1997 All England Open Badminton Championships
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The 1997 All England Open was the 87th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships
. It was held from March 10 to March 15, 1997, in Birmingham
, England
.
It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.
All England Open Badminton Championships
The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898...
. It was held from March 10 to March 15, 1997, in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.
Final results
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Dong JiongDong Jiong Dong Jiong is a Chinese badminton player who ranked among the world's men's singles elite in the mid and late 1990s.-Career:In a relatively short career at the top level, Dong won some of badminton's biggest events, including the prestigious All-England and Denmark Open titles in 1997... |
Sun Jun Sun Jun (badminton) Sun Jun is a former world number 1 singles badminton player from China in the late 1990s whose resume includes the World Championship, World Cup, Asian Championship and All England Men's Singles titles... |
15–9, 15–5 |
| Women's singles | Ye Zhaoying Ye Zhaoying Ye Zhaoying is a retired women's singles badminton player from Zhejiang, the People's Republic of China who rates as one of the finest that China or any nation has produced. Officially ranked as the number one player in the world for the first time in December 1995, she lost but regained that... |
Gong Zhichao Gong Zhichao Gong Zhichao is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Gong was one of the world's leading women's singles players between her first international titles in 1996 and her retirement in 2002... |
11–3, 11–1 |
| Men's doubles |  Kang Kyung-jin & Ha Tae-kwonHa Tae-kwon Ha Tae-kwon is a male badminton player from South Korea.Ha competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Kim Dong-moon. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Mateusiak and Michał Łogosz of Poland in the second. In the quarterfinals, Ha... |
 Jon Holst Christensen & Michael SøgaardMichael Søgaard -Summer Olympics:He played badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles and mixed doubles. In men's doubles, Søgaard and his partner Henrik Svarrer were defeated in the round of 16 by Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky of Indonesia 15-10, 15-7. He also competed in mixed doubles with partner... |
15–11, 17–16 |
| Women's doubles | Ge Fei Ge Fei (badminton) Ge Fei was a Chinese female badminton player in the 1990s who is one of the most successful doubles specialists in the sport's history.She is married to the former World Champion singles badminton player Sun Jun.-Career:... & Gu Jun Gu Jun Gu Jun was a Chinese female badminton player in the 1990s.-Career:Gu and her regular partner Ge Fei were the world's dominant women's doubles team from the mid 1990s to their retirement after the 2000 Olympics. They won over thirty top tier international tournaments together, including two Olympic... |
 Eliza & Zelin Rosiana |
15–6, 15–9 |
| Mixed doubles | Liu Yong Liu Yong (badminton) Liu Yong is a male former international level badminton player for China who specialized in mixed doubles.He is married to former singles player on the Chinese national badminton team Dai Yun.-Career:... & Ge Fei Ge Fei (badminton) Ge Fei was a Chinese female badminton player in the 1990s who is one of the most successful doubles specialists in the sport's history.She is married to the former World Champion singles badminton player Sun Jun.-Career:... |
Tri Kusharyanto & Minarti Timur Minarti Timur -Career:Though she won women's singles at the 1990 Dutch Open, Minarti was primarily a doubles player, particularly excelling in mixed doubles. During the 1990s and the early 2000s, she won numerous international mixed doubles titles; the majority with Tri Kusharjanto but also, later, with Bambang... |
15–10, 15–2 |