Badminton — Singles, Men

Times held 10
Total participants 234
Total countries 64

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

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 Adul Sidek MohamedMAS
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

Medals by country

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

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Lin Dan CHN 2 0 0 2
Chen Long CHN 1 1 1 3
Viktor Axelsen DEN 1 0 1 2
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