# 1978 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1978 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England, from 15–18 March 1978. The event was sponsored by John Player.

## Final results

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Liem Swie King | Rudy Hartono | 15–10, 15–3 |
| Women's singles | Gillian Gilks | Saori Kondo | 11–1, 11–9 |
| Men's doubles | Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi | Christian Hadinata & Ade Chandra | 15–12, 15–8 |
| Women's doubles | Atsuko Tokuda & Mikiko Takada | Emiko Ueno & Yoshiko Yonekura | 18-16, 15-6 |
| Mixed doubles | Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry | Steen Skovgaard & Lene Køppen | 15-7, 15–4 |

## Men's singles
### Seeds

1-2 Rudy Hartono 1-2 Svend Pri 3-4 Flemming Delfs 3-4 Thomas Kihlström 5-8 Morten Frost Hansen 5-8 Liem Swie King

### Section 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Liem Swie King | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Elo Hansen | 8 | 5 | | Swie King | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Torben Nielsen | 9 | 15 | 15 | Nielsen | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Yoshitaka Iino | 15 | 9 | 11 | | | | | Swie King | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Svend Pri | | | | | | | | Pri | 10 | 5 | | | | |
| Nobutaka Ikeda | | | | Pri | 13 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Bryan Purser | 15 | 15 | | Purser | 15 | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Mike Tredgett | 5 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | Swie King | 15 | 15 |
| Iie Sumirat | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | Sumirat | 11 | 13 |
| Kenneth Larsen | 5 | 17 | | Sumirat | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Kinji Zeniya | 15 | 15 | | Zeniya | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Mark Harry | 11 | 7 | | | | | | Sumirat | 6 | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Thomas Kihlström | 15 | 17 | | | | | | Kihlström | 15 | 8 | 4 | | | |
| Jesper Helledie | 4 | 15 | | Kihlström | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Michael Wilks | 15 | 17 | | Wilks | 9 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Richard Purser | 6 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Rudy Hartono | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brian White | 9 | | Hartono | 15 | 10 | 18 | | | | | | | |
| Sture Johnsson | 15 | 15 | Johnsson | 9 | 15 | 17 | | | | | | | |
| Shoichi Toganoo | 3 | 4 | | | | | Hartono | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Morten Frost | 15 | 15 | | | | | Frost | 8 | 7 | | | | |
| Sanjay Sharma | 7 | 8 | Frost | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Henrik Fahrenholz | 15 | 15 | Fahrenholz | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Johan Croukamp | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | Hartono | 15 | 15 |
| Flemming Delfs | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Delfs | 7 | 12 |
| Gordon McMillan | 11 | 6 | Delfs | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Christian Lundberg | 15 | 15 | Lundberg | 12 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| P Lind | | | | | | | Delfs | 5 | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Prakash Padukone | 15 | 15 | | | | | Padukone | 15 | 8 | 11 | | | |
| Pat Tyron | 5 | 7 | Padukone | 15 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| Masao Tsuchida | 15 | 15 | Tsuchida | 5 | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| Brian Wallwork | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's singles
### Seeds

1-2 Gillian Gilks 1-2 Lene Køppen

### Section 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Gillian Gilks | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lonny Bostofte | 0 | 3 | | Gilks | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Yoshiko Yonekura | 11 | 11 | | Yonekura | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| P Ferrington | 3 | 2 | | | | | Gilks | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Atsuko Tokuda | 12 | 11 | | | | | Tokuda | 0 | 7 | | | | |
| Taty Sumirah | 10 | 2 | | Tokuda | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Heather Neilsen | 11 | 12 | | Nielsen | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Kirsten Meier | 2 | 10 | | | | | | | | Gilks | 12 | 5 | 11 |
| Hiroe Yuki | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Yuki | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| Imre Nielsen | 4 | 3 | | Yuki | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Eva-Maria Zwiebler | 2 | 11 | 11 | Zwiebler | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Anette Börjesson | 11 | 8 | 9 | | | | Yuki | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Mikiko Takada | 11 | 11 | | | | | Takada | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Marjan Ridder | 6 | 9 | | Takada | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Inge Borgstrøm | 13 | 11 | | Borgstrøm | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Verawaty Wiharjo | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Saori Kondo | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marianne Christensen | 1 | 1 | | Kondo | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Karen Bridge | 11 | 11 | | Bridge | 11 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Ivana Lie | 1 | 8 | | | | | | Kondo | 9 | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Joke van Beusekom | 11 | 8 | 11 | | | | | van Beusekom | 11 | 7 | 2 | | | | |
| Jette Boyer | 1 | 11 | 6 | van Beusekom | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Pia Nielsen | 11 | 11 | | Nielsen | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ruth Damayanti | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Kondo | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| Wendy Clarkson | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | Clarkson | 11 | 6 | 7 |
| Susanne Berg | 3 | 1 | | Clarkson | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Emiko Ueno | 11 | 11 | | Ueno | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sue Whittaker | 3 | 3 | | | | | | Clarkson | 11 | 6 | 11 | | | | |
| Lene Køppen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Køppen | 8 | 11 | 8 | | | | |
| Gussie Botes | 4 | 6 | | Køppen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Jane Webster | 11 | 11 | | Webster | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tan Soo Gwan | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |