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1976 European Badminton Championships

1976 European Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates6–7 April 1976
Edition5
LocationDublin, Ireland
1974 1978

The 5th European Badminton Championships were held in Dublin, Ireland, 6–7 April 1976, hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton Union of Ireland.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Denmark Flemming Delfs Denmark Elo Hansen West Germany Wolfgang Bochow
England Paul Whetnall
Women's singles England Gillian Gilks Denmark Lene Køppen England Susan Whetnall
England Margaret Lockwood
Men's doubles England Ray Stevens
and Mike Tredgett
England Derek Talbot
and Eddy Sutton
West Germany Willi Braun
and Roland Maywald
Sweden Bengt Fröman
and Thomas Kihlström
Women's doubles England Gillian Gilks
and Susan Whetnall
England Margaret Lockwood
and Nora Gardner
West Germany Karin Kucki
and Vera Winter
Scotland Joanna Flockhart
and Christine Stewart
Mixed doubles England Derek Talbot
and Gillian Gilks
Denmark Steen Skovgaard
and Lene Køppen
Netherlands Rob Ridder
and Marjan Luesken
England Mike Tredgett
and Nora Gardner
Teams Denmark Denmark England England Sweden Sweden

Semifinals

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Discipline Winner Runner-up Score
Men's singles Denmark Elo Hansen West Germany Wolfgang Bochow 9–15, 15–9, 15–8
Denmark Flemming Delfs England Paul Whetnall 15–9, 15–7
Women's singles England Gillian Gilks England Susan Whetnall 11–5, 11–2
Denmark Lene Køppen England Margaret Lockwood 11–5, 11–5
Men's doubles England Ray Stevens

England Mike Tredgett

West Germany Willi Braun
West Germany Roland Maywald
15–9, 15–17, 15–9
England Derek Talbot
England Eddy Sutton
Sweden Bengt Fröman
Sweden Thomas Kihlström
15–13, 15–9
Women's doubles England Gillian Gilks
England Susan Whetnall
West Germany Karin Kucki
West Germany Vera Winter
15–7, 15–6
England Nora Gardner
England Margaret Lockwood
Scotland Joanna Flockhart
Scotland Christine Stewart
15–7, 15–8
Mixed doubles England Derek Talbot
England Gillian Gilks
Netherlands Rob Ridder
Netherlands Marjan Luesken
15–7, 15–12
Denmark Steen Skovgaard
Denmark Lene Køppen
England Mike Tredgett
England Nora Gardner
9–15, 15–7, 15–4

Final results

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Denmark Flemming Delfs Denmark Elo Hansen 15–4, 15–7
Women's singles England Gillian Gilks Denmark Lene Køppen 11–6, 12–11
Men's doubles England Mike Tredgett
England Ray Stevens
England Derek Talbot
England Eddy Sutton
13–15, 15–12, 15–6
Women's doubles England Gillian Gilks
England Susan Whetnall
England Margaret Lockwood
England Nora Gardner
15–8, 15–4
Mixed doubles England Derek Talbot
England Gillian Gilks
Denmark Steen Skovgaard
Denmark Lene Køppen
6–15, 15–12, 17–15

Medal account

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Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  England 4 3 4 11
2  Denmark 2 3 0 5
3  West Germany 0 0 3 3
4  Sweden 0 0 2 2
5  Scotland 0 0 1 1
 Netherlands 0 0 1 1

References

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  1. ^ World badminton, volume 25, page 8, Herbert Scheele, May 1976