| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 13–20 April | ||
| Edition | 15 | ||
| Location | Herning, Denmark | ||
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The 15th European Badminton Championships were held in Herning, Denmark, between 13 and 20 April 1996, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Danmarks Badminton Forbund.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | Peter Rasmussen |  Jesper Olsson |
 Jeroen van Dijk | |||
| Women's singles | Camilla Martin |  Marina Yakusheva | Christine Magnusson |
| Anne Sondergaard | |||
| Men's doubles | Thomas Lund and Jon Holst Christensen | Michael Søgaard and Henrik Svarrer |  Simon Archerand Chris Hunt |
| Pär-Gunnar Jonsson and Peter Axelsson | |||
| Women's doubles | Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen and Marlene Thomsen | Rikke Olsen and Helene Kirkegaard | Julie Bradbury and Joanne Wright |
 Katrin Schmidtand Kerstin Ubben | |||
| Mixed doubles | Michael Søgaard and Rikke Olsen | Simon Archer and Julie Bradbury | Michael Keck and Karen Stechmann |
| Ron Michels and Erica van den Heuvel | |||
| Teams | Denmark | Sweden | England |
Medal account
| Pos | Country |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | England | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |