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Badminton is frequently compared to tennis due to several qualities. The following is a list of manifest differences: Scoring: In badminton, a match is played best of 2 of 3 games, with each game played up to 21 points.
Gao Ling won a total of 4 olympic medals in badminton, with 2 being consecutive mixed doubles gold Badminton is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games . Badminton was first held as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Summer Olympics , and was an exhibition sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics ; the men's and women's singles and doubles have ...
Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze 1979: Tokyo: Liem Swie King: Iie Sumirat: Kevin Jolly: Flemming Delfs: 1980: Kyoto: Liem Swie King: Masao Tsuchida: Prakash Padukone
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada , Denmark , England , France , Ireland , Netherlands , New Zealand , Scotland and Wales .
Below is listed the Badminton World Federation's World Championships medalists in the men's and women's singles, also in the men's, women's and mixed doubles events. The champion(s) of the tournament win a gold medal, the runners-up take the silver medal, and both losing semifinalists are awarded bronze medals.
Pages in category "National members of the Badminton World Federation" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The team were eliminated in the first round of the knockout stages. In 2022, the women's team won the 2022 Pan Am Female Badminton Cup and qualified for the 2022 Uber Cup. [11] The team finished last in the group. [8] In 2024, the team were runners-up at the 2024 Pan Am Female Badminton Cup. The team lost 3–0 to Canada in the final.
The World Badminton Federation was established as a result of the dissatisfaction of some badminton nations, led by then non-IBF member China, with the policies of the International Badminton Federation, the governing body of international badminton formed in the 1930s.