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

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

Men's singles

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
               
Indonesia Liem Swie King 15 15
England Ray Stevens 3 7
Indonesia Liem Swie King 14 15 6
Denmark Morten Frost 18 11 15
Indonesia Hadiyanto 10 6
Denmark Morten Frost 15 15
Denmark Morten Frost 15 7 12
China Chen Changjie 9 15 15
China Chen Changjie 18 15
England Kevin Jolly 14 8
China Chen Changjie 18 18
India Prakash Padukone 14 16
Canada Pat Tryon 5 3
India Prakash Padukone 15 15

Women's singles

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
               
South Korea Hwang Sun-ai 11 11
Switzerland Liselotte Blumer 3 3
South Korea Hwang Sun-ai 11 11
Japan Fumiko Tōkairin 1 2
Japan Fumiko Tōkairin 11 11
China Liu Xia[12] 7 6
South Korea Hwang Sun-ai 11 9 9
China Zhang Ailing 7 11 12
Denmark Lene Køppen 11 11 11
South Korea Kim Yun-ja 4 12 9
Denmark Lene Køppen 4 1
China Zhang Ailing 11 11
England Gillian Gilks 1 12 0
China Zhang Ailing 11 11 11

Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

References

  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.)