1979 WBF World Championships
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The 1979 WBF World Championships took place in June 1979 in Hangzhou
, China
. It were the second world championships of the World Badminton Federation
.
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
, China
China
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. It were the second world championships of the World Badminton Federation
World Badminton Federation
The World Badminton Federation is a former badminton organization, it was founded in February 1978 and ceased its operation on May 26, 1981 after it merged with the International Badminton Federation ....
.
Medalists
| Men's singles |  Han Jian |
 Tariq Wadood |
Luan Jin Luan Jin Luan Jin is a retired male badminton player from China who rated among the world's very best singles players in the early to mid 1980s when China gained entry into the International Badminton Federation .... |
| Lin Yixiong |
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| Women's singles | Han Aiping Han Aiping Han Aiping is a former Chinese badminton player in the 1980s who ranks among the greats of the woman's game. Noted for her superb overhead strokes, she and her teammate, rival, and sometimes doubles partner Li Lingwei dominated international singles play for most of the decade, each winning the... |
Fu Chun-e |
Xu Rong Xu Rong (badminton) -Career:Xu was one of a cadre of Chinese players who dominated the women's game after China joined the International Badminton Federation in 1981. Although primarily a doubles player she was strong enough in singles to reach the final of the Denmark Open, and to win the Hong Kong Open in 1982... |
| Liu Xia |
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| Men's doubles | Sun Zhian Yao Ximing Yao Ximing Yao Ximing is a former badminton player from China and current coach at the Vancouver Racquet Club in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.- Career :... |
Yu Yaodong Luan Jin Luan Jin Luan Jin is a retired male badminton player from China who rated among the world's very best singles players in the early to mid 1980s when China gained entry into the International Badminton Federation .... |
 Sawei Chanseorasmee Sarit Pisudchaikul |
 Chan Tin Cheung Ng Chun Ching |
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| Women's doubles | Sirisriro Patama Suleeporn Jittariyakul |
Liu Xia Zhang Ailing Zhang Ailing (badminton) -Career:In 1978 Zhang won the rival "world championship" that was run by the short-lived World Badminton Federation prior to China's entry into the International Badminton Federation... |
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| Mixed doubles | Ng Chun Ching Chan Lim Chee |
 Wai Nyunt Mya Lay Sein |
Bandid Jaiyen Bandid Jaiyen Bandid Jaiyen is a former badminton player who won numerous Thai national titles and also excelled internationally between the late 1960s and the early 1980s. Thailand's leading singles player for a decade, the diminutive Jaiyen performed exceptionally well in Thomas Cup competition... Jutatip Banjongsilp |
| Preecha Sopajaree Thongkam Kingmanee |
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| Men's team | |||
| Women's team |
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Medal table Winners of the bronze medals in the women's doubless not known and not included in the table.
| Pos | Country |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |