1996 European Badminton Championships

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1996 European Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates13–20 April
Edition15
Location Herning, Denmark
1994 1998

The 15th European Badminton Championships were held in Herning, Denmark, between 13 and 20 April 1996, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Danmarks Badminton Forbund.

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Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Rasmussen Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Olsson
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen van Dijk
Women's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Camilla Martin Flag of Russia.svg Marina Yakusheva Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Sondergaard
Men's doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Lund
and Jon Holst Christensen
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Søgaard
and Henrik Svarrer
Flag of England.svg Simon Archer
and Chris Hunt
Flag of Sweden.svg Pär-Gunnar Jonsson
and Peter Axelsson
Women's doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen
and Marlene Thomsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Olsen
and Helene Kirkegaard
Flag of England.svg Julie Bradbury
and Joanne Wright
Flag of Germany.svg Katrin Schmidt
and Kerstin Ubben
Mixed doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Søgaard
and Rikke Olsen
Flag of England.svg Simon Archer
and Julie Bradbury
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Keck
and Karen Stechmann
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Michels
and Erica van den Heuvel
Teams Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of England.svg England

Results

Semi-finals

CategoryWinnerRunner-upScore
Men's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Olsson 15–7, 15–3
Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Rasmussen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen van Dijk 15–9, 18–13
Women's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Camilla Martin Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson 11–6, 11–4
Flag of Russia.svg Marina Yakusheva Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Søndergaard 11–6, 11–9
Men's doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jon-Holst Christensen
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Lund
Flag of England.svg Chris Hunt
Flag of England.svg Simon Archer
15–6, 15–10
Flag of Denmark.svg Henrik Svarrer

Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Søgaard

Flag of Sweden.svg Pär-Gunnar Jönsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Axelsson
15–8, 15–6
Women's doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Helene Kirkegaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Olsen
Flag of Germany.svg Katrin Schmidt
Flag of Germany.svg Kerstin Ubben
15–6, 15–5
Flag of Denmark.svg Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen
Flag of England.svg Joanne Goode
Flag of England.svg Julie Bradbury
15–12, 10–15, 15–4
Mixed doubles Flag of England.svg Simon Archer
Flag of England.svg Julie Bradbury
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Michels
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Erica van den Heuvel
15–11, 15–12
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Søgaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Olsen
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Keck
Flag of Germany.svg Karen Neumann
15–9, 15–10

Finals

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Rasmussen 15–5, 15–11
Women's singles Flag of Denmark.svg Camilla Martin Flag of Russia.svg Marina Yakusheva 11–0, 11–3
Men's doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jon-Holst Christensen
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Lund
Flag of Denmark.svg Henrik Svarrer
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Søgaard
10–15, 15–12, 18–17
Women's doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Helene Kirkegaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Olsen
6–15, 15–12, 15–10
Mixed doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Søgaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Olsen
Flag of England.svg Simon Archer
Flag of England.svg Julie Bradbury
18–16, 15–2

Medal account

PosCountry Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png Total
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 63110
2Flag of England.svg  England 0134
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0134
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0101
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0022
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0022

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