1997 Asian Badminton Championships Explained

1997 Asian Badminton Championships
Location:	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Start Date:	September 3
End Date:	September 7
Previous:	1996
Next:	1998

The 1997 Asian Badminton Championships was the 16th edition of the Badminton Asia Championships. It was held in Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from September 3 to September 5 with total prize money of 136,000 US Dollars.^[1] ^[2] At the end of competitions, China took titles from four disciplines; Both the singles and Women's & Mixed doubles, while Indonesia won Men's doubles discipline.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Medalists

Men's singles	Sun Jun	Hendrawan	Ardy Wiranata
			Hermawan Susanto
Women's singles	Yao Yan	Yu Hua	Lidya Djaelawijaya
			Wu Huimin
Men's doubles	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	Lee Wan Wah Choong Tan Fook	Eng Hian Hermono Yuwono
			Chew Choon Eng Lee Chee Leong
Women's doubles	Liu Zhong Huang Nanyan	Liu Lu Qian Hong	Chen Li-chin Tsai Hui-min
			Cynthia Tuwankotta Etty Tantri
Mixed doubles	Zhang Jun Liu Lu	Yang Ming Qian Hong	Sandiarto Finarsih
			Wahyu Agung Rosalia Anastasia

Final results

Mixed doubles

Notes and References

News: Yang. Yang. Zhao. Jinhua. ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: SUN JUN, LEE JOO HYUN TOP SINGLES SEEDS. worldbadminton.com. New Shuttlenews. 2 September 1997. 16 November 2020.
Web site: ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: LAST-MINUTE SUB SURPRISES NINTH SEED. worldbadminton.com. 3 September 1997. 16 November 2020.
Web site: ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: INDONESIAN MEN, CHINESE LADIES DOMINATE. worldbadminton.com. 5 September 1997. 16 November 2020.
Web site: ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: SUN JUN GAINS FINALS; CHINA SURE OF THREE TITLES. worldbadminton.com. 6 September 1997. 16 November 2020.
Web site: ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: SUN JUN LEADS CHINESE TO FOUR TITLES. worldbadminton.com. 7 September 1997. 16 November 2020.