The men's doubles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 31 July at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo.

[1] The reigning champions were Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan of China, who were not defending their title.

The top two qualifying teams were both from Indonesia: Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan.

The badminton qualification system provided for 16 men's doubles teams (32 players).

[2] The knockout stage was a three-round single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.