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1970 European Badminton Championships

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

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.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Sweden Sture Johnsson Denmark Elo Hansen England Paul Whetnall
West Germany Wolfgang Bochow
Women's singles Sweden Eva Twedberg Denmark Imre Nielsen Denmark Lisbeth van Barnekow
England Margaret Boxall
Men's doubles Denmark Elo Hansen
and Per Walsøe
Denmark Erland Kops
and Henning Borch
West Germany Siegfried Betz
and Roland Maywald
England David Eddy
and Roger Powell
Women's doubles England Margaret Boxall
and Susan Whetnall
West Germany Irmgard Latz
and Marieluise Wackerow
Denmark Karin Jørgensen
and Anne Berglund
England Gillian Perrin
and Margaret Beck
Mixed doubles England David Eddy
and Susan Whetnall
England Derek Talbot
and Gillian Perrin
Denmark Per Walsøe
and Anne Berglund
West Germany 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 Sweden Sture Johnsson West Germany Wolfgang Bochow 15–3, 14–15, 15–10
Denmark Elo Hansen England Paul Whetnall 15–9, 15–2
Women's singles Denmark Imre Rietveld England Margaret Boxall 11–9, 7–11, 11–3
Sweden Eva Twedberg Denmark Lisbeth van Bernekow 11–6, 11–4
Men's doubles Denmark Erland Kops

Denmark Henning Borch

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

Finals

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

Medal account

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Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze 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