OCTOBER 1 WORLD BADMINTON RANKINGS - DOUBLES
filed by YANG YANG Badminton

October 2 1996 (New Shuttlenws) - The following are the official doubles world rankings in badminton for October as released by the International Badminton Federation.

Men's Doubles (Top 50)
1. Denny Kantono/Antonius - Indonesia..................327.68 points
2. Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim Hock - Malaysia..............317.65
3. Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky - Indonesia..............316.38
4. Huang Zhanzhong/Jiang Xin - China...................278.81
5. Tony Gunawan/Rudy Wijaya - Indonesia................239.98
6. Jon Holst-Christensen/Thomas Lund - Denmark.........231.63
7. Kang Kyung Jin/Ha Tae Kwon - Korea..................224.07
8. Chandra Wijaya/Ade Sutrisna - Indonesia.............222.98
9. Andreij Antropov/Nikolaj Zuev - Russia..............210.59
10. Rudy Gunawan/Bambang Suprianto - Indonesia..........209.70
11. Chris Hunt/Simon Archer - England...................207.20
12. Peter Axelsson/Par-Gunnar Jonsson - Sweden..........203.61
13. Dicky Porwotsugiono/Sigit - Indonesia...............197.49
14. Soo Beng Kiang/Tan Kim Her - Malaysia...............197.28
15. Michael Sogaard/Henrik Svarrer - Denmark............182.06
16. Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah - Malaysia..............173.44
17. Tao Xiaoqiang/Ge Cheng - China......................157.64
18. Christian Jakobsen/Jens Eriksen - Denmark...........145.46
19. Michael Keck/Michael Helber - Germany...............137.04
20. Siripong Siripool/Khunakorn Sudhisodhi - Thailand...136.77
21. Nick Ponting/Julian Robertson - England.............135.55
22. Chan Siu Kwong/He Yiming (Tim) - Hong Kong..........133.24
23. Davis/H. Jabar Halim - Indonesia....................129.53
24. Sakrapee Thongsari/Pramote Teerawiwatana -Thailand..126.32
25. Rosman Razak/Chew Choon Eng - Malaysia..............125.04
26. Chow Kin Man/Ma Che Kong - Hong Kong................112.58
27. Uwe Ossenbrink/Kai Mitteldorf - Germany.............110.16
28. Yoo Yung Sung/Kim Dong Moon - Korea.................106.22
29. Peter Blackburn/Paul Staight - Australia............110.16
30. Aras Razak/Hadi Sugianto - Indonesia................101.04
31. Jim Laugesen/Thomas Stavngaard - Denmark.............97.93
32. Sergej Melnikov/Arthur Khatchaturyan - Russia........97.14
33. Seng Kok Kiong/Victo Wibowo - Indonesia..............96.86
34. Damian Plawecki/Robert Mateusiak - Poland............96.26
35. Jesper larsen/Peder Nissen - Denmark.................93.09
36. Svetoslav Stojanov/Michail Popov - Bulgaria..........91.54
37. Yap Yee Hup/Yap Yee Guan - Malaysia..................91.28
38. Anil Kaul/Iain Sydie - Canada........................88.74
39. Lee Dong Soo/Ha Tae Kwon - Korea.....................88.31
40. Park Joo Bong/Kim Dong Moon - Korea..................87.98
41. Hermono/Hian Eng - Indonesia.........................85.86
42. Neil Cottrill/John Quinn - England...................85.48
43. Cun Cun/Ade Lucas - Indonesia........................83.93
44. Boris Kessov/Todor Volkov - Bulgaria.................83.66
45. Vitalij Shmakov/Mikail Korchouk - Belarus............82.65
46. Tan Sian Peng/Patrick K.P. Lau - Singapore...........81.38
47. Takaaki Hayashi/Norio Imai - Japan...................78.32
48. Broddi Kristjansson/Arni Thor Hallgrimsson -Iceland..77.03
49. Ricardo Fernandes/Fernando Silva - Portugal..........76.35
50. Stephan Kuhl/Bjorn Siegemund - Germany...............74.10

