1978 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1978 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England, from 15–18 March 1978. The event was sponsored by John Player. [1][2]

1978 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates15 March 1978 (1978-03-15)
18 March 1978 (1978-03-18)
Edition68th
VenueWembley Arena
LocationLondon
← < 1977 1979 > →

Final results

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles   Liem Swie King   Rudy Hartono 15–10, 15–3
Women's singles   Gillian Gilks   Saori Kondo 11–1, 11–9
Men's doubles   Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi   Christian Hadinata & Ade Chandra 15–12, 15–8
Women's doubles   Atsuko Tokuda & Mikiko Takada   Emiko Ueno & Yoshiko Yonekura 18-16, 15-6
Mixed doubles   Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry   Steen Skovgaard & Lene Køppen 15-7, 15–4

Men's singles

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Seeds

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1-2   Rudy Hartono
1-2   Svend Pri
3-4   Flemming Delfs
3-4   Thomas Kihlström
5-8   Morten Frost Hansen
5-8   Liem Swie King

Section 1

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
  Liem Swie King 15 15
  Elo Hansen 8 5   Swie King 15 15
  Torben Nielsen 9 15 15   Nielsen 4 2
  Yoshitaka Iino 15 9 11   Swie King 15 15
  Svend Pri   Pri 10 5
  Nobutaka Ikeda   Pri 13 15 15
  Bryan Purser 15 15   Purser 15 8 12
  Mike Tredgett 5 10   Swie King 15 15
  Iie Sumirat 15 15   Sumirat 11 13
  Kenneth Larsen 5 17   Sumirat 15 15
  Kinji Zeniya 15 15   Zeniya 1 3
  Mark Harry 11 7   Sumirat 6 15 15
  Thomas Kihlström 15 17   Kihlström 15 8 4
  Jesper Helledie 4 15   Kihlström 15 15
  Michael Wilks 15 17   Wilks 9 4
  Richard Purser 6 14

Section 2

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
  Rudy Hartono 15 15
  Brian White 9   Hartono 15 10 18
  Sture Johnsson 15 15   Johnsson 9 15 17
  Shoichi Toganoo 3 4   Hartono 15 15
  Morten Frost 15 15   Frost 8 7
  Sanjay Sharma 7 8   Frost 15 15
  Henrik Fahrenholz 15 15   Fahrenholz 8 8
  Johan Croukamp 7 7   Hartono 15 15
  Flemming Delfs 15 15   Delfs 7 12
  Gordon McMillan 11 6   Delfs 15 15
  Christian Lundberg 15 15   Lundberg 12 3
  P Lind   Delfs 5 15 15
  Prakash Padukone 15 15   Padukone 15 8 11
  Pat Tyron 5 7   Padukone 15 18
  Masao Tsuchida 15 15   Tsuchida 5 14
  Brian Wallwork 2 8

Women's singles

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Seeds

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1-2   Gillian Gilks
1-2   Lene Køppen

Section 1

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
  Gillian Gilks 11 11
  Lonny Bostofte 0 3   Gilks 11 11
  Yoshiko Yonekura 11 11   Yonekura 5 6
  P Ferrington 3 2   Gilks 11 11
  Atsuko Tokuda 12 11   Tokuda 0 7
  Taty Sumirah 10 2   Tokuda 11 11
  Heather Neilsen 11 12   Nielsen 3 1
  Kirsten Meier 2 10   Gilks 12 5 11
  Hiroe Yuki 11 11   Yuki 11 11 3
  Imre Nielsen 4 3   Yuki 11 11
  Eva-Maria Zwiebler 2 11 11   Zwiebler 2 1
  Anette Börjesson 11 8 9   Yuki 11 11
  Mikiko Takada 11 11   Takada 3 3
  Marjan Ridder 6 9   Takada 11 11
  Inge Borgstrøm 13 11   Borgstrøm 3 8
  Verawaty Wiharjo 11 3

Section 2

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
  Saori Kondo 11 11
  Marianne Christensen 1 1   Kondo 8 11 11
  Karen Bridge 11 11   Bridge 11 5 4
  Ivana Lie 1 8   Kondo 9 11 11
  Joke van Beusekom 11 8 11   van Beusekom 11 7 2
  Jette Boyer 1 11 6   van Beusekom 11 11
  Pia Nielsen 11 11   Nielsen 7 0
  Ruth Damayanti 4 3   Kondo 5 11 11
  Wendy Clarkson 11 11   Clarkson 11 6 7
  Susanne Berg 3 1   Clarkson 11 11
  Emiko Ueno 11 11   Ueno 2 8
  Sue Whittaker 3 3   Clarkson 11 6 11
  Lene Køppen 11 11   Køppen 8 11 8
  Gussie Botes 4 6   Køppen 11 11
  Jane Webster 11 11   Webster 3 5
  Tan Soo Gwan 1 2

References

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