RICKY AND REXY STAY ON TOP OF MEN'S DOUBLES

August 9, 1996 (D.Shuttlenws) - Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky of
Indonesia who last week won the men's doubles gold medal at the Atlanta
Olympic Games were confirmed as the world's current top men's doubles
pair in the world rankings released yesterday by the International
Badminton Federation.

Silver medalists Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock who had a turn at the
top of the world rankings in May are ranked at number two.

Men's Doubles Rankings as of August 6, 1996

 1. Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky - Indonesia        361.75 points
 2. Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kin Hock - Malaysia        330.07
 3. Huang Zhanzhong/Jiang Xin - China             314.56
 4. Denny Kantono/Antonius - Indonesia            297.35
 5. Gunawan/Bambang Suprianto - Indonesia         262.28
 6. Jon Holst-Christensen/Thomas Lund - Denmark   253.17
 7. Kang Kyung Jin/Ha Tae Kwon - South Korea      226.36
 8. Peter Axelsson/Par-Gunnar Jonsson - Sweden    225.36
 9. Tony Gunawan/Rudy Wijaya - Indonesia          221.84
10. Soo Beng Kiang/Tan Kim Her - Malaysia         220.09
11. Chandra Wijaya/Ade Sutrisna - Indonesia       212.19
12. Chris Hunt/Simon Archer - England             206.04
13. Michael Sogaard/Henrik Svarrer - Denmark      199.47
14. Andreij Antropov/Nikolaj Zuev - Russia        189.91
15. Tao Xiaoqiang/Ge Cheng - China                174.69
16. Sakrapee Thongsari/Pramote Teerawiwatana
                              - Thailand          162.24
17. Michael Keck/Michael Helber - Germany         158.65
18. Dicky Purwotsugiono/Sigit - Indonesia         157.28
19. Yoo Yung Sung/Kim Dong Moon - South Korea     154.44
20. Nick Ponting/Julian Robertson - England       150.72
21. Christian Jakobsen/Jens Eriksen - Denmark     149.67
22. Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah - Malaysia        138.89
23. Peter Blackburn/Paul Staight - Australia      130.71
24. Siripong Siripool/Khunakorn Sudhisodhi
                              - Thailand          126.56
25. Neil Cottrill/John Quinn - England            125.79
26. Chan Siu Kwong/He Yiming - Hong Kong          125.28
27. Anil Kaul/Iain Sydie - Canada                 118.18
28. Svetoslav Stojanov/Mikail Popov - Bulgaria    116.96
29. Vitalij Shmakov/Mikail Korchouk - Belarus     111.08
30. Jim Laugesen/Thomas Stavngaard - Denmark      110.61
31. Damian Plawecki/Robert Mateusiak - Poland     108.76
32. Sergej Melnikov/Arthur Khatchaturyan - Russia 106.14
33. Rosman Razak/Chew Choon Eng - Malaysia        105.14
34. Uwe Ossenbrink/Kai Mitteldorf - Germany       104.18
35. Yap Yee Hup/Yap Yee Guan - Malaysia            99.71
36. Park Joo Bong/Kim Dong Moon - South Korea      99.70
37. Lee Dong Soo/Ha Tae Kwon - South Korea         93.94
38. Stephan Kuhl/Bjorn Siegemund - Germany         93.53
39. Thomas Reidy/Kevin Han - USA                   93.39
40. Broddi Kristjansson/Arni Thor Hallgrimmsson
                              - Iceland            92.45
41. Takaaki Hayashi/Norio Imai - Japan             89.20
42. Jesper Larsen/Peder Nissen - Denmark           84.88
43. Ricardo Fernandes/Fernando Silva - Portugal    84.43
44. Fumihiko Machida/Shinji Bito - Japan           84.29
45. Manuel Dubrulle/Vincent Laigle - France        83.10
46. Alistair Gatt/Craig Robertson - Scotland       80.27
47. James Anderson/Ian Pearson - England           76.86
48. Darryl Yung/Brent Olynyk - Canada              76.13
49. Horng Shin-Jeng/Huang Chuan-Chen
                              - Chinese Taipei     75.64
50. Mike Edstrom/Chris Hales - USA                 75.32

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