Badminton at the World Games

Badminton was introduced and only played at the 1981 World Games. The badminton events of World Games I were held on July 25–28, 1981, at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California, in the United States. These were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were hosted by the city of Santa Clara. China, in its first summer multi-sport event since the 1936 Summer Olympics, competed in badminton only, winning four of the five gold medals.[1]  Seventeen of the countries at these Games participated in badminton, making it one of the most represented sports. The players executive of the International Badminton Federation, Ciro Ciniglio, expressed disappointment at the lack of media coverage of badminton, saying, "We have many world champions competing here and ... were hoping all these great players would draw crowds. ... The United States over the years has had very good players, some of the finest. It was our hope to help the sport gain popularity in the United states by showcasing all this fine talent."[2]

Medalists

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Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Singles   Chen Changjie (CHN)   Morten Frost (DEN)   Prakash Padukone (IND)
  Liem Swie King (INA)
Doubles   Sun Zhian
Yao Ximing (CHN)
  Thomas Kihlström
Stefan Karlsson (SWE)
  Billy Gilliland
Dan Travers (SCO)
  Hariamanto Kartono
Rudy Heryanto (INA)
Women
Singles   Zhang Ailing (CHN)   Hwang Sun-ai (KOR)   Lene Køppen (DEN)
  Fumiko Tohkairin (JPN)
Doubles   Zhang Ailing
Liu Xia (CHN)
  Nora Perry
Jane Webster (ENG)
  Hwang Sun-ai
Kim Yun-ja (KOR)
  Fumiko Tohkairin
Sonoe Otsuka (JPN)
Mixed
Doubles   Gillian Gilks (ENG)
  Thomas Kihlström (SWE)
  Nora Perry
Mike Tredgett (ENG)
  Imelda Wiguna
Christian Hadinata (INA)
  Lene Køppen
Steen Skovgaard (DEN)

Results

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Men's singles

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First round
Liem Swie King (Indonesia), bye; S. Egbeyemi (Nigeria) def. K. Zeniya (Japan), 15-1, 15-4; S. Modi (India) won by default over J. Sidek (Malaysia); R. Stevens (England) def. A. Salazar (Peru), 15-4, 15-7; Morten Frost Hansen (Denmark) def. P. Johnson (Canada), 15-3, 15-4; G. Valdez (Peru) won by default over M. Sidek (Malaysia); Stephen Baddeley (England) def. G. Higgins (USA) 15-7, 15-8; M. Hadiyanto (Indonesia) won by default over J. P. Baudoin (Belgium)
Second round
M. Hadiyanto (Indonesia) d. Stephen Baddeley (England); plus other matches

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
  Liem Swie King 15 15
  Ray Stevens 3 7
  Liem Swie King 14 15 6
  Morten Frost 18 11 15
  Hadiyanto 10 6
  Morten Frost 15 15
  Morten Frost 15 7 12
  Chen Changjie 9 15 15
  Chen Changjie 18 15
  Kevin Jolly 14 8
  Chen Changjie 18 18
  Prakash Padukone 14 16
  Pat Tryon 5 3
  Prakash Padukone 15 15

Women's singles

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First round
Jane Webster (England) d. U. Kinard (USA), 11-7, 11-6; A. Tokuda (sic) (Tōkairin[10]) (Japan) won by default over J. Youngberg (Canada); Yun Ja Kim (South Korea[9]) won by default over L. I. Ivana (Indonesia); C. Carton (USA), d. C. Blackhouse (Canada), 11-7, 11-12, 11-7; Y. Yonekura (Japan) won by default over A. Ghia (India)
Second round
Sun Ai Hwang (South Korea[9]) d. G. Edwards (Nigeria), 11-0, 11-1; L. Blumer (Switzerland) won by default over W. Carter (Canada); L. S. Yeng[12] (Chinese Taipei[9]) won by default over V. Wiharjo (Indonesia); Tōkairin[10] (Japan) d. Webster (England), 11-7, 11-6; Kim (South Korea[9]) d. Carton (USA), 12-11, 11-1; Lene Koppen, (Denmark), d. Yonekura, 11-3, 11-3; Gillian Gilks (England), won by default over T. Sumirah (Indonesia); Zhang Ailing (China[9]), won by default over S. Skillings (Canada).

