# Gold medalists at the BWF World Championships

This is a table of all gold medalists in the Badminton World Championships. Since 1983, the event has been held every two years, with it changing to an annual event since 2005 but taking a break during Olympic years.

## Results

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 1977 | Flemming Delfs | Lene Køppen | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | Etsuko Toganoo Emiko Ueno | Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen |
| 1980 | Rudy Hartono | Verawaty Wiharjo | Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata | Nora Perry Jane Webster | Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna |
| 1983 | Icuk Sugiarto | Li Lingwei | Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie | Lin Ying Wu Dixi | Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry |
| 1985 | Han Jian | Han Aiping | Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo | Han Aiping Li Lingwei | Park Joo-bong Yoo Sang-hee |
| 1987 | Yang Yang | Han Aiping | Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi | Lin Ying Guan Weizhen | Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing |
| 1989 | Yang Yang | Li Lingwei | Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi | Lin Ying Guan Weizhen | Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee |
| 1991 | Zhao Jianhua | Tang Jiuhong | Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo | Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua | Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee |
| 1993 | Joko Suprianto | Susi Susanti | Ricky Subagja Rudy Gunawan | Nong Qunhua Zhou Lei | Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson |
| 1995 | Hariyanto Arbi | Ye Zhaoying | Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja | Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock | Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen |
| 1997 | Peter Rasmussen | Ye Zhaoying | Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Liu Yong Ge Fei |
| 1999 | Sun Jun | Camilla Martin | Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
| 2001 | Hendrawan | Gong Ruina | Halim Haryanto Tony Gunawan | Gao Ling Huang Sui | Zhang Jun Gao Ling |
| 2003 | Xia Xuanze | Zhang Ning | Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen | Gao Ling Huang Sui | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
| 2005 | Taufik Hidayat | Xie Xingfang | Howard Bach Tony Gunawan | Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen | Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir |
| 2006 | Lin Dan | Xie Xingfang | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Gao Ling Huang Sui | Nathan Robertson Gail Emms |
| 2007 | Lin Dan | Zhu Lin | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan | Zhang Jiewen Yang Wei | Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir |
| 2009 | Lin Dan | Lu Lan | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting | Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
| 2010 | Chen Jin | Wang Lin | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Du Jing Yu Yang | Zheng Bo Ma Jin |
| 2011 | Lin Dan | Wang Yihan | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei |
| 2013 | Lin Dan | Ratchanok Intanon | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
| 2014 | Chen Long | Carolina Marín | Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol | Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei |
| 2015 | Chen Long | Carolina Marín | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei |
| 2017 | Viktor Axelsen | Nozomi Okuhara | Liu Cheng Zhang Nan | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
| 2018 | Kento Momota | Carolina Marín | Li Junhui Liu Yuchen | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong |
| 2019 | Kento Momota | P. V. Sindhu | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong |
| 2021 | Loh Kean Yew | Akane Yamaguchi | Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai |
| 2022 | Viktor Axelsen | Akane Yamaguchi | Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong |
| 2023 | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | An Se-young | Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Seo Seung-jae Chae Yu-jung |

## World Championships of the WBF

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 1978 | Yu Yaodong | Zhang Ailing | Yu Yaodong Hou Jiachang | Zhang Ailing Li Fang | Pichai Kongsirithavorn Petchroong Liengtrakulngam |
| 1979 | Han Jian | Han Aiping | Sun Zhian Yao Ximing | Sirisriro Patama Suleeporn Jittariyakul | Ng Chun Ching Chan Lim Chee |