Badminton at the Commonwealth Games
Badminton had its debut at the 1966 Commonwealth Games and has been consented in 14 consecutive Commonwealth Games since its debut in 1966. History. The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica saw the inaugural staging of badminton with five events being played in the sport. This would be later jump to six events with the introduction of the mixed team events in 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. In 1994, the bronze medal playoff was scrapped until it was brought back in the 2006 held in Melbourne. During that time, the mixed  team was replaced by a separate teams event for each gender but it would only be played once with it reverting to the mixed teams format in 2002. Medal table. Successful national teams. Below is the gold medalists shown based by category and countries after the 2018 Commonwealth Games. England has been the most successful nation in the Commonwealth Games. "BOLD means overall winner of Badminton at Commonwealth Games"