Badminton at the 1974 Asian Games

Badminton competitions for The 1974 Asian Games were held in Amjadieh Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran. This is for the first time that Chinese players have been allowed by the International Badminton Federation to compete in an official badminton tournament.^[1] In both the men's and women's team finals, debutant China defeated Indonesia by 3–2.

Badminton at the 1974 Asian Games
Venue	Amjadieh Sport Complex
Dates	1–16 September
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Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	5	3	2	10
2	Indonesia (INA)	2	4	2	8
3	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
4	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		7	7	7	21

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Hou Jiachang  China	Fang Kaixiang  China	Liem Swie King  Indonesia
Men's doubles	Indonesia Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Indonesia Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra	China Tang Xianhu Chen Tianxiang
Men's team	China Chen Tianxiang Chen Xinhui Fang Kaixiang Hou Jiachang Tang Xianhu Yu Yaodong	Indonesia Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata Liem Swie King Nunung Murdjianto Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	India Davinder Ahuja Partho Ganguli Raman Ghosh Dinesh Khanna Prakash Padukone
Women's singles	Chen Yuniang  China	Liang Qiuxia  China	Hiroe Yuki  Japan
Women's doubles	China Liang Qiuxia Zheng Huiming	China Lin Youya Qiu Yufang	Indonesia Theresia Widiastuti Imelda Wiguna
Women's team	China Chen Yuniang Liang Qiuxia Liu Xiaozheng Lin Youya Qiu Yufang Zheng Huiming	Indonesia Regina Masli Minarni Taty Sumirah Theresia Widiastuti Imelda Wiguna Sri Wiyanti	Japan Machiko Aizawa Mika Ikeda Mariko Nishio Etsuko Takenaka Hiroe Yuki
Mixed doubles	Indonesia Christian Hadinata Regina Masli	Indonesia Tjun Tjun Sri Wiyanti	China Tang Xianhu Chen Yuniang

Results

Men's singles

1st round – September 11
	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Liem Swie King (INA)	2–0	Joo Ryon-chang (PRK)	15–8	15–4
Hassan Shaheed (PAK)	0–2	Yoshitaka Iino (JPN)	5–15	2–15
Yan Po Tim (HKG)	2–0	Danny So (PHI)	15–9	15–9
Moo Foot Lian (MAL)	2–1	Dinesh Khanna (IND)	15–11	7–15	15–6
Dariush Foroughi (IRN)	0–2	Yang Mei Liang (HKG)	2–15	7–15
Tan Aik Mong (MAL)	2–0	Kim Yong-do (PRK)	15–8	15–6
Masao Tsuchida (JPN)	2–0	Conrado Co (PHI)	15–3	15–5
Sangob Rattanusorn (THA)	0–2	Nunung Murdjianto (INA)	8–15	1–15

	2nd round September 11						Quarterfinals September 12						Semifinals September 13						Final September 14
	Hou Jiachang (CHN)	15	15
	Sirous Aflatoun (IRN)	4	3				Hou Jiachang (CHN)	18	15
	Kishore Singh (NEP)	2	5				Bandid Jaiyen (THA)	14	5
	Bandid Jaiyen (THA)	15	15										Hou Jiachang (CHN)	15	15
	Liem Swie King (INA)	15	10	15									Liem Swie King (INA)	8	7
	Yoshitaka Iino (JPN)	9	15	3			Liem Swie King (INA)	15	15
	Yan Po Tim (HKG)	12	17				Moo Foot Lian (MAL)	9	4
	Moo Foot Lian (MAL)	15	18																Hou Jiachang (CHN)	15	15
	Yang Mei Liang (HKG)	3	10																Fang Kaixiang (CHN)	12	11
	Tan Aik Mong (MAL)	15	15				Tan Aik Mong (MAL)	8	18	15
	Masao Tsuchida (JPN)	5	11				Nunung Murdjianto (INA)	15	15	6
	Nunung Murdjianto (INA)	15	15										Tan Aik Mong (MAL)	8	5				Bronze medal match
	Davinder Ahuja (IND)	15	15										Fang Kaixiang (CHN)	15	15
	Prem Pandey (NEP)	3	3				Davinder Ahuja (IND)	2	10										Liem Swie King (INA)	15	15
	Javed Iqbal (PAK)	5	11				Fang Kaixiang (CHN)	15	15										Tan Aik Mong (MAL)	12	10
	Fang Kaixiang (CHN)	15	15

Men's doubles

1st round – September 11
	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Tang Xianhu (CHN)  Chen Tianxiang (CHN)	2–0	Joo Ryon-chang (PRK)  Kim Jung-kook (PRK)	15–7	15–4
Mohsen Sheida (IRN)  Sadra Shoushtari (IRN)	WO	Hauw Fan Chang (HKG)  Wong Man Hing (HKG)
Bandid Jaiyen (THA)  Sangob Rattanusorn (THA)	2–0	Abdul Hamid (PAK)  Tariq Wadood (PAK)	15–1	15–5
Butch Oreta (PHI)  Daniel Buenaventura (PHI)	0–2	Kishore Singh (NEP)  Prem Pandey (NEP)	15–18	16–18
Yang Mei Liang (HKG)  Chen Kok Ming (HKG)	0–2	Hassan Shaheed (PAK)  Javed Iqbal (PAK)	7–15	7–15
Ashok Ratna (NEP)  Uday Kumar Shrestha (NEP)	0–2	Kim Yong-do (PRK)  Bak Ok-nyon (PRK)	0–15	1–15
Shoichi Toganoo (JPN)  Nobutaka Ikeda (JPN)	2–0	Danny So (PHI)  Conrado Co (PHI)	15–9	15–9

	2nd round September 12						Quarterfinals September 12						Semifinals September 13						Final September 14
	Tang Xianhu (CHN)  Chen Tianxiang (CHN)	15	15
	Mohsen Sheida (IRN)  Sadra Shoushtari (IRN)	5	6				Tang Xianhu (CHN)  Chen Tianxiang (CHN)	15	15
	Bandid Jaiyen (THA)  Sangob Rattanusorn (THA)	18	18				Bandid Jaiyen (THA)  Sangob Rattanusorn (THA)	9	4
	Kishore Singh (NEP)  Prem Pandey (NEP)	15	16										Tang Xianhu (CHN)  Chen Tianxiang (CHN)	8	15	8
	Christian Hadinata (INA)  Ade Chandra (INA)	15	15										Christian Hadinata (INA)  Ade Chandra (INA)	15	13	15
	Yoshitaka Iino (JPN)  Masao Tsuchida (JPN)	12	10				Christian Hadinata (INA)  Ade Chandra (INA)	15	15
	Moo Foot Lian (MAL)  Dominic Soong (MAL)	15	13	11			Partho Ganguli (IND)  Davinder Ahuja (IND)	2	2
	Partho Ganguli (IND)  Davinder Ahuja (IND)	6	15	15															Christian Hadinata (INA)  Ade Chandra (INA)	9	7
	Dinesh Khanna (IND)  Raman Ghosh (IND)																		Tjun Tjun (INA)  Johan Wahjudi (INA)	15	15
	Sirous Aflatoun (IRN)  Dariush Foroughi (IRN)	W	O				Sirous Aflatoun (IRN)  Dariush Foroughi (IRN)	0	2
	Pornchai Sakuntaniyom (THA)  Preecha Sopajaree (THA)	6	8				Tjun Tjun (INA)  Johan Wahjudi (INA)	15	15
	Tjun Tjun (INA)  Johan Wahjudi (INA)	15	15										Tjun Tjun (INA)  Johan Wahjudi (INA)	15	15				Bronze medal match
	Hassan Shaheed (PAK)  Javed Iqbal (PAK)	15	15										Shoichi Toganoo (JPN)  Nobutaka Ikeda (JPN)	0	4
	Kim Yong-do (PRK)  Bak Ok-nyon (PRK)	1	7				Hassan Shaheed (PAK)  Javed Iqbal (PAK)	16	6										Tang Xianhu (CHN)  Chen Tianxiang (CHN)	15	15
	Shoichi Toganoo (JPN)  Nobutaka Ikeda (JPN)	17	5	15			Shoichi Toganoo (JPN)  Nobutaka Ikeda (JPN)	17	15										Shoichi Toganoo (JPN)  Nobutaka Ikeda (JPN)	2	3
	Yu Yaodong (CHN)  Chen Xinhui (CHN)	14	15	10

