Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Venue	University of Alberta Arena
Dates	03-12 August 1978

The badminton competition at the 1978 Commonwealth Games took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 3 August until 12 August 1978.^[1]

Final Results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Prakash Padukone	Derek Talbot	15–9, 15–8
Women's singles	Sylvia Ng	Katherine Swee Phek Teh	11–5, 11–3
Men's doubles	Ray Stevens & Mike Tredgett	Moo Foot Lian & Ong Teong Boon	15-10, 15–5
Women's doubles	Nora Perry & Anne Statt	Claire Backhouse & Jane Youngberg	10-15, 15–2, 15–12
Mixed doubles	Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry	Billy Gilliland & Joanna Flockhart	15-7, 15-7
Mixed team	England	Canada	4-1

Results

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Men's singles

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Prakash Padukone	15	15
	16	Moo Foot Lian	3	6				Padukone		15	15
	8	Richard Purser	15	15				Purser		1	8
	9	Keith Priestman	13	4											Padukone		15	15
	5	Ray Stevens	15	18											Stevens		0	7
	12	Lucio Fabris	5	14				Stevens		15	15
	4	Syed Modi	15	15				Modi		5	12
	13	James Selvaraj	7	9																		Padukone		15	15
	6	Derek Talbot	15	15																		Talbot		9	8
	11	William Thompson	5	2				Talbot		18	3	15
	3	Partho Ganguli	15	15				Ganguli		13	15	10
	14	Abu Bakar Sufian	6	10											Talbot		15	13	15			Third place
	7	Saw Swee Leong	17	15											Leong		5	15	8
	10	Uday Pawar	16	6				Leong		15	15											Stevens		15	15
	2	Ross Livingston	18	15				Livingston		7	2											Leong		4	11
	15	Kevin Jolly	16	11

Women's singles

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Sylvia Ng	11	11
	16	Audrey Swaby	2	4				Ng		11	11
	8	Nora Perry	11	11				Perry		0	8
	9	Johanne Falardeau	1	6											Ng		11	11
	5	Jane Webster	11	11											Webster		8	2
	12	Susan Daly	7	8				Webster		11	11
	4	Jane Youngberg	12	11				Youngberg		9	3
	13	Kanwal Thakur Singh	10	5																		Ng		11	11
	6	Katherine Swee Phek Teh	11	1	11																	Phek Teh		5	3
	11	Pamela Hamilton	1	11	2			Phek Teh		11	11
	3	Karen Bridge	11	11				Bridge		6	8
	14	Alison Branfield	3	3											Phek Teh		11	9	11			Third place
	7	Wendy Clarkson	11	11											Clarkson		7	12	9
	10	Anne Johnstone	2	3				Clarkson		11	11											Clarkson		11	11
	2	Barbara Beckett	11	11				Beckett		5	1											Webster		1	3
	15	Mary Livingston	7	6

Men's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	15	15
		Peter Cooper Paul Kong	7	6
								Stevens Tredgett		15	15
								Purser Purser		5	8
		Bryan Purser Richard Purser	15	15
		Abu Bakar Sufian James Selvaraj	9	8
															Stevens Tredgett		15	15
															Lian Teong		10	5
		Moo Foot Lian Ong Teong Boon	17	12	15
		Prakash Padukone Uday Pawar	16	15	8
								Lian Teong		15	11	15			Third place
								Talbot Jolly		5	15	2
		Derek Talbot Kevin Jolly	15	5	15										Purser Purser		15	11	15
		Keith Priestman Greg Carter	9	15	12										Talbot Jolly		10	15	1

Women's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Nora Perry Anne Statt	15	15
		Anne Johnstone Pamela Hamilton	2	9
								Perry Statt		15	15
								Ghia Singh		5	4
		Ami Ghia Kanwal Thakur Singh	15	13	15
		Sylvia Ng Katherine Swee Phek Teh	6	18	8
															Perry Statt		10	15	15
															Backhouse Youngberg		15	5	12
		Claire Backhouse Jane Youngberg	17	15
		Barbara Beckett Dorothy Cunningham	14	10
								Backhouse Youngberg		15	17				Third place
								Sutton Webster		7	16
		Barbara Sutton Jane Webster	15	15											Ghia Singh		15	9	15
		Christine Stewart Joanna Flockhart	8	3											Sutton Webster		7	15	5

Mixed doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	17	15
		Fraser Gow Christine Stewart	15	11
								Tredgett Perry		15	15
								Purser Branfield		5	2
		Richard Purser Alison Branfield	15	15
		Greg Carter Wendy Clarkson	7	12
															Tredgett Perry		15	15
															Gilliland Flockhart		7	7
		Billy Gilliland Joanna Flockhart	15	15
		Kevin Jolly Karen Bridge	10	4
								Gilliland Flockhart		15	15				Third place
								Talbot Sutton		4	5
		Derek Talbot Barbara Sutton	15	17											Talbot Sutton		15	15
		Peter Cooper Joan Jones	13	16											Purser Branfield		9	9

Mixed Team

Semi-finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
England	Malaysia	4-1
Canada	New Zealand	4-1

Bronze Medal Play off

Malaysia 4			New Zealand 1
1 2 3 1 Sylvia Ng Mary Livingston 11 0 11 1     2 Moo Foot Lian / James Selvaraj Steve Wilson / Ross Livingston 12 15 15 6 15 11   3 Sylvia Ng / Katherine Swee Phek Teh Alison Branfield / Allison Sinton 4 15 15 13 15 6   4 Saw Swee Leong Bryan Purser w/o scr       5 James Selvaraj / Katherine Swee Phek Teh Richard Purser / Alison Branfield 15 4 15 5

Final

England 4			Canada 1
1 2 3 1 Mike Tredgett / Ray Stevens Greg Carter / Keith Priestman 15 3 15 3     2 Nora Perry / Anne Statt Jane Youngberg / Claire Backhouse 15 9 17 14     3 Jane Webster Wendy Clarkson 11 2 7 11 3 11   4 Derek Talbot John Czich 12 15 15 5 15 11   5 Mike Tredgett / Nora Perry Lucio Fabris / Johanne Falardeau 15 3 15 6

References