Gold medalists at the BWF World Championships explained

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

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1977	Flemming Delfs	Lene Køppen	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Etsuko Toganoo Emiko Ueno	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen
1980	Rudy Hartono	Verawaty Wiharjo	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Nora Perry Jane Webster	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna
1983	Icuk Sugiarto	Li Lingwei	Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry
1985	Han Jian	Han Aiping	Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo	Han Aiping Li Lingwei	Park Joo-bong Yoo Sang-hee
1987	Yang Yang		Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Lin Ying Guan Weizhen	Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing
1989		Li Lingwei			Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1991	Zhao Jianhua	Tang Jiuhong	Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo	Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua
1993	Joko Suprianto	Susi Susanti	Ricky Subagja Rudy Gunawan	Nong Qunhua Zhou Lei	Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson
1995	Hariyanto Arbi	Ye Zhaoying	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen
1997	Peter Rasmussen		Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Liu Yong Ge Fei
1999	Sun Jun	Camilla Martin	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon		Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2001	Hendrawan	Gong Ruina	Halim Haryanto Tony Gunawan	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2003	Xia Xuanze	Zhang Ning	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen		Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2005	Taufik Hidayat	Xie Xingfang	Howard Bach Tony Gunawan	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2006	Lin Dan		Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms
2007		Zhu Lin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Zhang Jiewen Yang Wei	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2009		Lu Lan	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2010	Chen Jin	Wang Lin		Du Jing Yu Yang	Zheng Bo Ma Jin
2011	Lin Dan	Wang Yihan		Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2013		Ratchanok Intanon	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan		Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2014	Chen Long	Carolina Marín	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2015			Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan
2017	Viktor Axelsen	Nozomi Okuhara	Liu Cheng Zhang Nan	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2018	Kento Momota	Carolina Marín	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2019			Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan
2021	Loh Kean Yew	Akane Yamaguchi	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai
2022	Viktor Axelsen		Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik		Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2023	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	An Se-young	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae		Seo Seung-jae Chae Yu-jung

World Championships of the WBF

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1978^[1] ^[2] ^[3]	Yu Yaodong	Zhang Ailing	Yu Yaodong Hou Jiachang	Zhang Ailing Li Fang	Pichai Kongsirithavorn Petchroong Liengtrakulngam
1979^[4]	Han Jian	Han Aiping	Sun Zhian Yao Ximing	Sirisriro Patama Suleeporn Jittariyakul	Ng Chun Ching Chan Lim Chee

Notes and References

1. News: A tall order for S'pore champions Tan and Kok. 10 August 2011. The Straits Times. 4 November 1978. 30.
2. News: China's Yu is first world champion. 10 August 2011. The Straits Times. 8 November 1978. 31.
3. News: Gallant fighters, but no match for their rivals. 10 August 2011. The Straits Times. 9 November 1978. 26.
4. News: China's Han wins WBF singles title. 10 August 2011. The Straits Times. 22 June 1979. 32.