1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 23rd edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

1956 Men's singles
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Ichiro Ogimura defeated Toshiaki Tanaka in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title.[3]

Results

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Ivan Andreadis 16 17 11
  Dick Miles 21 21 21   Miles 16 14 13
  Ichiro Ogimura 21 21 21   Ogimura 21 21 21
  Chung Chin-Sing 7 15 12   Ogimura 21 21 17 24
  Richard Bergmann 21 18 21 13 21   Tomita 19 9 21 22
  Matei Gantner 19 21 11 21 13   Bergmann 15 21 13 19
  Yoshio Tomita 21 17 21 14 22   Tomita 21 18 21 21
  Chiang Yung-Ning 17 21 16 21 20   Ogimura 21 22 21 18 21
  Akio Nohira 21 21 21   Tanaka 13 24 18 21 13
  Erwin Klein 16 13 15   Nohira 15 24 16 21 22
  Krishna Nagaraj 21 22 21   Nagaraj 21 22 21 14 20
  Seiji Yamada 17 20 16   Nohira 21 17 21 21
  Kazuo Kawai 21 21 21   Tanaka 13 21 6 18
  Václav Tereba 13 18 17   Kawai 21 8 13 19
  Toshiaki Tanaka 21 21 21   Tanaka 18 21 21 21
  Keijii Kodama 11 12 16

See also

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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "1956 results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  3. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.