The 1979 Badminton World Cup was the 1st edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Tokyo, Japan from 20 January to 22 January 1979. Competitions for mixed doubles were not conducted. Indonesia won men's singles and men's doubles events while Japan won women's doubles and Denmark won women's singles event.
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| Dates | 20 January – 22 January 1979 | ||
| Edition | 1st | ||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | ||
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Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles |  Liem Swie King
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Iie Sumirat
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 Kevin Jolly
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 Flemming Delfs
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| Women's singles | Lene Køppen
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 Hiroe Yuki
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Ivana Lie
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| Verawaty Wiharjo
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| Men's doubles | Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata
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Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida
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Derek Talbot David Eddy
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| Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard
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| Women's doubles | Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura
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Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wiguna
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Kazuko Sekine Sonoe Ōtsuka
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| Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada
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Men's singles edit
Finals edit
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Liem Swie King
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Kevin Jolly
| 7 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Liem Swie King
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Iie Sumirat
| 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Iie Sumirat
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Flemming Delfs
| 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
Women's singles edit
Finals edit
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Lene Køppen
| 12 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Verawaty Wiharjo
| 11 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Lene Køppen
| 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Hiroe Yuki
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ivana Lie
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Hiroe Yuki
| 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
Men's doubles edit
Finals edit
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| David Eddy Derek Talbot
| 5 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Masao Tsuchida Yoshitaka Iino
| 8 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Masao Tsuchida Yoshitaka Iino
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard
| 13 | 10 | |||||||||||
Women's doubles edit
Finals edit
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Imelda Wiguna Verawaty Wiharjo
| 15 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada
| 6 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Imelda Wiguna Verawaty Wiharjo
| 3 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Kazuko Sekine Sonoe Ōtsuka
| 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||