# Badminton at the 2006 South Asian Games

Badminton at the 2006 South Asian Games was held in Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka between 16 and 22 August 2006. The badminton programme in 2006 included men's and women's singles competitions; men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions along with men's and women's team events.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Sri Lanka)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | India (IND) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka (SRI)* | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

### Medalists

The following players who won medals at the Games.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles | Chetan Anand India | Nikhil Kanetkar India | Omar Zeeshan Pakistan |
| Men's singles | Chetan Anand India | Nikhil Kanetkar India | Wajid Ali Chaudhry Pakistan |
| Women's singles | Trupti Murgunde India | B. R. Meenakshi India | Chandrika de Silva Sri Lanka |
| Women's singles | Trupti Murgunde India | B. R. Meenakshi India | Sumina Shrestha Nepal |
| Men's doubles | India (IND) Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | Sri Lanka (SRI) Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody | Pakistan (PAK) Muhammad Atique Rizwan Azam |
| Men's doubles | India (IND) Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | Sri Lanka (SRI) Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody | India (IND) Akshay Dewalkar Jishnu Sanyal |
| Women's doubles | India (IND) Shruti Kurien Jwala Gutta | India (IND) Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi | Sri Lanka (SRI) Thilini Jayasinghe Chandrika de Silva |
| Women's doubles | India (IND) Shruti Kurien Jwala Gutta | India (IND) Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi | Sri Lanka (SRI) Nadeesha Gayanthi Rasangi Ranatunge |
| Mixed doubles | India (IND) Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta | India (IND) Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan | Sri Lanka (SRI) Thushara Edirisinghe Chandrika de Silva |
| Mixed doubles | India (IND) Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta | India (IND) Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan | Pakistan (PAK) Waqas Ahmed Saima Manzoor |
| Men's team | India (IND) Chetan Anand Akshay Dewalkar Valiyaveetil Diju Nikhil Kanetkar Rupesh Kumar K. T. Thomas Kurian Jishnu Sanyal Sanave Thomas | Sri Lanka (SRI) Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody Dinuka Karunaratne Niluka Karunaratne | Nepal (NEP) Ram Singh Chaudhari Anil Kumar Lakhe Indra Mahata Pashupati Paneru Balaram Thapa |
| Men's team | India (IND) Chetan Anand Akshay Dewalkar Valiyaveetil Diju Nikhil Kanetkar Rupesh Kumar K. T. Thomas Kurian Jishnu Sanyal Sanave Thomas | Sri Lanka (SRI) Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody Dinuka Karunaratne Niluka Karunaratne | Pakistan (PAK) Waqas Ahmed Muhammad Atique Rizwan Azam Wajid Ali Chaudhry Zafar Tasneem Omar Zeeshan |
| Women's team | India (IND) Aparna Balan Krishna Dekaraja Oli Deka Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien B. R. Meenakshi Trupti Murgunde | Sri Lanka (SRI) Nadeesha Gayanthi Thilini Jayasinghe Rasangi Ranatunge Chandrika de Silva | Nepal (NEP) Samjhana Khaling Sujana Shrestha Sumina Shrestha Sara Devi Tamang Neri Thapa |
| Women's team | India (IND) Aparna Balan Krishna Dekaraja Oli Deka Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien B. R. Meenakshi Trupti Murgunde | Sri Lanka (SRI) Nadeesha Gayanthi Thilini Jayasinghe Rasangi Ranatunge Chandrika de Silva | Pakistan (PAK) Aisha Akram Asma Butt Uzma Butt Saima Manzoor Farzana Saleem |

## Results
### Men's singles

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Chetan Anand | Chetan Anand | 21 | 16 | 21 | | | | |
| Omar Zeeshan | Omar Zeeshan | 10 | 21 | 7 | | | | |
| Omar Zeeshan | Omar Zeeshan | 10 | 21 | 7 | Chetan Anand | Chetan Anand | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | Nikhil Kanetkar | Nikhil Kanetkar | 14 | 12 |
| Wajid Ali Chaudhry | Wajid Ali Chaudhry | 10 | 12 | | Nikhil Kanetkar | Nikhil Kanetkar | 14 | 12 |
| Nikhil Kanetkar | Nikhil Kanetkar | 21 | 21 | | | | | |

### Women's singles

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Trupti Murgunde | Trupti Murgunde | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| Chandrika de Silva | Chandrika de Silva | 11 | 10 | | | | |
| Chandrika de Silva | Chandrika de Silva | 11 | 10 | Trupti Murgunde | Trupti Murgunde | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | B. R. Meenakshi | B. R. Meenakshi | 5 | 14 |
| Sumina Shrestha | Sumina Shrestha | 9 | 4 | B. R. Meenakshi | B. R. Meenakshi | 5 | 14 |
| B. R. Meenakshi | B. R. Meenakshi | 21 | 21 | | | | |

### Men's doubles

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| Muhammad Atique Rizwan Azam | Muhammad Atique Rizwan Azam | 17 | 13 | | | | | |
| Muhammad Atique Rizwan Azam | Muhammad Atique Rizwan Azam | 17 | 13 | | Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody | Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody | 16 | 10 |
| Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody | Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody | 21 | 16 | 21 | Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody | Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody | 16 | 10 |
| Akshay Dewalkar Jishnu Sanyal | Akshay Dewalkar Jishnu Sanyal | 13 | 21 | 16 | | | | |

### Women's doubles

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi | Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| Thilini Jayasinghe Chandrika de Silva | Thilini Jayasinghe Chandrika de Silva | 7 | 14 | | | | | |
| Thilini Jayasinghe Chandrika de Silva | Thilini Jayasinghe Chandrika de Silva | 7 | 14 | Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi | Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi | 21 | 21 | 12 |
| | | | | Shruti Kurien Jwala Gutta | Shruti Kurien Jwala Gutta | 18 | 23 | 21 |
| Nadeesha Gayanthi Rasangi Ranatunge | Nadeesha Gayanthi Rasangi Ranatunge | 10 | 10 | Shruti Kurien Jwala Gutta | Shruti Kurien Jwala Gutta | 18 | 23 | 21 |
| Shruti Kurien Jwala Gutta | Shruti Kurien Jwala Gutta | 21 | 21 | | | | | |

### Mixed doubles

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta | Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| Waqas Ahmed Saima Manzoor | Waqas Ahmed Saima Manzoor | 21 | 15 | 17 | | | | |
| Waqas Ahmed Saima Manzoor | Waqas Ahmed Saima Manzoor | 21 | 15 | 17 | Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta | Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan | Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan | 11 | 13 |
| Thushara Edirisinghe Chandrika de Silva | Thushara Edirisinghe Chandrika de Silva | 12 | 9 | | Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan | Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan | 11 | 13 |
| Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan | Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan | 21 | 21 | | | | | |