Women's Doubles (Top 50)
1. Ge Fei/Gu Jun - China...............................349.04 points
2. Gil Young Ah/Jang Hye Ock - Korea...................334.67
3. Eliza/Rosiana Zelin - Indonesia.....................296.78
4. Qin Yiyuan/Tang Yongshu - China.....................265.83
5. Helene Kirkegaard/Rikke Olsen - Denmark.............260.33
6. Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen/Marlene Thomsen - Denmark....254.17
7. Indarti Isoliana/Denyana Lomban - Indonesia.........218.55
8. Julie Bradbury/Joanne Goode - England...............217.86
9. Lotte Olsen/Ann Jorgensen - Denmark.................209.40
10. Kim Mee Hyang/Kim Shin Young - Korea................207.46
11. Chen Ying/Peng Xingdong - China.....................203.78
12. Tomomi Matsuo/Masako Sakamoto - Japan...............184.17
13. Lili Tampi/Finarsih - Indonesia.....................182.57
14. Park Soo Yun/Chung Jae Hee - Korea..................178.13
15. Nicola Beck/Joanne Davies - England.................162.66
16. Eline Coene/Erica van den Heuvel - Netherlands......155.26
17. Maria Bengtsson/Margit Borg - Sweden................150.43
18. Katrin Schmidt/Kerstin Ubben - Germany..............149.65
19. Elena Rybkhina/Marina Yakusheva - Russia............143.58
20. Rhona Robertson/Tammy Jenkins - New Zealand.........142.50
21. Diana Koleva/Neli Nedjalkova - Bulgaria.............138.48
22. Aiko Miyamura/Akiko Miyamura - Japan................133.47
23. Moira Ong/Elma Ong - Canada.........................128.78
24. Joanne Muggeridge - England/Kelly Morgan - Wales....126.85
25. Denyse Julien/Sian Deng - Canada....................118.01
26. Rhonda Cator/Amanda Hardy - Australia...............117.92
27. Nicole van Hooren/Brenda Conijin - Netherlands......112.02
28. Gitte Jansson/Mette Schjoldager - Denmark...........109.03
29. Elena Nosdran/Victoria Evtoushenko - Ukraine........108.59
30. Tung Chau Man/Ng Ching - Hong Kong..................102.19
31. Silvia Albrecht/Santi Wibowo - Switzerland...........99.00
32. Liu Yufang/Sun Jian - China..........................98.22
33. Park Soo Yun/Kim Shin Young - Korea..................96.00
34. Vlada Tcherniavskaia/Tatiana Gerassimovitch -Belarus..95.91
35. Robbyn Hermitage/Milaine Cloutier - Canada...........94.39
36. Elinor Middlemiss/Jillian Haldane - Scotland.........93.92
37. Amparo Lim/Kennie Asuncion - Philippines.............92.45
38. Majken Vange/Pernille Harder - Denmark...............92.06
39. Chen Li-Chin/Tsai Huey-Min - Chinese Taipei..........90.67
40. Gillian Gowers/Sara Hardaker - England...............86.53
41. Nadezhda Chervjakova/Ella Karachkova - Russia........85.61
42. Wang Li/Qiang Hong - China...........................84.06
43. Hisako Mizui/Yasuko Mizui - Japan....................80.42
44. Linda French/Erika von Heiland - USA.................78.84
45. Christine M. Gandrup/Marina Andrievskaya - Sweden....78.75
46. Tanja Berg/Mette Pedersen - Denmark..................76.53
47. Haruko Matsuda/Shinobu Sasaki - Japan................74.94
48. Andrea Dako/Adrienn Kocsis - Hungary.................74.17
49. Christelle Mol/Tatiana Vattier - France..............71.02
50. Qiang Hong/Liu Lu - China............................70.50

Mixed Doubles (Top 50)
1. Park Joo Bong/Ra Kyung Min - Korea..................325.07 points
2. Trikus Heryanto/Minarti Timur - Indonesia...........294.06
3. Nimpele Flandy/Rosalina Riseu - Indonesia...........248.87
4. Kim Dong Moon/Gil Young Ah - Korea..................245.16
5. Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen - Denmark...............243.76
6. Ha Tae Kwon/Kim Shin Young - Korea..................229.29
7. Simon Archer/Julie Bradbury - England...............228.77
8. Chen Xingdong/Peng Xingyong - China.................219.03
9. Liu Jianjun/Sun Man - China.........................216.28
10. Nick Ponting/Joanne Goode - England.................201.53
11. Jan-Eric Antonsson/Astrid Crabo - Sweden............188.27
12. Ron Michels/Erica van den Heuvel - Netherlands......176.23
13. Thomas Stavngaard/Ann Jorgensen - Denmark...........172.14
14. Tao Xiaoqiang/Wang Xiaoyuan - China.................166.14
15. Peter Axelsson/Catrine Bengtsson - Sweden...........158.86
16. Michael Keck/karen Stechmann - Germany..............152.12
17. Nikolaj Zuev/Marina Yakusheva - Russia..............146.35
18. Chris Hunt - England/Helene Kirkegaard - Denmark....140.63
19. Peter Blackburn/Rhonda Cator - Australia............132.28
20. Ye Himing (Tim)/Chan Oi Ni - Hong Kong..............128.55
21. Christian Jakobsen/Lotte Olsen - Denmark............128.10
22. Jens Eriksen/Helene Kirkegaard - Denmark............126.20
23. Darryl Yung/Denyse Julien - Canada..................121.28
24. Chris Hunt/Gillian Gowers - England.................109.73
25. Vladislav Druzchenko/Victoria Evtoushenko -Ukraine..108.63
26. Imam Tohari/Ema Ermawati - Indonesia................101.64
27. Seiichi Watanabe/Tomomi Matsuo - Japan..............100.24
28. Kai Mitteldorf/Katrin Schmidt - Germany..............98.87
29. Murray Hocking/Lisa Campbell - Australia.............96.24
30. James Anderson/Emma Chaffin - England................87.15
31. Norio Imai/Masako Sakamoto - Japan...................84.79
32. Sandiarto/R. Anastasia - Indonesia...................81.81
33. Trond Waland/Camilla Silwer - Norway.................76.35
34. Svetoslav Stojanov/Diana Koleva - Bulgaria...........76.29
35. Sandiarto/Indarti Isoliana - Indonesia...............74.25
36. Paul Stevenson/Amanda Hardy - Australia..............73.76
37. Park Joo Bong/Shim Eun Jung - Korea..................73.15
38. Chan Siu Kwong/Tung Chau Man - Hong Kong.............67.01
39. David Draper/Jenny Gibson - Australia................62.98
40. Manuel Dubrulle/Virginie Delvingt - France...........62.39
41. Julian Robertson/Lorraine Cole - England.............61.83
42. Hugo Rodrigues/Ana Ferreira - Portugal...............61.55
43. Brent Olynyk/Heather Poole - Canada..................60.66
44. Andrej Pohar/Maja Pohar - Slovenia...................57.88
45. Kenny Middlemiss/Elinor Middlemiss - Scotland........56.61
46. Liu Yong/Gao Qian - China............................54.00
47. Lee Dong Soo/Kim Mee Hyang - Korea...................50.63
48. Bryan Moody/Milaine Cloutier - Canada................49.50
49. Par-Gunnar Jonsson/Astrid Crabo - Sweden.............49.28
50. Stephan Kuhl/Nicol Pitro - Germany...................48.05

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