1978 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships
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The 1978 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships which was the third edition of Asian Invitational Championships took place in the month of April in Peking, People's Republic of China.[1][2]
| Tournament details | |||
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| Dates | 15 – 25 April | ||
| Edition | 3 | ||
| Venue | Capital Indoor Stadium | ||
| Location | Peking, People's Republic of China | ||
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Description
This Asian tourney was originally decided to be held in Singapore but was later given to China.[3] Tournament organised junior events as well which included Boys' singles & doubles as well as Girls' singles and doubles. Mixed doubles competitions were as usual not conducted. A total of 12 countries took part in this event which were China, India, Singapore, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
At the end of day, China won all the disciplines except Women's doubles doubles which was won by Thailand. Gold medals for Junior events were shared between Amy Chan of Hong Kong who won Girls' singles event, He Shangquan of China who won Boys' singles, Tay Hoe See & Judy Lee of Singapore who won Girls' doubles and the combination of Maung Maung & Win Mar of Burma who won the Boys' doubles discipline.[4][5]
Medalists
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Yu Yaodong
| Chen Tianlong |
Luan Jin |
| Women's singles | Liu Xia
| Zhang Ailing |
Xu Rong |
| Men's doubles | Lin Shiquan Tang Xianhu
|  Syed Modi Prakash Padukone |
 Javed Iqbal Tariq Wadood |
| Women's doubles |  Thongkam Kingmanee Sirisriro Patama |
Xu Rong Yu Jianghong |
Men's singles
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
| Yu Yaodong
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| Luan Jin
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| Yu Yaodong
| 12 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Chen Tianlong
| 15 | 13 | 10 | ||||||||||
 Saw Swee Leong
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| Chen Tianlong
| Third place | ||||||||||||
| Luan Jin
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Saw Swee Leong
| 9 | 8 | |||||||||||
Women's singles
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
| Liu Xia
| 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Xu Rong
| 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Liu Xia
| 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Zhang Ailing
| 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Yu Jianghong
| 4 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Zhang Ailing
| 11 | 12 | Third place | ||||||||||
| Xu Rong
| 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Yu Jianghong
| 5 | 8 | |||||||||||
Men's doubles
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Lin Shiquan Tang Xianhu
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Javed Iqbal Tariq Wadood
| 12 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Lin Shiquan Tang Xianhu
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Syed Modi Prakash Padukone
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
 Kok Peng Hon Tan Eng Han
| 10 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Syed Modi Prakash Padukone
| 15 | 15 | Third place | ||||||||||
| Javed Iqbal Tariq Wadood
| 15 | 9 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Kok Peng Hon Tan Eng Han
| 9 | 15 | 13 | ||||||||||
Women's doubles
- Bronze medal winners unknown
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Thongkam Kingmanee Sirisriro Patama
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Peh Ah Bee Zhang Ailing
| 8 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Thongkam Kingmanee Sirisriro Patama
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Xu Rong Yu Jianghong
| 9 | 12 | |||||||||||
 Nirmala Wickramatilaka Liu Xia
| 8 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Xu Rong Yu Jianghong
| 15 | 15 | Third place | ||||||||||
| Nirmala Wickramatilaka Liu Xia
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| Peh Ah Bee Zhang Ailing
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References
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