Badminton World Championship 1977
The 1st Badminton World Championship took place from May 3rd to 8th, 1977 in Malmö , Sweden . The finals were played on May 8, 1977. Zambia, the only African country at the start, withdrew its players, as athletes from New Zealand were at the start, who in turn had sporting ties to South Africa, which was ostracized because of its apartheid policy.
Medalist
Final results
Men's singles
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||
 Thomas Kihlström
|
15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
 Elo Hansen
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5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Kihlström
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||
| Svend Pri
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Svend Pri
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
 Hadiyanto
|
2 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Svend Pri
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5 | 6th | ||||||||||||||
| Flemming Delfs
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
 Prakash Padukone
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6th | 15th | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Iie Sumirat
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15th | 10 | 15th | |||||||||||||
| Iie Sumirat
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1 | 17th | ||||||||||||||
| Flemming Delfs
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15th | 18th | ||||||||||||||
| Stubborn Johnsson
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6th | 4th | ||||||||||||||
| Flemming Delfs
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
Ladies singles
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||
 Saori Kondo
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12 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Lene Køppen
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10 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Lene Køppen
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11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
 Margaret Lockwood
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6th | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Margaret Lockwood
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11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Atsuko Tokuda
|
6th | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lene Køppen
|
12 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Gillian Gilks
|
9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
 Wendy Clarkson
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5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Hiroe Yuki
|
11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Hiroe Yuki
|
4th | 7th | ||||||||||||||
| Gillian Gilks
|
11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Emiko Ueno
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2 | 7th | ||||||||||||||
| Gillian Gilks
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11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
Men's doubles
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||
| David Eddy Eddy Sutton
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14th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström
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7th | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Tryon Ian Johnson
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2 | 8th | ||||||||||||||
| Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra
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6th | 4th | ||||||||||||||
| Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Kinji Zeniya Masao Tsuchida
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4th | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett
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8th | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard
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10 | 6th | ||||||||||||||
Ladies doubles
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||
| Sri Wiyanti Imelda Wiguna
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7th | 8th | ||||||||||||||
| Etsuko Toganoo Emiko Ueno
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Etsuko Toganoo Emiko Ueno
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15th | 15th | 15th | |||||||||||||
| Inge Borgstrøm Pia Nielsen
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8th | 17th | 8th | |||||||||||||
 Joanna Flockhart Christine Stewart
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5 | 4th | ||||||||||||||
| Inge Borgstrøm Pia Nielsen
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Etsuko Toganoo Emiko Ueno
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
 Joke van Beusekom Marjan Ridder
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10 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Joke van Beusekom Marjan Ridder
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17th | 18th | ||||||||||||||
| Theresia Widiastuti Regina Masli
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14th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Joke van Beusekom Marjan Ridder
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4th | 15th | 15th | |||||||||||||
| Margaret Lockwood Nora Perry
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15th | 6th | 8th | |||||||||||||
| Margaret Lockwood Nora Perry
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada
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9 | 7th | ||||||||||||||
Mixed
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||
| Lucio Fabris Wendy Clarkson
|
8th | 6th | ||||||||||||||
| Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen
|
15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen
|
17th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
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15th | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Elo Hansen Joke van Beusekom
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7th | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen
|
15th | 18th | ||||||||||||||
| Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
|
12 | 17th | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Gilliland Joanna Flockhart
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18th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
 Roland Maywald Brigitte Steden
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14th | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Gilliland Joanna Flockhart
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17th | 6th | ||||||||||||||
| Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
|
18th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
|
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Medal table
| space | country |
|
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total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Denmark
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |
Indonesia
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
Japan
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4th |
England
|
0 | 2 | 4th | 6th |
| 5 |
Netherlands
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6th |
Sweden
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7th |
Scotland
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |