Paris 2024 Olympics: Badminton

Welcome to the Paris 2024 Olympics! :biggrin:

~ This thread is about Badminton ~

Badminton made its Olympic debut as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Games in Munich, and was included as an exhibition sport at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games; four years later badminton became an official part of the Olympic program at the 1992 Games in Barcelona with four medal categories: men’s and women’s singles, and men’s and women’s doubles.

Mixed doubles was added to the discipline at the following Games in Atlanta in 1996.

Athletes representing Asian nations have dominated the podium at the Games, accounting for 106 of the 121 badminton medals in Olympic history.

At Paris 2024, 172 athletes will compete in the badminton competition. The events of men’s and women's singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles will be contested across 10 days of competition with five gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded.

It is a racket sport played indoors by two opposing players (singles) or two pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a court divided by a net. Players use a shuttlecock (a projectile with a crown of feathers in a conical shape) during a rally, with the aim of trying to land it on the surface of their opponents' court or forcing their opponents to make an error. A point is won/lost every serve in the game. Players must win two games of 21 points to win the match (best of three).

There are many stars in the world of badminton but of particular note is the mixed doubles Malaysian team. For more information on the stars in badminton, check out this page here.

The schedule can be found here.

Use this thread to make your predictions about these events, and discuss the events as they happen. :smile:

(edited 1 year ago)

Reply 1

04MR17

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

Women's double final on now

It's China Vs China

Reply 2

04MR17

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

Unfortunately there are some utterly unbearable audience members whose volume could match my Y9 classes

About 3 of them keep screaming at awful volumes