1996 European Badminton Championships

The 15th European Badminton Championships were held in Herning, Denmark, between 13 and 20 April 1996, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Danmarks Badminton Forbund.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Peter Rasmussen
			Jeroen van Dijk
Women's singles	Camilla Martin	Marina Yakusheva	Christine Magnusson
			Anne Sondergaard
Men's doubles	Thomas Lund and Jon Holst Christensen	Michael Søgaard and Henrik Svarrer	Simon Archer and Chris Hunt
			Peter Axelsson and Pär-Gunnar Jönsson
Women's doubles	Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen and Marlene Thomsen	Rikke Olsen and Helene Kirkegaard	Julie Bradbury and Joanne Wright
			Katrin Schmidt and Kerstin Ubben
Mixed doubles	Michael Søgaard and Rikke Olsen	Simon Archer and Julie Bradbury	Michael Keck and Karen Stechmann
			Ron Michels and Erica van den Heuvel
Teams	Denmark	Sweden	England

Results[]

Semi-finals[]

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen		15–7, 15–3
	Peter Rasmussen	Jeroen van Dijk	15–9, 18–13
Women's singles	Camilla Martin	Christine Magnusson	11–6, 11–4
	Marina Yakusheva	Anne Søndergaard	11–6, 11–9
Men's doubles	Jon-Holst Christensen Thomas Lund	Chris Hunt Simon Archer	15–6, 15–10
	Henrik Svarrer Michael Søgaard	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–8, 15–6
Women's doubles	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	15–6, 15–5
	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	Joanne Goode Julie Bradbury	15–12, 10–15, 15–4
Mixed doubles	Simon Archer Julie Bradbury	Ron Michels Erica van den Heuvel	15–11, 15–12
	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen	Michael Keck Karen Neumann	15–9, 15–10

Finals[]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Peter Rasmussen	15–5, 15–11
Women's singles	Camilla Martin	Marina Yakusheva	11–0, 11–3
Men's doubles	Jon-Holst Christensen Thomas Lund	Henrik Svarrer Michael Søgaard	10–15, 15–12, 18–17
Women's doubles	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	6–15, 15–12, 15–10
Mixed doubles	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen	Simon Archer Julie Bradbury	18–16, 15–2

Medal account[]

Pos	Country				Total
1	Denmark	6	3	1	10
2	England	0	1	3	4
	Sweden	0	1	3	4
4	Russia	0	1	0	1
5	Germany	0	0	2	2
	Netherlands	0	0	2	2

References[]

• Results at BE
• Denmark Sweeps Euro Championships