# Badminton at the 2006 Asian Games

Badminton was contested at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Singles, doubles, and team events were contested for both men and women. Mixed Doubles were also contested. Competition took place from November 30 to December 9. All events were held at Aspire Hall 3.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 30th Thu | 2nd Sat | 3rd Sun | 4th Mon | 5th Tue | 6th Wed | 7th Thu | 7th Thu | 8th Fri | 8th Fri | 9th Sat |
| Men's singles | | | | | P | P | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | ½ | F |
| Men's doubles | | | | | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | ½ | F |
| Men's team | P | P | P | ½ | F | | | | | | |
| Women's singles | | | | | P | P | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | ½ | F |
| Women's doubles | | | | | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | ½ | F |
| Women's team | P | P | P | ½ | F | | | | | | |
| Mixed doubles | | | | | | P | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | F | |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Taufik Hidayat Indonesia | Lin Dan China | Lee Hyun-il South Korea |
| Men's singles details | Taufik Hidayat Indonesia | Lin Dan China | Lee Chong Wei Malaysia |
| Men's doubles details | Malaysia Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong | Indonesia Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto | Indonesia Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan |
| Men's doubles details | Malaysia Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong | Indonesia Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto | South Korea Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae |
| Men's team details | China Bao Chunlai Cai Yun Chen Jin Fu Haifeng Guo Zhendong Lin Dan Xie Zhongbo Zheng Bo | South Korea Hwang Ji-man Hwang Jung-woon Jung Jae-sung Lee Hyun-il Lee Jae-jin Lee Yong-dae Park Sung-hwan Shon Seung-mo | Indonesia Luluk Hadiyanto Taufik Hidayat Markis Kido Sony Dwi Kuncoro Simon Santoso Hendra Setiawan Nova Widianto Alvent Yulianto |
| Men's team details | China Bao Chunlai Cai Yun Chen Jin Fu Haifeng Guo Zhendong Lin Dan Xie Zhongbo Zheng Bo | South Korea Hwang Ji-man Hwang Jung-woon Jung Jae-sung Lee Hyun-il Lee Jae-jin Lee Yong-dae Park Sung-hwan Shon Seung-mo | Malaysia Mohd Hafiz Hashim Koo Kien Keat Kuan Beng Hong Lee Chong Wei Lin Woon Fui Tan Boon Heong Mohd Fairuzizuan Tazari Wong Choong Hann |
| Women's singles details | Wang Chen Hong Kong | Yip Pui Yin Hong Kong | Hwang Hye-youn South Korea |
| Women's singles details | Wang Chen Hong Kong | Yip Pui Yin Hong Kong | Xie Xingfang China |
| Women's doubles details | China Gao Ling Huang Sui | China Zhang Jiewen Yang Wei | South Korea Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung |
| Women's doubles details | China Gao Ling Huang Sui | China Zhang Jiewen Yang Wei | Japan Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota |
| Women's team details | China Gao Ling Huang Sui Xie Xingfang Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Zhang Ning Zhang Yawen Zhu Lin | Japan Eriko Hirose Miyuki Maeda Kaori Mori Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota Satoko Suetsuna Kanako Yonekura | Singapore Siti Noor Ashikin Jiang Yanmei Li Li Li Yujia Frances Liu Vanessa Neo Shinta Mulia Sari Xing Aiying |
| Women's team details | China Gao Ling Huang Sui Xie Xingfang Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Zhang Ning Zhang Yawen Zhu Lin | Japan Eriko Hirose Miyuki Maeda Kaori Mori Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota Satoko Suetsuna Kanako Yonekura | South Korea Ha Jung-eun Hwang Hye-youn Hwang Yu-mi Jun Jae-youn Lee Hyo-jung Lee Hyun-jin Lee Kyung-won Lee Yun-hwa |
| Mixed doubles details | China Zheng Bo Gao Ling | China Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen | Malaysia Mohd Fairuzizuan Tazari Wong Pei Tty |
| Mixed doubles details | China Zheng Bo Gao Ling | China Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen | Thailand Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

## Participating nations

A total of 162 athletes from 20 nations competed in badminton at the 2006 Asian Games:
* Bahrain (2)
* China (16)
* Chinese Taipei (9)
* Hong Kong (13)
* India (10)
* Indonesia (16)
* Iran (2)
* Japan (11)
* Macau (4)
* Malaysia (16)
* Mongolia (2)
* Nepal (1)
* Philippines (2)
* Singapore (12)
* South Korea (16)
* Sri Lanka (4)
* Syria (4)
* Thailand (16)
* Timor-Leste (2)
* Vietnam (4)