Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Edmonton
Dates	03-12 August 1978

The badminton competition at the 1978 Commonwealth Games took place in Edmonton, Canada from 3 August until 12 August 1978.^[1]

Final Results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Prakash Padukone	Derek Talbot	15–9, 15–8
Women's singles	Sylvia Ng	Katherine Swee Phek Teh	11–5, 11–3
Men's doubles	Ray Stevens & Mike Tredgett	Moo Foot Lian & Ong Beng Teong	15-10, 15–5
Women's doubles	Nora Perry & Anne Statt	Claire Backhouse & Jane Youngberg	10-15, 15–2, 15–12
Mixed doubles	Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry	Billy Gilliland & Joanna Flockhart	15-7, 15-7
Mixed team	England	Canada	4-1

Results

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Men's Singles

Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Prakash Padukone	15	15
	Moo Foot Lian	3	6					Padukone	15	15
	Richard Purser	15	15					Purser	1	8
	Keith Priestman	13	4												Padukone	15	15
	Ray Stevens	15	18												Stevens	0	7
	Lucio Fabris	5	14					Stevens	15	15
	Syed Modi	15	15					Modi	5	12
	James Selvaraj	7	9																			Padukone	15	15
	Derek Talbot	15	15																			Talbot	9	8
	William Thompson	5	2					Talbot	18	3	15
	Partho Ganguli	15	15					Ganguli	13	15	10
	Abu Bakar Sufian	6	10												Talbot	15	13	15
	Saw Swee Leong	17	15												Leong	5	15	8
	Uday Pawar	16	6					Leong	15	15										Third place
	Ross Livingston	18	15					Livingston	7	2												Stevens	15	15
	Kevin Jolly	16	11																			Leong	4	11

Women's Singles

Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Sylvia Ng	11	11
	Audrey Swaby	2	4					Ng	11	11
	Nora Perry	11	11					Perry	0	8
	Johanne Falardeau	1	6												Ng	11	11
	Jane Webster	11	11												Webster	8	2
	Susan Daly	7	8					Webster	11	11
	Jane Youngberg	12	11					Youngberg	9	3
	Kanwal Thakur Singh	10	5																			Ng	11	11
	Katherine Swee Phek Teh	11	1	11																		Phek Teh	5	3
	Pamela Hamilton	1	11	2				Phek Teh	11	11
	Karen Bridge	11	11					Bridge	6	8
	Alison Branfield	3	3												Phek Teh	11	9	11
	Wendy Clarkson	11	11												Clarkson	7	12	9
	Anne Johnstone	2	3					Clarkson	11	11										Third place
	Barbara Beckett	11	11					Beckett	5	1												Clarkson	11	11
	Mary Livingston	7	6																			Webster	1	3

Men's Doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Ray Stevens   Mike Tredgett	15	15
		Peter Cooper   Paul Kong	7	6
									Stevens   Tredgett	15	15
									Purser   Purser	5	8
		Bryan Purser   Richard Purser	15	15
		Abu Bakar Sufian   James Selvaraj	9	8
																Stevens   Tredgett	15	15
																Lian   Teong	10	5
		Moo Foot Lian   Ong Beng Teong	17	12	15
		Prakash Padukone   Uday Pawar	16	15	8
									Lian   Teong	15	11	15
									Talbot   Jolly	5	15	2			Bronze Medal Match
		Derek Talbot   Kevin Jolly	15	5	15
		Keith Priestman   Greg Carter	9	15	12											Purser   Purser	15	11	15
																Talbot   Jolly	10	15	1

Women's Doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Nora Perry   Anne Statt	15	15
		Anne Johnstone   Pamela Hamilton	2	9
									Perry   Statt	15	15
									Ghia   Singh	5	4
		Ami Ghia   Kanwal Thakur Singh	15	13	15
		Sylvia Ng   Katherine Swee Phek Teh	6	18	8
																Perry   Statt	10	15	15
																Backhouse   Youngberg	15	5	12
		Claire Backhouse   Jane Youngberg	17	15
		Barbara Beckett   Dorothy Cunningham	14	10
									Backhouse   Youngberg	15	17
									Sutton   Webster	7	16				Bronze Medal Match
		Barbara Sutton   Jane Webster	15	15
		Christine Stewart   Joanna Flockhart	8	3												Ghia   Singh	15	9	15
																Sutton   Webster	7	15	5

Mixed Doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Mike Tredgett   Nora Perry	17	15
		Fraser Gow   Christine Stewart	15	11
									Tredgett   Perry	15	15
									Purser   Branfield	5	2
		Richard Purser   Alison Branfield	15	15
		Greg Carter   Wendy Clarkson	7	12
																Tredgett   Perry	15	15
																Gilliland   Flockhart	7	7
		Billy Gilliland   Joanna Flockhart	15	15
		Kevin Jolly   Karen Bridge	10	4
									Gilliland   Flockhart	15	15
									Talbot   Sutton	4	5				Bronze Medal Match
		Derek Talbot   Barbara Sutton	15	17
		Peter Cooper   Joan Jones	13	16												Talbot   Sutton	15	15
																Purser   Branfield	9	9

Mixed Team

Semi Finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
England	Malaysia	4-1
Canada	New Zealand	4-1

Bronze Medal Play off

Malaysia 4			New Zealand 1
1 2 3 1 Sylvia Ng Mary Livingston 11 0 11 1     2 Moo Foot Lian / James Selvaraj Steve Wilson / Ross Livingston 12 15 15 6 15 11   3 Sylvia Ng / Katherine Swee Phek Teh Alison Branfield / Allison Sinton 4 15 15 13 15 6   4 Saw See Leong Bryan Purser w/o scr       5 James Selvaraj / Katherine Swee Phek Teh Richard Purser / Alison Branfield 15 4 15 5

Final

England 4			Canada 1
1 2 3 1 Mike Tredgett / Ray Stevens Greg Carter / Keith Priestman 15 3 15 3     2 Nora Perry / Anne Statt Jane Youngberg / Claire Backhouse 15 9 17 14     3 Jane Webster Wendy Clarkson 2 11 11 7 11 3   4 Derek Talbot John Czich 12 15 15 5 15 11   5 Mike Tredgett / Nora Perry Lucio Fabris / Johanne Falardeau 15 3 15 6

References

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