# Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic qualification period was between 2 May 2011 and 29 April 2012, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, published on 3 May 2012, was used to allocate spots. Nations can enter a total of three players. Three quota places if three players are ranked four or above, two if two players are ranked 16 or above and otherwise one quota place until the quota contingent of 38 is filled.
For each male player who qualifies in more than one discipline, an additional quota place in the Men's Singles becomes free. If no player from one continent can qualify, the best ranked player from this continent gets a quota place.

## Qualifying criteria

The main qualifying criterion was the BWF Ranking list as of May 3, 2012. It provided a total of 16 pairs in each doubles event and 38 athletes in each singles event, in the following manner:
* Rankings 1–4: Players/pairs were taken in turn unless a NOC had already qualified 3 players/pairs.
* Rankings 5–16: Players/pairs were taken in turn unless a NOC had already qualified 2 players/pairs.
* Rankings 17+: Players/pairs were taken in turn unless a NOC had already qualified 1 player/pair.
Each continent was guaranteed one entry in each event. If this was not satisfied by the entry selection method described above, the highest ranking player/pair was qualified. If there was no player/pair in the rankings, the winner of the most recently contested Continental Championship was qualified. A country could only advantage from this rule twice.
The host nation (Great Britain) was entitled to enter 2 players in total, but more than 2 players were permitted if they all qualified under qualifying regulations.
There were also 2 invitational places in each singles event which were allocated by the IOC Tripartite Commission, however the BWF decided to allocate wildcards to men only.

## Qualification summary

| NOC | Men's Singles | Men's Doubles | Women's Singles | Women's Doubles | Mixed Doubles | Total | Total |
| NOC | Men's Singles | Men's Doubles | Women's Singles | Women's Doubles | Mixed Doubles | Quotas | Athletes |
| Australia | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 | 5 |
| Austria | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Belarus | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 17 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Egypt | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| France | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Great Britain | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Guatemala | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 3 | 4 |
| Iceland | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| India | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| Ireland | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Israel | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Italy | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| Lithuania | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Maldives | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Peru | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Portugal | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Singapore | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 3 | 4 |
| Slovakia | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Slovenia | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| South Africa | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | 4 |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| Spain | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Switzerland | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Suriname | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Turkey | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| Uganda | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| United States | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 3 |
| Vietnam | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Total: 57 NOCs | 40 | 16 | 46 | 16 | 16 | 134 | 172 |

## Qualifiers

The color pink signifies that a player was withdrawn from the competition.

### Men's singles

| No. | Rank | Player | NOC | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Lee Chong Wei | Malaysia | Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Lin Dan | China | |
| 3 | 3 | Chen Long | China | |
| 4 | 4 | Chen Jin | China | |
| 5 | 5 | Peter Gade | Denmark | Europe |
| 6 | 6 | Sho Sasaki | Japan | |
| 7 | 7 | Lee Hyun-il | South Korea | |
| 8 | 8 | Kenichi Tago | Japan | |
| 9 | 9 | Simon Santoso | Indonesia | |
| 10 | 11 | Nguyễn Tiến Minh | Vietnam | |
| 11 | 12 | Taufik Hidayat | Indonesia | |
| 12 | 13 | Jan Ø. Jørgensen | Denmark | |
| 13 | 14 | Shon Wan-ho | South Korea | |
| 14 | 15 | Marc Zwiebler | Germany | |
| 15 | 19 | Rajiv Ouseph | Great Britain | |
| 16 | 20 | Wong Wing Ki | Hong Kong | |
| 17 | 22 | Pablo Abian | Spain | |
| 18 | 24 | Kashyap Parupalli | India | |
| 19 | 25 | Hsu Jen-hao | Chinese Taipei | |
| 20 | 28 | Boonsak Ponsana | Thailand | |
| 21 | 29 | Kevin Cordón | Guatemala | Pan America |
| 22 | 34 | Przemysław Wacha | Poland | |
| 23 | 36 | Brice Leverdez | France | |
| 24 | 37 | Ville Lang | Finland | |
| | 40 | Eric Pang | Netherlands | Europe |
| 25 | 42 | Derek Wong | Singapore | |
| 26 | 43 | Henri Hurskainen | Sweden | |
| 27 | 45 | Vladimir Ivanov | Russia | |
| 28 | 46 | Dmytro Zavadsky | Ukraine | |
| 29 | 47 | Niluka Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | |
| 30 | 50 | Yuhan Tan | Belgium | |
| 31 | 59 | Pedro Martins | Portugal | |
| 32 | 60 | Michael Lahnsteiner | Austria | |
| 33 | 64 | Misha Zilberman | Israel | |
| 34 | 65 | Rodrigo Pacheco | Peru | Re-distributed doubles quota |
| 35 | 66 | Raul Must | Estonia | Re-distributed doubles quota |
| 36 | 67 | Scott Evans | Ireland | Re-distributed unused quota |
| 37 | 70 | Petr Koukal | Czech Republic | Re-distributed unused quota |
| 38 | 98 | Edwin Ekiring | Uganda | Africa |
| | 121 | James Eunson | New Zealand | Oceania |
| 39 | 221 | Virgil Soeroredjo | Suriname | Tripartite invitation |
| 40 | 226 | Mohamed Ajfan Rasheed | Maldives | Tripartite invitation |

