1981 Badminton World Cup

1981 Badminton World Cup
Tournament details
Dates	7 October – 11 October 1981
Edition	3rd
Total prize money	US$118,000
Venue	Stadium Negara
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
← 1980 Kyoto	1982 Kuala Lumpur →

The 1981 Badminton World Cup was the third edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 7 October to 11 October 1981. Competitions for doubles were not conducted. India won men's singles event while China won women's singles event.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Prakash Padukone	Han Jian	Chen Changjie
Women's singles	Chen Ruizhen	Li Lingwei	Ivana Lie

Men's singles

Semifinal				Final

Prakash Padukone	15	15

Chen Changjie	6	8
				Prakash Padukone	15	18

				Han Jian	0	16
Hadiyanto	15	15	5

Han Jian	17	13	15	Third place


				Chen Changjie	15	15

				Hadiyanto	12	10

Women's singles

Semifinal			Final

Chen Ruizhen	11	11

Ivana Lie	5	5
			Chen Ruizhen	12	2	11

			Li Lingwei	10	11	7
Wendy Carter	3	6

Li Lingwei	11	11	Third place


			Ivana Lie	11	11

			Wendy Carter	0	8

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20061214225106/http://tangkis.tripod.com/world/1981.htm
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