BWF World Championships Winners: Full list of champions from 1977 to 2021

Started as an event held once every three years, the world championships was held once in two years from the fourth edition (1985) and continued like that until 2005, after which it became an annual event.

Five categories – men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles – are contested in knock out formats with the winner taking gold, runner up silver and the losing semifinalists taking a bronze medal each.

BWF World Championships: Indian medal winners in badminton’s marquee event

China have dominated the tournament, having won a total of 191 medals, including 67 gold, 47 silver and 79 bronze medals. The second highest is Indonesia, with 77 medals (23 gold, 18 silver, 36 bronze), followed by Denmark with 62.5 medals (10.5 gold, 14 silver, 38 bronze).

As it stands, the BWF has held 26 editions of the tournament. Now, let’s take a look at BWF World Championships winners from 1977-2021: