# 1997 IBF World Championships – Men's singles

The 10th IBF World Championships (Badminton) were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 24 May and 1 June 1997. Following the results of the men's singles.

## Seeds

* Dong Jiong
* Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
* Sun Jun
* Indra Wijaya
* Joko Suprianto
* Ong Ewe Hock
* Fung Permadi
* Park Sung-woo
* Budi Santoso
* Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen
* Peter Gade
* Heryanto Arbi
* Allan Budi Kusuma
* Luo Yigang
* Peter Rasmussen

## Main stage
### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Peter Rasmussen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Apichai Thiraratsakul | 7 | 6 | | Peter Rasmussen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Lin Liwen | 15 | 15 | | Lin Liwen | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Mikhail Korshuk | 5 | 1 | | | | | Peter Rasmussen | 8 | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Indra Wijaya | 15 | 4 | 15 | | | | Indra Wijaya | 8 | 15 | 1 | | | |
| Pontus Jäntti | 3 | 15 | 11 | Indra Wijaya | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Mark Constable | 3 | 15 | 15 | Mark Constable | 3 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Tam Lok Tin | 15 | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | | Peter Rasmussen | 15 | 18 |
| Park Sung-woo | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Park Sung-woo | 2 | 17 |
| Mohammed Saqib Majeed | 6 | 8 | | Park Sung-woo | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Dicky Palyama | 15 | 11 | 15 | Dicky Palyama | 5 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Keita Masuda | 9 | 15 | 11 | | | | Park Sung-woo | 17 | 15 | | | | |
| Allan Budi Kusuma | 15 | 15 | | | | | Allan Budi Kusuma | 13 | 4 | | | | |
| Vikrant Patwardhan | 8 | 1 | | Allan Budi Kusuma | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Henrik Bengtsson | 15 | 15 | | Henrik Bengtsson | 9 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Marco Vasconcelos | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Heryanto Arbi | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jürgen Koch | 1 | 6 | | Heryanto Arbi | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Mike Beres | 15 | 13 | 15 | Mike Beres | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Chien Yu-Hsiu | 9 | 13 | | | | | Heryanto Arbi | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Ong Ewe Hock | 13 | 15 | 15 | | | | Ong Ewe Hock | 12 | 8 | | | | |
| Vladislav Druzchenko | 18 | 4 | 12 | Ong Ewe Hock | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Darren Hall | 15 | 15 | | Darren Hall | 13 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Bruce Flockhart | 5 | 11 | | | | | | | | Heryanto Arbi | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen | 15 | 18 | | | | | | | | Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| Thomas Johansson | 13 | 15 | | Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Jeroen van Dijk | 15 | 15 | | Jeroen van Dijk | 16 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Andrej Pohar | 10 | 9 | | | | | Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen | w.o. | | | | | |
| Dong Jiong | 15 | 15 | | | | | Dong Jiong | | | | | | |
| Jang Chun Woong | 6 | 3 | | Dong Jiong | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Pavel Uvarov | 18 | 12 | 15 | Pavel Uvarov | 11 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Detlef Poste | 13 | 15 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Sun Jun | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Richard Vaughan | 5 | 2 | | Sun Jun | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Hwang Sun-ho | 15 | 15 | | Hwang Sun-ho | 9 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Nick Hall | 11 | 9 | | | | | | Sun Jun | 15 | 18 | | | | |
| Budi Santoso | 9 | 15 | 15 | | | | | Budi Santoso | 10 | 15 | | | | |
| Peter Knowles | 15 | 11 | 0 | Budi Santoso | 17 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Rikard Magnusson | 15 | 15 | | Rikard Magnusson | 14 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Hans Sperre jr. | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | Sun Jun | 15 | 15 |
| Peter Gade | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | Peter Gade | 9 | 11 |
| Chris Bruil | 8 | 5 | | Peter Gade | 4 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Yong Hock Kin | 15 | 15 | | Yong Hock Kin | 15 | 8 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Klaus Raffeiner | 6 | 2 | | | | | | Peter Gade | 9 | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Fung Permadi | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Fung Permadi | 15 | 7 | 9 | | | |
| Bertrand Gallet | 12 | 6 | | Fung Permadi | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Chang Jeng-Shyuang | 15 | 15 | | Chang Jeng-Shyuang | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Peter Kreulitsch | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Artur Khachaturjan | 6 | 5 | | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Wong Choong Hann | 15 | 15 | | Wong Choong Hann | 16 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Boris Kessov | 4 | 1 | | | | | | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Luo Yigang | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Luo Yigang | 12 | 10 | | | | |
| Arturo Ruiz | 7 | 3 | | Luo Yigang | 15 | 9 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Fernando Silva | w.o. | | | Fernando Silva | 3 | 15 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Pullela Gopichand | | | | | | | | | | | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| Joko Suprianto | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Joko Suprianto | 15 | 9 | 5 |
| Iain Sydie | 7 | 10 | | Joko Suprianto | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Konstantin Tatranov | 15 | 15 | | Konstantin Tatranov | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Daniel Eriksson | 11 | 14 | | | | | | Joko Suprianto | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Kevin Han | w.o. | | | | | | | Kevin Han | 5 | 8 | | | | |
| Oliver Pongratz | | | | Kevin Han | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Tam Kai Chuen | 15 | 9 | 15 | Tam Kai Chuen | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Colin Haughton | 12 | 15 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Peter Rasmussen | 15 | 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| Park Sung-Woo | 2 | 17 | | | | | | | | | |
| Park Sung-Woo | 2 | 17 | | Peter Rasmussen | 9 | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | Heryanto Arbi | 15 | 9 | 2 | | | | |
| Heryanto Arbi | 10 | 15 | 15 | Heryanto Arbi | 15 | 9 | 2 | | | | |
| Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen | 15 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen | 15 | 6 | 1 | | | | | Peter Rasmussen | 16 | 18 | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | Sun Jun | 17 | 13 | 10 |
| Sun Jun | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | Sun Jun | 17 | 13 | 10 |
| Peter Gade | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Peter Gade | 9 | 11 | | Sun Jun | 15 | 14 | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 7 | 17 | 9 | | | | |
| Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 10 | 15 | 15 | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 7 | 17 | 9 | | | | |
| Joko Suprianto | 15 | 9 | 5 | | | | | | | | |