Women's singles

	1st round September 11						Quarterfinals September 12						Semifinals September 13						Final September 14
	Chen Yuniang (CHN)	11	11
	Bak Yon-ok (PRK)	3	1				Chen Yuniang (CHN)	11	11
	Mariko Nishio (JPN)	11	2	3			Sylvia Ng (MAL)	9	2
	Sylvia Ng (MAL)	6	11	11									Chen Yuniang (CHN)	11	11
	Sri Wiyanti (INA)	11	11										Oh Youn-han (KOR)	5	2
	Sirisriro Patama (THA)	6	1				Sri Wiyanti (INA)	5	11	8
	Mina Pourghobadi (IRN)	0	0				Oh Youn-han (KOR)	11	6	11
	Oh Youn-han (KOR)	11	11																Chen Yuniang (CHN)	11	11
	Talat Sultana (PAK)	0	7																Liang Qiuxia (CHN)	8	7
	Ok Bok-eun (KOR)	11	11				Ok Bok-eun (KOR)	11	7	4
	Hiroe Yuki (JPN)	11	11				Hiroe Yuki (JPN)	7	11	11
	Taty Sumirah (INA)	6	5										Hiroe Yuki (JPN)	1	2				Bronze medal match
	Rafat Yazdanparast (IRN)	0	0										Liang Qiuxia (CHN)	11	11
	Bak Jung-sook (PRK)	11	11				Bak Jung-sook (PRK)	3	3										Oh Youn-han (KOR)	4	2
	Thongkam Kingmanee (THA)	5	6				Liang Qiuxia (CHN)	11	11										Hiroe Yuki (JPN)	11	11
	Liang Qiuxia (CHN)	11	11

Women's doubles

	1st round September 11						Quarterfinals September 12						Semifinals September 13						Final September 14
	Liang Qiuxia (CHN)  Zheng Huiming (CHN)	15	15
	Houri Farshidian (IRN)  Mina Pourghobadi (IRN)	1	2				Liang Qiuxia (CHN)  Zheng Huiming (CHN)	15	15
	Thongkam Kingmanee (THA)  Sirisriro Patama (THA)	15	15				Thongkam Kingmanee (THA)  Sirisriro Patama (THA)	1	11
	Bak Yon-ok (PRK)  Bak Jung-sook (PRK)	7	5										Liang Qiuxia (CHN)  Zheng Huiming (CHN)	15	15
													Theresia Widiastuti (INA)  Imelda Wiguna (INA)	12	8
							Etsuko Takenaka (JPN)  Machiko Aizawa (JPN)	8	16
	Theresia Widiastuti (INA)  Imelda Wiguna (INA)	9	15	18			Theresia Widiastuti (INA)  Imelda Wiguna (INA)	15	18
	Ok Bok-eun (KOR)  Song Hyang-soong (KOR)	15	11	16															Liang Qiuxia (CHN)  Zheng Huiming (CHN)	15	15
	Ri Hyo-bong (PRK)  So He-soon (PRK)	4	9																Lin Youya (CHN)  Qiu Yufang (CHN)	10	12
	Hiroe Yuki (JPN)  Mika Ikeda (JPN)	15	15				Hiroe Yuki (JPN)  Mika Ikeda (JPN)	12	9
	Oh Youn-han (KOR)  Park Ok-young (KOR)	7	5				Minarni (INA)  Regina Masli (INA)	15	15
	Minarni (INA)  Regina Masli (INA)	15	15										Minarni (INA)  Regina Masli (INA)	7	15				Bronze medal match
	Sylvia Ng (MAL)  Rosalind Singha Ang (MAL)	15	15										Lin Youya (CHN)  Qiu Yufang (CHN)	15	18
	Behnaz Nourazar (IRN)  Rafat Yazdanparast (IRN)	1	1				Sylvia Ng (MAL)  Rosalind Singha Ang (MAL)	8	8										Theresia Widiastuti (INA)  Imelda Wiguna (INA)
							Lin Youya (CHN)  Qiu Yufang (CHN)	15	15										Minarni (INA)  Regina Masli (INA)

Mixed doubles

Final

Winner	Runner-up	Score
Christian Hadinata Regina Masli	Tjun Tjun Sri Wiyanti	15–10, 15–8

Bronze medal match

Winner	Runner-up	Score
Tang Xianhu Chen Yuniang	Sakuntaniyom Pornchai Kingmanee Thongkam	15–12, 15–9

References

1. "Looking round the world: Chinese to play in Asian Games" (PDF) (16 ed.). World Badminton. August 1974. p. 14. Retrieved 30 December 2024.

External links

• Badminton Asia
• https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19740914-1.2.147.13
• https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19740915-1.2.108
• https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19740916-1.2.109.8.6