Racket sport
Badminton
The fastest racket sport on earth — smashes past 480 km/h.
- Origin
- British India, 1870s
- Players
- 1 or 2 per side
- Governing body
- BWF
- Format
- Best of 3 games to 21
- Court
- 13.4 × 6.1 m
- Olympic
- Yes, since 1992
Three ways in
Option one
Rules & how to play
Everything you need to follow a game of badminton: the objective, the field, the fouls and the officials.
6 sections
Option two
History & origins
Where badminton came from and how it grew, told as a timeline of the moments that changed it.
11 milestones
Option three
Players
Search the greats by name, country or honour — or scroll the list to find someone you've never heard of.
10 profiles