1956 World Table Tennis Championships

The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from April 2 to April 11, 1956.[1][2]

Medalists

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Team

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Swaythling Cup
Men's Team
  Japan
Ichiro Ogimura
Toshiaki Tanaka
Yoshio Tomita
Keisuke Tsunoda
  Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Ladislav Štípek
Václav Tereba
Ludvík Vyhnanovský
  China
Hu Ping-chuan
Chiang Yung-Ning
Tsen Huai-Kuang
Wang Chuanyao
Yang Jai-Hua
  Romania
Matei Gantner
Tiberiu Harasztosi
Paul Pesch
Mircea Popescu
Toma Reiter
Corbillon Cup
Women's Team
  Romania
Angelica Rozeanu
Ella Zeller
  England
Ann Haydon
Diane Rowe
Jill Rook
  Japan
Fujie Eguchi
Tomi Okawa
Yoshiko Tanaka
Kiiko Watanabe

Individual

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles   Ichiro Ogimura   Toshiaki Tanaka   Yoshio Tomita
  Akio Nohira
Women's singles   Tomie Okawa   Kiiko Watanabe   Fujie Eguchi
  Ella Zeller
Men's doubles   Ichiro Ogimura
  Yoshio Tomita
  Ivan Andreadis
  Ladislav Štípek
  Václav Tereba
  Ludvik Vyhnanovsky
  Toshiaki Tanaka
  Keisuke Tsunoda
Women's doubles   Angelica Rozeanu
  Ella Zeller
  Fujie Eguchi
  Kiiko Watanabe
  Tomi Okawa
  Yoshiko Tanaka
  Ann Haydon
  Diane Rowe
Mixed doubles   Erwin Klein
  Leah Neuberger
  Ivan Andreadis
  Ann Haydon
  Motoo Fujii
  Yoshiko Tanaka
  Toma Reiter
  Ella Zeller

References

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  1. ^ "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ^ "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
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