Badminton at the 1970 Asian Games
Venue	Kittikachorn Stadium[1]
Dates	9–20 December
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Badminton tournaments were held for the third time at the 6th Asian Games in 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 20 December 1970.

Singles, doubles, and team events were contested for both men and women. Mixed Doubles were also contested.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Punch Gunalan  Malaysia	Muljadi  Indonesia	Sangob Rattanusorn  Thailand
			Ippei Kojima  Japan
Men's doubles details	Malaysia Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Japan Junji Honma Shoichi Toganoo	Indonesia Rudy Hartono Indra Gunawan
			Thailand Chavalert Chumkum Pornchai Sakuntaniyom
Men's team details	Indonesia Indra Gunawan Rudy Hartono Indratno Mintarja Muljadi	Thailand Soonchai Akyapisut Chavalert Chumkum Bandid Jaiyen Sangob Rattanusorn Pornchai Sakuntaniyom Tuly Ulao	Malaysia Punch Gunalan Lee Kok Peng Abdul Rahman Mohamed Ng Boon Bee Ng Tat Wai Tan Soon Hooi
			Japan Junji Honma Ippei Kojima Hiroshi Taniguch Shoichi Toganoo
Women's singles details	Hiroe Yuki  Japan	Thongkam Kingmanee  Thailand	Minarni  Indonesia
			Sylvia Ng  Malaysia
Women's doubles details	Japan Etsuko Takenaka Machiko Aizawa	Indonesia Retno Kustijah Nurhaena	Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong
			Thailand Sumol Chanklum Achara Pattabongs
Women's team details	Japan Machiko Aizawa Mariko Nishio Etsuko Takenaka Hiroe Yuki	Thailand Sumol Chanklum Boobpa Kaentong Thongkam Kingmanee Petchroong Liengtrakulngam Achara Pattabongs	South Korea Han Sook-ee Joon Im-soon Kang Young-sin Kim Jong-ja
			Indonesia Utami Dewi Kurniawan Retno Kustijah Minarni Nurhaena Poppy Tumengkol Theresia Widiastuti
Mixed doubles details	Malaysia Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng	Thailand Bandid Jaiyen Achara Pattabongs	Japan Ippei Kojima Etsuko Takenaka
			Indonesia Rudy Hartono Minarni

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	3	1	3	7
2	Malaysia (MAL)	3	0	3	6
3	Indonesia (INA)	1	2	4	7
4	Thailand (THA)	0	4	3	7
5	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		7	7	14	28

Semifinal results

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Punch Gunalan	Sangob Rattanusorn	18–17, 15–10
	Muljadi	Ippei Kojima	17–15, 11–15, 15–10
Women's singles	Hiroe Yuki	Minarni	7–11, 7–8[2]
	Thongkam Kingmanee	Sylvia Ng	11–7, 11–4
Men's doubles	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Rudy Hartono Indra Gunawan	15–12, 10–15, 15–10
	Junji Honma Shoichi Toganoo	Chavalert Chumkum Pornchai Sakuntaniyom	15–8, 15–8
Women's doubles	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	Achara Pattabongs Sumol Chanklum	15–6, 15–2
	Nurhaena Retno Kustijah	Teoh Siew Yong Rosalind Singha Ang	15–5, 15–10
Mixed doubles	Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng	Ippei Kojima Etsuko Takenaka	–, –
	Bandid Jaiyen Achara Pattabongs	Rudy Hartono Minarni	walkover[3]

Final results

Discipline	Winner	Finalist	Score
Men's singles	Punch Gunalan	Muljadi	4–15, 15–3, 15–12
Women's singles	Hiroe Yuki	Thongkam Kingmanee	12–9, 11–8
Men's doubles	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Junji Honma Shoichi Toganoo	5–15, 15–8, 15–7
Women's doubles	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	Nurhaena Retno Kustijah	15–11, 15–6
Mixed doubles[4]	Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng	Bandid Jaiyen Achara Pattabongs	18–13, 11–15, 15–10