The 1st European Badminton Championships were held in Bochum (Germany), between 19 and 21 April 1968, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Deutscher Badminton-Verband e.V.
| Men's singles |  Sture Johnsson | Wolfgang Bochow | Elo Hansen |
| Jørgen Mortensen | |||
| Women's singles | Irmgard Latz | Marieluise Wackerow | Eva Twedberg |
| Angela Bairstow | |||
| Men's doubles | David Eddy and Roger Powell | Tony Jordan and Roger Mills | Robert McCoig and Mac Henderson |
| Franz Beinvogl and Willi Braun | |||
| Women's doubles | Margaret Boxall and Susan Whetnall | Angela Bairstow and Gillian Perrin | Agnes Geene and Joke van Beusekom |
| Anne Flindt and Bente Sørensen | |||
| Mixed doubles | Tony Jordan and Susan Whetnall | Roger Mills and Gillian Perrin | Wolfgang Bochow and Irmgard Latz |
| Klaus Kaagaard and Anne Flindt |
| Pos | Country | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style=text-align:left | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | style=text-align:left | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | style=text-align:left | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | style=text-align:left | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | style=text-align:left | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| style=text-align:left | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |