The 1982 Badminton World Cup was the fourth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15 September to 19 September 1982. Competitions for doubles were not conducted. Indonesia won men's singles event while Denmark won women's singles event.
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 15 September – 19 September 1982 | ||
| Edition | 4th | ||
| Venue | Stadium Negara | ||
| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||
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Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Liem Swie King
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 Misbun Sidek
|
 Han Jian
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| Women's singles |  Lene Køppen
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Verawaty Fajrin
|
Zheng Yuli
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Men's singles edit
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
| Misbun Sidek
| 7 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
 Prakash Padukone
| 15 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Misbun Sidek
| 12 | 15 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Liem Swie King
| 15 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Liem Swie King
| 18 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Han Jian
| 14 | 11 | Third place | ||||||||||
| Prakash Padukone
| 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Han Jian
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
Women's singles edit
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
| Verawaty Fajrin
| 9 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Zheng Yuli
| 12 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Verawaty Fajrin
| 2 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Lene Køppen
| 11 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Song Youping
| 12 | 10 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Lene Køppen
| 11 | 12 | 11 | Third place | |||||||||
| Zheng Yuli
| 11 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Song Youping
| 6 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||