The World Championships of Badminton 2018 is the 25th Badminton World Cup. A tournament where Saina Nehwal and Sindhu won India’s highest medal, three Silver medals in 2015, 2017 and 2018. Since it started, Chinese teams have dominated the game winning 16 Gold medals, followed by 3 Gold medals of Spain. Indonesia and Denmark have won 2 Gold medals each and Thailand won one Gold medal. Besides that Korea, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, France, Germany, Netherlands, England and Denmark have also won medals in the 33 year old World Badminton Championships. Carolina Marin is the only player to have won three Gold medals. Overall, India has won 3 Silver and 5 Bronze medals and are yet to have any semifinalists in Men’s and Mixed Doubles events Check the complete list of the past Women’s Singles Winner since 1977 till the end of 2018.
Indian Medal Winners at World Championships
List of Men’s Singles Winner
2018 Badminton World Championships: Indian Squad
Past Champions: Women’s Singles !977-2009
| Year | Venue | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1977 | Malmo, Sweden | Lene Koppen (Denmrk) | Gillian Gilks (England) | Hiroe Yuki (Japan) & Margaret Lockwood (England) |
| 1980 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Verawaty Wiharjo(Indonesia) | Ivana Lie (Indonesia) | Lene Koppen (Denmark) & Taty Sumirah (Indonesia) |
| 1983 | Copenhague, Denmark | Li Lingwei (China) | Han Aiping (China) | Helen Troke (England) & Zhang Ailing (China) |
| 1985 | Calgary, Canada | Han Aiping (China) | Wu Jianqui (China) | Li Lingwei (China) & Zheng Yuli (China) |
| 1987 | Beijing, China | Han Aiping (China) | Li Lingwei (China) | Zheng Yuli (China) & Gu Jiaming (China) |
| 1989 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Li Lingwei (China) | Huang Hua (China) | Tang Jiuhong (China) & Sawendah Kusumawardani (Indonesia) |
| 1991 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Tang Jiuhong (China) | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani (Indonesia) | Susi Susanti (Indonesia) & Lee Heung-soon (Korea) |
| 1993 | Birmingham, England | Susi Susanti (Indonesia) | Hermawan Susanto (Indonesia) | Ye Zhaoying (China) & Tang Jiuhong (China) |
| 1995 | Lausanne, Switzerland | Ye Zhaoying (China) | Han Jingna (China) | Susi Susanti (Indonesia) & Bang Soo-hyun (Korea) |
| 1997 | Glasgow, Scotland | Ye Zhaoying (China) | Gong Zhichao (China) | Han Jingna (China) & Wang Chen (China) |
| 1999 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Camilla Martin (Denmark) | Dai Yun (China) | Gong Ruina (China) & Mette Sorensen |
| 2001 | Seville, Spain | Gong Ruina (China) | Zhou Mi (China) | Gong Zhichao (China) & Zhang Ning (China) |
| 2003 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Zhang Ning (China) | Gong Ruina (China) | Zhou Mi (China) & Mia Audina (Netherlands) |
| 2005 | California, United States | Xie Xingfang (China) | Zhang Ning (China) | Xu Huaiwen (Germany) & Cheng Shao-chieh (Chinese Taipei) |
| 2006 | Madrid, Spain, | Xie Xingfang (China) | Zhang Ning (China) | Xu Huaiwen (Indonesia) & Petra Overzier (Indonesia) |
| 2007 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysis | Zhu Lin (China) | Wang Chen (Hong Kong) | Lu Lan (China) & Zhang Ning (China) |
| 2009 | Hyderabad, India | Lu Lan (China) | Xie Xingfang (China) | Wang Lin (China) & Pi Hongyan (France) |
| 2010 | Paris, France | Wang Lin (China) | Wang Xin (China) | Tine Rasmussen (Denmark) & Wang Shixian (China) |
| 2011 | Wembley, London | Wang Yihan (China) | Cheng Shao-chieh (Taipei) | Juliane Schenk (Germany) & Wang Xin (China) |
| 2013 | Guangzhou | Ratchanok Inthanon (Thailand) | Li Xuerui (China) | Bae Youn-joo (Korea) & PV Sindhu (India) |
| 2014 | Copenhagen | Carolina Marín (Spain) | Li Xuerui (China) | Minatsu Mitani (Japan) & PV Sindhu (India) |
| 2015 | Jakarta | Carolina Marín (Spain) | Saina Nehwal (India) | Sung Ji-hyun (Korea) & Lindaweni Fanetri (Indonesia) |
| 2017 | Glasgow | Nozomi Okuhara (Japan) | PV Sindhu (India) | Saina Nehwal (India) & Yufei Chen (China) |
| 2018 | Nanjing | Carolina Marín (Spain) | PV Sindhu (India) | Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) & HE Bingjiao (China) |
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