Badminton at the 1962 Asian Games

Badminton tournament was held at the 1962 Asian Games at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia from 25 August to 1 September 1962.^[1]

Badminton at the 1962 Asian Games
Venue	Istora Senayan
Dates	25 August – 1 September
Nations	7
← 1958 1966 →

Badminton at the 1962 Asian Games on a stamp of Indonesia

The host nation, Indonesia won five out of six possible gold medals. Indonesia won both the team events; in men's team final Indonesian team defeated Thailand by 5-0 and in Women's team final they defeated the Malayan team by 3-2 scoreline.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Tan Joe Hok  Indonesia	Teh Kew San  Malaya	Ferry Sonneville  Indonesia
Men's doubles details	Malaya Tan Yee Khan Ng Boon Bee	Indonesia Tan Joe Hok Liem Tjeng Kiang	Indonesia Tutang Djamaluddin Abdul Patah Unang
Men's team details	Indonesia Tutang Djamaluddin Liem Tjeng Kiang Ferry Sonneville Tan Joe Hok Abdul Patah Unang	Thailand Narong Bhornchima Raphi Kanchanaraphi Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Sangob Rattanusorn Charoen Wattanasin	Malaya Billy Ng Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan Teh Kew San Yew Cheng Hoe
Women's singles details	Minarni  Indonesia	Corry Kawilarang  Indonesia	Happy Herowati  Indonesia
Women's doubles details	Indonesia Minarni Retno Kustijah	Indonesia Corry Kawilarang Happy Herowati	Malaya Tan Gaik Bee Ng Mei Ling
Women's team details	Indonesia Goei Kiok Nio Happy Herowati Corry Kawilarang Retno Kustijah Minarni	Malaya Annie Keong Kok Lee Ying Jean Moey Ng Mei Ling Tan Gaik Bee	Thailand Sumol Chanklum Boobpa Kaentong Prathin Pattabongs Pratuang Pattabongs

Final results

Discipline	Winner	Finalist	Score[2]
Men's singles	Tan Joe Hok	Teh Kew San	15–9, 15–3
Women's singles	Minarni	Corry Kawilarang	11–4, 7–11, 11–7
Men's doubles	Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan	Tan Joe Hok & Liem Tjeng Kiang	15–13, 18–17
Women's doubles	Minarni & Retno Kustijah	Corry Kawilarang & Happy Herowati	9–15, 15–12, 15–6

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia (INA)	5	3	3	11
2	Malaya (MAL)	1	2	2	5
3	Thailand (THA)	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)		6	6	6	18

Participating nations

•  Cambodia
•  Indonesia (10)
•  Japan
•  Malaya (10)
•  Philippines
•  Singapore
•  Thailand

References

1. "Badminton – Past Medals (Medallists from previous Asian Games – Badminton)". Doha Asian Games' official website. Wayback Machine. 28 November 2006. Archived from the original on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
2. Siebel, Norman (3 September 1962). "Yee Khan, Boon Bee at best". The Straits Times. p. 17. Retrieved 15 September 2023 – via NewspaperSG.

External links

• Badminton Asia