Badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Badminton
at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Badminton ; at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dates	11 to 21 September 1998
	← 1994 2002 →

Badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was the ninth appearance of Badminton at the Commonwealth Games. The events took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 11 September until 21 September 1998.^[1] There were no bronze medal play off matches because both losing semi-finalists were awarded a bronze medal.

The badminton events were held the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Cheras.^[2]

Malaysia topped the badminton medal table by virtue of winning three gold medals.^[3]

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malaysia (MAS)*	3	4	0	7
2	England (ENG)	3	1	7	11
3	Wales (WAL)	1	0	0	1
4	India (IND)	0	2	2	4
5	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
5	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	2	2
7	Scotland (SCO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		7	7	14	28

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Wong Choong Hann	Yong Hock Kin	Pullela Gopichand	Darren Hall
Women's singles	Kelly Morgan	Aparna Popat	Tracey Hallam	Julia Mann
Men's doubles	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	Simon Archer Chris Hunt	Julian Robertson Nathan Robertson
Women's doubles	Donna Kellogg Joanne Goode	Chor Hooi Yee Lim Pek Siah	Tammy Jenkins Rhona Robertson	Elinor Middlemiss Sandra Watt
Mixed doubles	Simon Archer Joanne Goode	Nathan Robertson Joanne Davies	Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator	Chris Hunt Donna Kellogg
Men's team	Malaysia	India	England	New Zealand
Women's team	England	Malaysia	India	Australia

Team medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	Malaysia Wong Choong Hann Ong Ewe Hock Yong Hock Kin Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	India Abhinn Shyam Gupta George Thomas Pullela Gopichand Jaseel Ismail Marcos Bristow Nikhil Kanetkar Vincent Lobo	England Chris Hunt Darren Hall Julian Robertson Mark Constable Nathan Robertson Peter Knowles Simon Archer	New Zealand Antonio Gargiulo Christopher Blair Daniel Shirley Dean Galt Geoffrey Bellingham Jarrod King Nicholas Hall
Women's team	England Donna Kellogg Joanne Davies Joanne Goode Julia Mann Rebecca Pantaney Sara Sankey Tracey Hallam	Malaysia Chor Hooi Yee Joanne Quay Ng Mee Fen Norhasikin Amin Law Pei Pei Lim Pek Siah Woon Sze Mei	India Aparna Popat Archana Deodhar Deepthi Chapala Madhumita Bisht Manjusha Kanwar K. Neelima Chowdary P. V. V. Lakshmi	Australia Amanda Hardy Kate Wilson-Smith Kellie Lucas Michaela Smith Rayoni Head Rhonda Cator Sarah Hicks

Finals

Event	Gold	Silver	Score
Men's singles	Wong Choong Hann	Yong Hock Kin	10–15, 15–12, 15–6
Women's singles	Kelly Morgan	Aparna Popat	13–10, 11–5
Men's doubles	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	15–7, 15–4
Women's doubles	Donna Kellogg Joanne Goode	Chor Hooi Yee Lim Pek Siah	15–8, 15–6
Mixed doubles	Simon Archer Joanne Goode	Nathan Robertson Joanne Davies	15–2, 15–5
Men's team	Malaysia	India	N/A
Women's team	England	Malaysia	N/A

Results

Men's singles

Round of 16					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	Wong Choong Hann	15	15
	Richard Vaughan	6	9			Hann	15	15
	Mark Constable	15	15			Constable	3	1
	Geoff Bellingham	3	11							Hann	15	15
	Pullela Gopichand	15	15							Pullela	1	11
	Ali Yar Beg	2	1			Pullela	15	15
	John Leung	15	15			Leung	1	6
	Stuart Brehaut	11	10											Hann	10	15	15
	Yong Hock Kin	15	15											Kin	15	12	6
	Geraint Lewis	3	2			Kin	15	15
	Bruce Flockhart	15	15			Flockhart	5	6
	Bobby Milroy	9	11							Kin	15	15
	Darren Hall	15	7	15						Hall	7	1
	Nikhil Kanetkar	6	15	5		Hall	15	15
	Nick Hall	15	15			Hall	3	12
	Stuart Arthur	3	2

