# Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, was played at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium (renamed to Yoyogi National Stadium for the Games) from 1 to 5 September 2021. There were a total of fourteen events taking place: seven male events (six singles, one doubles), six female events (four singles, two doubles) and one mixed doubles event.
The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

## Classification

There were six different classes in the competition.
| Class | Description |
| WH1 | Athletes who have impairment in both lower limbs and trunk and/or have high spinal cord injuries. They may also have impaired hand function which could impact the ability to manoeuvre in their wheelchair. Their playing style is by holding their wheelchair with one hand while the other hand is moving the racquet; they will push or pull themselves to a neutral wheelchair sitting position after the stroke. |
| WH2 | Similar to WH1 athletes, WH2 athletes have one or more impairments in their lower limbs, one or more loss of legs (above the knee) and would have minimal or no trunk impairment and/or lower . They would move their wheelchairs quicker than WH1 athletes and they will hold onto their wheels less to maintain their balance. |
| SL3 | Athletes would have impairment in one or both lower limbs and have poor walking/running balance: to reduce their impairment, they would often compete on half-court (lengthwise). These athletes would have cerebral palsy, bilateral polio or loss of both legs below the knee. |
| SL4 | Athletes would run faster and have better balance than athletes who are in the SL3 class, they would have an impairment in one or both lower limbs, unilateral polio or mild cerebral palsy. These athletes would play on full-court. |
| SU5 | Unlike the SL3 and SL4 sport classes, SU5 have impairments in their upper limbs such as a missing thumb which restricts grip and power of the stroke or loss of an arm due to amputation or nerve damage. Also, athletes may have a severe impairment to their non-playing arm which can affect balance movements, trunk rotation and ability to serve. |
| SH6 | Athletes who have achondroplasia and short stature. |

## Schedule

| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Finals |
| Events | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates |
| Events | Wed 1 Sep | Thu 2 Sep | Fri 3 Sep | Fri 3 Sep | Sat 4 Sep | Sat 4 Sep | Sun 5 Sep |
| Men's singles WH1 | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | F | |
| Men's singles WH2 | | G | G | ¼ | ½ | ½ | F |
| Men's singles SL3 | G | G | G | G | ½ | F | |
| Men's singles SL4 | | G | G | G | ½ | ½ | F |
| Men's singles SU5 | G | G | G | G | ½ | F | |
| Men's singles SH6 | | G | G | G | ½ | ½ | F |
| Women's singles WH1 | G | G | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | F | |
| Women's singles WH2 | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | F | |
| Women's singles SL4 | | G | G | G | ½ | ½ | F |
| Women's singles SU5 | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | F | |
| Men's doubles WH1–WH2 | | G | G | G | ½ | ½ | F |
| Women's doubles WH1–WH2 | | G | G | G | ½ | ½ | F |
| Women's doubles SL3–SU5 | | G | G | G | ½ | F | |
| Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 | G | G | G | G | ½ | ½ | F |

## Participating nations

* Australia (2)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (1)
* China (9)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Egypt (1)
* France (6)
* Germany (6)
* Great Britain (4)
* Hong Kong (2)
* India (7)
* Indonesia (7)
* Israel (1)
* Japan (13) (Host nation)
* Malaysia (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* RPC (1)
* South Korea (7)
* Switzerland (2)
* Thailand (7)
* Turkey (2)
* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (1)

## Medal table

| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Japan* | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | South Korea | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Thailand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

## Medalists
### Singles events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles | WH1 details | Qu Zimo China | Lee Sam-seop South Korea | Lee Dong-seop South Korea |
| Men's singles | WH2 details | Daiki Kajiwara Japan | Kim Jung-jun South Korea | Chan Ho Yuen Hong Kong |
| Men's singles | SL3 details | Pramod Bhagat India | Daniel Bethell Great Britain | Manoj Sarkar India |
| Men's singles | SL4 details | Lucas Mazur France | Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj India | Fredy Setiawan Indonesia |
| Men's singles | SU5 details | Cheah Liek Hou Malaysia | Dheva Anrimusthi Indonesia | Suryo Nugroho Indonesia |
| Men's singles | SH6 details | Krishna Nagar India | Chu Man Kai Hong Kong | Krysten Coombs Great Britain |
| Women's singles | WH1 details | Sarina Satomi Japan | Sujirat Pookkham Thailand | Yin Menglu China |
| Women's singles | WH2 details | Liu Yutong China | Xu Tingting China | Yuma Yamazaki Japan |
| Women's singles | SL4 details | Cheng Hefang China | Leani Ratri Oktila Indonesia | Ma Huihui China |
| Women's singles | SU5 details | Yang Qiuxia China | Ayako Suzuki Japan | Akiko Sugino Japan |

### Doubles events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's doubles | WH1–WH2 details | China Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo | South Korea Kim Jung-jun Lee Dong-seop | Japan Daiki Kajiwara Hiroshi Murayama |
| Women's doubles | WH1–WH2 details | Japan Sarina Satomi Yuma Yamazaki | China Liu Yutong Yin Menglu | Thailand Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan |
| Women's doubles | SL3–SU5 details | Indonesia Leani Ratri Oktila Khalimatus Sadiyah | China Cheng Hefang Ma Huihui | Japan Noriko Ito Ayako Suzuki |
| Mixed doubles | SL3–SU5 details | Indonesia Hary Susanto Leani Ratri Oktila | France Lucas Mazur Faustine Noël | Japan Daisuke Fujihara Akiko Sugino |