Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics

There were 172 badminton quota places, with an equal split between men and women, available for Paris 2024; NOCs could enter a maximum of eight badminton players across five medal events (men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles).^[3] The host nation France reserved a spot each in the men's and women's singles to be officially awarded to its respective highest-ranked badminton player, while four places (two per gender) were entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have badminton players compete for Paris 2024 under the Universality principle.^[4][5]

The remaining badminton players underwent a direct qualifying process to secure a spot in their respective categories for Paris 2024 through the "Race to Paris" ranking list prepared by the Badminton World Federation.^[5] The qualification period commenced on 1 May 2023 and concluded on 28 April 2024, with the final eligibility list published two days after the deadline.^[5]

NOCs could enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles if they were ranked within the top sixteen of the "Race to Paris" ranking list, respectively; otherwise, they sent a single player until the roster of thirty-eight was completed. Similar protocols also applied to the players competing in the doubles tournament as the NOCs could enter a maximum of two pairs if they were ranked in the top eight with the rest entitled to a single pair until the quota of sixteen was reached. Additional rules ensure that each category must have featured a badminton player representing each of the five continental zones (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) and assign additional quota places if some players qualify for multiple events.^[5]

In total, there were 173 participants from 49 nations.