FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 1996

PLAYERS FINALIZED FOR OLYMPIC BADMINTON COMPETITION

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) -- The list of 192 badminton players who
will compete in the Olympic badminton competition in Atlanta is now
complete.  Six wild-card entries (identified by an asterisk) have been
added to the list of 186 players, make the total number of players 192
(223 slots filled by 192 athletes due to players competing in more
than one event).  The players in the competition will likely change
before the final draw is set in early July, largely due to injuries
and withdrawals.  

LIST OF PLAYERS - 1996 OLYMPIC BADMINTON COMPETITION

MEN'S SINGLES:
1.  Joko Suprianto (INA)
2.  Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (DEN)
3.  Heryanto Arbi (INA)
4.  Dong Jiong (CHN)
5.  Park Sung Woo (KOR)
6.  Allan Budi Kusuma (INA)
7.  Rashid Sidek (MAS)
8.  Lee Kwang Jin (KOR)
9.  Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (DEN)
10. Sun Jun (CHN)
11. Yu Lizhi (CHN)
12. Kim Hak Kyun (KOR)
13. Ong Ewe Hock (MAS)
14. Darren J. Hall (ENG)
15. Tomas Johansson (SWE)
16. Jeroen van Dijk (NED)
17. Jens Olsson (SWE)
18. Peter Knowles (ENG)
19. Pontus Jantti (FIN)
20. Robert Liljequist (FIN)
21. Liu En-Hoeng (TPE)
22. Oliver Pongratz (GER)
23. Joris van Soerland (NED)
24. Kitikul Kitipon (THA)
25. Andreij Antropov (RUS)
26. Hannes Fuchs (AUT)
27. Chang Jeng-Shyong (TPE)
28. Thomas Wapp (SUI)
29. Pavel Uvarov (RUS)
30. Murray Hocking (AUS)
31. Jurgen Koch (AUT)
32. Kevin Han (USA)
33. Eddy Clarisse (MRI)
34. Jaimie Dawson (CAN)
35. Iain Sydie (CAN)
36. Deepankar Bhattacharya (IND)
37. Dariusz Zieba (POL)
38. Hans Sperre (NOR)
39. Fumihiko Machida (JPN)
40. Todor Velkov (BUL)
41. Tam Kai Chuen (HKG)
42. Pedro Vanneste (BEL)
43. *Kenneth Erichsnen (GUA)
44. *Mario Carulla (PER)
45. *Oscar Brandon (SUR)

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.  Kim Ji Hyun (KOR)
9.  Mia Audina (INA)
10. Ra Kyung-Min (KOR)
11. Yuliani Sentoso (INA)
12. Marina Yakusheva (RUS)
13. Catrine Bengtsson (SWE)
14. Jaroensiri Somharothai (THA)
15. Hisako Mizui (JPN)
16. Joanne Muggeridge (ENG)
17. Anne Sondergaard (DEN)
18. Denyse Julien (CAN)
19. Anne Gibson (SCO)
20. Plungwech Pornsawan (THA)
21. Yasuko Mizui (JPN)
22. Vlada Tcherniavskaja (BLR)
23. Lisa Campbell (AUS)
24. Neli Nedjalkova (BUL)
25. Zarinah Abdullah (SIN)
26. Doris Piche (CAN)
27. Huang Chia-Chi (TPE)
28. Elena Rybkhina (RUS)
29. Rhona Robertson (NZL)
30. Jeng Shwu-Zen (TPE)
31. Martine DeSouza (MRI)
32. Elena Nosdran (UKR)
33. Song Yang (AUS)
34. Katarzyna Krasowska (POL)
35. Heike Schonharting (GER)
36. Sandra Dimbour (FRA)
37. Chia Fong Chan (MAS)
38. Elsa Nielsen (ISL)
39. Amparo Lim (PHI)
40. Santi Wibowo (SUI)
41. P.V.V. Lakshimi (IND)
42. Irina Gritsenko (KAZ)
43. Debra O'Connor
44. *Rhonda Cator (AUS)
45. *Diana Koleva (BUL)
46. *Andrea Odor (HUN)

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/Jiang Xin (CHN)
7.  Peter Axelsson/Par-Gunnar Jonsson (SWE)
8.  Sakrapee Thongsari/Pramote Teerawiwatana (THA)
9.  Yoo Yong Sung/Kim Dong Moon (KOR)
10. Soo Beng Kiang/Tan Kim Her (MAS)
11. Kang Kyung Jin/Ha Tae Kwon (KOR)
12. Anderij Antropov/Nikolaj Zuev (RUS)
13. Chris Hunt/Simon D. Archer (ENG)
14. Michael Sogaard/Henrik Svarrer (DEN)
15. Nick Ponting/Julian A. Robertson (ENG)
16. Tao Xiaqiang/Ge Cheng (CHN)
17. Anil Kaul/Iain Sydie (CAN)
18. Peter Blackburn/Paul Staight (AUS)
19. Eddy Clarisse/Stephan Beeharry (MRI)
20. Michael Keck/Michael Helber (GER)
21. Suripool Siripong/Sudhisodhi Khunakorn (THA)
22. Chan Siu Kwong/He Tim (HKG)

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)
11. Tomomi Matuso/Masako Sakamoto (JPN)
12. Lili Tampi/Finarish (INA)
13. Park Soo Yun/Chung Jae Hee (KOR)
14. Joanne Muggeridge/Kelly Morgan (ENG/WAL)
15. Katrin Schmidt/Kerstin Ubben (GER)
16. Denyse Julien/Sian Deng (CAN)
17. Rhona Robertson/Tammy Jenkins (NZL)
18. Linda French/Erika Von Heiland (USA)
19. Martine DeSouza/M.J. Pierre (MRI)
20. Elena Rybkhina/Marina Yakusheva (RUS)
21. Eline Coene/Erica van den Heuvel (NED)
22. Aiko Miyamura/Akiko Miyamura (JPN)

MIXED DOUBLES
1.  Park Joo Bong/Ra Kyung Min (KOR)
2.  Trikus Heryanto/Minarti Timur (INA)
3.  Chen Xingdong/Peng Xingyong (CHN)
4.  Liu Jianjun/Sun Man (CHN)
5.  Kim Dong Moon/Gil Young Ah (KOR)
6.  Simon D. Archer/Julie J. Bradbury (ENG)
7.  Tao Xiaoqiang/Wang Xiaoyuan (CHN)
8.  Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen (DEN)
9.  Jan-Eric Antonsson/Astrid Crabo (SWE)
10. Nick Ponting/Joanne G. Wright (ENG)
11. Ron Michels/Erica van den Heuvel (NED)
12. Michael Keck/Karen Stechmann (GER)
13. Nimpele Flandy/Rosalina Riseu (INA)
14. Christian Jakobsen/Lotte Olsen (DEN)
15. Paul Stevenson/Amanda Hardy (AUS)
16. Darryl Yung/Denyse Julien (CAN)
17. Kayode Akinsanua/Obiageli Olorunsola (NGR)
18. Peter Axelsson/Catrine Bengtson (SWE)
19. Jens Eriksen/Helene Kirkegaard (DEN)
20. Nikolaij Zuev/Marina Yakusheva (RUS)
21. He Tim/Chan Oi Ni (HKG)
22. Kai Mittledorf/Katrin Schmidt (GER)

(FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT PAUL PAWLACZYK, USBA
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AT 719-578-4808, E-MAIL: USBA1996@aol.com IN
ATLANTA, PAUL CAN BE REACHED VIA PAGER AT 1-800-946-4646, PIN#
2004333).