The 6th European Badminton Championships were held in Preston (England), between 13 April and 15 April 1978, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton England.^[1]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Flemming Delfs	Thomas Kihlström	Sture Johnsson
			Ray Stevens
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Jane Webster	Anette Börjesson
			Joke van Beusekom
Men's doubles	Ray Stevens and Mike Tredgett	Bengt Fröman and Thomas Kihlström	David Eddy and Eddy Sutton
			Stefan Karlsson and Claes Nordin
Women's doubles	Nora Perry and Anne Statt	Jane Webster and Barbara Sutton	Inge Borgström and Pia Nielsen
			Joke van Beusekom and Marjan Ridder
Mixed doubles	Mike Tredgett and Nora Perry	Steen Skovgaard and Lene Køppen	Billy Gilliland and Joanna Flockhart
			Rob Ridder and Marjan Ridder
Teams	England	Denmark	Sweden

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score[2]
Men's singles	Flemming Delfs	Thomas Kihlström	10–15, 15–6, 15–12
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Jane Webster	11–4, 9–11, 11–0
Men's doubles	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	15–6, 15–5
Women's doubles	Nora Perry Anne Statt	Barbara Sutton Jane Webster	15–7, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen	-,-

Medal account

Pos	Country				Total
1	England	4	2	2	8
2	Denmark	2	2	1	5
3	Sweden	0	2	4	6
4	Netherlands	0	0	3	3
5	Scotland	0	0	1	1