| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/02 11:50 | 1 |
Viktor Axelsen vs Long Chen
|
2-0 |
| 08/02 11:00 | 50 |
Kevin Cordon vs Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
|
0-2 |
| 08/01 04:50 | 2 |
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting vs Long Chen
|
0-2 |
| 08/01 04:00 | 2 |
Kevin Cordon vs Viktor Axelsen
|
0-2 |
| 07/31 04:10 | 3 |
Long Chen vs Nadiya Kolb
|
2-1 |
| 07/31 03:20 | 3 |
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting vs Arvidsson/ Nielsen
|
2-1 |
| 07/31 01:40 | 3 |
Viktor Axelsen vs Yu Qi Shi
|
2-0 |
| 07/31 00:00 | 3 | Kwang Hee Heo vs Kevin Cordon | 0-2 |
| 07/29 10:15 | 4 |
Zii Jia Lee vs Long Chen
|
1-2 |
| 07/29 10:15 | 4 |
Jonatan Christie vs Yu Qi Shi
|
0-2 |
| 07/29 08:45 | 4 |
Toby Penty vs Anders Antonsen
|
0-2 |
| 07/29 08:45 | 4 |
Kanta Tsuneyama vs Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
|
0-2 |
Viktor Axelsen
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Anders Antonsen
Kwang Hee Heo
Zii Jia Lee
Mark Caljouw
Jonatan Christie
Kanta Tsuneyama
Toby Penty
Yuqi Shi
Tien Chen Chou
Tzu Wei Wang
Tien Minh Nguyen
Nhat Nguyen
Ygor Coelho
Luka Wraber
Lino Munoz
Timothy Lam
Kento Momota
Georges Julien Paul
Brian Yang
Ade Resky Dwicahyo
Kean Yew Loh
Raul Must
Artem Pochtarov
Kai Schaefer
Kalle Koljonen
Misha Zilberman
Sergey Sirant
Pablo Abian
Niluka Karunaratne
Gergely Krausz
Brice Leverdez
Sai Praneeth B.
Ka Long Angus Ng
Felix Burestedt
Kantaphon Wangcharoen
Aram Mahmoud
Matthew Abela
The men's singles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 2 August 2021 at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. A total of 41 players from 36 nations actually competed at the tournament.
Denmark's Viktor Axelsen defeated the defending Olympic champion Chen Long from China 21–15, 21–12, to win the gold medal in men's singles badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He became the first non-Asian to win the badminton men's singles event since compatriot Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, who achieved the feat in 1996. In the bronze-medal match, Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting defeated Guatemala's Kevin Cordón 21–11, 21–13. Ginting became the first Olympic badminton medalist from Indonesia in men's singles since Sony Dwi Kuncoro in 2004. He also became the first Youth Olympic badminton medalist to win a medal at the Olympics, having also won bronze in 2014.