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- After
soccer, badminton is the world's most popular sport.
- Badminton became a full competition
Olympics sport in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992.
- More than 1.1 billion people watched badminton's Olympic debut on TV.
- Asian countries won
14 of the 15 medals at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona,
Spain.
- China and Indonesia have captured 70
percent of all championship events since 1934.
- 147 countries are members of the
International Badminton Federation (IBF).
- Badminton is the world's fastest racket sport: a shuttle can leave the racket at a speed of
almost 200 mph.
- A badminton player can cover more than one mile in just one match.
- A shuttlecock weighs between 4.74 and 5.50 grams.
- The best shuttles are made from the feathers from the left wing of a goose.
- 16 feathers are used to make a shuttle.
- The biggest shuttle
in the world can be found on the lawns of the Kansas
City Museum 48 times larger
than the real thing, 18 feet tall and weighing 5000 pounds.
- The Thomas Cup,
the men's world team championships, has been won by only three countries
since it began in 1948 - Malaysia, Indonesia and China.
- The only time the Uber
Cup, the women's world team championships, was won outside Asia was by the
USA in 1957, 1960 and 1963; other holders are China, Indonesia and Japan.
- It is an American, Judy Hashman, who holds the record number of All-England
titles 17 in total.
- The first US championships in Chicago in 1937 were played on 21 courts.
- Famous personalities who play badminton include Paul Newman, Diego Maradonna and
Nick Faldo.
- Badminton's history dates back to Ancient Greece and the early Far-Eastern
civilisations; versions of the game, sometimes using a foot instead of a racket,
have been depicted on pottery around 3000 years ago, in China.
- Once known as battledore and shuttlecock, the game as we know it today took
its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, England home of the Duke
of Beaufort.
- The two most successful badminton countries are China and Indonesia which
between them have won 70% of all IBF events.
- Crowds of up to 15,000 are common for major badminton tournaments in Malaysia and
Indonesia.
Source:
International Badminton
Federation
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