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| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 18–25 April | ||
| Edition | 16 | ||
| Venue | Winter Sports Palace | ||
| Location | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
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The16thEuropean Badminton Championships were held inSofia, Bulgaria, between 18 and 25 April 1998, and hosted by theEuropean Badminton Union and the Bulgarian Badminton Federation.
The competition was held at theWinter Sports Palace in Sofia.[1][2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Peter Gade | Kenneth Jonassen | Peter Rasmussen |
| Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | |||
| Women's singles | Camilla Martin |  Kelly Morgan | Mette Sørensen |
| Mette Pedersen | |||
| Men's doubles |  Simon ArcherandChris Hunt |  Peter AxelssonandPär-Gunnar Jönsson | Jon Holst Christensen andMichael Søgaard |
| Julian Robertson andNathan Robertson | |||
| Women's doubles | Rikke Olsen andMarlene Thomsen | Ann Jørgensen andMajken Vange | Joanne Goode andDonna Kellogg |
 Monique HooglandandErica van den Heuvel | |||
| Mixed doubles | Michael Søgaard andRikke Olsen |  Michael Keck andErica van den Heuvel | Simon Archer andJoanne Goode |
| Jon Holst Christensen andAnn Jørgensen | |||
| Teams | Denmark | England | Sweden |
| Category | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Peter Gade | Peter Rasmussen | Walkover |
| Kenneth Jonassen | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 15–6, 15–6 | |
| Women's singles | Camilla Martin | Mette Sørensen | 11–7, 12–11 |
| Kelly Morgan | Mette Pedersen | 12–9, 11–8 | |
| Men's doubles | Simon ArcherChris Hunt | Jon-Holst ChristensenMichael Søgaard | 15–8, 15–8 |
| Peter AxelssonPär-Gunnar Jönsson | Julian RobertsonNathan Robertson | 10–15, 15–10, 15–10 | |
| Women's doubles | Rikke OlsenMarlene Thomsen | Joanne GoodeDonna Kellogg | 15–5, 15–10 |
| Ann JørgensenMajken Vange | Monique HooglandErica van den Heuvel | 12–15, 18–16, 15–7[note. 1] | |
| Mixed doubles | Michael SøgaardRikke Olsen | Jon-Holst ChristensenAnn Jørgensen | 15–6, 15–12 |
| Michael KeckErica van den Heuvel | Simon ArcherJoanne Goode | 8–15, 15–11, 15–8 |
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Peter Gade | Kenneth Jonassen | 15–8, 15–4 |
| Women's singles | Camilla Martin | Kelly Morgan | 11–2, 11–4 |
| Men's doubles | Simon ArcherChris Hunt | Peter AxelssonPär-Gunnar Jönsson | 15–3, 15–3 |
| Women's doubles | Rikke OlsenMarlene Thomsen | Ann JørgensenMajken Vange | 15–2, 15–10 |
| Mixed doubles | Michael SøgaardRikke Olsen | Michael KeckErica van den Heuvel | 15–7, 6–15, 15–11 |
| Pos | Country |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | England | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
