Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Badminton
at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Badminton ; at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Venue	University of Alberta Arena
Dates	03-12 August 1978
	← 1974 1982 →

Last updated January 12, 2025

The badminton competition at the 1978 Commonwealth Games took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 3 August until 12 August 1978.^[1]^[2]

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Prakash Padukone	Derek Talbot	15–9, 15–8
Women's singles	Sylvia Ng	Katherine Swee Phek Teh	11–5, 11–3
Men's doubles	Ray Stevens & Mike Tredgett	Moo Foot Lian & Ong Teong Boon	15-10, 15–5
Women's doubles	Nora Perry & Anne Statt	Claire Backhouse & Jane Youngberg	10-15, 15–2, 15–12
Mixed doubles	Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry	Billy Gilliland & Joanna Flockhart	15-7, 15-7
Mixed team	England	Canada	4-1

Results

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Men's singles

Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

1	Prakash Padukone	15	15
16	Moo Foot Lian	3	6	Padukone	15	15
8	Richard Purser	15	15	Purser	1	8
9	Keith Priestman	13	4					Padukone	15	15
5	Ray Stevens	15	18					Stevens	0	7
12	Lucio Fabris	5	14	Stevens	15	15
4	Syed Modi	15	15	Modi	5	12
13	James Selvaraj	7	9									Padukone	15	15
6	Derek Talbot	15	15									Talbot	9	8
11	William Thompson	5	2	Talbot	18	3	15
3	Partho Ganguli	15	15	Ganguli	13	15	10
14	Abu Bakar Sufian	6	10					Talbot	15	13	15	Third place
7	Saw Swee Leong	17	15					Leong	5	15	8
10	Uday Pawar	16	6	Leong	15	15						Stevens	15	15
2	Ross Livingston	18	15	Livingston	7	2						Leong	4	11
15	Kevin Jolly	16	11

Women's singles

Round of 16					Quarter-finals			Semi-finals				Final

1	Sylvia Ng	11	11
16	Audrey Swaby	2	4		Ng	11	11
8	Nora Perry	11	11		Perry	0	8
9	Johanne Falardeau	1	6					Ng	11	11
5	Jane Webster	11	11					Webster	8	2
12	Susan Daly	7	8		Webster	11	11
4	Jane Youngberg	12	11		Youngberg	9	3
13	Kanwal Thakur Singh	10	5									Ng	11	11
6	Katherine Swee Phek Teh	11	1	11								Phek Teh	5	3
11	Pamela Hamilton	1	11	2	Phek Teh	11	11
3	Karen Bridge	11	11		Bridge	6	8
14	Alison Branfield	3	3					Phek Teh	11	9	11	Third place
7	Wendy Clarkson	11	11					Clarkson	7	12	9
10	Anne Johnstone	2	3		Clarkson	11	11					Clarkson	11	11
2	Barbara Beckett	11	11		Beckett	5	1					Webster	1	3
15	Mary Livingston	7	6

Men's doubles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Finals

	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	15	15

	Peter Cooper Paul Kong	7	6
					Stevens Tredgett	15	15

					Purser Purser	5	8
	Bryan Purser Richard Purser	15	15

	Abu Bakar Sufian James Selvaraj	9	8
									Stevens Tredgett	15	15

									Lian Teong	10	5
	Moo Foot Lian Ong Teong Boon	17	12	15

	Prakash Padukone Uday Pawar	16	15	8
					Lian Teong	15	11	15	Third place

					Talbot Jolly	5	15	2
	Derek Talbot Kevin Jolly	15	5	15					Purser Purser	15	11	15

	Keith Priestman Greg Carter	9	15	12					Talbot Jolly	10	15	1

Women's doubles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals			Finals

	Nora Perry Anne Statt	15	15

	Anne Johnstone Pamela Hamilton	2	9
					Perry Statt	15	15

					Ghia Singh	5	4
	Ami Ghia Kanwal Thakur Singh	15	13	15

	Sylvia Ng Katherine Swee Phek Teh	6	18	8
								Perry Statt	10	15	15

								Backhouse Youngberg	15	5	12
	Claire Backhouse Jane Youngberg	17	15

	Barbara Beckett Dorothy Cunningham	14	10
					Backhouse Youngberg	15	17	Third place

					Sutton Webster	7	16
	Barbara Sutton Jane Webster	15	15					Ghia Singh	15	9	15

	Christine Stewart Joanna Flockhart	8	3					Sutton Webster	7	15	5

Mixed doubles

Quarterfinals				Semifinals			Finals

	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	17	15

	Fraser Gow Christine Stewart	15	11
				Tredgett Perry	15	15

				Purser Branfield	5	2
	Richard Purser Alison Branfield	15	15

	Greg Carter Wendy Clarkson	7	12
							Tredgett Perry	15	15

							Gilliland Flockhart	7	7
	Billy Gilliland Joanna Flockhart	15	15

	Kevin Jolly Karen Bridge	10	4
				Gilliland Flockhart	15	15	Third place

				Talbot Sutton	4	5
	Derek Talbot Barbara Sutton	15	17				Talbot Sutton	15	15

	Peter Cooper Joan Jones	13	16				Purser Branfield	9	9

Mixed Team

Semi-finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
England	Malaysia	4-1
Canada	New Zealand	4-1

Bronze Medal Play off

Malaysia
4

New Zealand
1

		1	2	3
1	Sylvia Ng Mary Livingston	11 0	11 1
2	Moo Foot Lian / James Selvaraj Steve Wilson / Ross Livingston	12 15	15 6	15 11
3	Sylvia Ng / Katherine Swee Phek Teh Alison Branfield / Allison Sinton	4 15	15 13	15 6
4	Saw Swee Leong Bryan Purser	w/o scr
5	James Selvaraj / Katherine Swee Phek Teh Richard Purser / Alison Branfield	15 4	15 5

Final

England
4

Canada
1

		1	2	3
1	Mike Tredgett / Ray Stevens Greg Carter / Keith Priestman	15 3	15 3
2	Nora Perry / Anne Statt Jane Youngberg / Claire Backhouse	15 9	17 14
3	Jane Webster Wendy Clarkson	11 2	7 11	3 11
4	Derek Talbot John Czich	12 15	15 5	15 11
5	Mike Tredgett / Nora Perry Lucio Fabris / Johanne Falardeau	15 3	15 6

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References

↑ "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
↑ Forsythe, John (January 1979). "England triumphs in Commonwealth Games" (PDF). World Badminton. Vol. 7, no. 4. p. 4–6. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

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[1] "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2016-01-14.

[2] Forsythe, John (January 1979). "England triumphs in Commonwealth Games" (PDF). World Badminton. Vol. 7, no. 4. p. 4–6. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

[3] "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

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