1996 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1996 All England Open was the 86th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships

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 11 to March 16, 1996, in Birmingham

Birmingham

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, 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...

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It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen is a retired Danish badminton player who won major international singles titles in the 1990s, and ranks among Denmark's badminton greats.-Badminton career:...	Rashid Sidek Rashid Sidek Rashid Sidek was a Malaysian national badminton player, and a prominent world-class singles player during the 1990s. He is the youngest of the six Sidek brothers. He and his siblings were all actively involved in the international badminton scene...	15–7, 15–6
Women's singles	Bang Soo-hyun Bang Soo-hyun Bang Soo-Hyun is a former badminton player from South Korea who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the 1990s. She was a contemporary and rival of Indonesia's Susi Susanti and China's Ye Zhaoying and recorded wins over both in major badminton tournaments...	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...	11–1, 11–1
Men's doubles	Ricky Subagja Ricky Subagja Ricky Ahmad Subagja is a Bandung, Indonesia born former world-class badminton player. He rates among the greatest doubles specialists in the sport's history.-Career:... & Rexy Mainaky Rexy Mainaky Rexy Ronald Mainaky is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja.- Career :...	Cheah Soon Kit Cheah Soon Kit Cheah Soon Kit is a retired male badminton player from Malaysia, specialized in men's doubles.-Career:He has played for Malaysian team since 1986 especially in doubles. He always plays with different pairs such as Ong Beng Teong , Soo Beng Kiang and Choong Tan Fook during his carer in badminton... & Yap Kim Hock Yap Kim Hock Yap Kim Hock born on 2 July 1972 at Muar, Johor, is a retired male badminton player from Malaysia, specialized in men's doubles.-Career:Kim Hock represented Malaysia and competed at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in the badminton men's doubles event with Cheah...	15–6, 15–5
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...	Helene Kirkegaard Helene Kirkegaard Helene Kirkegaard is a retired female Danish badminton player from Denmark. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics.... & Rikke Olsen Rikke Olsen -2004 Summer Olympics:Olsen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ann-Lou Jørgensen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk of Germany in the second...	15–7, 15–3
Mixed doubles	Park Joo-bong Park Joo-bong Park Joo-bong is a former badminton player from South Korea who excelled from the early 1980s through the mid 1990s.... & Ra Kyung-min Ra Kyung-min Ra Kyung-min is a female badminton player from South Korea.Ra was a dominating mixed doubles team with her partner Kim Dong-moon from late 1990s to early 2000s, resulting 70-match winning streak and 14 consecutive titles in international tournaments.- Career :Ra competed for Korea in badminton at...	Simon Archer Simon Archer Simon Archer is an English badminton player.Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.-Career:-Summer Olympics:... & Julie Bradbury Julie Bradbury Julie Bradbury is a former English female badminton player.-1992 Summer Olympics:Bradbury competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Gillian Clark. In the first round they beat Erma Sulistianingsih and Rosiana Tendean of Indonesia and in the second round Katrin...

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