# Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Badminton events at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia took place between Thursday 5 April and Sunday 15 April at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre.
Badminton is one of ten core sports at the Commonwealth Games and has been continuously held at the Games since its first appearance at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. The badminton programme in 2018 included men's and women's singles competitions; men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions alongside a mixed team event throughout the 11 days of competition. The draw for the mixed team event was held on 6 February at The Star Gold Coast.

## Schedule

| GS | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | G | Gold medal match |
| Date → | Thu 5 | Thu 5 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Fri 6 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sat 7 | Sun 8 | Sun 8 | Mon 9 | Mon 9 | Tue 10 | Tue 10 | Wed 11 | Wed 11 | Thu 12 | Thu 12 | Fri 13 | Fri 13 | Sat 14 | Sat 14 | Sun 15 |
| Event ↓ | M | A | E | M | A | E | M | E | M | E | M | A | M | A | M | A | A | E | A | E | M | E | M |
| Men's singles | | | | | | | | | | | | | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | B | G |
| Men's doubles | | | | | | | | | | | | | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | B | G |
| Women's singles | | | | | | | | | | | | | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | B | G |
| Women's doubles | | | | | | | | | | | | | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | B | G |
| Mixed doubles | | | | | | | | | | | | | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | B | G |
| Mixed team | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | ½ | B | G | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | India | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | England | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Lee Chong Wei Malaysia | Srikanth Kidambi India | Rajiv Ouseph England |
| Men's doubles details | England (ENG) Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge | India (IND) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty | Malaysia (MAS) Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong |
| Women's singles details | Saina Nehwal India | P. V. Sindhu India | Kirsty Gilmour Scotland |
| Women's doubles details | Malaysia (MAS) Chow Mei Kuan Vivian Hoo | England (ENG) Lauren Smith Sarah Walker | India (IND) Ashwini Ponnappa N. Sikki Reddy |
| Mixed doubles details | England (ENG) Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock | England (ENG) Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith | Malaysia (MAS) Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying |
| Mixed team details | India (IND) Srikanth Kidambi Saina Nehwal Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Ashwini Ponnappa Pranav Chopra Chirag Shetty N. Sikki Reddy Gadde Ruthvika Shivani P. V. Sindhu Prannoy Kumar | Malaysia (MAS) Chan Peng Soon Soniia Cheah Chow Mei Kuan Goh Liu Ying Goh Soon Huat Goh V Shem Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Shevon Jemie Lai Lee Chong Wei Tan Wee Kiong | England (ENG) Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock Chloe Birch Marcus Ellis Ben Lane Chris Langridge Rajiv Ouseph Jessica Pugh Lauren Smith Sarah Walker |

## Participating nations

There are 29 participating associations in badminton with a total of 153 athletes.
* Australia (10)
* Barbados (2)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (8)
* England (10)
* Falkland Islands (5)
* Fiji (6)
* Ghana (8)
* Guernsey (4)
* Guyana (1)
* India (10)
* Isle of Man (4)
* Jamaica (5)
* Jersey (4)
* Kenya (2)
* Malaysia (10)
* Mauritius (6)
* New Zealand (2)
* Northern Ireland (3)
* Pakistan (4)
* Saint Helena (1)
* Scotland (8)
* Seychelles (4)
* Singapore (10)
* South Africa (6)
* Sri Lanka (8)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* Uganda (4)
* Zambia (4)