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World Rankings - 11MAR96

MARCH WORLD RANKINGS

March 11, 1996 - The following are the world's top players as ranked
by the International Badminton Federation. The April version
of this list will be used to determine those players that will have
qualified to play in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in the United States
of America this coming July.

MEN'S SINGLES - MARCH TOP 100

1. Joko Suprianto - Indonesia                           342.99 points
2. Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen - Denmark                     305.20
3. Heryanto Arbi - Indonesia                            304.47
4. Alan Budi Kusuma - Indonesia                         286.82
5. Dong Jiong - China                                   282.72
6. Ardy Wiranata - Indonesia                            263.15
7. Park Sung Woo - Korea                                261.78
8. Hermawan Susanto - Indonesia                         242.25
9. Rashid Sidek - Malaysia                              236.04
10. Fung Permadi - Taiwan                               223.01
11. Lee Kwang Jin - Korea                               214.18
12. Sun Jun - China                                     207.91
13. Hendrawan - Indonesia                               201.81
14. Peter Rasmussen - Denmark                           194.73
15. Kim Hak Kyun - Korea                                192.04
16. Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen - Denmark                    191.53
17. Ong Ewe Hock - Malaysia                             170.96
18. Hu Zhilan - China                                   168.78
19. Darren Hall - England                               167.17
20. Ahn Jae Chang - Korea                               166.71
21. Jeroen van Dijk - Netherlands                       159.03
22. Tomas Johansson - Sweden                            158.41
23. Soren Nielsen - Denmark                             155.60
24. Jens Olsson - Sweden                                151.50
25. Yu Lizhi - China                                    145.38
26. Martin Lundgaard Hansen - Denmark                   137.93
27. Lin Liwen - China                                   129.68
28. Liu En-horng - Taiwan                               126.69
29. Pang Chen - Malaysia                                123.56
30. Peter Knowles - England                             122.72
31. George Rimarodi - Indonesia                         122.40
32. Rikard Magnusson - Sweden                           121.82
33. Oliver Pongratz - Germany                           120.04
34. Robert Liljequist - Finland                         116.93
35. Andreij Antropov - Russia                           116.84
36. Pontus Jantti - Finland                             116.49
37. Chen Gang - China                                   114.49
38. Kitipon Kitikul - Thailand                          113.73
39. Anders Nielsen - England                            110.75
40. Kenneth Jonassen - Denmark                          109.69
41. Indra Wijaya - Indonesia                            108.69
42. Joris van Soerland - Netherlands                    104.94
43. Pierre Pelupessy - Netherlands                      102.77
44. Chang Jeng-Shyong - Taiwan                          101.69
45. Hannes Fuchs - Austria                               99.66
46. Nunung Subandoro - Indonesia                         96.41
47. Pavel Uvarov - Russia                                95.63
48. Peter Gade Christensen - Denmark                     95.48
49. Iain Sydie - Canada                                  95.33
50. Murray Hocking - Australia                           94.85
51. Jaimie Dawson - Canada                               94.43
52. Jim Laugesen - Denmark                               94.25
53. Tan Sian Peng - Singapore                            93.12
54. Lo Ah Heng - Malaysia                                92.83
55. Kevin (Qi) Han - U.S.A.                              92.26
56. Thomas Wapp - Switzerland                            92.08
57. Chris Bruil - Netherlands                            91.01
58. Yong Hock Kin - Malaysia                             90.42
59. Anders Boesen - Denmark                              89.88
60. Marleve Mainaky - Indonesia                          89.55
61. Bruce Flockhart - Scotland                           89.07
62. Ge Cheng - China                                     88.25
63. Ismail Samad - Malaysia                              87.03
64. Lee Mie-Chow - Taiwan                                86.45
65. Rasmus Wengberg - Sweden                             85.85
66. Henrik Bengtsson - Sweden                            85.55
67. Imay Hendra - Switzerland                            84.70
68. Hans Sperre - Norway                                 82.23
69. Nicholas Hall - New Zealand                          81.41
70. P. Gopichand - India                                 81.12
71. Jurgen Koch - Austria                                80.43
72. Jyri Aalto - Finland                                 79.45
73. Dwi Aryanto - Indonesia                              77.29
74. Thomas Sogaard - Denmark                             75.83
75. Detlef Poste - Germany                               75.37
76. M. Roslin Hashim - Malaysia                          74.88
77. Takahiro Suka - Japan                                74.42
78. Todor Velkov - Bulgaria                              71.56
79. Vladislav Tikhomirov - Russia                        70.68
80. Craig Booley - Australia                             70.16
81. Tam Kai Chuen - Hong Kong                            69.87
82. Jesper Olsson - Sweden                               69.68
83. Fumihiko Machida - Japan                             69.48
84. Shen Yifeng - Australia                              68.79
85. Pedro Vanneste - Belgium                             68.54
86. Vladislav Druzchenko - Ukraine                       67.38
87. Robert Nock - England                                67.34
88. Dariusz Zieba - Poland                               65.54
89. Xie Yangchun - China                                 63.99
90. Lasse Lindelof - Finland                             62.45
91. Seiichi Watanabe - Japan                             61.91
92. Lioe Tiong Ping - Indonesia                          61.84
93. Martin Hagberg - Sweden                              60.52
94. Mikail Korchouk - Belarus                            60.45
95. Konstantin Tatranov - Ukraine                        57.75
96. Deepankar Bhattacharya - India                       57.15
97. Teeranun Chiangta - Thailand                         57.15
98. Peter Bush - England                                 56.94
99. Luo Yigang - China                                   56.93
100. Hwang Sun Ho - Korea                                56.75



