Badminton at the 1977 SEA Games

Badminton events for the 1977 Southeast Asian Games were held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 19 and 26 November 1977. Individual as well as Team competitions were conducted. Surapong Suharitdamrong (Thailand, Men's singles), Thongkam Kingmanee & Porntip Buntanon (Thailand, Women's doubles), Ong Ah Hong (Malaysia, Women's singles) and Dominic Soong & Koay Kar Lin (Malaysia, Men's doubles); all of these players finished fourth. At the end of the competitions, debutant Indonesia dominated by winning six out of seven possible gold medals. Malaysia won a single gold in Women's singles discipline.[2]

1977 Southeast Asian Games
Tournament details
Dates19 – 26 November
Edition9th
VenueSelangor Badminton Association Hall
& Stadium Negara[1]
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
← 1975 Bangkok 1979 Jakarta →

Medalists
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Indonesia Liem Swie King Indonesia Dhany Sartika Malaysia James Selvaraj
Women's singles Malaysia Sylvia Ng Indonesia Verawaty Wiharjo Thailand Sirisriro Patama
Men's doubles Indonesia Tjun Tjun
& Johan Wahjudi		 Thailand Pichai Kongsirithavorn
& Preecha Sopajaree		 Thailand Bandid Jaiyen
& Surapong Suharitdamrong
Women's doubles Indonesia Theresia Widiastuti
& Regina Masli		 Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang
& Sylvia Ng		 Indonesia Verawaty Wiharjo
& Imelda Wiguna
Mixed doubles Indonesia Christian Hadinata
& Regina Masli		 Malaysia Indonesia or Thailand
Men's team  Indonesia (Liem Swie King, Dhany Sartika, Tjun Tjun, Johan Wahjudi, Christian Hadinata, Ade Chandra)  Thailand (Surapong Suharitdamrong, Bandid Jaiyen, Pichai Kongsirithavorn, Preecha Sopajaree)  Malaysia (Saw Swee Leong, James Selvaraj, Koay Kar Lin, Dominic Soong)
Women's team  Indonesia (Verawaty Wiharjo, Tati Sumirah, Ivanna Lie, Theresia Widiastuti, Regina Masli, Imelda Wiguna)  Malaysia (Ong Ah Hong, Sylvia Ng, Rosalind Singha Ang)  Thailand (Sirisriro Patama, Suleeporn Jittariyakul, Thongkam Kingmanee, Petchroong Liengtrakulngam)[3]

Final results
Discipline Winner Finalist Score
Men's singles Indonesia Liem Swie King Indonesia Dhany Sartika 15–9, 15–5
Women's singles Malaysia Sylvia Ng Indonesia Verawaty Wiharjo 4–11, 11–4, 11–5
Men's doubles[4] Indonesia Tjun Tjun
& Johan Wahjudi		 Thailand Pichai Kongsirithavorn
& Preecha Sopajaree		 15–10, 15–3
Women's doubles Indonesia Regina Masli
& Theresia Widiastuti		 Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang
& Sylvia Ng		 15–2, 15–4
Mixed doubles Indonesia Christian Hadinata
& Regina Masli

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Indonesia (INA)62210
2 Malaysia (MAS)*1326
3 Thailand (THA)0235
Totals (3 entries)77721

References
  1. "All the SIA events". New Nation. 22 November 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 25 December 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
  2. "All the results". The Straits Times. 24 November 1977. p. 27. Retrieved 25 December 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
  3. "Indonesians, Thais are too strong at badminton". The Straits Times. 20 November 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 25 December 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
  4. "Swie King gondol pingat emas bahagian individual". Berita Harian (in Malay). 24 November 1977. p. 7. Retrieved 25 December 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
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