This article details the qualifying phase for badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition comprised a total of 172 badminton players, with an equal distribution between men and women, coming from the different National Olympic Committees (NOCs), similar to those in the previous editions. The qualification period commenced on May 1, 2023, and concluded on April 28, 2024, with the final eligibility list published two days after the deadline.
NOCs could enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles if they were ranked within the top sixteen of the "Race to Paris" ranking list, respectively; otherwise, they sent a single player until the roster of thirty-eight was complete. Similar protocols also applied to the players competing in the doubles tournament as the NOCs could enter a maximum of two pairs if they were ranked in the top eight with the rest entitled to a single pair until the quota of sixteen was reached.
Standards The remaining badminton players underwent a direct qualifying process to secure a spot in their respective categories for Paris 2024 through the "Race to Paris" ranking list prepared by the Badminton World Federation. The qualification period commenced on May 1, 2023, and concluded on April 28, 2024, with the final eligibility list published two days after the deadline (April 30, 2024). The qualification pathway for Paris 2024 produced a total of sixteen pairs each in the doubles tournaments (men's, women's, and mixed) and an initial distribution of thirty-eight (38) players in the singles based on the following criteria:
Singles: Ranking 1-16: Players will alternate. NOCs may enter a maximum of two players if they are placed within the top sixteen of the BWF World Rankings. Ranking 17 and below: Players will alternate. NOCs may enter a maximum of a single player. Doubles: Rankings 1–8: Pairs will alternate. NOCs may enter a maximum of two pairs if they are placed within the top eight of the BWF World Rankings. Rankings 9 and below: Pairs will alternate. NOCs may enter a maximum of a single pair.
Each of the five continental zones must have entered at least one player in the singles tournament and a pair in the doubles under the rules and regulations of the BWF Continental Representation Place system. If unsatisfied by the entry selection method described above, the highest-ranked eligible player or pair from the respective continental zone qualified for Paris 2024. NOCs could enter badminton players or pairs in a maximum of two events through the BWF Continental Representation Place system; if the NOC qualified for more than two events through the system, the NOC must have selected which of them is qualified, and the quota place declined transfers to the next highest-ranked eligible player or pair.
Host nation France reserved a spot each in the men's and women's singles to be officially awarded to its respective highest-ranked badminton player based on the BWF "Race to Paris" ranking list. If one or more French badminton players qualified directly, their slots would be reallocated to the next highest-ranked eligible player from the official "Race to Paris" list. Meanwhile, four places (two per gender) were entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have badminton players compete for Paris 2024 under the Universality principle. These places were included in the BWF Continental Representation Place system.
If any badminton player qualified for both the singles and the doubles events, an unused spot would be awarded to the next highest-ranked eligible player of a respective gender in the singles tournament based on the official "Race to Paris" list. These protocols must ascertain a fair distribution between men and women qualifying for their respective events at the Games with the singles tournaments expanding from 38 to accommodate additional players.
Summary NOCMenWomen MixedTotalSinglesDoublesSinglesDoublesDoublesQuotasAthletes 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 10 16 1 1 1 1 4 6 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 6 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 7 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 6 2 1 1 1 5 7 2 1 1 1 1 6 9 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 8 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 8 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 12 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 6 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 7 1 1 2 2 Total: 49 NOCs 41 16 39 16 16 128 173
