The 8th European Badminton Championships were held in Böblingen, West Germany, between 13 and 18 April 1982, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and Deutscher Badminton-Verband e.V..

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Jens Peter Nierhoff	Ray Stevens	Claus Andersen
			Nick Yates
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Karen Bridge	Christine Magnusson
			Jane Webster
Men's doubles	Stefan Karlsson and Thomas Kihlström	Martin Dew and Mike Tredgett	Claes Nordin and Lars Wengberg
			Ray Stevens and Andy Goode
Women's doubles	Gillian Gilks and Gillian Clark	Nora Perry and Jane Webster	Dorte Kjaer and Nettie Nielsen
			Lene Køppen and Anne Skovgaard
Mixed doubles	Martin Dew and Gillian Gilks	Mike Tredgett and Nora Perry	Lars Wengberg and Anette Börjesson
			Steen Skovgaard and Anne Skovgaard
Teams	England	Sweden	Denmark

Results

Semi-finals

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Ray Stevens	Claus Andersen	15–8, 15–10
	Jens Peter Nierhoff	Nick Yates	15–10, 5–15, 15–4
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Christine Magnusson	11–4, 11–1
	Karen Bridge	Jane Webster	11–0, 11–2
Men's doubles	Martin Dew Mike Tredgett	Claes Nordin Lars Wengberg	15–5, 15–2
	Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström	Andy Goode Ray Stevens	15–8, 15–4
Women's doubles	Jane Webster Nora Perry	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	15–9, 14–17, 15–11
	Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks	Anne Skovgaard Lene Køppen	15–6, 15–2
Mixed doubles	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	Lars Wengberg Anette Börjesson	15–8, 15–5
	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	Steen Skovgaard Anne Skovgaard	15–12, 15–8

Finals

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Jens Peter Nierhoff	Ray Stevens	15–9, 15–4
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Karen Bridge	11–1, 11–9
Men's doubles	Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström	Martin Dew Mike Tredgett	15–9, 15–3
Women's doubles	Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks	Jane Webster Nora Perry	15–3, 15–11
Mixed doubles	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	15–12, 15–5

Medal account

Pos	Country				Total
1	England	3	5	3	11
2	Denmark	2	0	5	7
3	Sweden	1	1	3	5