# 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. 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."

## Medalists

Sources:
| 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 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Liem Swie King | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Ray Stevens | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Ray Stevens | 3 | 7 | Liem Swie King | 14 | 15 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | Morten Frost | 18 | 11 | 15 | | | | |
| Hadiyanto | 10 | 6 | Morten Frost | 18 | 11 | 15 | | | | |
| Morten Frost | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Morten Frost | 15 | 15 | | | | | Morten Frost | 15 | 7 | 12 |
| | | | | | | | Chen Changjie | 9 | 15 | 15 |
| Chen Changjie | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Chen Changjie | 9 | 15 | 15 |
| Kevin Jolly | 14 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Kevin Jolly | 14 | 8 | Chen Changjie | 18 | 18 | | | | | |
| | | | Prakash Padukone | 14 | 16 | | | | | |
| Pat Tryon | 5 | 3 | Prakash Padukone | 14 | 16 | | | | | |
| Prakash Padukone | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |

### Women's singles

First round Jane Webster (England) d. U. Kinard (USA), 11-7, 11-6; A. Tokuda (sic) (Tōkairin) (Japan) won by default over J. Youngberg (Canada); Yun Ja Kim (South Korea) 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) d. G. Edwards (Nigeria), 11-0, 11-1; L. Blumer (Switzerland) won by default over W. Carter (Canada); L. S. Yeng (Chinese Taipei) won by default over V. Wiharjo (Indonesia); Tōkairin (Japan) d. Webster (England), 11-7, 11-6; Kim (South Korea) 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), won by default over S. Skillings (Canada).
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Hwang Sun-ai | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Liselotte Blumer | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Liselotte Blumer | 3 | 3 | | Hwang Sun-ai | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| | | | | Fumiko Tōkairin | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Fumiko Tōkairin | 11 | 11 | | Fumiko Tōkairin | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Liu Xia | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Liu Xia | 7 | 6 | | | | | Hwang Sun-ai | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| | | | | | | | Zhang Ailing | 7 | 11 | 12 |
| Lene Køppen | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Zhang Ailing | 7 | 11 | 12 |
| Kim Yun-ja | 4 | 12 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Kim Yun-ja | 4 | 12 | 9 | Lene Køppen | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Zhang Ailing | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Gillian Gilks | 1 | 12 | 0 | Zhang Ailing | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Zhang Ailing | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |

### Men's doubles

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

### Women's doubles

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

### Mixed doubles

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