1976 European Badminton Championships

The 5th European Badminton Championships were held in Dublin, Ireland, 6–7 April 1976, hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton Union of Ireland.

1976 European Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	6–7 April 1976
Edition	5
Venue	Fitzwilliam Club[1]
Location	Dublin, Ireland
← 1974 1978 →

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Flemming Delfs	Elo Hansen	Wolfgang Bochow
			Paul Whetnall
Women's singles	Gillian Gilks	Lene Køppen	Susan Whetnall
			Margaret Lockwood
Men's doubles	Ray Stevens and Mike Tredgett	Derek Talbot and Eddy Sutton	Willi Braun and Roland Maywald
			Bengt Fröman and Thomas Kihlström
Women's doubles	Gillian Gilks and Susan Whetnall	Margaret Lockwood and Nora Gardner	Karin Kucki and Vera Winter
			Joanna Flockhart and Christine Stewart
Mixed doubles	Derek Talbot and Gillian Gilks	Steen Skovgaard and Lene Køppen	Rob Ridder and Marjan Luesken
			Mike Tredgett and Nora Gardner
Teams	Denmark	England	Sweden

Semifinals

• Source^[2]

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Elo Hansen	Wolfgang Bochow	9–15, 15–9, 15–8
	Flemming Delfs	Paul Whetnall	15–9, 15–7
Women's singles	Gillian Gilks	Susan Whetnall	11–5, 11–2
	Lene Køppen	Margaret Lockwood	11–5, 11–5
Men's doubles	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Willi Braun Roland Maywald	15–9, 15–17, 15–9
	Derek Talbot Eddy Sutton	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	15–13, 15–9
Women's doubles	Gillian Gilks Susan Whetnall	Karin Kucki Vera Winter	15–7, 15–6
	Nora Gardner Margaret Lockwood	Joanna Flockhart Christine Stewart	15–7, 15–8
Mixed doubles	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	Rob Ridder Marjan Luesken	15–7, 15–12
	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen	Mike Tredgett Nora Gardner	9–15, 15–7, 15–4

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Flemming Delfs	Elo Hansen	15–4, 15–7
Women's singles	Gillian Gilks	Lene Køppen	11–6, 12–11
Men's doubles	Mike Tredgett Ray Stevens	Derek Talbot Eddy Sutton	13–15, 15–12, 15–6
Women's doubles	Gillian Gilks Susan Whetnall	Margaret Lockwood Nora Gardner	15–8, 15–4
Mixed doubles	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen	6–15, 15–12, 17–15

Medal account

  *   Host nation (Ireland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	4	3	4	11
2	Denmark	2	3	0	5
3	West Germany	0	0	3	3
4	Sweden	0	0	2	2
5	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	Scotland	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		6	6	11	23