1976 European Badminton Championships

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.

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

Medalists

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

Semifinals

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

  Mike Tredgett

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

Final results

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

Medal account

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Pos Country       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