Official ranking Men's singles +BWF Update List: April 30, 2024 No. PlayerCountry Notes1 1Viktor AxelsenContinental place: Europe2 2Shi YuqiContinental place: Asia33Jonatan ChristieContinental place: Asia44Anders AntonsenContinental place: Europe5 5Kodai Naraoka66Li Shifeng77Anthony Sinisuka Ginting88Kunlavut Vitidsarn9 9Prannoy H. S.10 10Lee Zii Jia11 11Kenta Nishimoto1212Loh Kean Yew1313Lakshya Sen1414Chou Tien-chen1515Lee Cheuk Yiu16 20Toma Junior Popov17 24Brian YangContinental place: America1838Kevin CordónContinental place: America1942Nhat Nguyen2043Julien Carraggi—45Mark CaljouwDeclined2147Jeon Hyeok-jin2248Ygor Coelho2351Misha Zilberman2454Jan Louda2556Uriel Canjura2657Kalle Koljonen2758Ade Resky Dwicahyo2867Luis Ramón Garrido2968Pablo Abián3069Dmitriy Panarin3172Viren NettasingheHost quota reallocation3273Giovanni TotiDoubles quota reallocation3374Lê Đức PhátDoubles quota reallocation3477Fabian RothDoubles quota reallocation3578Howard ShuOceanian Continental quota reallocation3688Tobias KünziOceanian Continental quota reallocation3789Collins Valentine FilimonDeclined quota reallocation38101Anuoluwapo Juwon OpeyoriContinental place: Africa39112Julien PaulContinental place: Africa—159Ricky TangContinental place: Oceania (Declined)—196Edward LauContinental place: Oceania (Declined)40179Prince DahalTripartite Invitation41286Sören OptiTripartite Invitation
Women's singles +BWF Update List: April 30, 2024 No. PlayerCountry Notes1 1An Se-youngContinental place: Asia2 2Chen YufeiContinental place: Asia33Carolina MarínContinental place: Europe44Akane Yamaguchi55Tai Tzu-ying6 6He Bingjiao7 9Gregoria Mariska Tunjung8 10Beiwen ZhangContinental place: America911Aya Ohori1012Ratchanok Intanon1113Kim Ga-eun1214P. V. Sindhu1316Supanida Katethong1418Yeo Jia Min—21Line KjærsfeldtDeclined by the Danish Badminton Federation, and replaced by Mia Blichfeldt1522Mia BlichfeldtContinental place: Europe1623Kirsty Gilmour1724Nguyễn Thùy Linh1825Michelle LiContinental place: America1929Yvonne Li2032Goh Jin Wei2135Neslihan Arın2243Thet Htar Thuzar2345Qi Xuefei2446Lo Sin Yan2547Juliana Viana Vieira2649Lianne Tan2750Kristin Kuuba2863Inés Castillo2965Tereza Švábíková3069Jenjira Stadelmann3171Keisha Fatimah Azzahra3274Polina BuhrovaHost quota reallocation3376Kaloyana NalbantovaUnused Oceania quota reallocation3477Rachael DarraghTripartite invitation quota reallocation3592Tiffany HoContinental place: Oceania36104Kate LudikContinental place: Africa37105Johanita ScholtzContinental place: Africa38115Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul RazzaqTripartite Invitation391100Dorsa YavarivafaInvitational place
Men's doubles +BWF Update List: April 30, 2024 No. PlayerCountry Notes11Liang WeikengContinental quota: AsiaWang Chang22Kang Min-hyukSeo Seung-jae33Satwiksairaj RankireddyChirag Shetty44Kim AstrupContinental quota: EuropeAnders Skaarup Rasmussen55Aaron ChiaSoh Wooi Yik6 6Takuro HokiYugo Kobayashi7 7Fajar AlfianMuhammad Rian Ardianto8 8Liu YuchenOu Xuanyi9 10Lee YangWang Chi-lin10 19Ben LaneSean Vendy1122Supak JomkohKittinupong Kedren12 27Mark LamsfußMarvin Seidel1334Adam DongContinental quota: AmericaNyl Yakura1437Christo PopovToma Junior Popov1542Vinson ChiuJoshua Yuan1644Ondřej KrálAdam Mendrek
Women's doubles +BWF Update List: April 30, 2024 No. PlayerCountry Notes1 1Chen QingchenContinental quota: AsiaJia Yifan2 2Baek Ha-naLee So-hee33Liu ShengshuTan Ning44Nami MatsuyamaChiharu Shida5 6Kim So-yeongKong Hee-yong6 7Mayu MatsumotoWakana Nagahara7 9Apriyani RahayuSiti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti8 10Jongkolphan KititharakulRawinda Prajongjai9 14Pearly TanThinaah Muralitharan1017Margot LambertContinental quota: EuropeAnne Tran1119Gabriela StoevaStefani Stoeva1220Yeung Nga TingYeung Pui Lam1321Tanisha CrastoAshwini Ponnappa1422Maiken FruergaardSara Thygesen1531Annie XuContinental quota: AmericaKerry Xu1632Setyana MapasaContinental quota: OceaniaAngela Yu
Mixed doubles +BWF Update List: April 30, 2024 No. PlayerCountry Notes1 1Zheng SiweiContinental quota: AsiaHuang Yaqiong22Feng YanzheHuang Dongping33Yuta WatanabeArisa Higashino4 4Seo Seung-jaeChae Yoo-jung5 6Dechapol PuavaranukrohSapsiree Taerattanachai6 7Kim Won-hoJeong Na-eun7 8Tang Chun ManTse Ying Suet8 9Chen Tang JieToh Ee Wei9 10Mathias ChristiansenContinental quota: EuropeAlexandra Bøje1011Thom GicquelDelphine Delrue1112Ye Hong-weiLee Chia-hsin12 14Robin TabelingSelena Piek1315Rinov RivaldyPitha Haningtyas Mentari1418Terry HeeOceanian Continental quota reallocationTan Wei Han1529Vinson ChiuContinental quota: AmericaJennie Gai—44Kenneth ChooContinental quota: Oceania (Declined)Gronya Somerville16 47Koceila MammeriContinental quota: AfricaTanina Mammeri
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