Badminton at the 1979 SEA Games was held at Jakarta. Badminton events was held between 21 - 30 September 1979.^[1]

Medal winners

Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Hastomo Arbi	Udom Luangpetcharaporn	Lee Ah Ngo
			Wong Shoon Keat
Women's singles	Ivanna Lie	Verawaty Wiharjo	Sirisriro Patama
			Thida Aye Nyo
Men's doubles	Bandid Jaiyen Preecha Sopajaree	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Sarit Pisudchaikul Sawei Chanseorasmee
			Misbun Sidek Ong Teong Boon
Women's doubles	Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wiguna	Theresia Widiastuti Ruth Damayanti	Suleeporn Jittariyakul Sirisriro Patama
			Thida Aye Nyo Mya Lay Sein
Mixed doubles	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna	Hariamanto Kartono Tjan So Gwan	Lee Ah Ngo Juliana Lee Lay Eng
			Preecha Sopajaree Jutatip Banjongsilp
Men's Team	Indonesia	Malaysia	Thailand
Women's team	Indonesia	Thailand	Malaysia
			Myanmar

Semifinal results

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Udom Luangpetcharaporn	Lee Ah Ngo	18–13, 15–7
	Hastomo Arbi	Wong Shoon Keat	15–10, 15–7
Women's singles	Verawaty Wiharjo	Thida Aye Nyo	11–1, 11–0
	Ivana Lie	Sirisriro Patama	11–4, 11–9
Men's doubles	Bandid Jaiyen & Preecha Sopajaree
	Ade Chandra & Christian Hadinata
Women's doubles	Ruth Damayanti & Theresia Widiastuti	Suleeporn Jittariyakul & Sirisriro Patama	18–15, 15–7
	Verawaty Wiharjo & Imelda Wiguno	Thida Aye Nyo & Mya Lay Sein	15–3, 15–8
Mixed doubles	Christian Hadinata & Imelda Wiguno	Lee Ah Ngo & Juliana Lee Lay Eng	15–4, 15–6
	Kartono & Maria Fransisca	Jutatip Banjongsilp & Preecha Sopajaree

Final results

Discipline	Winner	Finalist	Score
Men's singles	Hastomo Arbi	Udom Luangpetcharaporn	15–11, 15–4
Women's singles	Ivana Lie	Verawaty Wiharjo	11–8, 8–11, 12–9
Men's doubles	Bandid Jaiyen & Preecha Sopajaree	Ade Chandra & Christian Hadinata	15–9, 15–5
Women's doubles	Imelda Wiguno & Verawaty Wiharjo	Ruth Damayanti & Theresia Widiastuti	15–4, 15–2
Mixed doubles	Christian Hadinata & Imelda Wiguno	Kartono & Maria Fransisca	18–16, 15–2

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia (INA)	6	4	0	10
2	Thailand (THA)	1	2	5	8
3	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	2	3
4	Myanmar (MYA)	0	0	3	3
	Singapore (SGP)	0	0	3	3
Totals (5 entries)		7	7	13	27

References

External links

• HISTORY OF THE SEA GAMES, olympic.org.my