A statistical look at badminton, which begins at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday 27 July.
121 – Medals awarded in Olympic Games history.
100 – Zhang Ning’s winning percentage. No shuttler has played more Olympic matches (10) without losing than the two-time champion from China.
106 – Medals (from 121 – 87.6 per cent) claimed by Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs).
51 – Percentage of gold medals won by China (20 of 39).
16 – Age of the youngest participant in singles – Atlanta 1996 silver medallist Mia Audina of Indonesia (16 years, 337 days).
12 – Medal-winning NOCs, seven from Asia.
9 – Medals won by Denmark, fourth most all-time among NOCs, after China (47), Indonesia (21) and Korea (20).
8 – Gold medals won by Indonesia, all in badminton.
5 – Record number of appearances in badminton, jointly held by Robert Mateusiak (Poland) and Boonsak Ponsana (Thailand). Guatemalan Kevin Cordon and Spaniard Pablo Abian poised to match their feat in Paris.
4 – Medals won by Gao Ling (two gold, one silver, one bronze) – the most of any player.
3 – Gold won by non-Asian NOCs: Poul-Erik Hoyer (men’s singles, Denmark) at Atlanta 1996, Carolina Marin (women’s singles, Spain) at Rio 2016 and Viktor Axelsen (men’s singles, Denmark) at Tokyo 2020.