1986 European Badminton Championships

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1986 European Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates30 March – 5 April
Edition10
Venue Fyrishallen [1]
Location Uppsala, Sweden
1984 1988

The 10th European Badminton Championships were held in Uppsala, Sweden, between 30 March and 5 April 1986, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Svenska Badmintonförbundet.

Contents

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost Flag of Denmark.svg Ib Frederiksen Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Kjeldsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Torben Carlsen
Women's singles Flag of England.svg Helen Troke Flag of Denmark.svg Kirsten Larsen Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Svetlana Beliasova
Men's doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg
and Jesper Helledie
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Karlsson
and Thomas Kihlström
Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Eric Antonsson
and Pär-Gunnar Jönsson
Flag of Denmark.svg Mark Christiansen
and Michael Kjeldsen
Women's doubles Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark
and Gillian Gowers
Flag of Denmark.svg Dorte Kjær
and Nettie Nielsen
Flag of England.svg Karen Beckman
and Sarah Halsall
Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Bengtsson
and Christine Magnusson
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Martin Dew
and Gillian Gilks
Flag of England.svg Nigel Tier
and Gillian Gowers
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Karlsson
and Maria Bengtsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Kihlström
and Christine Magnusson
Teams Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Flag of England.svg England Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

Results

Semi-finals

CategoryWinnerRunner-upScore
Men's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Kjeldsen 7–15, 15–4, 15–3
Flag of Denmark.svg Ib Frederiksen Flag of Denmark.svg Torben Carlsen 15–9, 15–10
Women's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Kirsten Larsen Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson 11–4, 11–6
Flag of England.svg Helen Troke Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Svetlana Belyasova 11–3, 11–7
Men's doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Helledie
Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg
Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Eric Antonsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Pär-Gunnar Jönsson
15–7, 15–5
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Karlsson

Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Kihlström

Flag of Denmark.svg Mark Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Kjeldsen
15–8, 15–6
Women's doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Dorte Kjær
Flag of Denmark.svg Nettie Nielsen
Flag of England.svg Karen Beckman
Flag of England.svg Sara Halsall
15–8, 15–4
Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gowers
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Bengtsson
15–10, 8–15, 15–11
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Martin Dew
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gilks
Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Kihlström
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
15–8, 15–8
Flag of England.svg Nigel Tier
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gowers
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Karlsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Bengtsson
15–11, 15–12

Finals

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost Flag of Denmark.svg Ib Frederiksen 15–8, 15–2
Women's singles Flag of England.svg Helen Troke Flag of Denmark.svg Kirsten Larsen 9–12, 11–3, 11–2
Men's doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Helledie
Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Karlsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Kihlström
15–12, 18–17
Women's doubles Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gowers
Flag of Denmark.svg Dorte Kjær
Flag of Denmark.svg Nettie Nielsen
15–11, 15–12
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Martin Dew
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gilks
Flag of England.svg Nigel Tier
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gowers
15–6, 15–8

Medal account

PosCountry Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png Total
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3339
2Flag of England.svg  England 3216
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0167
4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 0011

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References

  1. Benes, Josef (June 1986). "Uppsala 1986 a report on the European Championships" (PDF). World Badminton. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

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