1952 World Table Tennis Championships

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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Norikazu Fujii, Tadaaki Hayashi and Hiroji Satoh of Japan, who all won Gold in respective disciplines.

Team

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Swaythling Cup
Men's Team
  Hungary
Elemer Gyetvai
József Kóczián
Ferenc Sidó
Kálmán Szepesi
László Várkonyi
  England
Richard Bergmann
Adrian Haydon
Johnny Leach
Aubrey Simons
Harry Venner
  Japan
Daisuke Daimon
Norikazu Fujii
Tadaaki Hayashi
Hiroji Satoh
  Hong Kong
Cheng Kwok Wing
Chung Chin Sing
Fu Chi Fong
Keung Wing Ning
Suh Sui Cho
Corbillon Cup
Women's team
  Japan
Shizuki Narahara
Tomie Nishimura
  Romania
Angelica Rozeanu
Sári Szász
Ella Zeller
  England
Kathleen Best
Peggy Franks
Diane Rowe
Rosalind Rowe

Individual

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Helen Elliott at the World Table Tennis Championships at Bombay in February, 1952. She won the Bronze in Women's doubles.
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles   Hiroji Satoh   József Kóczián   René Roothooft
  Guy Amouretti
Women's singles   Angelica Rozeanu   Gizi Farkas   Rosalind Rowe
  Ermelinde Wertl
Men's Doubles   Norikazu Fujii
  Tadaki Hayashi
  Richard Bergmann
  Johnny Leach
  Douglas Cartland
  Marty Reisman
  Viktor Barna
  Adrian Haydon
Women's Doubles   Shizuki Narahara
  Tomie Nishimura
  Diane Rowe
  Rosalind Rowe
  Helen Elliott
  Ermelinde Wertl
  Gizi Farkas
  Edit Sági
Mixed doubles   Ferenc Sidó
  Angelica Rozeanu
  Johnny Leach
  Diane Rowe
  Viktor Barna
  Rosalind Rowe
  József Kóczián
  Gizi Farkas

References

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  1. ^ "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ^ "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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