Badminton at the 1981 SEA Games
Venue	Camp Crame Gymnasium
Location	Quezon City, Philippines
Dates	6 December – 15 December
Nations	6
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Badminton events at the 1981 SEA Games were held at Camp Crame Gymnasium, Quezon City, Philippines, between 6 and 15 December.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Liem Swie King  Indonesia	Hastomo Arbi  Indonesia	Misbun Sidek  Malaysia
			Sarit Pisudchaikul  Thailand
Women's singles details	Verawaty Fadjrin  Indonesia	Ivana Lie  Indonesia	Katherine Teh  Malaysia
			Suleeporn Jittariyakul  Thailand
Men's doubles details	Rudy Heryanto Kartono  Indonesia	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek  Malaysia	Sigit Pamungkas Icuk Sugiarto  Indonesia
			Sawei Chanseorasmee Sarit Pisudchaikul  Thailand
Women's doubles details	Ruth Damayanti Verawaty Fadjrin  Indonesia	Theresia Widiastuti Imelda Wiguna  Indonesia	Ho Kam Meng Tay Hoe See  Singapore
			Suleeporn Jittariyakul Sirisriro Patama  Thailand
Mixed doubles details	Rudy Heryanto Imelda Wiguna  Indonesia	Sigit Pamungkas Theresia Widiastuti  Indonesia	Razif Sidek Leong Chai Lean  Malaysia
			Preecha Sopajaree Jutatip Banjongsilp  Thailand
Men's team details	Indonesia Liem Swie King Hastomo Arbi Sigit Pamungkas Icuk Sugiarto Rudy Heryanto Kartono	Malaysia Saw Swee Leong Misbun Sidek Ong Teong Boon Moo Foot Lian Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek	Thailand Bandid Jaiyen Sawei Chanseorasmee Sarit Pisudchaikul Preecha Sopajaree Suwat Poonumphai Wichit Assavanapakas
			Burma Kyi Nyunt Wai Nyunt Maung Maung Win Htut Myint Han
Women's team details	Indonesia Verawaty Wiharjo Ivana Lie Imelda Wiguna Taty Sumirah Theresia Widiastuti Ruth Damayanti	Thailand Kanitta Mansamuth Suleeporn Jittariyakul Jutatip Banjongsilp Sirisriro Patama Amporn Kaitpituk Penpan Klangthamniem	Malaysia Leong Chai Lean Katherine Teh Juliet Poon Kok Chan Fong
			Philippines Diana Del Castillo Leonora Rivera Corazon Anuran Rebecca Villegas Go Giok Leng Demetrin Santos

Discipline	Winner	Finalist	Score
Men's singles	Liem Swie King	Hastomo Arbi	15–2, 15–7
Women's singles	Verawaty Fadjrin	Ivana Lie	6–11, 11–4, 11–7
Men's doubles	Rudy Heryanto & Kartono	Jalani Sidek & Razif Sidek	15–12, 15–6
Women's doubles	Ruth Damayanti & Verawaty Fadjrin	Theresia Widiastuti & Imelda Wiguna	15–13, 15–4
Mixed doubles	Rudy Heryanto & Imelda Wiguna	Sigit Pamungkas & Theresia Widiastuti	15–12, 15–5

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia (INA)	7	4	1	12
2	Malaysia (MAS)	0	2	4	6
3	Thailand (THA)	0	1	6	7
4	Burma (BIR)	0	0	1	1
	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		7	7	14	28

• Results The Straits Times, 13 December 1981, p. 30
• Results The Straits Times, 14 December 1981, Page 38