1997 IBF World Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles at the 1997 IBF World Championships
Venue	Scotstoun Centre
Location	Glasgow, Scotland
Dates	May 24, 1997 (1997-05-24) – June 1, 1997 (1997-06-01)
Medalists
Peter Rasmussen    Denmark   Sun Jun    China   Heryanto Arbi    Indonesia   Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen    Denmark
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The 10th IBF World Championships (Badminton) were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 24 May and 1 June 1997. Following the results of the men's singles.

Seeds

1. Dong Jiong
2. Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
3. Sun Jun
4. Indra Wijaya
5. Joko Suprianto
6. Ong Ewe Hock
7. Fung Permadi
8. Park Sung-woo
9. Budi Santoso
10. Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen
11. Peter Gade
12. Heryanto Arbi
13. Allan Budi Kusuma
14. Luo Yigang
15. Peter Rasmussen
16. 

Main stage

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		Peter Rasmussen	15	15
		Apichai Thiraratsakul	7	6					Peter Rasmussen	15	15
		Lin Liwen	15	15					Lin Liwen	7	1
		Mikhail Korshuk	5	1												Peter Rasmussen	8	15	15
		Indra Wijaya	15	4	15											Indra Wijaya	8	15	1
		Pontus Jäntti	3	15	11				Indra Wijaya	15	15
		Mark Constable	3	15	15				Mark Constable	3	11
		Tam Lok Tin	15	9	10																		Peter Rasmussen	15	18
		Park Sung-woo	15	15																			Park Sung-woo	2	17
		Mohammed Saqib Majeed	6	8					Park Sung-woo	15	15
		Dicky Palyama	15	11	15				Dicky Palyama	5	9
		Keita Masuda	9	15	11											Park Sung-woo	17	15
		Allan Budi Kusuma	15	15												Allan Budi Kusuma	13	4
		Vikrant Patwardhan	8	1					Allan Budi Kusuma	15	15
		Henrik Bengtsson	15	15					Henrik Bengtsson	9	5
		Marco Vasconcelos	1	7

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		Heryanto Arbi	15	15
		Jürgen Koch	1	6					Heryanto Arbi	15	15
		Mike Beres	15	13	15				Mike Beres	4	9
		Chien Yu-Hsiu	9	13												Heryanto Arbi	15	15
		Ong Ewe Hock	13	15	15											Ong Ewe Hock	12	8
		Vladislav Druzchenko	18	4	12				Ong Ewe Hock	18	15
		Darren Hall	15	15					Darren Hall	13	6
		Bruce Flockhart	5	11																			Heryanto Arbi	10	15	15
		Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	15	18																			Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	15	6	1
		Thomas Johansson	13	15					Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	18	15
		Jeroen van Dijk	15	15					Jeroen van Dijk	16	5
		Andrej Pohar	10	9												Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	w.o.
		Dong Jiong	15	15												Dong Jiong
		Jang Chun Woong	6	3					Dong Jiong	15	15
		Pavel Uvarov	18	12	15				Pavel Uvarov	11	5
		Detlef Poste	13	15	12

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		Sun Jun	15	15
		Richard Vaughan	5	2					Sun Jun	15	15
		Hwang Sun-ho	15	15					Hwang Sun-ho	9	2
		Nick Hall	11	9												Sun Jun	15	18
		Budi Santoso	9	15	15											Budi Santoso	10	15
		Peter Knowles	15	11	0				Budi Santoso	17	15
		Rikard Magnusson	15	15					Rikard Magnusson	14	11
		Hans Sperre jr.	6	4																			Sun Jun	15	15
		Peter Gade	15	15																			Peter Gade	9	11
		Chris Bruil	8	5					Peter Gade	4	15	15
		Yong Hock Kin	15	15					Yong Hock Kin	15	8	2
		Klaus Raffeiner	6	2												Peter Gade	9	15	15
		Fung Permadi	15	15												Fung Permadi	15	7	9
		Bertrand Gallet	12	6					Fung Permadi	15	15
		Chang Jeng-Shyuang	15	15					Chang Jeng-Shyuang	11	6
		Peter Kreulitsch	4	9

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	15	15
		Artur Khachaturjan	6	5					Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	18	15
		Wong Choong Hann	15	15					Wong Choong Hann	16	11
		Boris Kessov	4	1												Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	15	15
		Luo Yigang	15	15												Luo Yigang	12	10
		Arturo Ruiz	7	3					Luo Yigang	15	9	15
		Fernando Silva	w.o.						Fernando Silva	3	15	4
		Pullela Gopichand																					Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	10	15	15
		Joko Suprianto	15	15																			Joko Suprianto	15	9	5
		Iain Sydie	7	10					Joko Suprianto	15	15
		Konstantin Tatranov	15	15					Konstantin Tatranov	8	11
		Daniel Eriksson	11	14												Joko Suprianto	15	15
		Kevin Han	w.o.													Kevin Han	5	8
		Oliver Pongratz							Kevin Han	18	15
		Tam Kai Chuen	15	9	15				Tam Kai Chuen	13	11
		Colin Haughton	12	15	10

Final stage

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Peter Rasmussen	15	18
		Park Sung-Woo	2	17
									Peter Rasmussen	9	15	15
									Heryanto Arbi	15	9	2
		Heryanto Arbi	10	15	15
		Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	15	6	1
																Peter Rasmussen	16	18	15
																Sun Jun	17	13	10
		Sun Jun	15	15
		Peter Gade	9	11
									Sun Jun	15	14	15
									Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	7	17	9
		Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	10	15	15
		Joko Suprianto	15	9	5

External links

• BWF Results