The 11th European Badminton Championships were held in Kristiansand, Norway, between 10 and 16 April 1988, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Norges Badminton Forbund.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Darren Hall	Morten Frost	Andrey Antropov
			Michael Kjeldsen
Women's singles	Kirsten Larsen	Christina Bostofte	Eline Coene
			Christine Magnusson
Men's doubles	Jens Peter Nierhoff and Michael Kjeldsen	Steen Fladberg and Jan Paulsen	Chris Rees and Lyndon Williams
			Peter Axelsson and Stefan Karlsson
Women's doubles	Dorte Kjær and Nettie Nielsen	Julie Munday and Gillian Clark	Maria Bengtsson and Christine Magnusson
			Katrin Schmidt and Kirsten Schmieder
Mixed doubles	Steen Fladberg and Gillian Clark	Alex Meijer and Erica van Dijck	Henrik Svarrer and Dorte Kjær
			Jan-Eric Antonsson and Maria Bengtsson
Teams	Denmark Steen Fladberg Morten Frost Michael Kjeldsen Jens Peter Nierhoff Jan Paulsen Henrik Svarrer Christina Bostofte Dorte Kjær Kirsten Larsen Grete Mogensen Nettie Nielsen Gitte Paulsen	Sweden Jan-Eric Antonsson Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Jens Olsson Stefan Karlsson Catrine Bengtsson Maria Bengtsson Christine Magnusson	England Steve Baddeley Martin Dew Andy Goode Darren Hall Nick Yates Gillian Clark Fiona Elliot Gillian Gilks Julie Munday Sara Sankey Helen Troke

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Morten Frost	Andrey Antropov	15–3, 15–2
	Darren Hall	Michael Kjeldsen	15–6, 15–18, 15–2
Women's singles	Kirsten Larsen	Eline Coene	11–4, 3–11, 12–11
	Christina Bostofte	Christine Magnusson	11–5, 11–2
Men's doubles	Jens Peter Nierhoff Michael Kjeldsen	Chris Rees Lyndon Williams	15–8, 15–7
	Jan Paulsen Steen Fladberg	Peter Axelsson Stefan Karlsson	15–10, 7–15, 15–10
Women's doubles	Gillian Clark Julie Munday	Katrin Schmidt Kirsten Schmieder	15–8, 5–15, 15–7
	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	Christine Magnusson Maria Bengtsson	15–8, 15–9
Mixed doubles	Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark	Henrik Svarrer Dorte Kjær	18–15, 15–10
	Alex Meijer Erica van Dijck	Jan-Eric Antonsson Maria Bengtsson	10–15, 15–11, 15–10

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Darren Hall	Morten Frost	8–15, 15–12, 15–9
Women's singles	Kirsten Larsen	Christina Bostofte	11–8, 11–2
Men's doubles	Jens Peter Nierhoff Michael Kjeldsen	Jan Paulsen Steen Fladberg	15–9, 15–11
Women's doubles	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	Gillian Clark Julie Munday	15–7, 15–4
Mixed doubles	Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark	Alex Meijer Erica van Dijck	17–16, 4–15, 15–10

Pos	Country				Total
1	Denmark	5	3	2	11
2	England	2	1	1	4
3	Sweden	0	1	4	5
4	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
5	West Germany	0	0	1	1
	Wales	0	0	1	1
	Soviet Union	0	0	1	1

Results at BE