FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 26, 1996

INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON FEDERATION RANKINGS - 
AS OF FEBRUARY 2, 1996 
  
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.)  -- The following are the International
Badminton Federation's world top ten rankings for men's singles,
women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed
doubles, as well as top U.S. rankings.

Men's Singles
1.  Joko Suprianto (INA)
2.  Heryanto Arbi (INA)
3.  Allan Budi Kusuma (INA)
4.  Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (DEN) 
5.  Dong Jiong (CHN)
6.  Ardy Wiranata (INA)
7.  Hermawan Susanto (INA)
8.  Park Sung Woo (KOR)
9.  Rashid Sidek (MAS)
10. Fung Permadi (TPE)
39. Kevin Han (USA)
134. Tom Reidy (USA)

Women's Singles
1.  Ye Zhaoying (CHN)
2.  Susi Susanti (INA)
3.  Bang Soo Hyun (KOR)
4.  Lim Xiaoqing (SWE)
5.  Mia Audina (INA)
6.  Camilla Martin (DEN)
7.  Wang Chen (CHN)
8.  Han Jingna (CHN)
9.  Yao Yan (CHN)
10. Kim Ji Hyun (KOR)
77. Erika Von Heiland (USA)
125. Kathy Zimmerman (USA)

Men's Doubles
1.  Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky (INA)
2.  Gunawan/Bambang Suprianto (INA)
3.  Huang Zhanzhong/Jiang Xin (CHN)
4.  Denny Kantono/S. Antonius (INA)
5.  Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim Hock (MAS)
6.  Jon Holst-Christensen/Thomas Lund (DEN)
7.  Tony Gunawan/Rudy Wijaya (INA)
8.  Peter Axelsson/Par-Gunnar Jonsson (SWE)
9.  Sakrapee Thongsari/Pramote Teerawiwatana (THA)
10. Yoo Yong Sung/Kim Dong Moon (KOR)
31. Tom Reidy/Kevin Han (USA)
54. Mike Edstrom/Chris Hales (USA)

Women's Doubles
1.  Ge Fei/Gu Jun (CHN)
2.  Gil Young Ah/Jang Hye Ock (KOR)
3.  Julie J. Bradbury/Joanne G. Wright (ENG)
4.  Qin Yiyuan/Tang Yongshu (CHN)
5.  Eliza/Rosiana Zelin (INA)
6.  Helene Kirkegaard/Rikke Olsen (DEN)
7.  Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen/Marlene Thomsen (DEN)
8.  Chen Ying/Peng Xingyong (CHN)
9.  Kim Mee Hyang/Kim Shin Young (KOR)
10. Tomomi Matsuo/Masako Sakamoto (JPN)
32. Linda French/Erika Von Heiland (USA)
65. Meiling Okuno/Gina Gomez (USA)

Mixed Doubles
1.  Heryanto Trikus/Minarti Timur (INA)
2.  Jianjun Liu/Sun Man (CHN)
3.  Kim Dong Moon/Gil Young AH (KOR)
4.  Simon D. Archer/Julie J. Bradbury (ENG)
5.  Park Joo Bong/Ra Kyung Min (KOR)
6.  Tao Xiaoqiang/Wang Xiaoyuan (CHN)
7.  Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen (DEN)
8.  Nick Ponting/Joanne G. Wright (ENG)
9.  Ron Michels/Erica von den Heuvel (NED)
10. Ha Tae Kwon/Kim Shin Young (KOR)
58. Mike Edstrom/Linda French (USA)

The year long international qualifying process for the 1996
Olympic Games will conclude March 31, 1996.  The International
Badminton Federation (IBF) will announce the 192 person Olympic
badminton field (36 men's singles players, 36 women's singles
players, 20 men's doubles pairs, 20 women's doubles pairs, and 20
mixed doubles pairs) no later than April 15, 1996.

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