Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Badminton
at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Badminton ; at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	15–26 March 2006

Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was the 11th appearance of Badminton at the Commonwealth Games, Competition took place in Melbourne, Australia, from 15 to 26 March 2006 and featured contests in six events.^[1]

The events were held at the purpose-built temporary venue within the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.^[2]

Malaysia topped the badminton medal table by virtue of winning four gold medals.^[3]

Medal table

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Lee Chong Wei Malaysia	Wong Choong Hann Malaysia	Chetan Anand India
Women's singles	Tracey Hallam England	Wong Mew Choo Malaysia	Susan Hughes Scotland
Men's doubles	Malaysia Koo Kien Keat Chan Chong Ming	Malaysia Choong Tan Fook Wong Choong Hann	England Robert Blair Anthony Clark
Women's doubles	Malaysia Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	Singapore Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	England Gail Emms Donna Kellogg
doubles	England Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	New Zealand Dan Shirley Sara Petersen	Singapore Hendri Saputra Li Yujia
Mixed team	Malaysia Chan Chong Ming Lee Chong Wei Wong Choong Hann Chin Eei Hui Julia Wong Pei Xian Koo Kien Keat Wong Mew Choo Wong Pei Tty Ooi Sock Ai Choong Tan Fook	England Aamir Ghaffar Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg Ella Tripp Gail Emms Joanne Nicholas Nathan Robertson Robert Blair Simon Archer Tracey Hallam	India Anup Sridhar Aparna Popat Chetan Anand Jwala Gutta Rupesh Kumar Saina Nehwal Sanave Thomas Arattukulam Shruti Kurian Trupti Murgunde Valiyaveetil Diju

Quarterfinals					Semifinals			Finals

	Koo Kien Keat Chan Chong Ming	21	21

	Hendri Saputra Ronald Susilo	17	17
					Keat Ming	21	21

					Brehaut Denney	11	8
	Ashley Brehaut Travis Denney	22	21	21

	Geoff Bellingham Craig Cooper	24	16	19
								Keat Ming	21	21

								Fook Hann	13	14
	Choong Tan Fook Wong Choong Hann	21	21

	Joe Morgan James Phillips	14	9
					Fook Hann	21	21	Third place

					Blair Clark	12	11
	Robert Blair Anthony Clark	21	21					Blair Clark	21	21

	Daniel Shirley John Moody	11	9					Brehaut Denney	6	14

Quarterfinals					Semifinals			Finals

	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	21	21

	Michelle Douglas Yuan Wemyss	16	14
					Hui Tty	21	21

					Murgunde Nehwal	8	3
	Trupti Murgunde Saina Nehwal	5	21	23

	Charmaine Reid Helen Nichol	21	17	21
								Hui Tty	21	21

								Yanmei Yujia	17	19
	Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	21	21

	Nicole Gordon Sara Petersen	13	4
					Yanmei Yujia	21	21	Third place

					Emms Kellogg	8	14
	Gail Emms Donna Kellogg	21	21					Emms Kellogg	21	21

	Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurian	17	10					Murgunde Nehwal	14	9

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Finals

	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	21	21

	Andrew Bowman Kirsteen McEwan-Miller	8	6
					Robertson Emms	19	21	21

					Saputra Yujia	21	14	17
	Hendri Saputra Li Yujia	23	21

	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith	21	17
									Robertson Emms	21	21

									Shirley Petersen	17	10
	Daniel Shirley Sara Petersen	22	21

	William Milroy Tamara Katrina Sun	20	11
					Shirley Petersen	15	21	21	Third place

					Koo Wong	21	14	15
	Koo Kien Keat Wong Pei Tty	16	21	21					Saputra Yujia	21	21	21

	Hendra Wijaya Frances Liu Fan	21	11	11					Koo Wong	14	23	6

Team one	Team two	Score
England	India	3-2
Malaysia	New Zealand	3-1

		1	2	3
1	Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta Daniel Shirley / Sara Petersen	21 17	13 21	21 9
2	Anup Sridhar John Moody	21 11	8 21	21 21
3	Saina Nehwal Rebecca Bellingham	21 13	24 22
4	Sanave Thomas / Rupesh Kumar Daniel Shirley / Craig Cooper	11 21	21 11	21 18

		1	2	3
1	Wong Choong Hann / Sock Ai Ooi Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms	15 21	12 21
2	Lee Chong Wei Aamir Ghaffar	21 8	21 8
3	Wong Mew Choo Tracey Hallam	27 25	20 22	21 18
4	Chan Chong Ming / Koo Kien Keat Robert Blair / Anthony Clark	21 14	21 14

Mixed team preliminary matches were held on 16 March, 17 March, and 18 March. Finals were held on 19 March.

^ "Medal Standings Melbourne 2006". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
^ "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Badminton". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.