BANG TAKES TOP SPOT IN WOMEN'S SINGLES WORLD RANKINGS August 9, 1996 (D.Shuttlenws) - In the first world rankings issued by the International Badminton Federation after the Atlanta Olympic Games, gold medalist Bang Soo Hyun of South Korea has displaced world champion Ye Zhaoying of China from the top spot and is now the world number one in women's singles. Ye Zhaoying who disappointingly finished out of the medals in Atlanta has slipped to number two. Silver medalist Mia Audina of Indonesia climbs from number 11 to number 5 while bronze medalist Susi Susanti is ranked third. The injured Swedish star Lim Xiaoqing who was not able to play in Atlanta has dropped out of the top 10 to number 16. Women's Singles Rankings as of August 6, 1996 1. Bang Soo Hyun - South Korea 350.93 points 2. Ye Zhaoying - China 340.95 3. Susi Susanti - Indonesia 311.61 4. Camilla Martin - Denmark 267.89 5. Mia Audina - Indonesia 254.25 6. Han Jingna - China 239.38 7. Wang Chen - China 233.32 8. Kim Ji Hyun - South Korea 225.55 9. Yao Yan - China 224.60 10. Zhang Ning - China 214.45 11. Ra Kyung Min - South Korea 185.50 12. Pornsawan Plungwech - Thailand 181.16 13. Yuliani Sentoso - Indonesia 172.45 14. Lee Joo Hyun - South Korea 160.29 15. Lidya Djaelawidjaya - Indonesia 154.05 16. Lim Xiaoqing - Sweden 153.88 17. Hisako Mizui - Japan 153.29 18. Marina Yakusheva - Russia 149.54 19. Anne Sondergaard - Denmark 148.26 20. Somharuthai Jaroensiri - Thailand 142.99 21. Christine Magnusson - Sweden 139.21 22. Mette Pedersen - Denmark 133.88 23. Yasuko Mizui - Japan 133.47 24. Catrine Bengtsson - Sweden 130.34 25. Meiluawati - Indonesia 127.18 26. Vlada Tcherniavskaia - Belarus 122.70 27. Joanne Muggeridge - England 120.61 28. Lotte Thomsen - Denmark 115.54 29. Huang Chia-Chi - Chinese Taipei 115.50 30. Elena Rybkhina - Russia 115.13 31. Anne Gibson - Scotland 114.86 32. Marina Andrievskaya - Sweden 114.26 33. Brenda Beenhakker - Netherlands 113.27 34. Denyse Julien - Canada 112.63 35. Zarinah Abdullah - Singapore 112.20 36. Dai Yun - China 111.83 37. Takako Ida - Japan 109.57 38. Katarzyna Krasowska - Poland 108.04 39. Lisa Campbell - Australia 107.90 40. Alison Humby - England 104.10 41. Mette Sorensen - Denmark 103.07 42. Neli Nedjalkova - Bulgaria 101.85 43. Margit Borg - Sweden 101.23 44. Julia Mann - England 99.74 45. Kelly Morgan - Wales 99.23 46. Zeng Yaqiong - China 97.09 47. Jeng Shwu-Zen - Chinese Taipei 94.92 48. Doris Piche - Canada 93.46 49. Cindana - Indonesia 92.34 50. Stefanie Muller - Germany 91.31 51. Rhona Robertson - New Zealand 89.71 52. Elena Nosdran - Ukraine 87.14 53. Chan Ya-Ling - Chinese Taipei 85.46 54. Yang Song - Australia 84.67 55. Karolina Ericsson - Sweden 81.83 56. Judith Meulendijks - Netherlands 79.62 57. Chung Jae Hee - South Korea 79.43 58. Victoria Hristova - Bulgaria 77.25 59. Tanya Groves - England 75.56 60. Elena Sukhareva - Russia 74.39 61. P.V.V. Lakshmi - India 72.83 62. Irina Yakusheva - Russia 72.00 63. Sandra Dimbour - France 71.83 64. Michelle Rasmussen - Denmark 70.09 65. Tanja Berg - Denmark 69.61 66. Ng Ching - Hong Kong 67.26 67. Yoshiko Ohta - Japan 66.81 68. Monique Hoogland - Netherlands 66.28 69. Heather Poole - Canada 66.17 70. Heike Schonharting - Germany 65.87 71. Santi Wibowo - Switzerland 63.90 72. Rayoni Head - Australia 60.73 73. Elsa Nielsen - Iceland 60.03 74. Chan Chia Fong - Malaysia 58.47 75. Sonya McGinn - Ireland 56.96 76. Liu Guimei - China 54.56 77. Heidi Dossing - Denmark 53.74 78. Silvia Albrecht - Switzerland 52.63 79. Koon Wai Chee - Hong Kong 52.43 80. Amparo Lim - Philippines 52.08 81. Debra O'Connor - Trinidad Tobago 51.09 82. Yuni Kartika - Indonesia 51.04 83. Ika Heny - Indonesia 50.70 84. Majken Vange - Denmark 50.58 85. Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn - Thailand 50.26 86. Irina Gritsenko - Kazakhstan 49.29 87. Natalia Esipenko - Ukraine 49.13 88. Liu Yufang - China 47.72 89. Ann Weckstrom - Finland 47.25 90. Marketa Koudelkova - Czech Republic 46.61 91. Esther Sanz - Spain 46.25 92. Ella Karachkova - Russia 46.08 93. Park Soo Hyun - South Korea 46.01 94. Lee Soon Deuk - South Korea 45.90 95. Gillian Martin - Scotland 45.69 96. Andrea Odor - Hungary 45.34 97. Lynda Graves - Australia 44.70 98. Nicole Baldewein - Germany 44.14 99. Lin Xiaoming - China 42.75 100. Manjusha Pawangadkar - India 42.64 COPYRIGHT 1996 by YANG YANG and D.Shuttlenws@genie.com. PERMISSION GIVEN to redistribute, reprint, or repost in whole or in part on a NON-COMMERCIAL basis provided that the above copyright notice is retained in all redistributions, reprints and reposts.