ANTONIUS AND KANTONO TOP WORLD BADMINTON MEN'S DOUBLES RANKINGS
by the staff of YANG YANG Badminton Equipment

November 7, 1996 (New Shuttlenws) - Indonesians Antonius and Denny Kantono lead the world's badminton men's doubles players in the October 29 rankings published by the International Badminton Federation.

Malaysians Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock sit in the second spot, just ahead of world and Olympic champions Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky of Indonesia.

The top European pair is the Danish tandem of Jon Holst-Christensen and Thomas Lund at number 5, while Aussies Peter Blackburn and Paul Staight lead the Oceania players at number 42.

With Canadians Iain Sydie and Anil Kaul as well as Americans Kevin Han and Tom Reidy no longer competing as pairs, they have dropped from the top 50 list and , as a result, there are no teams from the Pan-Americas in the published rankings. There are also no pairs from Africa in the top 50.

The top 50 men's doubles teams are:

1. Antonius/Denny Kantono (Indonesia) - 307.54
2. Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim Hock (Malaysia) - 307.31
3. Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky (Indonesia) - 291.13
4. Huang Zhanzhong/Jiang Xin (China) - 263.81
5. Jon Holst-Christensen/Thomas Lund (Denmark) - 251.85
6. Tony Gunawan/Rudy Wijaya (Indonesia) - 240.11
7. Andreij Antropov/Nikolaj Zuev (Russia) - 228.12
8. Kang Kyung Jin/Ha Tae Kwon (Korea) - 218.12
9. Chris Hunt/Simon Archer (England) - 209.32
10. Chandra Wijaya/Ade Sutrisna (Indonesia) - 201.11
11. Tao Xiaoqiang/Ge Cheng (China) - 197.43
12. Peter Axelsson/Par-Gunnar Jonsson (Sweden) - 193.28
13. Soo Beng Kiang/Tan Kim Her (Malaysia) - 192.59
14. Dicky Purwotsugiono/Sigit (Indonesia) - 191.98
15. Rudy Gunawan/Bambang Suprianto (Indonesia) - 191.10
16. Michael Sogaard/Henrik Svarrer (Denmark) - 190.40
17. Seng Kok Kiong/Victo Wibowo (Indonesia) - 185.16
18. Efraim Davis/H. Jabar Halim (Indonesia) - 166.69
19. Liu Yong/Zhang Wei (China) - 166.13
20. Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah (Malaysia) - 165.59
21. Christian Jakobsen/Jens Eriksen (Denmark) - 155.48
22. Jesper Larsen/Peder Nissen (Denmark) - 155.04
23. Aras Razak/Hadi Sugianto (Indonesia) - 154.34
24. Jim Laugesen/Thomas Stavngaard (Denmark) - 147.54
25. Rosman Razak/Chew Choon Eng (Malaysia) - 137.39
26. Cun Cun/Ade Lucas (Indonesia) - 135.94
27. Nick Ponting/Julian Robertson (England) - 133.14
28. Siripong Siripool/Khunakorn Sudhisodhi (Thailand) - 130.90
29. Sakrapee Thongsari/Pramote Teerawiwatana (Thailand) - 126.32
30. Svetoslav Stojanov/Michail Popov (Bulgaria) - 125.25
31. Michael Keck/Michael Helber (Germany) - 119.51
32. Chan Siu Kwong/He Yiming (Hong Kong) - 117.04
33. Uwe Ossenbrink/Kai Mitteldorf (Germany) - 115.78
34. Sergej Melnikov/Artur Khachaturyan (Russia) - 114.49
34. Yap Yee Hup/Yap Yee Guan (Malaysia) - 114.49
36. Allan Borch/Janek Roos (Denmark) - 112.63
37. Vitalij Shmakov/Mikail Korchouk (Belarus) - 111.56
38. Chow Kin Man/Ma Che Kong (Hong Kong) - 106.48
39. Damian Plawecki/Robert Mateusiak (Poland) - 101.04
40. Yoo Yung Sung/Kim Dong Moon (Korea) - 99.62
41. Zhang Jun/Ming Zyengyu (China) - 95.88
42. Peter Blackburn/Paul Staight (Australia) - 88.28
43. Park Joo Bong/Kim Dong Moon (Korea) - 87.98
44. Hermono/Hian Eng (Indonesia) - 81.19
45. Alistair Gatt/Craig Robertson (Scotland) - 81.07
46. Johan Tholinsson/Henrik Andersson (Sweden) - 79.38
47. Manuel Dubrulle/Vincent Laigle (France) - 79.19
48. Broddi Kristjansson/Arni Thor Hallgrimsson (Iceland) - 78.03
49. James Anderson/Ian Pearson (England) - 77.38
50. Frederik Bergstrom/Rasmus Wengberg (Sweden) - 75.71