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The 1981 Badminton World Cup was the third edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 7 October to 11 October 1981. Competitions for doubles were not conducted. India won men's singles event while China won women's singles event.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Prakash Padukone	Han Jian	Chen Changjie
Women's singles	Chen Ruizhen	Li Lingwei	Ivana Lie

Men's singles

	Semifinal							Final
	Prakash Padukone		15	15
	Chen Changjie		6	8
								Prakash Padukone		15	18
								Han Jian		0	16
	Hadiyanto		15	15	5
	Han Jian		17	13	15			Third place
								Chen Changjie		15	15
								Hadiyanto		12	10

Women's singles

	Semifinal							Final
	Chen Ruizhen		11	11
	Ivana Lie		5	5
								Chen Ruizhen		12	2	11
								Li Lingwei		10	11	7
	Wendy Carter		3	6
	Li Lingwei		11	11				Third place
								Ivana Lie		11	11
								Wendy Carter		0	8

References

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• Badminton World Cup
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