WOMEN'S SINGLES - MARCH TOP 100

1. Ye Zhaoying - China                                  344.49 points
2. Susi Susanti - Indonesia                             341.61
3. Bang Soo Hyun - Korea                                330.47
4. Lim Xiaoqing - Sweden                                307.07
5. Camilla Martin - Denmark                             256.75
6. Han Jingna - China                                   241.98
7. Wang Chen - China                                    237.66
8. Yao Yan - China                                      237.46
9. Mia Audina - Indonesia                               233.15
10. Zhang Ning - China                                  226.36
11. Kim Ji Hyun - Korea                                 223.82
12. Ra Kyung Min - Korea                                212.58
13. Lidya Djaelawidjaya - Indonesia                     196.23
14. Yuliani Sentoso - Indonesia                         182.21
15. Catrine Bengtsson - Sweden                          165.10
16. Somharuthai Jaroensiri - Thailand                   158.23
17. Lee Joo Hyun - Korea                                157.08
18. Cindana - Indonesia                                 153.78
19. Hisako Mizui - Japan                                151.71
20. Christine Magnusson - Sweden                        150.65
21. Marina Yakusheva - Russia                           143.60
22. Pornsawan Plungwech - Thailand                      139.49
23. Denyse Julien - Canada                              138.32
24. Yasuko Mizui - Japan                                138.14
25. Dai Yun - China                                     137.53
26. Lisa Bryant Campbell - Australia                    135.83
27. Marina Andrievskaya - Sweden                        132.64
28. Vlada Tcherniavskaya - Belarus                      129.52
29. Lotte Thomsen - Denmark                             126.55
30. Anne Sondergaard - Denmark                          125.50
31. Joanne Muggeridge - England                         121.68
32. Zarinah Abdullah - Singapore                        121.25
33. Elena Rybkhina - Russia                             120.86
34. Anne Gibson - Scotland                              120.14
35. Doris Piche - Canada                                118.64
36. Rhona Robertson - New Zealand                       116.31
37. Takako Ida - Japan                                  116.06
38. Huang Chia-Chi - Taiwan                             115.68
39. Mette Pedersen - Denmark                            110.01
40. Yuni Kartika - Indonesia                            109.84
41. Jeng Shwu-Zen - Taiwan                              109.59
42. Zeng Yaqiong - China                                109.20
43. Meiluawati - Indonesia                              104.57
44. Chan Ya-Ling - Taiwan                               104.28
45. Brenda Beenhakker - Netherlands                     102.26
46. Chung Jae Hee - Korea                               101.89
47. Elena Nosdran - Ukraine                             101.81
48. Yang Song - Australia                                97.04
49. Margit Borg - Sweden                                 96.69
50. Monique Hoogland - Netherlands                       95.37
51. Karolina Ericsson - Sweden                           95.29
52. Irina Yakusheva - Russia                             93.30
53. Yoshiko Ohta - Japan                                 91.21
54. Neli Nedjalkova - Bulgaria                           90.47
55. Julia Mann - England                                 87.21
56. Alison Humby - England                               86.37
57. Kelly Morgan - Wales                                 86.19
58. Tanja Berg - Denmark                                 85.46
59. Elena Sukhareva - Russia                             82.71
60. Mette Sorensen - Denmark                             80.92
61. Michelle Rasmussen - Denmark                         79.58
62. Chan Chia Fong - Malaysia                            78.53
63. Katarzyna Krasowska - Poland                         78.53
64. Tanya Groves - England                               74.35
65. Fatimah Lim - Singapore                              73.37
66. Heike Schonharting - Germany                         69.31
67. Carolien Glebbeek - Netherlands                      69.06
68. Amparo Lim - Philippines                             68.65
69. Heather Poole - Canada                               68.46
70. Ishwari Boopathy - Malaysia                          67.29
71. Elsa Nielsen - Iceland                               66.82
72. Liu Guimei - China                                   65.48
73. Heidi Dossing - Denmark                              64.73
74. Nicole Baldewein - Germany                           63.06
75. Natalia Esipenko - Ukraine                           62.71
76. Victoria Hristova - Bulgaria                         62.55
77. Majken Vange - Denmark                               62.26
78. Santi Wibowo - Switzerland                           62.12
79. Rayoni Head - Australia                              60.94
80. Sandra Dimbour - France                              60.82
81. Debra O'Connor - Trinidad                            59.67
82. P.V.V. Lakshimi - India                              59.44
83. Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn - Thailand                  59.38
84. Irina Gritsenko - Kazakhstan                         59.01
85. Stefanie Muller - Germany                            58.86
86. Julie Still - New Zealand                            58.64
87. Silvia Albrecht - Switzerland                        58.54
88. Liu Yufang - China                                   57.26
89. Masako Sakamoto - Japan                              57.08
90. Judith Meulendijks - Netherlands                     56.59
91. Jaw Hua-Ching - Taiwan                               56.01
92. Marketa Koudelkova - Czech Republic                  55.69
93. Shyu Yu-Ling - Taiwan                                55.29
94. Johann Holgersson - Sweden                           54.94
95. Ita Ardwiantini - Indonesia                          54.78
96. Park Soo Yun - Korea                                 54.23
97. Andrea Odor - Hungary                                51.49
98. Lin Xiaoming - China                                 51.30
99. Tracy Hallam - England                               51.00
100. Erika von Heiland - U.S.A.                          50.92



