Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics
| Dates | 14 – 21 August 2004 |
|---|---|
| Medal Events | 5 |
The 2004 badminton events were quite open, as almost no player or doubles team had won more than one major title since the 2000 Olympics. Two countries reached the medals stages for the first time in Olympic badminton, the Netherlands and Thailand.
Events
| Event | Status | Date | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles, Men | Olympic | 15 – 21 August 2004 | 32 | 21 |
| Doubles, Men | Olympic | 15 – 20 August 2004 | 44 | 14 |
| Singles, Women | Olympic | 14 – 19 August 2004 | 32 | 21 |
| Doubles, Women | Olympic | 16 – 21 August 2004 | 46 | 16 |
| Doubles, Mixed | Olympic | 14 – 19 August 2004 | 46 | 17 |
| 172 (89/83) | 32 (29/25) |
Medals
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles, Men | Taufik Hidayat |  INA |
Son Seung-Mo |  KOR |
Sony Dwi Kuncoro | INA |
| Doubles, Men | Republic of Korea 2 | KOR |
Republic of Korea | KOR |
Indonesia 1 | INA |
| Singles, Women | Zhang Ning |  CHN |
Mia Audina |  NED |
Zhou Mi | CHN |
| Doubles, Women | People's Republic of China 1 | CHN |
People's Republic of China | CHN |
Republic of Korea 1 | KOR |
| Doubles, Mixed | People's Republic of China 2 | CHN |
Great Britain 1 |  GBR |
Denmark 2 |  DEN |
Medal table
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Republic of China | CHN |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Indonesia | INA |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Great Britain | GBR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | NED |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | DEN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |