1970 European Badminton Championships
Appearance
Tournament details | |||
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Dates | 17–19 April | ||
Edition | 2 | ||
Location | Port Talbot, Wales | ||
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The 2nd European Badminton Championships were held in Port Talbot (Wales), between 17 and 19 April 1970, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Welsh Badminton Union.
Medalists
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Sture Johnsson | Elo Hansen | Paul Whetnall |
Wolfgang Bochow | |||
Women's singles | Eva Twedberg | Imre Nielsen | Lisbeth van Barnekow |
Margaret Boxall | |||
Men's doubles | Elo Hansen and Per Walsøe |
Erland Kops and Henning Borch |
Siegfried Betz and Roland Maywald |
David Eddy and Roger Powell | |||
Women's doubles | Margaret Boxall and Susan Whetnall |
Irmgard Latz and Marieluise Wackerow |
Karin Jørgensen and Anne Berglund |
Gillian Perrin and Margaret Beck | |||
Mixed doubles | David Eddy and Susan Whetnall |
Derek Talbot and Gillian Perrin |
Per Walsøe and Anne Berglund |
Wolfgang Bochow and Irmgard Latz |
Semifinals
[edit]Discipline | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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Men's singles | Sture Johnsson | Wolfgang Bochow | 15–3, 14–15, 15–10 |
Elo Hansen | Paul Whetnall | 15–9, 15–2 | |
Women's singles | Imre Rietveld | Margaret Boxall | 11–9, 7–11, 11–3 |
Eva Twedberg | Lisbeth van Bernekow | 11–6, 11–4 | |
Men's doubles | Erland Kops |
David Eddy Roger Powell |
15–8, 15–5 |
Elo Hansen Per Walsøe |
Siegfried Betz Roland Maywald |
6–15, 15–7, 17–14 | |
Women's doubles | Irmgard Latz Marieluise Wackerow |
Margaret Beck Gillian Perrin |
15–13, 9–15, 15–3 |
Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall |
Anne Berglund Karin Jørgensen |
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Mixed doubles | Derek Talbot Gillian Perrin |
Per Walsøe Anne Berglund |
14–18, 15–11, 15–7 |
David Eddy Susan Whetnall |
Wolfgang Bochow Irmgard Latz |
15–10, 15–8 |
Finals
[edit]Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
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Men's singles | Sture Johnsson | Elo Hansen | 15–5, 15–6 |
Women's singles | Eva Twedberg | Imre Nielsen | 11–8, 10–12, 12–10 |
Men's doubles | Elo Hansen Per Walsøe |
Erland Kops Henning Borch |
15–9, 2–15, 15–10 |
Women's doubles | Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall |
Irmgard Latz Marieluise Wackerow |
2–3, retired[3] |
Mixed doubles | David Eddy Susan Whetnall |
Derek Talbot Gillian Perrin |
17–16, 17–16 |
Medal account
[edit]Pos | Country | Total | |||
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1 | England | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
2 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Denmark | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
4 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Substitute enters final". The Straits Times. 20 April 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 30 December 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Europamesterskaber" (PDF) (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. May 1970. p. 27. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Wackerow suffered Muscle injury