Badminton at the Commonwealth Games
Badminton had it debut at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and has been consented in 14 consecutive Commonwealth Games since its debut in 1966.
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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 back to the mixed teams format in 2002.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  England | 37 | 34 | 38 | 109 |
| 2 |  Malaysia | 29 | 21 | 14 | 64 |
| 3 |  India | 7 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 |  Canada | 3 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 |  Australia | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 6 |  Singapore | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 |  Scotland | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Wales | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Totals (10 nations) | 82 | 82 | 101 | 265 | |
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.
| Rank | Country | 66 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England |
3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 37 | |
| 2 | Malaysia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 29 | |
| 3 | India |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | |||||||||
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Scotland |
1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Hong Kong |
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wales |
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Singapore |
1 | 1 |
BOLD means overall winner of Badminton at Commonwealth Games
- ^1 England and Malaysia are tied with three gold medals. However, Malaysia won four silver medals and England won one, thus Malaysia became the overall winner.
- ^2 India, England and Malaysia are tied with two gold medals. However, India won three silver medals, Malaysia won two and England won one, thus India became the overall winner.
