1978 European Badminton Championships

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1978 European Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates13–15 April
Edition6
Venue Guild Hall [1]
Location Preston, England
1976 1980

The 6th European Badminton Championships were held in Preston, England, between 13 April and 15 April 1978, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton England. [2]

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In the individual match between Kevin Jolly and Jesper Helledie, Jolly was disqualified from the tournament due to his protest of not playing the match in a sporting manner, because he did not accept the line judge's decision. [3]

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Flemming Delfs Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Kihlström Flag of Sweden.svg Sture Johnsson
Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens
Women's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen Flag of England.svg Jane Webster Flag of Sweden.svg Anette Börjesson
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom
Men's doubles Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens
and Mike Tredgett
Flag of Sweden.svg Bengt Fröman
and Thomas Kihlström
Flag of England.svg David Eddy
and Eddy Sutton
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Karlsson
and Claes Nordin
Women's doubles Flag of England.svg Nora Perry
and Anne Statt
Flag of England.svg Jane Webster
and Barbara Sutton
Flag of Denmark.svg Inge Borgström
and Pia Nielsen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom
and Marjan Ridder
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Mike Tredgett
and Nora Perry
Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Skovgaard
and Lene Køppen
Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Gilliland
and Joanna Flockhart
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Ridder
and Marjan Ridder
Teams Flag of England.svg England Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

Semifinals

DisciplineWinnerRunner-upScore
Men's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Flemming Delfs Flag of Sweden.svg Sture Johnsson 17–14, 15–9
Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Kihlström Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens 7–15, 15–4, 15–8
Women's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen Flag of Sweden.svg Anette Börjesson 11–0, 11–2
Flag of England.svg Jane Webster Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom 9–12, 11–1, 11–8
Men's doubles Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Kihlström
Flag of Sweden.svg Bengt Fröman
Flag of England.svg David Eddy
Flag of England.svg Eddy Sutton
15–9, 15–5
Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens
Flag of England.svg Mike Tredgett
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Karlsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Claes Nordin
15–12, 10–15, 15–4
Women's doubles Flag of England.svg Nora Perry
Flag of England.svg Anne Statt
Flag of Denmark.svg Inge Borgstrøm
Flag of Denmark.svg Pia Nielsen
17–14, 15–11
Flag of England.svg Barbara Sutton
Flag of England.svg Jane Webster
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Ridder
13–15, 15–10, 15–7
Mixed doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Skovgaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen
Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Gilliland
Flag of Scotland.svg Joanna Flockhart
15–4, 15–4
Flag of England.svg Mike Tredgett
Flag of England.svg Nora Perry
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Ridder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Ridder
15–8, 15–5

Final results

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore [5]
Men's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Flemming Delfs Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Kihlström 10–15, 15–6, 15–12
Women's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen Flag of England.svg Jane Webster 11–4, 9–11, 11–0
Men's doubles Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens
Flag of England.svg Mike Tredgett
Flag of Sweden.svg Bengt Fröman
Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Kihlström
15–6, 15–5
Women's doubles Flag of England.svg Nora Perry
Flag of England.svg Anne Statt
Flag of England.svg Barbara Sutton
Flag of England.svg Jane Webster
15–7, 15–7
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Mike Tredgett
Flag of England.svg Nora Perry
Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Skovgaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen
15–9, 15–10

Medal account

  *   Host nation (England)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of England.svg  England*4228
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2215
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0246
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0033
5Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 0011
Totals (5 entries)661123

References

  1. "Record entry for European badminton". Liverpool Echo. 3 February 1978.
  2. "Singapore players all are winners". The Straits Times . 17 April 1978. p. 26. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. "EM 1978 i Preston" (PDF). Badminton Museet (in Danish) (06 ed.). May 1978. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  4. World badminton, volume 33, page 3, Herbert Scheele, April 1978
  5. "Singapore players all are winners". The Straits Times. 17 April 1978. Retrieved 14 January 2022 via NewspaperSG.