Badminton is a SEA Games event and has been one of the sports held at the Games since the inaugural edition of the South East Asian Peninsular Games (SEAP Games) in 1959.

Summary

Games Year Host City Events Best nation SEAP Games I 1959 Bangkok 2  Thailand II 1961 Rangoon 5  Thailand III 1965 Kuala Lumpur 7  Malaysia IV 1967 Bangkok 5  Thailand V 1969 Rangoon 5  Malaysia VI 1971 Kuala Lumpur 7  Malaysia VII 1973 Singapore 7  Malaysia VIII 1975 Bangkok 7  Malaysia SEA Games IX 1977 Kuala Lumpur 7  Indonesia X 1979 Jakarta 7  Indonesia XI 1981 Manila 7  Indonesia XII 1983 Singapore 7  Indonesia XIII 1985 Bangkok 7  Indonesia XIV 1987 Jakarta 7  Indonesia XV 1989 Kuala Lumpur 7  Indonesia XVI 1991 Manila 7  Indonesia XVII 1993 Singapore 7  Indonesia XVIII 1995 Chiang Mai 7  Indonesia XIX 1997 Jakarta 7  Indonesia XX 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan 7  Indonesia

Games Year Host City Events Best nation XXI 2001 Kuala Lumpur 7  Indonesia XXII 2003 Ho Chi Minh City 7  Indonesia XXIII 2005 Pasig 7  Indonesia XXIV 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 7  Indonesia XXV 2009 Vientiane 7  Indonesia XXVI 2011 Jakarta 7  Indonesia XXVII 2013 Naypyidaw 5  Indonesia XXVIII 2015 Singapore 7  Indonesia XXIX 2017 Kuala Lumpur 7  Thailand XXX 2019 Muntinlupa 7  Malaysia XXXI 2021 Bắc Giang 7  Thailand XXXII 2023 Phnom Penh 8  Indonesia XXXIII 2025 Bangkok XXXIV 2027 Malaysia

Medal table

As of the 2023 SEA Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia (INA)	119	80	44	243
2	Malaysia (MAS)	50	62	107	219
3	Thailand (THA)	39	60	112	211
4	Singapore (SGP)	3	8	56	67
5	Cambodia (CAM)	1	1	0	2
6	Myanmar (MYA)	0	2	18	20
7	Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	14	14
8	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	6	6
9	Laos (LAO)	0	0	4	4
10	Brunei (BRU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		212	213	362	787

Performances by nation

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	MT	WT	XT	Total
1	Indonesia	18	14	16	19	20	18	14	0	119
2	Malaysia	7	10	10	8	6	6	3	0	50
3	Thailand	6	6	6	4	5	3	9	0	39
4	Singapore	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
5	Cambodia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total		32	31	32	31	31	27	27	1	212

Winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1959	Thanoo Khadjabye	no competition	Charoen Wattanasin Kamal Sudthivanich	no competition	no competition
1961	Channarong Ratanaseangsuang	Tan Gaik Bee	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Sumol Chanklum Pankae Phongarn	Raphi Kanchanaraphi Pankae Phongarn
1965	Tan Aik Huang	Rosalind Singha Ang		Pratuang Pattabongse Achara Pattabongse	Ng Boon Bee Teoh Siew Yong
1967	Sangob Rattanusorn	Thongkham Kingmanee		Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong	Chirasak Champakao Sumol Chanklum
1969	Punch Gunalan	Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Punch Gunalan Yew Cheng Hoe	Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong	Ng Boon Bee Rosalind Singha Ang
1971	Tan Aik Huang	Rosalind Singha Ang	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Thongkam Kingmanee Pachara Pattabongse	Ng Tat Wai Teh Mei Ling
1973	Punch Gunalan	Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Sangob Rattanusorn Bandid Jaiyen	Rosalind Singha Ang Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Pornchai Sakuntaniyom Thongkam Kingmanee
1975	Bandid Jaiyen		Pornchai Sakuntaniyom Preecha Sopajaree		Soong Chok Soon Rosalind Singha Ang
1977	Liem Swie King		Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Regina Masli Theresia Widiastuti	Christian Hadinata Regina Masli
1979	Hastomo Arbi	Ivana Lie	Bandid Jaiyen Preecha Sopajaree	Verawaty Fajrin Imelda Wiguno	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguno
1981	Liem Swie King	Verawaty Fajrin	Rudy Heryanto Kartono	Ruth Damayanti Verawaty Fajrin	Rudy Heryanto Imelda Wiguno
1983	Wong Shoon Keat	Ivana Lie	Bobby Ertanto Christian Hadinata	Ruth Damayanti Maria Fransisca	Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie
1985	Icuk Sugiarto	Elizabeth Latief	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek	Rosiana Tendean Imelda Wiguno	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguno
1987			Eddy Hartono Liem Swie King	Rosiana Tendean Verawaty Wiharjo	Eddy Hartono Verawaty Wiharjo
1989		Susi Susanti	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	Erma Sulistianingsih Rosiana Tendean	Eddy Hartono Verawaty Fajrin
1991	Ardy Wiranata				Ricky Subagja Rosiana Tendean
1993	Joko Suprianto	Sarwendah Kusumawardhani	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	Finarsih Lili Tampi	Rudy Gunawan Eliza Nathanael
1995		Susi Susanti	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock		Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur
1997	Hariyanto Arbi	Mia Audina	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana	Candra Wijaya Eliza Nathanael
1999	Taufik Hidayat	Cindana Hartono Kusuma	Tesana Panvisvas Pramote Teerawiwatana	Etty Tantri Cynthia Tuwankotta	Chew Choon Eng Chor Hooi Yee
2001	Roslin Hashim	Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	Deyana Lomban Vita Marissa	Nova Widianto Vita Marissa
2003	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Wong Mew Choo	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	Jo Novita Lita Nurlita	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam
2005		Adriyanti Firdasari	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2007	Taufik Hidayat	Maria Kristin Yulianti		Vita Marissa Liliyana Natsir	Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa
2009	Simon Santoso	Salakjit Ponsana		Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2011		Fu Mingtian	Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano	Anneke Feinya Agustin Nitya Krishinda Maheswari	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2013	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	Bellaetrix Manuputty	Angga Pratama Rian Agung Saputro	Vivian Hoo Woon Khe Wei	Muhammad Rijal Debby Susanto
2015	Chong Wei Feng	Busanan Ongbumrungpan	Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi	Amelia Alicia Anscelly Soong Fie Cho	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto
2017	Jonatan Christie	Goh Jin Wei	Kittinupong Kedren Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai
2019	Lee Zii Jia	Kisona Selvaduray	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti
2021	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	Pornpawee Chochuwong	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	Chen Tang Jie Peck Yen Wei
2023	Christian Adinata	Supanida Katethong	Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan	Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi	Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Lisa Ayu Kusumawati

Team competition

Year	Men	Women
1959	no competition	no competition
1961	no competition	no competition
1965	Malaysia	Thailand
1967	no competition	no competition
1969	no competition	no competition
1971	Malaysia	Thailand
1973	Thailand	Malaysia
1975	Thailand	Malaysia
1977	Indonesia	Indonesia
1979	Indonesia	Indonesia
1981	Indonesia	Indonesia
1983	Indonesia	Indonesia
1985	Indonesia	Indonesia
1987	Indonesia	Indonesia
1989	Malaysia	Indonesia
1991	Malaysia	Indonesia
1993	Indonesia	Indonesia
1995	Indonesia	Indonesia
1997	Indonesia	Indonesia
1999	Indonesia	Indonesia
2001	Malaysia	Indonesia
2003	Indonesia	Singapore
2005	Malaysia	Thailand
2007	Indonesia	Indonesia
2009	Indonesia	Malaysia
2011	Indonesia	Thailand
2013	no competition	no competition
2015	Indonesia	Thailand
2017	Indonesia	Thailand
2019	Indonesia	Thailand
2021	Thailand	Thailand
Year	Men	Women	Mixed
2023	Indonesia	Thailand	Cambodia