1968 European Badminton Championships

The 1st European Badminton Championship took place from April 19 to April 21, 1968 in Bochum ( Germany ) and was organized by the European Badminton Union and the German Badminton Association .

Medalist

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
Men's singles	Stubborn Johnsson	Wolfgang Bochow	Elo Hansen
			Jørgen Mortensen
Ladies singles	Irmgard Latz	Marieluise Wackerow	Eva Twedberg
			Angela Bairstow
Men's doubles	David Eddy Roger Powell	Tony Jordan Roger Mills	Robert McCoig Mac Henderson
			Franz Beinvogl Willi Braun
Ladies doubles	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	Angela Bairstow Gillian Perrin	Agnes Geene Joke van Beusekom
			Anne Flindt Bente Sørensen
Mixed	Tony Jordan Susan Whetnall	Roger Mills Gillian Perrin	Wolfgang Bochow Irmgard Latz
			Klaus Kaagaard Anne Flindt

Final results

discipline	winner	finalist	Result
Men's singles	Stubborn Johnsson	Wolfgang Bochow	17-14, 11-15, 15-5
Ladies singles	Irmgard Latz	Marieluise Wackerow	11-4, 7-11, 11-6
Men's doubles	David Eddy / Roger Powell	Tony Jordan / Roger Mills	7-15, 15-13, 15-5
Ladies doubles	Margaret Boxall / Susan Whetnall	Angela Bairstow / Gillian Perrin	15-7, 18-13
Mixed	Tony Jordan / Susan Whetnall	Roger Mills / Gillian Perrin	15-13, 15-9

Medal table

Item	country				Total
1	England	3	3	1	7th
2	BR Germany	1	2	2	5
3	Sweden	1	0	1	2
4th	Denmark	0	0	4th	4th
5	Scotland	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1

credentials

• Badminton-Rundschau 11 (1968) (6): Review of the European Championship in Bochum