This is a table of all gold medalists in the Badminton World Championships. Since 1983, the event has been held every two years, with it changing to an annual event since 2005 but taking a break during Olympic years.
Results YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles1977 Flemming Delfs Lene Køppen Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi Etsuko Toganoo Emiko Ueno Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen1980 Rudy Hartono Verawaty Wiharjo Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata Nora Perry Jane Webster Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna1983 Icuk Sugiarto Li Lingwei Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie Lin Ying Wu Dixi Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry1985 Han Jian Han Aiping Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo Han Aiping Li Lingwei Park Joo-bong Yoo Sang-hee1987 Yang Yang Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi Lin Ying Guan Weizhen Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing1989 Li Lingwei Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee1991 Zhao Jianhua Tang Jiuhong Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua1993 Joko Suprianto Susi Susanti Ricky Subagja Rudy Gunawan Nong Qunhua Zhou Lei Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson1995 Hariyanto Arbi Ye Zhaoying Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen1997 Peter Rasmussen Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto Ge Fei Gu Jun Liu Yong Ge Fei1999 Sun Jun Camilla Martin Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min2001 Hendrawan Gong Ruina Halim Haryanto Tony Gunawan Gao Ling Huang Sui Zhang Jun Gao Ling2003 Xia Xuanze Zhang Ning Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min2005 Taufik Hidayat Xie Xingfang Howard Bach Tony Gunawan Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir2006 Lin Dan Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Gao Ling Huang Sui Nathan Robertson Gail Emms2007 Zhu Lin Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan Zhang Jiewen Yang Wei Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir2009 Lu Lan Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl2010 Chen Jin Wang Lin Du Jing Yu Yang Zheng Bo Ma Jin2011 Lin Dan Wang Yihan Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei2013 Ratchanok Intanon Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir2014 Chen Long Carolina Marín Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei2015 Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan2017 Viktor Axelsen Nozomi Okuhara Liu Cheng Zhang Nan Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir2018 Kento Momota Carolina Marín Li Junhui Liu Yuchen Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong2019 P. V. Sindhu Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan2021 Loh Kean Yew Akane Yamaguchi Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai2022 Viktor Axelsen Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong2023 Kunlavut Vitidsarn An Se-young Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae Seo Seung-jae Chae Yu-jung2025 Shi Yuqi Akane Yamaguchi Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae Liu Shengshu Tan Ning Chen Tang Jie Toh Ee Wei2026 Alex Lanier An Se-young Liang Weikeng Wang Chang Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue
World Championships of the WBF YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles1978 Yu Yaodong Zhang Ailing Yu Yaodong Hou Jiachang Zhang Ailing Li Fang Pichai Kongsirithavorn Petchroong Liengtrakulngam1979 Han Jian Han Aiping Sun Zhian Yao Ximing Sirisriro Patama Suleeporn Jittariyakul Ng Chun Ching Chan Lim Chee
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