1978 European Badminton Championships
# 1978 European Badminton Championships

The 6th European Badminton Championships were held in Preston (England), between 13 April and 15 April 1978, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton England.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | Flemming Delfs | Thomas Kihlström | Sture Johnsson |
| Men's singles | Flemming Delfs | Thomas Kihlström | Ray Stevens |
| Women's singles | Lene Køppen | Jane Webster | Anette Börjesson |
| Women's singles | Lene Køppen | Jane Webster | Joke van Beusekom |
| Men's doubles | Ray Stevens and Mike Tredgett | Bengt Fröman and Thomas Kihlström | David Eddy and Eddy Sutton |
| Men's doubles | Ray Stevens and Mike Tredgett | Bengt Fröman and Thomas Kihlström | Stefan Karlsson and Claes Nordin |
| Women's doubles | Nora Perry and Anne Statt | Jane Webster and Barbara Sutton | Inge Borgström and Pia Nielsen |
| Women's doubles | Nora Perry and Anne Statt | Jane Webster and Barbara Sutton | Joke van Beusekom and Marjan Ridder |
| Mixed doubles | Mike Tredgett and Nora Perry | Steen Skovgaard and Lene Køppen | Billy Gilliland and Joanna Flockhart |
| Mixed doubles | Mike Tredgett and Nora Perry | Steen Skovgaard and Lene Køppen | Rob Ridder and Marjan Ridder |
| Teams | England | Denmark | Sweden |

## Final results

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | Flemming Delfs | Thomas Kihlström | 10–15, 15–6, 15–12 |
| Women's singles | Lene Køppen | Jane Webster | 11–4, 9–11, 11–0 |
| Men's doubles | Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett | Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström | 15–6, 15–5 |
| Women's doubles | Nora Perry Anne Statt | Barbara Sutton Jane Webster | 15–7, 15–7 |
| Mixed doubles | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry | Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen | -,- |

## Medal account

| Pos | Country | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Denmark | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
