A total of 173 players was planned to compete in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
If this was not satisfied by the entry selection method described above, the highest ranking player/pair had qualified.
If there wa no player/pair in the rankings, the winner of the most recently contested Continental Championship was qualified.
There were also 2 invitational places in each singles event which were allocated by the IOC Tripartite Commission.
[1] The color pink signifies that a player withdrew from the competition.