### Women's singles

| No. | Rank | Player | NOC | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Wang Yihan | China | Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Wang Xin | China | |
| | 3 | Wang Shixian | China | |
| 3 | 4 | Li Xuerui | China | Re-distributed unused quota |
| 4 | 5 | Saina Nehwal | India | |
| 5 | 7 | Tine Baun | Denmark | Europe |
| 6 | 8 | Juliane Schenk | Germany | |
| 7 | 9 | Cheng Shao-chieh | Chinese Taipei | |
| 8 | 10 | Sung Ji-hyun | South Korea | |
| 9 | 11 | Ratchanok Intanon | Thailand | |
| 10 | 12 | Tai Tzu-ying | Chinese Taipei | |
| 11 | 13 | Bae Youn-joo | South Korea | |
| 12 | 15 | Sayaka Sato | Japan | |
| 13 | 16 | Gu Juan | Singapore | |
| 14 | 18 | Yao Jie | Netherlands | |
| 15 | 20 | Petya Nedelcheva | Bulgaria | |
| 16 | 21 | Pi Hongyan | France | |
| 17 | 22 | Michelle Li | Canada | Pan America |
| 18 | 23 | Yip Pui Yin | Hong Kong | |
| 19 | 27 | Carolina Marín | Spain | |
| 20 | 33 | Agnese Allegrini | Italy | |
| | 34 | Maria Febe Kusumastuti | Indonesia | |
| 21 | 36 | Susan Egelstaff | Great Britain | |
| 22 | 37 | Neslihan Yiğit | Turkey | |
| 23 | 39 | Anastasia Prokopenko | Russia | |
| 24 | 40 | Adrianti Firdasari | Indonesia | Re-distributed unused quota |
| | 41 | Jeanine Cicognini | Switzerland | |
| 25 | 44 | Chloe Magee | Ireland | |
| 26 | 45 | Larisa Griga | Ukraine | |
| | 46 | Michelle Chan Kit Ying | New Zealand | Oceania |
| 27 | 47 | Kristina Gavnholt | Czech Republic | |
| 28 | 55 | Lianne Tan | Belgium | |
| 29 | 57 | Rena Wang | United States | |
| 30 | 59 | Tee Jing Yi | Malaysia | |
| | 65 | Anne Hald Jensen | Greece | |
| 31 | 68 | Victoria Montero | Mexico | |
| 32 | 69 | Sabrina Jaquet | Switzerland | Re-distributed unused quota |
| 33 | 70 | Anu Nieminen | Finland | |
| 34 | 71 | Telma Santos | Portugal | |
| 35 | 72 | Ragna Ingolfsdottir | Iceland | |
| 36 | 75 | Victoria Na | Australia | Re-distributed doubles quota |
| 37 | 76 | Kamila Augustyn | Poland | Re-distributed doubles quota |
| | 80 | Claudia Mayer | Austria | Re-distributed doubles quota |
| 38 | 84 | Simone Prutsch | Austria | Re-distributed unused quota |
| 39 | 87 | Maja Tvrdy | Slovenia | Re-distributed doubles quota |
| 40 | 89 | Akvile Stapusaityte | Lithuania | Re-distributed doubles quota |
| 41 | 90 | Claudia Rivero | Peru | Re-distributed doubles quota |
| 42 | 99 | Monika Fasungova | Slovakia | Re-distributed doubles quota |
| 43 | 101 | Alesia Zaitsava | Belarus | Re-distributed doubles quota |
| 44 | 102 | Hadia Hosny | Egypt | Africa |
| | 103 | Kerry-Lee Harrington | South Africa | Re-distributed unused quota |
| 45 | 105 | Sara Blengsli Kværnø | Norway | Re-distributed unused quota |
| 46 | 109 | Thilini Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | Re-distributed unused quota |

