Badminton — Singles, Men

Times held 11
Total participants 256
Total countries 68

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1972 Singles, Men Olympic (non-medal) 8 8
1988 Singles, Men Olympic (non-medal) 4 4
1992 Singles, Men Olympic 56 32
1996 Singles, Men Olympic 48 29
2000 Singles, Men Olympic 35 22
2004 Singles, Men Olympic 32 21
2008 Singles, Men Olympic 41 35
2012 Singles, Men Olympic 40 34
2016 Singles, Men Olympic 41 37
2020 Singles, Men Olympic 41 36
2024 Singles, Men Olympic 41 36

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1992 Alan BudikusumaINA Ardy WiranataINA Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen
Hermawan Susanto
DEN
INA
1996 Poul-Erik Høyer LarsenDEN Dong JiongCHN Rashid SidekMAS
2000 Ji XinpengCHN HendrawanINA Xia XuanzeCHN
2004 Taufik HidayatINA Son Seung-MoKOR Sony Dwi KuncoroINA
2008 Lin DanCHN Lee Chong WeiMAS Chen JinCHN
2012 Lin DanCHN Lee Chong WeiMAS Chen LongCHN
2016 Chen LongCHN Lee Chong WeiMAS Viktor AxelsenDEN
2020 Viktor AxelsenDEN Chen LongCHN Anthony Sinisuka GintingINA
2024 Viktor AxelsenDEN Kunlavut VitidsarnTHA Lee Zii JiaMAS

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
People's Republic of China CHN 4 2 3 9
Denmark DEN 3 0 2 5
Indonesia INA 2 2 3 7
Malaysia MAS 0 3 2 5
Republic of Korea KOR 0 1 0 1
Thailand THA 0 1 0 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Viktor Axelsen DEN 2 0 1 3
Lin Dan CHN 2 0 0 2
Chen Long CHN 1 1 1 3
Alan Budikusuma INA 1 0 0 1
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen DEN 1 0 0 1
Taufik Hidayat INA 1 0 0 1
Ji Xinpeng CHN 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2008 Summer Olympics Nabil Lasmari =17 See all
Australia AUS 2000 Summer Olympics Rio Suryana =17 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Stuart Brehaut =17
Austria AUT 2016 Summer Olympics David Obernosterer =14 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2024 Summer Olympics Edi Reski Dviçao =14 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Mikhail Korshuk =33 See all
Belgium BEL 2016 Summer Olympics Yuhan Tan =14 See all
Brazil BRA 2016 Summer Olympics Ygor Coelho =14 See all
Brunei Darussalam BRU 2016 Summer Olympics Jaspar Yu =14 See all
Bulgaria BUL 2000 Summer Olympics Svetoslav Stoyanov =9 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 2008 Summer Olympics Hsieh Yu-Hsing =5 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Chou Tien-Chen =5
2020 Summer Olympics Chou Tien-Chen =5
2024 Summer Olympics Chou Tien-Chen =5
Cuba CUB 2016 Summer Olympics Osleni Guerrero =14 See all
Czechia CZE 2016 Summer Olympics Petr Koukal =14 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Jan Louda =14
Czechoslovakia TCH 1992 Summer Olympics Tomáš Mendrek =17 See all
Denmark DEN 1996 Summer Olympics Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 1 Gold See all
2020 Summer Olympics Viktor Axelsen 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Viktor Axelsen 1 Gold
El Salvador ESA 2024 Summer Olympics Uriel Canjura =27 See all
Estonia EST 2016 Summer Olympics Raul Must =14 See all
Finland FIN 2008 Summer Olympics Ville Lång =9 See all
France FRA 2008 Summer Olympics Erwin Kehlhoffner =9 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Toma Junior Popov =9
Germany GER 2004 Summer Olympics Björn Joppien =9 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Marc Zwiebler =9
2012 Summer Olympics Marc Zwiebler =9
Guatemala GUA 2020 Summer Olympics Kevin Cordón 4 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1992 Summer Olympics Chan Kin Ngai =9 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Wong Wai Lap =9
2012 Summer Olympics Vincent Wong =9
2016 Summer Olympics Hu Yun =9
2016 Summer Olympics Angus Ng =9
Hungary HUN 2020 Summer Olympics Gergely Krausz =15 See all
Iceland ISL 1992 Summer Olympics Árni Þór Hallgrímsson =17 See all
India IND 2024 Summer Olympics Lakshya Sen 4 See all
Indonesia INA 1992 Summer Olympics Alan Budikusuma 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Taufik Hidayat 1 Gold
Ireland IRL 2016 Summer Olympics Scott Evans =9 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2008 Summer Olympics Kaveh Mehrabi =33 See all
Israel ISR 2016 Summer Olympics Misha Zilberman =14 See all
Italy ITA 2024 Summer Olympics Giovanni Toti =14 See all
Japan JPN 2012 Summer Olympics Sho Sasaki =5 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2024 Summer Olympics Dmitry Panarin =27 See all
Lithuania LTU 2008 Summer Olympics Kęstutis Navickas =9 See all
Malaysia MAS 2008 Summer Olympics Lee Chong Wei 2 Silver See all
2012 Summer Olympics Lee Chong Wei 2 Silver
2016 Summer Olympics Lee Chong Wei 2 Silver
Maldives MDV 2012 Summer Olympics Mohamed Ajfan Rasheed =33 See all
Malta MLT 2020 Summer Olympics Matthew Abela =15 See all
Mauritius MRI 2024 Summer Olympics Julien Paul =14 See all
Mexico MEX 2016 Summer Olympics Lino Muñoz =14 See all
Nepal NEP 2024 Summer Olympics Prince Dahal =38 See all
Netherlands NED 2020 Summer Olympics Mark Caljouw =9 See all
New Zealand NZL 2008 Summer Olympics John Moody =17 See all
Nigeria NGR 2024 Summer Olympics Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori =27 See all
Norway NOR 2004 Summer Olympics Jim Ronny Andersen =9 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2000 Summer Olympics Ji Xinpeng 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Lin Dan 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Lin Dan 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Chen Long 1 Gold
Peru PER 2012 Summer Olympics Rodrigo Pacheco =17 See all
Poland POL 2008 Summer Olympics Przemysław Wacha =9 See all
Portugal POR 2016 Summer Olympics Pedro Martins =14 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Sergey Sirant =15 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2004 Summer Olympics Son Seung-Mo 2 Silver See all
Romania ROU 1992 Summer Olympics Florin Balaban =33 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2016 Summer Olympics Vladimir Malkov =14 See all
Singapore SGP 2004 Summer Olympics Ronald Susilo =5 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Loh Kean Yew =5
South Africa RSA 2016 Summer Olympics Jacob Maliekal =14 See all
Spain ESP 2024 Summer Olympics Pablo Abián =9 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 2012 Summer Olympics Niluka Karunaratne =9 See all
Suriname SUR 2016 Summer Olympics Soren Opti =14 See all
Switzerland SUI 2024 Summer Olympics Tobias Künzi =14 See all
Thailand THA 2024 Summer Olympics Kunlavut Vitidsarn 2 Silver See all
Uganda UGA 2008 Summer Olympics Edwin Ekiring =17 See all
Ukraine UKR 2016 Summer Olympics Artem Pochtarov =14 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Andrey Antropov =9 See all
United States USA 2000 Summer Olympics Kevin Han =9 See all
Vietnam VIE 2016 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Tiến Minh =14 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Lê Đức Phát =14
Zambia ZAM 2008 Summer Olympics Eli Mambwe =17 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2020 Summer Olympics Aram Mahmoud =15 See all