Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Venue	University of Alberta Arena
Dates	03-12 August 1978
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The badminton competition at the 1978 Commonwealth Games took place in Edmonton, Alberta, 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		11–5, 11–3
Men's doubles	Ray Stevens & Mike Tredgett	&	15-10, 15–5
Women's doubles	Nora Perry & Anne Statt	Claire Backhouse &	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
			3	6					Padukone	15	15
		Richard Purser	15	15					Purser	1	8
			13	4												Padukone	15	15
		Ray Stevens	15	18												Stevens	0	7
			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
			5	2					Talbot	18	3	15
		Partho Ganguli	15	15					Ganguli	13	15	10
			6	10												Talbot	15	13	15			Third place
		Saw Swee Leong	17	15												Leong	5	15	8
		Uday Pawar	16	6					Leong	15	15												Stevens	15	15
			18	15					Livingston	7	2												Leong	4	11
		Kevin Jolly	16	11

Women's singles[]

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Sylvia Ng	11	11
			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
			7	8					Webster	11	11
			12	11					Youngberg	9	3
		Kanwal Thakur Singh	10	5																			Ng	11	11
			11	1	11																		Phek Teh	5	3
			1	11	2				Phek Teh	11	11
		Karen Bridge	11	11					Bridge	6	8
			3	3												Phek Teh	11	9	11			Third place
		Wendy Clarkson	11	11												Clarkson	7	12	9
			2	3					Clarkson	11	11												Clarkson	11	11
		Barbara Beckett	11	11					Beckett	5	1												Webster	1	3
			7	6

Men's doubles[]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	15	15
			7	6
									Stevens Tredgett	15	15
									Purser Purser	5	8
		Bryan Purser Richard Purser	15	15
		James Selvaraj	9	8
																Stevens Tredgett	15	15
																Lian Teong	10	5
			17	12	15
		Prakash Padukone Uday Pawar	16	15	8
									Lian Teong	15	11	15			Bronze medal
									Talbot Jolly	5	15	2
		Derek Talbot Kevin Jolly	15	5	15											Purser Purser	15	11	15
			9	15	12											Talbot Jolly	10	15	1

Women's doubles[]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Nora Perry Anne Statt	15	15
			2	9
									Perry Statt	15	15
									Ghia Singh	5	4
		Ami Ghia Kanwal Thakur Singh	15	13	15
		Sylvia Ng	6	18	8
																Perry Statt	10	15	15
																Backhouse Youngberg	15	5	12
		Claire Backhouse	17	15
		Barbara Beckett	14	10
									Backhouse Youngberg	15	17				Bronze medal
									Sutton Webster	7	16
		Barbara Sutton Jane Webster	15	15												Ghia Singh	15	9	15
		Joanna Flockhart	8	3												Sutton Webster	7	15	5

Mixed doubles[]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	17	15
			15	11
									Tredgett Perry	15	15
									Purser Branfield	5	2
		Richard Purser	15	15
		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				Bronze medal
									Talbot Sutton	4	5
		Derek Talbot Barbara Sutton	15	17												Talbot Sutton	15	15
		Joan Jones	13	16												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 11 0 11 1     2  / James Selvaraj  /  12 15 15 6 15 11   3 Sylvia Ng /   /  4 15 15 13 15 6   4 Saw Swee Leong Bryan Purser w/o scr       5 James Selvaraj /  Richard Purser /  15 4 15 5

Final[]

England 4			Canada 1
1 2 3 1 Mike Tredgett / Ray Stevens  /  15 3 15 3     2 Nora Perry / Anne Statt  / Claire Backhouse 15 9 17 14     3 Jane Webster Wendy Clarkson 2 11 11 7 11 3   4 Derek Talbot 12 15 15 5 15 11   5 Mike Tredgett / Nora Perry  / Johanne Falardeau 15 3 15 6

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