FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 22, 1996

INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON FEDERATION RANKINGS - AS OF MARCH 18,
1996.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) -- The following are the latest
International Badminton Federation's (IBF) 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. Paul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (DEN)
3. Heryanto Arbi (INA)
4. Jiong Dong (CHN)
5. Park Sung Woo (KOR)
6. Allan Budi Kusuma (INA)
7. Ardy Wiranata (INA)
8. Rashid Sidek (MAS)
9. Fung Permadi (TPE)
10. Hermawan Susanto (INA)
52. Kevin Han (USA)

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

MEN'S DOUBLES
1. Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky (INA)
2. Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim Hock (MAS)
3. Denny Kantono/S. Antonius (INA)
4. Gunawan/Bambang Suprianto (INA)
5. Jon Holst-Christensen/Thomas Lund (DEN)
6. Huang Zhanzhong/Jinag Xin (CHN)
7. Tony Gunawan/Rudy Wijaya (INA)
8. Chandra Wijaya/Ade Sutrisna (INA)
9. Peter Axelsson/Par-Gunnar Jonsson (SWE)
10. Sakrapee Thongsari/Pramote Teerawiwatana (THA)
39. Kevin Han/Tom Reidy (USA)
43. Mike Edstrom/Chris Hales (USA)




WOMEN'S DOUBLES
1. Gil Young Ah/Jang Hye Ock (KOR)
2. Ge Fei/Gu Jun (CHN)
3. Quin Yiyuan/Tang Yongshu (CHN)
4. Helene Kirkegaard/Rikke Olsen (DEN)
5. Julie J. Bradbury/Joanne G. Wright (ENG)
6. Chen Ying/Peng Xingyong (CHN)
7. Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen/Marlene Thomsen (DEN)
8. Eliza/Rosiana Zelin (INA)
9. Kim Mee Hyang/Kim Shin Young (KOR)
10. Lotte Olsen/Ann Jorgensen (DEN)
38. Linda French/Erika Von Heiland (USA)

MIXED DOUBLES
1. Park Joo Bong/Ra Kyung Min (KOR)
2. Trikus Heryanto/Minarti Timur (INA)
3. Liu Jianjun/Sun Man (CHN)
4. Kim Dong Moon/Gil Young Ah (KOR)
5. Simon D. Archer/Julie J. Bradbury (ENG)
6. Tao Xiaoqiang/Wang Xiaoyuan (CHN)
7. Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen (DEN)
8. Chen Xingdong/Peng Xingyong (CHN)
9. Jan-Eric Antonsson/Astrid Crabo (SWE)
10. Nick Ponting/Joanne G. Wright (ENG)
74. Mike Edstrom/Linda French (USA)
     
The Olympic badminton tournament will consist of at most 192
players: 36 chosen for men's singles, 36 for women's singles; 20
men's doubles pairs, 20 women's doubles pairs, and 20 mixed
doubles pairs.  The one year international qualifying process
will conclude March 31, 1996, and the list of eligible players
will be published by the IBF and notified to all National Olympic
Committees (NOCs) and IBF member nations no later than April 15,
1996.  Along with this list, a list of eligible reserves in the
order of the official computer ranking will be published for each
event.

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