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

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

Men's Singles (Top 100)
1. Joko Suprianto - Indonesia..........................321.33 points
2. Dong Jiong - China..................................289.95
3. Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen - Denmark....................288.48
4. Heryanto Arbi - Indonesia...........................270.73
5. Allan Budi Kusuma - Indonesia.......................241.48
6. Rashid Sidek - Malaysia.............................238.16
7. Lee Kwang Jin - Korea...............................222.08
8. Park Sung Woo - Korea...............................215.63
9. Sun Jun - China.....................................210.99
10. Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen - Denmark....................209.27
11. Ardy Wiranata - Indonesia...........................202.80
12. Ong Ewe Hock - Malaysia.............................200.41
13. Peter Rasmussen - Denmark...........................187.48
14. Fung Permadi - Chinese Taipei.......................186.39
15. Yu Lizhi - China....................................178.31
16. Kim Hak Kyun - Korea................................176.48
17. Lin Liwen - China...................................168.90
18. Hermawan Susanto - Indonesia........................165.96
19. Luo Yigang - China..................................157.26
20. Indra Wijaya - Indonesia............................150.38
21. Chen Gang - China...................................149.29
22. Hu Zhilan - China...................................148.41
23. Jens Olsson - Sweden................................147.18
24. Darren Hall - England...............................146.99
25. Dwi Aryanto - Indonesia.............................143.66
26. Budi Santoso - Indonesia............................135.11
27. Jeroen van Dijk - Netherlands.......................133.43
28. Rosobin Jeffer - Indonesia..........................132.79
29. H. Hendrawan - Indonesia............................132.12
30. Oliver Pongratz - Germany...........................132.10
31. Peter Knowles - England.............................129.60
32. Martin Lundgard Hansen - Denmark....................126.59
33. Pang Chen - Malaysia................................125.90
34. Thomas Johansson - Sweden...........................124.53
35. Peter Gade Christensen - Denmark....................124.52
36. Rikard Magnusson - Sweden...........................119.17
37. Soren Nielsen - Denmark.............................116.63
38. Ahn Jae Chang - Korea...............................116.44
39. Iain Sydie - Canada.................................113.57
40. Hwang Sun Ho - Korea................................112.28
41. Lo Ah Heng - Malaysia...............................111.45
42. Liu En-Horng - Chinese Taipei.......................107.29
43. Chris Bruil - Netherlands...........................103.03
44. Robert Liljequist - Finland.........................102.08
45. Jesper Olsson - Sweden...............................99.76
46. Deepankar Bhattacharya - India.......................97.13
47. Thomas Wapp - Switzerland............................94.52
48. Kenneth Jonassen - Denmark...........................94.00
49. Pontus Jantti - Finland..............................93.90
50. Tam Kai Chuen - Hong Kong............................92.85
51. Imay Hendra - Switzerland............................92.29
52. Joris van Soerland - Netherlands.....................89.03
53. Andreij Antropov - Russia............................87.93
54. Anders Nielsen - England.............................87.70
55. Apichai Thiraratsakul - Thailand.....................85.64
56. Kitipon Kitikul - Thailand...........................83.06
57. Kevin Han - USA......................................82.61
58. Murray Hocking - Australia...........................81.82
59. Fumihiko Machida - Japan.............................80.16
60. Detlef Poste - Germany...............................79.99
61. Jim Laugessen - Denmark..............................79.36
62. Chang Jeng-Shyong - Chinese Taipei...................79.05
63. Yong Hock Kin - Malaysia.............................77.91
64. Hans Sperre - Norway.................................77.37
65. Henrik Bengtsson - Sweden............................77.20
66. Salim - Indonesia....................................75.59
67. Ismail Samad - Malaysia..............................74.81
68. Hannes Fuchs - Austria...............................73.56
69. Peter Bush - England.................................72.88
70. George Rimarodi -Indonesia...........................72.56
71. Tan Sian Peng - Singapore............................71.70
72. Shen Yifeng - Australia..............................71.48
73. Colin Haughton - England.............................71.46
74. Jyri Aalto - Finland.................................70.69
75. Anders Boesen - Denmark..............................67.86
76. Bruce Flockhart - Scotland...........................67.52
77. Dariusz Zieba - Poland...............................67.52
78. Pierre Pelupessy - Netherlands.......................67.13
79. Peter Kreulitsch - Austria...........................66.16
80. M.Roslin Hashim - Malaysia...........................66.11
81. Setiadi Hartono - Indonesia..........................66.09
82. Vladislav Druzchenko - Ukraine.......................66.07
83. Natapol Sarawan - Thailand...........................65.96
84. Xiao Ting - China....................................64.99
85. Lasse Lindelof - Finland.............................64.07
86. Nunung Subandoro - Indonesia.........................63.94
87. Martin Hagberg - Sweden..............................63.62
88. Pavel Uvarov - Russia................................62.68
89. Boris Kessov - Bulgaria..............................62.36
90. Craig Booley - Australia.............................61.70
91. Marleve Mainaky - Indonesia..........................59.78
92. Seiichi Watanabe - Japan.............................58.80
93. Michael Beres - Canada...............................58.57
94. Agus Harianto - Indonesia............................58.44
95. Rasmus Wengberg - Sweden.............................57.30
96. Bram Fernandin - Germany.............................57.28
97. Kenneth Erichsen - Guatemala.........................56.68
98. Etienne Thobois - France.............................56.34
99. Jaimie Dawson - Canada...............................56.29
100. Marek Bujak - Germany...............................55.74

