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1979 All England Open Badminton Championships

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1979 All England Championships
Tournament details
DatesMarch 21 (21-03)–
March 25 (25-03)
Edition69th
VenueWembley Arena
LocationLondon
← < 1978 1980 > →

The 1979 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England in March 1979. [1][2]

Final results

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Indonesia Liem Swie King Denmark Flemming Delfs 15–7, 15–8
Women's singles Denmark Lene Køppen Japan Saori Kondo 13–9, 1–11, 11–8
Men's doubles Indonesia Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi Sweden Stefan Karlsson & Claes Nordin 17–16, 15–3
Women's doubles Indonesia Verawaty Wiharjo & Imelda Wiguna Japan Atsuko Tokuda & Mikiko Takada 15-3, 10-15, 15-5
Mixed doubles Indonesia Christian Hadinata & Imelda Wiguna England Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry 15-1, 18–17

Men's singles

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Seeds

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  1. Indonesia Liem Swie King
  2. India Prakash Padukone - withdrew injured
  3. Denmark Flemming Delfs
  4. Denmark Morten Frost
  5. Japan Kinji Zeniya
  7. Denmark Svend Pri
  8. Sweden Thomas Kihlström

Section 1

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Indonesia Liem Swie King
Indonesia Swie King 15 15
Denmark Mogens Neergaard Denmark Neergaard 1 5
Indonesia Swie King 15 15
Denmark Steen Fladberg Denmark Fladberg 8 5
Denmark Fladberg 15 2 17
Sweden Thomas Kihlström Sweden Kihlström 12 15 15
Indonesia Swie King 15 18
Denmark Morten Frost Hansen Denmark Frost 4 15
Denmark Frost 15 15
England Brian Wallwork England Wallwork 2 1
Denmark Frost 14 15 15
Indonesia Dhany Sartika Indonesia Sartika 17 13 12
Indonesia Sartika 15 18
Japan Kinji Zeniya Japan Zeniya 11 16

Section 2

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Denmark Flemming Delfs
Denmark Delfs 15 15
Wales Philip Sutton Wales Sutton 5 0
Denmark Delfs 15 12 15
Sweden Sture Johnsson Sweden Johnsson 8 15 5
Sweden Johnsson 15 15
Japan Masao Tsuchida Japan Tsuchida 7 7
Denmark Delfs 17 17
Denmark Svend Pri Denmark Pri 14 16
Denmark Pri 12 15 15
England Kevin Jolly England Jolly 15 0 9
Denmark Pri 15 15
Indonesia Lius Pongoh Indonesia Pongoh 4 6
Indonesia Pongoh 15 15
Japan Yoshitaka Iino Japan Iino 10 11

Women's singles

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Seeds

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  1. Denmark Lene Køppen
  2. Japan Hiroe Yuki
  3. Indonesia Verawaty Wiharjo
  4. England Gillian Gilks
  5. Canada Wendy Carter
  6. England Nora Perry
  7. England Jane Webster
  8. Japan Atsuko Tokuda

Section 1

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Denmark Lene Køppen
Denmark Køppen
Denmark Køppen 11 11
Japan Atsuko Tokuda Japan Tokuda 2 4
Japan Tokuda
Denmark Køppen
England Gillian Gilks England Gilks
England Gilks 11 11
Japan Yoshiko Yonekura Japan Yonekura 0 1
England Gilks 12 11
Canada Wendy Carter Canada Carter 11 8
Canada Carter 12 11
Japan Hitomi Isheda Japan Isheda 10 6

Section 2

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Japan Saori Kondo
Japan Kondo 11 11
Indonesia Verawaty Wiharjo Indonesia Verawaty 6 3
Japan Kondo 11 11
Japan Mikiko Takada Japan Takada 3 4
Japan Takada w/o
Denmark Pia Nielsen Denmark Nielsen scr
Japan Kondo
England Jane Webster England Webster
England Webster
England Webster 8 12 11
Japan Hiroe Yuki Japan Yuki 11 9 2
Japan Yuki

References

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  1. ^ "The Times (London)". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  2. ^ The Straits Times (Singapore)
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