Badminton at the 1970 Asian Games
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Badminton tournaments were held for the third time at the 6th Asian Games in 1970 in Bangkok
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Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
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Medalists
| Men's singles |  Punch GunalanPunch Gunalan Datuk Punch Gunalan is a former male badminton star of Malaysia and one of the finest combination doubles and singles players that the country has ever produced.... |
 MuljadiMuljadi Muljadi is a former world class badminton player who represented Indonesia between 1963 and 1973. Muljadi's career spanned two separate eras of Indonesian domination of the then triennial Thomas Cup competition: 1958 to 1964 and 1970 to 1979... |
 Ippei KojimaIppei Kojima Ippei Kojima is a former Japanese badminton player who won a record eight Japanese national men's singles titles and some major international titles between the mid 1960s and the mid 1970s. His game was marked by exceptional foot speed, great tenacity, and power surprising for a man who was about... |
 Sangob RattanusornSangob Rattanusorn Sangob Rattanusorn is a former badminton player from Thailand who won numerous titles and represented his country in team play from the early 1960s through the early 1970s... |
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| Women's singles | Hiroe Yuki Hiroe Yuki was a Japanese badminton player. She won numerous major international titles from the late 1960s to the late 1970s.- Persons :... |
Thongkam Kingmanee |
Minarni Sudaryanto |
| Sylvia Ng |
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| Men's doubles | Gunalan Panchacharam Ng Boon Bee Ng Boon Bee Ng Boon Bee is a former Malaysian badminton player who won numerous international doubles titles from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. In combination, first, with Tan Yee Khan and later with Punch Gunalan he won open men's doubles events in Malaysia, Indonesia, Denmark, Germany, Canada, and... |
Junji Honma Shōichi Toganoo |
Rudy Hartono Rudy Hartono Rudy Hartono Kurniawan , born August 18, 1949) is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who won the men's singles title at the World Championship in 1980, and the prestigious All-England Championship trophy eight times, seven times consecutively , in the 1960s and 1970s. He is one of the... Indra Gunawan |
| Pornchai Sakuntaniyom Chavalert Chumkum Chavalert Chumkum Chavalert Chumkum is a former world-class badminton player who represented Thailand from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. At a time when Thailand was known for its doubles specialists, Chumkum won more Thai national men's doubles titles than any other player of his era. His Thomas Cup record is... |
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| Women's doubles | Machiko Aizawa Machiko Aizawa Machiko Aizawa is a former badminton player from Japan who won Japanese national and major international titles from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. Though highly competitive in singles, her greatest success came in women's doubles with Etsuko Takenaka Toganoo. They shared the prestigious... Etsuko Takenaka |
Nurhaena Nurhaena Retno Koestijah |
Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong |
| Sumol Chanklum Pachara Pattabongs |
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| Mixed doubles | Sylvia Ng Ng Boon Bee Ng Boon Bee Ng Boon Bee is a former Malaysian badminton player who won numerous international doubles titles from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. In combination, first, with Tan Yee Khan and later with Punch Gunalan he won open men's doubles events in Malaysia, Indonesia, Denmark, Germany, Canada, and... |
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... Pachara Pattabongs |
Rudy Hartono Rudy Hartono Rudy Hartono Kurniawan , born August 18, 1949) is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who won the men's singles title at the World Championship in 1980, and the prestigious All-England Championship trophy eight times, seven times consecutively , in the 1960s and 1970s. He is one of the... MinarniMinarni Minarni was an Indonesian badminton player who won major titles around the world and who represented her country internationally between 1959 and 1975... |
| Ippei Kojima Ippei Kojima Ippei Kojima is a former Japanese badminton player who won a record eight Japanese national men's singles titles and some major international titles between the mid 1960s and the mid 1970s. His game was marked by exceptional foot speed, great tenacity, and power surprising for a man who was about... Etsuko Takenaka |
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| Women's team | (Hiroe Yuki Hiroe Yuki was a Japanese badminton player. She won numerous major international titles from the late 1960s to the late 1970s.- Persons :... , Machiko Aizawa Machiko Aizawa Machiko Aizawa is a former badminton player from Japan who won Japanese national and major international titles from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. Though highly competitive in singles, her greatest success came in women's doubles with Etsuko Takenaka Toganoo. They shared the prestigious... , Etsuko Takenaka, Mariko Nishio) |
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Medal tally
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
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