Badminton at the 1970 Asian Games

Badminton at the 1970 Asian Games
Venue	Kittikachorn Stadium[1]
Dates	9–20 December
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Badminton tournaments were held for the third time at the 6th Asian Games in 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 20 December 1970.

Singles, doubles, and team events were contested for both men and women. Mixed Doubles were also contested.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Punch Gunalan  Malaysia	Muljadi  Indonesia	Sangob Rattanusorn  Thailand
			Ippei Kojima  Japan
Men's doubles	Malaysia Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Japan	Indonesia Rudy Hartono Indra Gunawan
			Thailand Chavalert Chumkum
Men's team	Indonesia Indra Gunawan Rudy Hartono Muljadi	Thailand Chavalert Chumkum Bandid Jaiyen Sangob Rattanusorn	Malaysia Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee Ng Tat Wai
			Japan Ippei Kojima
Women's singles	Hiroe Yuki  Japan	Thailand	Minarni  Indonesia
			Sylvia Ng  Malaysia
Women's doubles	Japan Etsuko Takenaka Machiko Aizawa	Indonesia Retno Kustijah	Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang
			Thailand
Women's team	Japan Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka Hiroe Yuki	Thailand	South Korea
			Indonesia Utami Dewi Kurniawan Retno Kustijah Minarni Theresia Widiastuti
Mixed doubles	Malaysia Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng	Thailand Bandid Jaiyen	Japan Ippei Kojima Etsuko Takenaka
			Indonesia Rudy Hartono Minarni

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	3	1	3	7
2	Malaysia (MAL)	3	0	3	6
3	Indonesia (INA)	1	2	4	7
4	Thailand (THA)	0	4	3	7
5	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		7	7	14	28

Semifinal results[]

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Punch Gunalan	Sangob Rattanusorn	18–17, 15–10
	Muljadi	Ippei Kojima	17–15, 11–15, 15–10
Women's singles	Hiroe Yuki	Minarni	7–11, 7–8[2]
		Sylvia Ng	11–7, 11–4
Men's doubles	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Rudy Hartono Indra Gunawan	15–12, 10–15, 15–10
		Chavalert Chumkum	15–8, 15–8
Women's doubles	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka		15–6, 15–2
	Retno Kustijah	Rosalind Singha Ang	15–5, 15–10
Mixed doubles	Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng	Ippei Kojima Etsuko Takenaka	–, –
	Bandid Jaiyen	Rudy Hartono Minarni	walkover[3]

Final results[]

Discipline	Winner	Finalist	Score
Men's singles	Punch Gunalan	Muljadi	4–15, 15–3, 15–12
Women's singles	Hiroe Yuki		12–9, 11–8
Men's doubles	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan		5–15, 15–8, 15–7
Women's doubles	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	Retno Kustijah	15–11, 15–6
Mixed doubles	Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng	Bandid Jaiyen	–, –

References[]

• Results

External links[]

• Badminton Asia