Badminton at the 1997 East Asian Games
# Badminton at the 1997 East Asian Games

Badminton at the 1997 East Asian Games was held at Busan, South Korea in the month of May. Competitions for five individual disciplines as well as for teams was conducted. Host South Korea topped with four gold medals in the tally while China won two gold medals and Chinese Taipei ended with the Men's singles gold medal.

## Medal summary

### Medal table

* Host nation (South Korea)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

### Medalists

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | Fung Permadi | Fumihiko Machida | Chen Wei |
| Men's singles | Fung Permadi | Fumihiko Machida | Jang Chun-woong |
| Women's singles | Lee Joo-hyun | Takako Ida | Sun Jian |
| Women's singles | Lee Joo-hyun | Takako Ida | Zeng Yaqiong |
| Men's doubles | Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung | Choi Ji-tae Kim Joong-suk | Que Ning Liang Yongping |
| Men's doubles | Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung | Choi Ji-tae Kim Joong-suk | Takuya Katayama Yuzo Kubota |
| Women's doubles | Zhang Jin Peng Xinyong | Wang Li Liu Lufang | Peng Ju-yu Chen Mei-chun |
| Women's doubles | Zhang Jin Peng Xinyong | Wang Li Liu Lufang | Chikako Nakayama Takae Masumo |
| Mixed doubles | Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin | Yang Ming Zhang Jin | Hu Zhilan Peng Xinyong |
| Mixed doubles | Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin | Yang Ming Zhang Jin | Yoo Yong-sung Lee Kyung-won |
| Men's team | South Korea Hwang Sun-ho Jang Chun-wong Lee Dong-soo Choi Ji-tae Kim Joong-suk Kim Hyung-joon Yoo Yong-sung | China Hu Zhilan Xiao Ting Que Ning Yang Ming Liang Yongping Xia Xuanze Chen Wei | Chinese Taipei Chen Feng Jang Chun-wung Huang Shih-chung |
| Men's team | South Korea Hwang Sun-ho Jang Chun-wong Lee Dong-soo Choi Ji-tae Kim Joong-suk Kim Hyung-joon Yoo Yong-sung | China Hu Zhilan Xiao Ting Que Ning Yang Ming Liang Yongping Xia Xuanze Chen Wei | Japan Fumihiko Machida Yuzo Kubota Takuya Katayama |
| Women's team | China Yao Jie Liu Lufang Wang Li Zhang Jin Peng Xinyong Sun Jian Zeng Yaqiong | South Korea Lee Joo-hyun Lee Deuk-soon Park Se-yeon Lee So-young Cha Yun-sook Yim Kyung-jin Park Jin-hyun Lee Kyung-won | Chinese Taipei Peng Ju-yu Chen Mei-chun |
| Women's team | China Yao Jie Liu Lufang Wang Li Zhang Jin Peng Xinyong Sun Jian Zeng Yaqiong | South Korea Lee Joo-hyun Lee Deuk-soon Park Se-yeon Lee So-young Cha Yun-sook Yim Kyung-jin Park Jin-hyun Lee Kyung-won | Japan Chikako Nakayama Takae Masumo Takako Ida |

## Final results

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | Fung Permadi | Fumihiko Machida | 18–13, 15–5 |
| Women's singles | Lee Joo-hyun | Takako Ida | 11–8, 11–5 |
| Men's doubles | Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung | Choi Ji-tae Kim Joong-suk | 15–2, 15–4 |
| Women's doubles | Zhang Jin Peng Xinyong | Wang Li Liu Lufang | 15–8, 15–6 |
| Mixed doubles | Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin | Yang Ming Zhang Jin | 15–11, 15–6 |
