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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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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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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)