1976 All England Open Badminton Championships

1976 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates 24 March 1976 (1976-03-24)
27 March 1976 (1976-03-27)
Edition 66th
Venue Wembley Arena
Location London
Timeline

The 1976 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England from 24–27 March 1976. [1][2]

Final results

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Indonesia Rudy Hartono Indonesia Lim Swie King 15–7, 15-7
Women's singles England Gillian Gilks England Margaret Lockwood 11–0, 11-3
Men's doubles Sweden Bengt Froman & Thomas Kihlstrom Denmark Svend Pri & Steen Skovgaard 15-12, 17-15
Women's doubles England Gillian Gilks & Sue Whetnall England Margaret Lockwood & Nora Gardner 15–10, 15-10
Mixed doubles England Derek Talbot & Gillian Gilks England Mike Tredgett & Nora Gardner 15-9, 15-12

Margaret Beck married and competed under the new name of Margaret Lockwood.

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Men's Singles

Section 1

Round of 32   Round of 16   Quarter Finals   Semi Finals
1  Indonesia Rudy Hartono 15 15  
 Sweden Kurt Johnsson 5 3     1  Indonesia Hartono 15 15  
 England David Hunt 6 15 15    England Hunt 5 4  
 Netherlands Piet Ridder 15 3 1       1  Indonesia Hartono 15 15  
 England Paul Whetnall 15 15        England Whetnall 5 5  
 Denmark Elo Hansen 8 13      England Whetnall 15 15
 Sweden Bruno Wackfelt 15 6 15    Sweden Wackfelt 11 4  
 Sweden Willy Nilsson 5 15 8       1  Indonesia Hartono 15 7 18
 Denmark Flemming Delfs 17 15        Denmark Delfs 10 15 15
 Sweden Stefan Karlsson 15 8      Denmark Delfs 15 17  
 England Derek Talbot 15 15    England Talbot 12 16  
 England Kevin Jolly 6 8        Denmark Delfs 15 3 15
 Sweden Thomas Kihlstrom 15 15        Sweden Kihlstrom 9 15 6  
 England Brian Wallwork 9 6      Sweden Kihlstrom 15 15
 Denmark Morten Frost Hansen 15 15    Denmark Frost Hansen 6 10  
 England Brian White 4 8  

Section 2

Round of 32   Round of 16   Quarter Finals   Semi Finals
 Indonesia Lim Swie King 15 15  
 Denmark Henrik Fahrenholz 2 0      Indonesia Swie King 15 15  
 England Mike Wilks 15 17    England Wilks 2 0  
 West Germany Michael Schnaase 9 16        Indonesia Swie King 18 15  
 Denmark Svend Pri 15 15        Denmark Pri 17 2  
 Sweden Lars Wengberg 4 6      Denmark Pri 15 15
 Denmark Franz Harboe 15 8 15    Denmark Harboe 4 2  
 England William Kidd 12 15 9        Indonesia Swie King 15 15
 West Germany Wolfgang Bochow 15 15       2  Sweden Johnsson 10 2
 England Ray Stevens 10 3      West Germany Bochow 2 8  
 Indonesia Amril Nuhrman 15 15    Indonesia Nuhrman 15 15  
 Mexico Victor Jaramillo Luque 0 4        Indonesia Nuhrman 5 5
 Denmark Jesper Helledie 15 15       2  Sweden Johnsson 15 15  
 Netherlands Rob Ridder 10 5      Denmark Helledie 6 8
 South Africa Gordon McMillan 5 10   2  Sweden Johnsson 15 15  
2  Sweden Sture Johnsson 15 15  

+ Denotes seed = Denotes equal seed

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Women's Singles

Section 1

Round of 32   Round of 16   Quarter Finals   Semi Finals
=1  England Gillian Gilks 11 11  
   West Germany Marieluise Zizmann 2 3        England Gilks 11 11  
   Denmark Pia Nielsen 11 11      Denmark Nielsen P 2 2  
   England D J Kirby 6 2          England Gilks 7 11 11  
   Netherlands Joke van Beusekom 11 11          Netherlands van Beusekom 11 0 8  
   Republic of Ireland Barbara Beckett 3 5        Netherlands van Beusekom 11 11
   England Karen Bridge 10 11 11      England Bridge 7 1  
   South Africa Marianne Van Der Walt 12 5 5          England Gilks 11 12
   Denmark Lene Koppen 11 11          Denmark Koppen 0 10
   England Karen Puttick 0 1        Denmark Koppen 11 11  
   Sweden Eva Stuart 11 11      Sweden Stuart 4 3  
   England S Roberts 4 3          Denmark Koppen 11 11
   Canada Jane Youngberg 11 11          Canada Youngberg 1 5  
   South Africa Barbara Lord 2 1        Canada Youngberg 11 11
   Indonesia Theresa Widiastuti 11 11      Indonesia Widiastuti 4 8  
   England Paula Kilvington 6 6  

Section 2

Round of 32   Round of 16   Quarter Finals   Semi Finals
   England Margaret Lockwood 11 11  
   Denmark Marianne Christensen 5 8        England Lockwood 11 10 11  
   Denmark Anette Borjesson 11 11      Denmark Borjesson 8 12 6  
   England Kathleen Redhead 3 8          England Lockwood 11 11  
   Canada Wendy Clarkson 12 11          Canada Clarkson 1 1  
   Denmark Mette Myhre 10 7        Canada Clarkson 11 11
   England Heather Nielsen 9 11 12      England Nielsen H 6 5  
   West Germany Eva Maria Kranz 11 4 10          England Lockwood 11 11
   Indonesia Taty Sumirah 11 11          Indonesia Sumirah 1 0  
   South Africa Gussie Botes 1 4        Indonesia Sumirah 11 8 11  
   England Sue Whetnall 11 12      England Whetnall 6 11 3  
   Denmark Liselotte Gottsche 3 9          Indonesia Sumirah 12 2 11
   England Jane Webster 10 11 11          England Webster 10 11 0  
   Denmark Inge Borgstrom 12 5 6        England Webster 11 8 11
   West Germany Irmgard Gerlatzka 11 12      West Germany Gerlatzka 2 11 6  
   Netherlands Marjan Luesken 4 9  
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