1970 European Badminton Championships

The 2nd European Badminton Championships were held in Port Talbot (Wales), between 17 and 19 April 1970, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Welsh Badminton Union.

1970 European Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates17–19 April
Edition2
LocationPort Talbot, Wales
1968 1972

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles   Sture Johnsson   Elo Hansen   Paul Whetnall
  Wolfgang Bochow
Women's singles   Eva Twedberg   Imre Nielsen   Lisbeth van Barnekow
  Margaret Boxall
Men's doubles   Elo Hansen
and Per Walsøe
  Erland Kops
and Henning Borch
  Siegfried Betz
and Roland Maywald
  David Eddy
and Roger Powell
Women's doubles   Margaret Boxall
and Susan Whetnall
  Irmgard Latz
and Marieluise Wackerow
  Karin Jørgensen
and Anne Berglund
  Gillian Perrin
and Margaret Beck
Mixed doubles   David Eddy
and Susan Whetnall
  Derek Talbot
and Gillian Perrin
  Per Walsøe
and Anne Berglund
  Wolfgang Bochow
and Irmgard Latz

Semifinals

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  • An overview of most of the semifinal results.[1][2]
Discipline Winner Runner-up Score
Men's singles   Sture Johnsson   Wolfgang Bochow 15–3, 14–15, 15–10
  Elo Hansen   Paul Whetnall 15–9, 15–2
Women's singles   Imre Rietveld   Margaret Boxall 11–9, 7–11, 11–3
  Eva Twedberg   Lisbeth van Bernekow 11–6, 11–4
Men's doubles   Erland Kops

  Henning Borch

  David Eddy
  Roger Powell
15–8, 15–5
  Elo Hansen
  Per Walsøe
  Siegfried Betz
  Roland Maywald
6–15, 15–7, 17–14
Women's doubles   Irmgard Latz
  Marieluise Wackerow
  Margaret Beck
  Gillian Perrin
15–13, 9–15, 15–3
  Margaret Boxall
  Susan Whetnall
  Anne Berglund
  Karin Jørgensen
Mixed doubles   Derek Talbot
  Gillian Perrin
  Per Walsøe
  Anne Berglund
14–18, 15–11, 15–7
  David Eddy
  Susan Whetnall
  Wolfgang Bochow
  Irmgard Latz
15–10, 15–8

Finals

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles   Sture Johnsson   Elo Hansen 15–5, 15–6
Women's singles   Eva Twedberg   Imre Nielsen 11–8, 10–12, 12–10
Men's doubles   Elo Hansen
  Per Walsøe
  Erland Kops
  Henning Borch
15–9, 2–15, 15–10
Women's doubles   Margaret Boxall
  Susan Whetnall
  Irmgard Latz
  Marieluise Wackerow
2–3, retired[3]
Mixed doubles   David Eddy
  Susan Whetnall
  Derek Talbot
  Gillian Perrin
17–16, 17–16

Medal account

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Pos Country       Total
1   England 2 1 4 7
2   Sweden 2 0 0 2
3   Denmark 1 3 3 7
4   West Germany 0 1 3 4

References

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  1. ^ "Substitute enters final". The Straits Times. 20 April 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 30 December 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
  2. ^ "Europamesterskaber" (PDF) (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. May 1970. p. 27. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  3. ^ Wackerow suffered Muscle injury