Lauridsen (Den) H Susanto (Idn) |
| Women | SUSI SUSANTI (Idn) | Bang Soo-Hyun (Kor) | H Hua (Chn) T Jiuhong (Chn) |
| MDles | KIM MOON-SOO & PARK JOO-BONG (Kor) | Rudy Gunawan & Eddy Hartono (Idn) | Yongbo & Bingyi (Chn) Sidek & Sidek (Mys) |
| WDles | CHUNG SO-YOUNG & HWANG HYE-YOUNG (Kor) | Guan Weizhen & Nong Qunhua (Chn) | Young & Eun (Kor) Yanfen & Fen (Chn) |
| 1996 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| Men | POUL-ERIK HOYER LARSEN (Den) | Dong Jiong (Chn) | Rashid Sidek (Mys) |
| Women | BANG SOO-HYUN (Kor) | Mia Audina (Idn) | Susi Susanti (Idn) |
| MDles | REXY MAINAKY & RICKY SUBAGJA (Idn) | Cheah Soon-KIt & Yap K Hock (Mys) | Ant. Ariantho & Denny Kantono (Idn) |
| WDles | GE FEI & GU JUN (Chn) | Gil Young-Ah & J'g Hye-Ock (Kor) | Qin Yiyuan & Tang Yongshu (Chn) |
| MiDles | GIL YOUNG-AH & KIM DONG-MOON (Kor) | Park Joo-Bong & Ra Ky'g-Min (Kor) | Liu Jianjun & Sun Man (Chn) |
| 2000 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| Men | JI XINPENG (Chn) | Hendrawan (Idn) | Xia Xuanse (Chn) |
| Women | GONG ZHICHAO (Chn) | C'illa Martin (Den) | Ye Zhaoying (Chn) |
| MDles | TONY GUNAWAN & CANDRA WIJAYA (Idn) | Lee Dong-Soo & Yoo Y'g-S'g (Kor) | Ha Tae-Kwon & Kim D'g-M'n (Kor) |
| WDles | GE FEI & GU JUN (Chn) | Huang Nanyan & Yang Wei (Chn) | Gao Ling & Qin Yiyuan (Chn) |
| MiDles | GAO LING & ZHANG JUN (Chn) | Tri Kusharyanto & Minarti Timur (Idn) | Simon Archer & Jo Goode (Gbr) |
| 2004 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| Men | TAUFIK HIDAYAT (Idn) | S'g Seung-Mo (Kor) | S-D Kuncoro (Idn) |
| Women | ZHANG NING (Chn) | Mia Audina (Nld) | Zhou MI (Chn) |
| MDles | HA TAE-KWON & KIM DONG-MOON (Kor) | Lee Dong-Soo & Yoo Y'g-S'g (Kor) | Eng Hian & F'y Limpele (Idn) |
| WDles | YANG WEI & ZHANG JIEWEN (Chn) | Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHn) | Le Kyung-Won & Ra Ky'g-Min (Kor) |
| MiDles | GAO LING & ZHANG JUN (Chn) | Gail Emms & N Robertson (Gbr) | Jens Eriksen & M Schj'ager (Den) |
2008 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| Men | LIN DAN (Chn) | Lee Chong-Wei (Mys) | Chen Jin (Chn) |
| Women | ZHANG NING (Chn) | Xie Xingfang (Chn) | M Yulianti (Idn) |
| MDles | MARKIS KIDO & HENDRA SETIAWAN (Idn) | Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng (Chn) | Hwang Ji-Man & Lee Jae-Jin (Kor) |
| WDles | DU JING & YU YANG (Chn) | Lee Hyo-Jung & Lee K'g-Won (Kor) | Wei Yili & Z'g Yawen (Chn) |
| MiDles | LEE HYO-JUNG & LEE YONG-DAE (Kor) | Lilyana Natsir & Nova WIdianto (Idn) | He Hanbin & Yu Yang (Chn) |
2012 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| Men | LIN DAN (Chn) | Lee Chong-Wei (Mys) | Chen Long (Chn) |
| Women | LI XUERUI (Chn) | Wang Yihan (Chn) | Saina Nehwal (Ind) |
| MDles | CAI YUN & FU HAIFENG (Chn) | Mathias Boe & C'ten Mogensen (Den) | Jun Jae-Sung & Lee Yong-Dae (Kor) |
| WDles | TIAN QING & ZHAO YUNLEI (Chn) | Mizuki Fujii & Reika Kakiiwa (Jap) | Valeria Sorokina & Nina Vislova (Rus) |
| MiDles | ZHANG NAN & ZHAO YUNLEI (Chn) | Xu Chen & Ma Jin (Chn) | J F'cher-Nielsen & C Pedersen (Den) |
| MDles = Men's Doubles WDles = Women's Doubles MiDles = Mixed Doubles Links to other Olympics |