1997 Asian Badminton Championships

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1997 Asian Badminton Championships
Tournament information
Location Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
DatesSeptember 3–September 7
  1996
1998  

The 1997 Asian Badminton Championships was the 16th edition of the Badminton Asia Championships. It was held in Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from September 3 to September 5 with total prize money of 136,000 US Dollars. [1] [2] At the end of competitions, China took titles from four disciplines; Both the singles and Women's & Mixed doubles, while Indonesia won Men's doubles discipline. [3] [4] [5]

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Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Jun Flag of Indonesia.svg Hendrawan Flag of Indonesia.svg Ardy Wiranata
Flag of Indonesia.svg Hermawan Susanto
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Hua Flag of Indonesia.svg Lidya Djaelawijaya
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Huimin
Men's doubles Flag of Indonesia.svg Antonius Ariantho
Flag of Indonesia.svg Denny Kantono
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Wan Wah
Flag of Malaysia.svg Choong Tan Fook
Flag of Indonesia.svg Eng Hian
Flag of Indonesia.svg Hermono Yuwono
Flag of Malaysia.svg Chew Choon Eng
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chee Leong
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Zhong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Nanyan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Lu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qian Hong
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Li-chin
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tsai Hui-min
Flag of Indonesia.svg Cynthia Tuwankotta
Flag of Indonesia.svg Etty Tantri
Mixed doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Lu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Ming
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qian Hong
Flag of Indonesia.svg Sandiarto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Finarsih
Flag of Indonesia.svg Wahyu Agung
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rosalia Anastasia

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)4318
2Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia  (INA)1179
3Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)0112
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)0011
Totals (4 entries)551020

Final results

Men's singles

Semi-finals Final
          
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Jun 1515
Flag of Indonesia.svg Hermawan Susanto 4 8
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Jun 188 15
Flag of Indonesia.svg Hendrawan 14 159
Flag of Indonesia.svg Hendrawan 1815
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ardy Wiranata 15 10

Women's singles

Semi-finals Final
          
Flag of Indonesia.svg Lidya Djaelawijaya 7 118
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Hua 112 11
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Hua 119 5
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Yan 2 1111
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Huimin 7 5
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Yan 1111

Men's doubles

Semi-finals Final
          
Flag of Indonesia.svg Antonius Ariantho
Flag of Indonesia.svg Denny Kantono
1515
Flag of Indonesia.svg Eng Hian
Flag of Indonesia.svg Hermono Yuwono
12 10
Flag of Indonesia.svg Antonius Ariantho
Flag of Indonesia.svg Denny Kantono
4 1515
Flag of Malaysia.svg Choong Tan Fook
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Wan Wah
159 7
Flag of Malaysia.svg Chew Choon Eng
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chee Leong
13 12
Flag of Malaysia.svg Choong Tan Fook
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Wan Wah
1515

Women's doubles

Semi-finals Final
          
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Zhong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Nanyan
1515
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Li-chin
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tsai Hui-min
7 9
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Zhong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Nanyan
12 1715
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Lu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qian Hong
1514 6
Flag of Indonesia.svg Cynthia Tuwankotta
Flag of Indonesia.svg Etty Tantri
10 9
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Lu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qian Hong
1515

Mixed doubles

Semi-finals Final
          
Flag of Indonesia.svg Sandiarto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Finarsih
3 154
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Lu
152 15
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Lu
1517
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Ming
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qian Hong
12 16
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Ming
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qian Hong
1515
Flag of Indonesia.svg Wahyu Agung
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rosalia Anastasia
10 11

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