1978 European Badminton Championships

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

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

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Flemming Delfs	Sture Johnsson	17–14, 15–9
Men's singles	Thomas Kihlström	Ray Stevens	7–15, 15–4, 15–8
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Anette Börjesson	11–0, 11–2
Women's singles	Jane Webster	Joke van Beusekom	9–12, 11–1, 11–8
Men's doubles	Thomas Kihlström Bengt Fröman	David Eddy Eddy Sutton	15–9, 15–5
Men's doubles	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Stefan Karlsson Claes Nordin	15–12, 10–15, 15–4
Women's doubles	Nora Perry Anne Statt	Inge Borgstrøm Pia Nielsen	17–14, 15–11
Women's doubles	Barbara Sutton Jane Webster	Joke van Beusekom Marjan Ridder	13–15, 15–10, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen	Billy Gilliland Joanna Flockhart	15–4, 15–4
Mixed doubles	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	Rob Ridder Marjan Ridder	15–8, 15–5

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score^[3]
Men's singles	Flemming Delfs	Thomas Kihlström	10–15, 15–6, 15–12
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Jane Webster	11–4, 9–11, 11–0
Men's doubles	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	15–6, 15–5
Women's doubles	Nora Perry Anne Statt	Barbara Sutton Jane Webster	15–7, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen	15–9, 15–10

^ "Singapore players all are winners". The Straits Times. 17 April 1978. p. 26. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ World badminton, volume 33, page 3, Herbert Scheele, April 1978
^ "Singapore players all are winners". The Straits Times. 17 April 1978. Retrieved 14 January 2022 – via NewspaperSG.

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