Badminton at the 1961 SEAP Games was held in Rangoon, Burma from 11 to 16 December in 1961. Five competitions were held in men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles and in mixed doubles.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Channarong Ratanaseangsuang	Smas Slayman	Teh Kew San
Men's doubles	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Narong Bhornchima Raphi Kanchanaraphi
Women's singles	Tan Gaik Bee	Pachara Pattabongse	Sio Chin Chu
Women's doubles	Sumol Chanklum Pankae Phongarn	Tan Gaik Bee Jean Moey	Ma Thin Wa Pamela Fink
Mixed doubles	Raphi Kanchanaraphi Pankae Phongarn	Ng Boon Bee Ng Mei Ling

• Men's doubles bronze medalist either Yan Sarovouth, Oun Phen or Myint Htoon, Mg Hla

Final results

Discipline	Winner	Finalist	Score
Men's singles	Channarong Ratanaseangsuang	Smas Slayman
Women's singles	Tan Gaik Bee	Pachara Pattabongse	6–11, 12–11, 11–4
Men's doubles	Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan	Narong Bhornchima & Raphi Kanchanaraphi	15–8, 6–15, 15–10
Women's doubles	Sumol Chanklum & Pankae Phongarn	Tan Gaik Bee & Jean Moey
Mixed doubles	Raphi Kanchanaraphi & Pankae Phongarn	Ng Boon Bee & Ng Mei Ling	14–18, 15–8, 15–9

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand (THA)	3	2	0	5
2	Malaya (MAL)	2	2	1	5
3	Cambodia (CAM)	0	1	0	1
4	Burma (BIR)	0	0	2	2
5	Laos (LAO)	0	0	0	0
Totals (5 entries)		5	5	3	13

References

• https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19611217-1.2.52.4
• https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19611220-1.2.123
• https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19611214-1.2.139.6