1952 World Table Tennis Championships
1952 edition of the World Table Tennis Championships
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The 1952 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Bombay from 1 to 10 February 1952.The 1952 World Championships were marked by the arrival of the Japanese as a Table Tennis force on the world scene. In another first the Chief Referee of the tournament was an Indian, Professor Arakalgud Subbarao.[1][2]
India was chosen as the hosts for the event in March 1950 at the Congress of the International Table Tennis Federation in Budapest, Hungary.[3] Because the Championships were held in India the entry was reduced. Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria and Sweden were all unable to travel to the tournament.[4]
Medalists
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Team
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Swaythling Cup Men's Team | ![]() Elemer Gyetvai József Kóczián Ferenc Sidó Kálmán Szepesi László Várkonyi | ![]() Richard Bergmann Adrian Haydon Johnny Leach Aubrey Simons Harry Venner | ![]() Daisuke Daimon Norikazu Fujii Tadaaki Hayashi Hiroji Satoh |
![]() Cheng Kwok Wing Chung Chin Sing Fu Chi Fong Keung Wing Ning Suh Sui Cho | |||
Corbillon Cup Women's team | ![]() Shizuki Narahara Tomie Nishimura | ![]() Angelica Rozeanu Sári Szász Ella Zeller | ![]() Kathleen Best Peggy Franks Diane Rowe Rosalind Rowe |
Individual
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References
- ^ "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Indian Chosen As Venue Of 1952 World T.T. Championships". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 22 March 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
External links
- ITTF Museum