MEN'S DOUBLES - MARCH TOP 50

1. Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky - Indonesia           327.49 points
2. Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock - Malaysia           327.13
3. Denny Kantono and S. Antonius - Indonesia            317.67
4. Rudy Gunawan and Bambang Suprianto - Indonesia       315.39
5. Huang Zhanzhong and Jiang Xin - China                311.51
6. Jon Holst-Chistensen and Thomas Lund - Denmark       292.28
7. Tony Gunawan and Rudy Wijaya - Indonesia             281.58
8. Peter Axelsson and Par-Gunnar Jonsson - Sweden       266.08
9. Chandra Wijaya and Ade Sutrisna - Indonesia          265.31
10. Sakrapee Thongsari and
    Pramote Teerawiwatana - Thailand                    234.93
11. Yoo Yong Sung and Kim Dong Moon - Korea             218.94
12. Kang Kyung Jin and Ha Tae Kwon - Korea              207.49
13. Soo Beng Kiang and Tan Kim Her - Malaysia           204.68
14. Chris Hunt and Simon Archer - England               193.52
15. Dicky Purwotsugiono and
    Sigit Budiarto - Indonesia                          184.56
16. Andreij Antropov and Nikolaj Zuev - Russia          183.31
17. Neil Cottrill and John Quinn - England              175.87
18. Tao Xiaoqiang and Ge Cheng - China                  173.96
19. Michael Sogaard and Henrik Svarrer - Denmark        173.75
20. Michael Keck and Michael Helber - Germany           172.00
21. Christian Jakobsen and Jens Eriksen - Denmark       170.08
22. Nick Pomting and Julian Robertson - England         163.40
23. Siripong Siripool and
    Khunakorn Sudhisodhi - Thailand                     157.39
24. Chan Siu Kwong and He Tim - Hong Kong               148.28
25. Yap Yee Hup and Yap Yee Guan - Malaysia             146.48
26. Anil Kaul and Iain Sydie - Canada                   146.23
27. Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah - Malaysia          146.05
28. Uwe Ossenbrink and Kai Mitteldorf - Germany         141.62
29. Peter Blackburn and Paul Staight - Australia        130.53
30. Jim Laugesen and Thomas Stavngaard - Denmark        125.90
31. Svetoslav Stojanov and Michail Popov - Bulgaria     125.40
32. Lee Dong Soo and Ha Tae Kwon - Korea                121.05
33. Rosman Razak and Chew Choon Eng - Malaysia          120.77
34. Vitalij Shmakov and Mikail Korchouk - Belarus       120.48
35. Damian Plawecki and Robert Mateusiak - Poland       119.25
36. Tony Tuominen and Mikael Segercrantz - Finland      113.35
37. James Anderson and Ian J. Pearson - England         110.84
38. Thomas Reidy and Kevin (Qi) Han - U.S.A.            107.10
39. Fumihiko Machida and Shinji Bito - Japan            107.07
40. Takaaki Hayashi and Norio Imai - Japan              104.46
41. Stephan Kuhl and Bjorn Siegemund - Germany          104.45
42. Horng Shin-Jeng and Huang Chuan-chen - Taiwan       103.05
43. Aras Razak and Aman Santosa - Malaysia              101.85
44. Mike Edstrom and Chris Hales - U.S.A.                98.08
45. Darryl Yung and Brent Olynyk - Canada                93.47
46. Tan Sian Peng and Patrick K.P. Lau - Malaysia        93.06
47. Bryan Moody and Michael Beres - Canada               89.87
48. Broddi Kristiansson and
    Arni Thor Hallgrimsson - Iceland                     88.05
49. Vijaydeep Singh and Jaseel Ismail - India            84.91
50. Davis and H. Jabar Halim - Indonesia                 84.71


