Badminton competition was held from July 28, 2012 to August 5, 2012 at Wembley Arena. This event is notable for resulting in the disqualification of two teams from South Korea, one from China and one from Indonesia in the women's doubles competition when it became clear the teams were trying to throw their matches to get a better draw during the knock-out rounds.

• Mixed Doubles (held on August 3, 2012)
  • GOLD: China - Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei
  • SILVER: China - Xu Chen and Ma Jin
  • BRONZE: Denmark - Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen

• Women's Doubles (held on August 4, 2012)
  • GOLD: China - Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei
  • SILVER: Japan - Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa
  • BRONZE: Russia - Valeria Sorokina and Nina Vislova

• Women's Singles (held on August 4, 2012)
  • GOLD: Li Xuerui (CHN)
  • SILVER: Wang Yihan (CHN)
  • BRONZE: Saina Nehwal (IND)

• Men's Doubles (held on August 5, 2012)
  • GOLD: China - Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng
  • SILVER: Denmark - Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen
  • BRONZE: South Korea - Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae

• Men's Singles (held on August 5, 2012)
  • GOLD: Li Dan (CHN)
  • SILVER: Lee Chong Wei (MAL)
  • BRONZE: Chen Long (CHN)