1979 Badminton World Cup
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Dates | 20–22 January 1979 | ||
| Edition | 1st | ||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | ||
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The 1979 Badminton World Cup was the 1st edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Tokyo, Japan from 20 January to 22 January 1979. Competitions for mixed doubles were not conducted. Indonesia won men's singles and men's doubles events while Japan won women's doubles and Denmark won women's singles event.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Liem Swie King |
Iie Sumirat |
 Kevin Jolly |
 Flemming Delfs | |||
| Women's singles | Lene Køppen |
 Hiroe Yuki |
Ivana Lie |
| Verawaty Wiharjo | |||
| Men's doubles | Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata |
Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida |
Derek Talbot David Eddy |
| Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard | |||
| Women's doubles | Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura |
Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wiguna |
Kazuko Sekine Sonoe Ōtsuka |
| Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada |
Men's singles
Finals
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Liem Swie King
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Kevin Jolly
| 7 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Liem Swie King
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Iie Sumirat
| 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Iie Sumirat
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Flemming Delfs
| 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
Women's singles
Finals
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Lene Køppen
| 12 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Verawaty Wiharjo
| 11 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Lene Køppen
| 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Hiroe Yuki
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ivana Lie
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Hiroe Yuki
| 11 | 11 | |||||||||||