1970 European Badminton Championships

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[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Sture Johnsson	Elo Hansen	Paul Whetnall
			Wolfgang Bochow
Women's singles	Eva Twedberg	Imre Nielsen
			Margaret Boxall
Men's doubles	Elo Hansen and Per Walsoe	Erland Kops and Henning Borch	and Roland Maywald
			David Eddy and Roger Powell
Women's doubles	Margaret Boxall and Susan Whetnall	Irmgard Latz and	Karin Jørgensen and
			Gillian Perrin and Margaret Beck
Mixed doubles	David Eddy and Susan Whetnall	Derek Talbot and Gillian Perrin	Per Walsoe and
			Wolfgang Bochow and Irmgard Latz

Finals[]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
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 Walsoe	Erland Kops Henning Borch	15–9, 2–15, 15–10
Women's doubles	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	Irmgard Latz	2–3, retired[1]
Mixed doubles	David Eddy Susan Whetnall	Derek Talbot Gillian Perrin	17–16, 17–16

Medal account[]

Pos	Country				Total
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[]

• Results at BE