The 1996 Yonex All England Open was the 86th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from 11 to 16 March 1996, in Birmingham, England.

It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was US$125,000.

• National Indoor Arena

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Rashid Sidek	15–7, 15–6
Women's singles	Bang Soo-hyun	Ye Zhaoying	11–1, 11–1
Men's doubles	Ricky Subagja & Rexy Mainaky	Cheah Soon Kit & Yap Kim Hock	15–6, 15–5
Women's doubles	Ge Fei & Gu Jun	Helene Kirkegaard & Rikke Olsen	15–7, 15–3
Mixed doubles	Park Joo-bong & Ra Kyung-min	Simon Archer & Julie Bradbury	15–10, 15–10

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	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
		Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	15	15
		Anders Nielsen	7	9					Høyer Larsen	18	15
		Hendrawan	15	13	15				Hendrawan	17	12
		Ge Cheng	4	15	6											Høyer Larsen	15	15
		Ardy B. Wiranata	15	15												Wiranata	10	5
		Jeroen van Dijk	8	2					Wiranata	15	15
		Kim Hak-kyun	15	2	15				Hak-kyun	7	12
		Jim Laugesen	7	15	10																		Høyer Larsen	15	15
		Park Sung-woo	15	15																			Sung-woo	3	6
		Seiichi Watanabe	6	3					Sung-woo	15	15
		Ong Ewe Hock	7	15	15				Hock	8	2
		Soren B Nielsen	15	10	8											Sung-woo	18	15
		Hariyanto Arbi	15	15												Arbi	16	11
		Robert Liljequist	0	5					Arbi	15	15
		Darren Hall	15	15					Hall	10	10
		Martin Lundgaard Hansen	4	5

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
		Rashid Sidek	15	15
		Fumihiko Machida	3	1					Sidek	15	9	15
		Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	15	15					Stuer-Lauridsen	3	15	9
		Vijay Raghavan	5	4												Sidek	15	5	15
		Fung Permadi	15	15												Permadi	7	15	6
		Kenneth Jonassen	10	4					Permadi	8	18	15
		Alan Budikusuma	11	15	15				Kusuma	15	17	13
		Yu Lizhi	15	5	13																		Sidek	15	15
		Lee Kwang-jin	6	15	15																		Kwang-jin	6	5
		Imay Hendra	15	8	9				Kwang-jin	15	15
		Peter Gade	15	15					Gade	13	10
		Hermawan Susanto	11	7												Kwang-jin	17	15
		Lin Liwen	15	15												Lin Liwen	16	7
		Joko Suprianto	11	2					Lin Liwen	15	15
		Dipankar Bhattacharjee	15	15					Bhattacharjee	1	12
		Lasse Lindelof	5	9

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	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
		Bang Soo-hyun	11	11
		Kennie Asuncion	1	3					Soo-hyun	11	11
		Takako Ida	11	11					Ida	1	0
		Heather Poole	6	1												Soo-hyun	7	11	12
		Camilla Martin	11	11												Martin	11	6	10
		Lee Soon-deuk	2	2					Martin	11	11
		Zhang Ning	11	8	11				Zhang Ning	8	3
		Lidya Djaelawijaya	1	11	7																		Soo-hyun	11	5	11
		Susi Susanti	11	11																			Susanti	7	11	4
		Lee Joo-hyun	3	6					Susanti	11	11
		Mette Sorensen	11	4	11				Sorensen	4	5
		Satomi Igawa	7	11	5											Susanti	12	11
		Han Jingna	11	11												Jingna	10	0
		Noriko Hori	1	3					Jingna	11	11
		Mette Pedersen	11	3	11				Pedersena	1	3
		Yasuko Mizui	7	11	3

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
		Ye Zhaoying	11	11
		Elena Sukhareva	4	4					Zhaoying	12	11
		Lotte Thomsen	w/o						Thomsen	9	3
		Alison Humby	scr													Zhaoying	11	11
		Dai Yun	11	11												Dai Yun	2	8
		Ra Kyung-min	7	1					Dai Yun	11	10	11
		Mia Audina	11	11					Audina	0	12	1
		Chia Fong Chan	7	2																			Zhaoying	11	7	11
		Kim Ji-hyun	11	11																			Ji-Hyun	5	11	5
		Zeng Yaqiong	9	2					Ji-hyun	11	11
		Sandra Dimbour	11	12					Dimbour	4	3
		Gillian Martin	5	10												Ji-hyun	12	5	11
		Yao Yan	11	11												Yao Yan	11	11	8
		Charmaine Reid	4	4					Yao Yan	11	12
		Misako Mizui	11	11					Mizui	2	10
		Neli Boteva	1	0

• Smash: 1996 All England Open