Badminton at the 1986 Asian Games
Venue	Olympic Gymnastics Arena
Dates	27 September – 4 October
Competitors	98 from 11 nations
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Badminton was contested at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea from 27 September to 4 October.

Singles, doubles, and team events were contested for both men and women. Mixed Doubles were also contested. All events were held at Olympic Gymnastics Arena.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Zhao Jianhua  China	Yang Yang  China	Sung Han-kook  South Korea
			Park Sung-bae  South Korea
Women's singles details	Han Aiping  China	Li Lingwei  China	Hwang Hye-young  South Korea
			Kim Yun-ja  South Korea
Men's doubles details	South Korea Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo	China Tian Bingyi Li Yongbo	China Ding Qiqing Chen Kang
			Indonesia Liem Swie King Bobby Ertanto
Women's doubles details	China Lin Ying Guan Weizhen	South Korea Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	Indonesia Rosiana Tendean Imelda Wiguno
			Japan Kimiko Jinnai Sumiko Kitada
Mixed doubles details	South Korea Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee	South Korea Lee Deuk-choon Chung So-young	China Jiang Guoliang Lin Ying
			China Xiong Guobao Qian Ping
Men's team details	South Korea Choi Byung-hak Kim Chang-kook Kim Joong-soo Kim Moon-soo Lee Deuk-choon Park Joo-bong Park Sung-bae Sung Han-kook	China Chen Kang Ding Qiqing Jiang Guoliang Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi Xiong Guobao Yang Yang Zhao Jianhua	India Leroy D'Sa U. Vimal Kumar Ravi Kunte Sanat Misra Syed Modi Prakash Padukone Uday Pawar
			Indonesia Bobby Ertanto Christian Hadinata Eddy Hartono Eddy Kurniawan Liem Swie King Lius Pongoh Icuk Sugiarto Hadibowo Susanto
Women's team details	China Gu Jiaming Guan Weizhen Han Aiping Li Lingwei Lin Ying Qian Ping Wu Jianqiu Zheng Yuli	Japan Kimiko Jinnai Sumiko Kitada Harumi Kohara Hisako Takamine Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	South Korea Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young Kang Haeng-suk Kim Ho-ja Kim Yun-ja Lee Myung-hee Yoo Sang-hee
			Indonesia Verawaty Fadjrin Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Elizabeth Latief Ivana Lie Rosiana Tendean Imelda Wiguno

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	4	4	3	11
2	South Korea (KOR)	3	2	5	10
3	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
4	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	4	4
5	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		7	7	14	28

Participating nations

A total of 98 athletes from 11 nations competed in badminton at the 1986 Asian Games: