1977 1981

European Junior Championships 1979

Carl Diem Halle · Mülheim an der Ruhr, West Germany · 14–21 Apr 1979

Podium

Gold, silver and both bronzes.

Both losing semi-finalists take bronze. Where no draw is published, the podium comes from the edition's medal table.

Gold, silver, bronze. Ordered by golds, then silvers, then bronzes.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
Men's singlesFinal 17–16 15–1	Jens Peter NierhoffDEN	Steve BaddeleyENG	Steve BaddeleyENG	Evgeniy DayanovURS
Women's singlesFinal 11–2 11–4	Else ThoresenNOR	Kirsten MeierDEN	Kirsten MeierDEN	Diane SimpsonENG
Men's doublesFinal 15–9 16–17 15–0	Harald KlauerFRGGerhard TreitingerFRG	Torben KjærDEN Jesper KnudsenDEN	Jesper KnudsenDEN Torben KjærDEN	Nick YatesENG Christopher BackENG
Women's doublesFinal 15–12 15–9	Gillian ClarkENGSally LeadbeaterENG	Kirsten LarsenDENKirsten MeierDEN	Kirsten LarsenDENKirsten MeierDEN	Diane SimpsonENGChristine DickinsonENG
Mixed doublesFinal 15–7 15–7	Jens Peter NierhoffDEN Charlotte PilgaardDEN	Frank van DongenNED Grace KakiayNED	Frank van DongenNED Grace KakiayNED	Jan-Eric AntonssonSWE Ann Sofi BergmanSWE

The draw

Seeds are to the left of each name, and the winner of each match is in bold. Every name opens that player's record.

15–8 15–9

15–9 15–7

17–16 15–1

ChampionJens Peter Nierhoff