Women's Singles (Top 100)
1. Susi Susanti - Indonesia............................348.60 points
2. Mia Audina - Indonesia..............................334.43
3. Bang Soo Hyun - Korea...............................312.27
4. Ye Zhaoying - China.................................305.28
5. Camilla Martin - Denmark............................259.29
6. Wang Chen - China...................................247.72
7. Meiluawati - Indonesia..............................237.84
8. Zhang Ning - China..................................234.83
9. Yao Yan - China.....................................220.24
10. Kim Ji Hyun - Korea.................................216.62
11. Han Jingna - China..................................211.45
12. Yuliani Santoso - Indonesia.........................176.77
13. Ra Kyung Min - Korea................................164.37
14. Pornsawan Plungwech - Thailand......................157.00
15. Christine (Magnusson) Gandrup - Sweden..............150.69
16. Zeng Yaqiong - China................................148.89
17. Anne Sondergaard - Denmark..........................147.04
18. Hisako Mizui - Japan................................143.39
19. Lee Joo Hyun - Korea................................140.64
20. Lidya Djaelawidjaya - Indonesia.....................139.24
21. Denyse Julien - Canada..............................138.49
22. Cindana - Indonesia.................................136.31
23. Lim Xiaoqing - Sweden...............................130.41
24. Yasuko Mizui - Japan................................129.87
25. Marina Yakusheva - Russia...........................127.22
26. Mette Pedersen - Denmark............................127.21
27. Yuni Kartika - Indonesia............................126.83
28. Somharuthai Jaroensiri - Thailand...................124.39
29. Catrine Bengtsson - Sweden..........................124.17
30. Margit Borg - Sweden................................121.97
31. Gong Zhichao - China................................120.55
32. Mette Sorensen - Denmark............................120.00
33. Marina Andrievskaya - Sweden........................118.44
34. Takako Ida - Japan..................................117.81
35. Sun Jian - China....................................117.64
36. Joanne Muggeridge - England.........................117.31
37. Zarinah Abdullah - Singapore........................113.18
38. Lisa Campbell - Australia...........................112.50
39. Brenda Beenhakker - Netherlands.....................110.94
40. Elena Rybkhina - Russia.............................110.44
41. Anne Gibson - Scotland..............................109.59
42. Huang Chia-Chi - Chinese Taipei.....................108.16
43. Rhona Robertson - New Zealand.......................105.47
44. Liu Yufang - China..................................104.37
45. Lotte Thomsen - Denmark.............................104.10
46. Katarzyna Krasowska - Poland........................102.39
47. Kelly Morgan - Wales................................101.95
48. Julia Mann - England.................................94.29
49. Neli Nedjalkova - Bulgaria...........................93.02
50. Alison Humby - England...............................92.28
51. Vlada Tcherniavskaia - Belarus.......................91.05
52. Ng Ching - Hong Kong.................................90.57
53. Elena Nosdran - Ukraine..............................89.01
54. Dai Yun - China......................................88.69
55. Jeng Shwu-Zen - Chinese Taipei.......................87.61
56. Stefanie Muller - Germany............................84.35
57. Karolina Ericsson - Sweden...........................83.27
58. Chan Chia Fong - Malaysia............................82.98
59. Doris Piche - Canada.................................81.39
60. Judith Meulendijks - Netherlands.....................77.06
61. Debra O'Connor - Trinidad............................76.45
62. Olivia - Indonesia...................................76.28
63. Kristin Yunita - Indonesia...........................76.24
64. Chan Ya-Ling - Chinese Taipei........................75.71
65. Elena Sukhareva - Russia.............................73.70
66. Michelle Rasmussen - Denmark.........................72.38
67. Chikako Nakayama - Japan.............................69.94
68. Ika Heny - Indonesia.................................68.33
69. Sandra Dimbour - France..............................67.81
70. Lenny Permana - Indonesia............................67.61
71. Tanya Groves - England...............................67.26
72. Ella Karachkova - Russia.............................67.14
73. Tanja Berg - Denmark.................................63.90
74. Ishwari Boopathy - Malaysia..........................63.73
75. Heike Schonharting - Germany.........................63.58
76. Rayoni Head - Australia..............................63.26
77. Santi Wibowo - Switzerland...........................62.94
78. Yang Song - Australia................................62.74
79. P.V.V. Lakshmi - India...............................62.33
80. Victoria Hristova - Bulgaria.........................59.49
81. Moira Ong - Canada...................................58.86
82. Heather Poole - Canada...............................55.71
83. Majken Vange - Denmark...............................55.63
84. Koon Wai Chee - Hong Kong............................55.32
85. Ching jae Hee - Korea................................55.16
86. Anu Weckstrom - Finland..............................53.55
87. Li Feng - New Zealand................................53.25
88. Chan Mei Mei - Hong Kong.............................52.68
89. Amparo Lim - Philippines.............................52.37
90. Ellen Engelina - Indonesia...........................51.60
91. Elsa Nielsen - Iceland...............................51.50
92. Yu Huimin - China....................................49.80
93. Jenny Gibson - Australia.............................47.91
94. Silvia Albrecht - Switzerland........................47.63
95. Sonya McGinn - Ireland...............................47.43
96. Irina Yakusheva - Russia.............................46.84
97. Elma Ong - Canada....................................46.58
98. Dolores Marco - Spain................................45.81
99. Nicole Grether - Germany.............................44.83
100. Marketa Koudelkova - Czech Republic.................43.95

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