The badminton tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 28 July and 5 August at Wembley Arena.

[2] The Chinese team also collected two silvers and one bronze, to top the medal table with eight in total.

[3] The Olympic qualification period was between 2 May 2011 and 29 April 2012, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, published on 3 May 2012, was used to allocate spots.

For each male player who qualifies in more than one discipline, an additional quota place in the men's singles becomes free.

[4] On 1 August 2012, four teams were ejected from the competition (Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang of China, Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na with Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung, both playing for South Korea, and Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii of Indonesia) for "not using one's best efforts to win a match" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport" following round-robin matches the previous evening, during which the teams were accused of trying to lose in order to manipulate the draw.