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
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

Seeds

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
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
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

Seeds

1-2 Gillian Gilks
1-2 Lene Køppen

Section 1
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
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 Beusekon 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
  1. The Times (London)
  2. The Straits Times (Singapore)
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