Women's singles

Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

	Kelly Morgan	11	11
	Neelima Choudary	3	1			Morgan	11	11
	Zarinah Abdullah	11	11			Abdullah	5	3
	Rebecca Gordon	8	6								Morgan	11	11
	Tracey Hallam	8	11	11							Hallam	6	4
	Denyse Julien	11	7	2		Hallam	11	8	11
	Rhona Robertson	11	11			Robertson	9	11	9
	Woon Sze Mei	2	3													Morgan	13	11
	Aparna Popat	11	11													Popat	10	5
	Rebecca Pantaney	4	8			Popat	11	13
	Ng Mee Fen	11	11			Ng Mee Fen	7	10
	Michelle Edwards	2	2								Popat	11	12	13
	Julia Mann	4	11	11							Mann	8	13	11
	Manjusha Kanwar	11	3	3		Mann	11	11
	Anne Gibson	13	11			Gibson	3	7
	Amanda Carter	10	3

Men's doubles

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Finals

	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	15	15

	David Bamford Peter Blackburn	4	8
					Fook Wah	15	15

					Archer Hunt	13	11
	Simon Archer Chris Hunt	15	15

	Marcos Bristow George Thomas	7	3
										Fook Wah	15	15

										Kit Hock	7	4
	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	15	15

	Michael Beres Bryan Moody	5	3
					Kit Hock	15	12	15

					Robertson Robertson	2	15	8
	Julian Robertson Nathan Robertson	15	15

	Jaseel Ismail Vincent Lobo	3	4

Women's doubles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

	Joanne Goode Donna Kellogg	15	15

	Charmaine Reid Denyse Julien	7	5
						Goode Kellogg	15	15

						Watt Middlemiss	7	3
	Sandra Watt Elinor Middlemiss	15	15

	Joanne Quay Norhasikin Amin	1	6
											Goode Kellogg	15	15

											Yee Siah	8	6
	Chor Hooi Yee Lim Pek Siah	14	15	15

	Amanda Hardy Rhonda Cator	17	4	9
						Yee Siah	15	4	15

						Robertson Jenkins	8	15	9
	Rhona Robertson Tammy Jenkins	15	15

	Joanne Davies Sara Sankey	12	4

Mixed doubles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

	Simon Archer Joanne Goode	15	15

	Daniel Shirley Sheree Jefferson	5	6
						Archer Goode	15	15

						Blackburn Cator	10	4
	Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator	15	1	15

	Wong Choon Hann Chor Hooi Yee	13	15	7
											Archer Goode	15	15

											Robertson Davies	2	5
	Nathan Robertson Joanne Davies	15	15

	Murray Hocking Amanda Hardy	6	6
						Robertson Davies	7	17	17

						Hunt Kellogg	15	15	14
	Chris Hunt Donna Kellogg	15	15

	Dean Galt Sharon Jenkins	3	2

Men's team

Team One	Team Two	Score
England	New Zealand	4–1
Malaysia	India	4–1
England	India	2–3
Malaysia	New Zealand	5–0
England	Malaysia	1–4
India	New Zealand	4–1

Pos	Team	P	W	L
1	Malaysia	3	3	0
2	India	3	2	1
3	England*	3	1	2
4	New Zealand*	3	0	3

England & New Zealand both awarded bronze

Women's team

Team One	Team Two	Score
England	Australia	5–0
Malaysia	India	3–2
England	Malaysia	3–2
India	Australia	4–1
England	India	2–3
Malaysia	Australia	5–0

Pos	Team	P	W	L
1	England	3	2	1
2	Malaysia	3	2	1
3	India*	3	2	1
4	Australia*	3	0	3

India & Australia both awarded bronze

References

↑ "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
↑ "Court circular". The Scotsman. 10 September 1998. p. 20. Retrieved 6 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Badminton". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

"Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

External links

Athletes' Profile Archived 2021-11-01 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[2] "Court circular". The Scotsman. 10 September 1998. p. 20. Retrieved 6 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Badminton". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

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