WOMEN'S DOUBLES - MARCH TOP 50

1. Gil Young Ah and Jang Hue Ock - Korea                369.52 points
2. Ge Fei and Gu Jun - China                            362.10
3. Chen Ying and Peng Xingyong - China                  284.63
4. Julie Bradbury and Joanne G. Wright - England        279.04
5. Helene Kirkegaard and Rikke Olsen - Denmark          272.27
6. Qin Yiyuan and Tang Yongshu - China                  268.51
7. Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen and Marlene Thomsen - Denmark 258.94
8. Eliza and Rosiana Zelin - Indonesia                  251.76
9. Kim Mee Hyang and Kim Shin Young - Korea             250.52
10. Tomomi Matsuo and Masako Sakamoto - Japan           212.85
11. Lotte Olsen and Ann Jorgensen - Denmark             211.75
12. Lili Tampi and Finarsih - Indonesia                 199.91
13. Eline Coene and Erica van den Heuvel - Netherlands  184.02
14. Park Soo Yun and Chung Jae Hee - Korea              181.96
15. Aiko Miyamura and Akiko Miyamura - Japan            179.48
16. Katrin Schmidt and Kerstin Ubben - Germany          178.35
17. Nicola Beck and Joanne Davies - England             170.24
18. Joanne Muggeridge and Kelly Morgan - Wales          166.94
19. Elena Rybkhina and Marina Yakusheva - Russia        165.10
20. Rhona Robertson and Tammy Jenkins - New Zealand     150.52
21. Majken Vange and Pernille Harder - Denmark          150.49
22. Maria Bengtsson and Margit Borg - Sweden            149.94
23. Denyse Julien and Sian Deng - Canada                147.37
24. Diana Koleva and Neli Nedialkova - Bulgaria         144.84
25. Chen Li-Chin and Tsai Huey-Min - Taiwan             141.32
26. Gillian Gowers and Sara Hardaker - England          140.93
27. Rhonda Cator and Amanda Hardy - Australia           130.17
28. Pornsawan Plungwech and
    Plernta Boonyarit - Thailand                        123.76
29. Silvia Albrecht and Santi Wibowo - Switzerland      118.15
30. Moira Ong and Elma Ong - Canada                     117.66
31. Hisako Mizui and Yasuko Mizui - Japan               115.67
32. Amparo Lim and Kennie Asuncion - Philippines        112.13
33. Chan Ya-Ling and Jeng Shwu-Zen - Taiwan             108.60
34. Robbyn Hermitage and Milaine Cloutier - Canada      108.42
35. Emma Ernawaty and Indarti Isoliana - Indonesia      107.72
36. Nicole Grether and Sandra Beissel - Germany         106.07
37. Tanja Berg and Mette Pedersen - Denmark             103.15
38. Linda French and Erika von Heiland - U.S.A.          99.27
39. Zhang Jin and Gao Qian - China                       93.71
40. Vlada Tchernavskaia and
    Tatiana Gerassimovitch - Belarus                     91.80
41. Elena Nosdran and Victoria Evtoushenko - Ukraine     91.17
42. Nicole van Hooren and Brenda Conijin - Netherlands   86.34
43. Christelle Mol and Tatiana Vattier - France          80.05
44. Elinor Allen Middlemiss and
    Jillian Haldane - Scotland                           78.98
45. R. Anastasia and Denyana Lomban - Indonesia          77.51
46. Andrea Dako and Adrienn Kocsis - Hungary             77.17
47. Heather Poole and Charmaine Reid - Canada            73.25
48. Ludmila Okuneva and Irina Gritsenko - Kazakhstan     72.85
49. Peng Xingyong and Zhang Jin - China                  71.59
50. Indarti Isoliana and Denyana Lomban - Indonesia      68.88