### Men's doubles

| No. | Rank | Players | Players | NOC | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Cai Yun | Fu Haifeng | China | Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Jung Jae-sung | Lee Yong-dae | South Korea | |
| 3 | 3 | Mathias Boe | Carsten Mogensen | Denmark | Europe |
| 4 | 4 | Ko Sung-hyun | Yoo Yeon-seong | South Korea | |
| 5 | 5 | Chai Biao | Guo Zhendong | China | |
| 6 | 6 | Mohammad Ahsan | Bona Septano | Indonesia | |
| 7 | 7 | Fang Chieh-min | Lee Sheng-mu | Chinese Taipei | |
| 8 | 8 | Koo Kien Keat | Tan Boon Heong | Malaysia | |
| 9 | 11 | Naoki Kawamae | Shoji Sato | Japan | |
| 10 | 17 | Bodin Isara | Maneepong Jongjit | Thailand | |
| 11 | 18 | Ingo Kindervater | Johannes Schöttler | Germany | |
| 12 | 20 | Vladimir Ivanov | Ivan Sozonov | Russia | |
| 13 | 21 | Howard Bach | Tony Gunawan | United States | Pan America |
| 14 | 22 | Adam Cwalina | Michal Logosz | Poland | |
| 15 | 33 | Ross Smith | Glenn Warfe | Australia | Oceania |
| 16 | 48 | Dorian James | Willem Viljoen | South Africa | Africa |

### Women's doubles

| No. | Rank | Players | Players | NOC | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Wang Xiaoli | Yu Yang | China | Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Tian Qing | Zhao Yunlei | China | |
| 3 | 3 | Ha Jung-eun | Kim Min-jung | South Korea | |
| 4 | 4 | Mizuki Fujii | Reika Kakiiwa | Japan | |
| 5 | 5 | Kamilla Rytter Juhl | Christinna Pedersen | Denmark | Europe |
| 6 | 6 | Miyuki Maeda | Satoko Suetsuna | Japan | |
| 7 | 8 | Jung Kyung-eun | Kim Ha-na | South Korea | |
| 8 | 10 | Cheng Wen-hsing | Chien Yu-chin | Chinese Taipei | |
| 9 | 12 | Greysia Polii | Meiliana Jauhari | Indonesia | |
| 10 | 13 | Shinta Mulia Sari | Yao Lei | Singapore | |
| 11 | 15 | Poon Lok Yan | Tse Ying Suet | Hong Kong | |
| 12 | 16 | Jwala Gutta | Ashwini Ponnappa | India | |
| 13 | 18 | Valeria Sorokina | Nina Vislova | Russia | |
| 14 | 28 | Alex Bruce | Michelle Li | Canada | Pan America |
| 15 | 35 | Leanne Choo | Renuga Veeran | Australia | Oceania |
| 16 | 44 | Michelle Edwards | Annari Viljoen | South Africa | Africa |

### Mixed doubles

| No. | Rank | Players | Players | NOC | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Zhang Nan | Zhao Yunlei | China | Asia |
| 2 | 2 | Xu Chen | Ma Jin | China | |
| 3 | 3 | Tontowi Ahmad | Liliyana Natsir | Indonesia | |
| 4 | 4 | Joachim Fischer Nielsen | Christinna Pedersen | Denmark | Europe |
| 5 | 5 | Chen Hung-ling | Cheng Wen-hsing | Chinese Taipei | |
| 6 | 6 | Thomas Laybourn | Kamilla Rytter Juhl | Denmark | |
| 7 | 7 | Lee Yong-dae | Ha Jung-eun | South Korea | |
| 8 | 8 | Sudket Prapakamol | Saralee Thungthongkam | Thailand | |
| 9 | 9 | Chan Peng Soon | Goh Liu Ying | Malaysia | |
| 10 | 10 | Chris Adcock | Imogen Bankier | Great Britain | |
| 11 | 11 | Shintaro Ikeda | Reiko Shiota | Japan | |
| 12 | 12 | Aleksandr Nikolaenko | Valeria Sorokina | Russia | |
| 13 | 14 | Valiyaveetil Diju | Jwala Gutta | India | |
| 14 | 16 | Michael Fuchs | Birgit Michels | Germany | |
| 15 | 19 | Robert Mateusiak | Nadieżda Zięba | Poland | |
| 16 | 26 | Toby Ng | Grace Gao | Canada | Pan America |