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
  Hwang Sun-ai 11 11
  Liselotte Blumer 3 3
  Hwang Sun-ai 11 11
  Fumiko Tōkairin 1 2
  Fumiko Tōkairin 11 11
  Liu Xia[12] 7 6
  Hwang Sun-ai 11 9 9
  Zhang Ailing 7 11 12
  Lene Køppen 11 11 11
  Kim Yun-ja 4 12 9
  Lene Køppen 4 1
  Zhang Ailing 11 11
  Gillian Gilks 1 12 0
  Zhang Ailing 11 11 11

Men's doubles

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
  Rudy Heryanto
  Kartono
15 15
  Steve Baddeley
  Kevin Jolly
9 10
  Rudy Heryanto
  Kartono
15 11 8
  Sun Zhian
  Yao Ximing
3 15 15
  Sun Zhian
  Yao Ximing
[a]
17 2 15
  Ade Chandra
  Christian Hadinata
14 15 12
  Sun Zhian
  Yao Ximing
12 15 15
  Stefan Karlsson
  Thomas Kihlström
15 4 6
  Stefan Karlsson
  Thomas Kihlström
15 15
  Ray Stevens
  Mike Tredgett
12 10
  Stefan Karlsson
  Thomas Kihlström
10 15 15
  Billy Gilliland
  Dan Travers
15 0 9
  Babatunde Badru
  Samson Egbeyemi
6 6
  Billy Gilliland
  Dan Travers
15 15
  1. ^ Sun Zhian/Yao Ximing (China) defeated Delfs/Steen Skovgaard (Denmark) in an earlier round.

Women's doubles

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
  Nora Perry
  Jane Webster
15 15
  Judianne Kelly
  Vicki Toutz
4 4
  Nora Perry
  Jane Webster
8 17 15
  Hwang Sun-ai
  Kim Yun-ja
15 14 10
  Imelda Wiguna
  Yoshiko Yonekura
4 18 4
  Hwang Sun-ai
  Kim Yun-ja
15 14 15
  Nora Perry
  Jane Webster
15 4 8
  Liu Xia
  Zhang Ailing
11 15 15
  Sonoe Ōtsuka
  Fumiko Tōkairin
w / o
  Wendy Carter
  Sandra Skillings
  Sonoe Ōtsuka
  Fumiko Tōkairin
4 5
  Liu Xia
  Zhang Ailing
15 15
  Oby Edoga
  Grace Edward
  Liu Xia
  Zhang Ailing
w / o

Mixed doubles

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Quarter-finals[a] Semi-finals Final
               
  Mike Tredgett
  Nora Perry
15 15
  Li Mao
  Song Youping
11 3
  Mike Tredgett
  Nora Perry
11 15 15
  Steen Skovgaard
  Lene Køppen
15 4 8
  Babatunde Badiru
  Grace Edwards
5 1
  Steen Skovgaard
  Lene Køppen
15 15
  Mike Tredgett
  Nora Perry
6 14
  Thomas Kihlström
  Gillian Gilks
15 18
  Christian Hadinata
  Imelda Wiguna
15 15
  Bob Gilmour
  Vicki Toutz
2 5
  Christian Hadinata
  Imelda Wiguna
8 8
  Thomas Kihlström
  Gillian Gilks
15 15
  Billy Gilliland
  Karen Chapman
15 6
  Thomas Kihlström
  Gillian Gilks
17 15
  1. ^ *Badminton-Sport 29 (1981) (9), S. 14

References

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  1. ^ a b Sargis, Joe (July 29, 1981). "For the Republic of China, the climb back into..." United Press International.
  2. ^ a b "World Games playing to mediocre crowds". San Jose Mercury News. July 28, 1981. p. 1D.
  3. ^ "World Games I Results At Santa Clara Calif., July 24 (sic)". United Press International. July 25, 1981.
  4. ^ "Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  5. ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  6. ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 26, 1981. p. 14E.
  7. ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 10D.
  8. ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 30, 1981. p. 12E.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Sargis, Joe (July 25, 1981). "Ana Maria Carrasco of Venezuela shattered her own world..." United Press International. [I]n women's singles, which progressed through two rounds, Korea had two winners while Taipei and the [People's] Republic of China had one each.
  10. ^ a b c Baddeley, Stephen (October 1981). "China surge through to four titles". Badminton. pp. 10–12.
  11. ^ "German fin swimmer wins fourth gold medal". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 28, 1981. p. 3D.
  12. ^ a b One source (UPI, "Results", July 25) shows L.S. Yeng of Chinese Taipei advancing out of the second round of women’s singles. However, in subsequent days, the press agency does not publish the later quarterfinal results. Another source (Badminton magazine) begins with the quarterfinal results but does not mention L.S. Yeng. Instead it shows Liu Xia losing here. Yet the first source does not mention Liu Xia in its reports of women’s singles (mentioning her only at women's doubles.)