MIXED DOUBLES - MARCH TOP 50

1. Trikus Heryanto and Minarti Timur - Indonesia        304.42 points
2. Park Joo Bong and Ra Kyung Min - Korea               299.80
3. Liu jianjun and Sun Man - China                      279.47
4. Kim Dong Moon and Gil Young Ah - Korea               275.83
5. Simon Archer and Julie Bradbury - England            266.41
6. Michael Sogaard and Rikke Olsen - Denmark            247.66
7. Tao Xiaoqiang and Wang Xiaoyuan - China              247.39
8. Chen Xingdong and Peng Xingyong - China              238.88
9. Nick Ponting and Joanne G. Wright - England          225.12
10. Jan-Eric Antonsson and Astrid Crabo - Sweden        220.58
11. Ron Michels and Erica van den Heuvel - Netherlands  210.31
12. Nimpele Flandy and Rosalina Riseu - Indonesia       189.20
13. Ha Tae Kwon and Kim Shin Young - Korea              186.86
14. Michael Keck and Karen Stechmann - Germany          182.67
15. Christian Jakobsen and Lotte Olsen - Denmark        180.36
16. Jens Eriksen and Helene Kirkegaard - Denmark        177.76
17. Chris Hunt and Gillian Gowers - England             158.53
18. He Tim and Chan Oi Ni - Hong Kong                   155.80
19. Kai Mitteldorf and Katrin Schmidt - Germany         151.97
20. Nikolaj Zuev and Marina Yakusheva - Russia          151.82
21. Paul Stevenson and Amanda Hardy - Australia         140.33
22. Thomas Stavngaard and Ann Jorgensen - Denmark       133.73
23. Peter Blackburn and Rhonda Cator - Australia        129.01
24. Norio Imai and Masako Sakamoto - Japan              122.61
25. Darryl Yung and Denyse Julien - Canada              120.90
26. Park Joo Bong and Shim Eun Jung - Korea             119.70
27. Vladislav Druzchenko and
    Victoria Evtoushenko - Ukraine                      119.47
28. Peter Axelsson and Catrine Bengtsson - Sweden       117.20
29. Chan Siu Kwong and Tung Chau Man - Hong Kong        114.49
30. I. Paulus and R. Anastasia - Indonesia              110.76
31. Chang Jeng-Shyong and Jeng Shwu-Zen - Taiwan        110.01
32. Seiichi Watanabe and Tomomi Matsuo- Japan           105.82
33. James Anderson and Emma Chaffin -England            104.25
34. Murray Hocking and Lisa Bryant Campbell - Australia 102.92
35. Aryono Miranat and Dede Hasanah - Indonesia          99.41
36. Brent Olynyk and Heather Poole - Canada              98.53
37. Yoo Yung Sung and Kim Shin Young - Korea             97.88
38. Ian J. Pearson and Joanne Davies - England           90.70
39. Trond Waland and Camilla Silwer - Norway             90.53
40. Lee Dong Soo and Park Soo Yun - Korea                89.98
41. Jesper Larsen and Maria Bengtsson - Sweden           83.57
42. Lee Dong Soo and Kim Mee Hyang - Korea               82.35
43. Sandiarto and R. Anastasia - Indonesia               79.09
44. Vitalij Shmakov and Vlada Tchernavskaia - Belarus    79.09
45. Lee Wei-Zen and Tsai Huey-Min - Taiwan               77.96
46. Manuel Dubrulle and Virginie Delvingt - France       77.95
47. Julian Robertson and Lorraine Cole - England         76.84
48. Thomas Lund and Marlene Thomsen - Denmark            74.25
49. Chen Xingdong and Wang Xiaoyuan - China              72.81
50. Jon Holst-Christensen and Rikke Olsen - Denmark      72.39

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