1978 European Badminton Championships

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1978 European Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates13–15 April
Edition6
LocationPreston, England
1976 1980

The 6th European Badminton Championships were held in Preston (England), between 13 April and 15 April 1978, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton England.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Denmark Flemming Delfs Sweden Thomas Kihlström Sweden Sture Johnsson
England Ray Stevens
Women's singles Denmark Lene Køppen England Jane Webster Sweden Anette Börjesson
Netherlands Joke van Beusekom
Men's doubles England Ray Stevens
and Mike Tredgett
Sweden Bengt Fröman
and Thomas Kihlström
England David Eddy
and Eddy Sutton
Sweden Stefan Karlsson
and Claes Nordin
Women's doubles England Nora Perry
and Anne Statt
England Jane Webster
and Barbara Sutton
Denmark Inge Borgström
and Pia Nielsen
Netherlands Joke van Beusekom
and Marjan Ridder
Mixed doubles England Mike Tredgett
and Nora Perry
Denmark Steen Skovgaard
and Lene Køppen
Scotland Billy Gilliland
and Joanna Flockhart
Netherlands Rob Ridder
and Marjan Ridder
Teams England England Denmark Denmark Sweden Sweden

Final results[edit]

Category Winners Runners-up Score[2]
Men's singles Denmark Flemming Delfs Sweden Thomas Kihlström 10–15, 15–6, 15–12
Women's singles Denmark Lene Køppen England Jane Webster 11–4, 9–11, 11–0
Men's doubles England Ray Stevens
England Mike Tredgett
Sweden Bengt Fröman
Sweden Thomas Kihlström
15–6, 15–5
Women's doubles England Nora Perry
England Anne Statt
England Barbara Sutton
England Jane Webster
15–7, 15–7
Mixed doubles England Mike Tredgett
England Nora Perry
Denmark Steen Skovgaard
Denmark Lene Køppen
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Medal account[edit]

Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  England 4 2 2 8
2  Denmark 2 2 1 5
3  Sweden 0 2 4 6
4  Netherlands 0 0 3 3
5  Scotland 0 0 1 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Singapore players all are winners". The Straits Times. 17 April 1978. p. 26. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Singapore players all are winners". The Straits Times. 17 April 1978. Retrieved 14 January 2022 – via NewspaperSG.

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