1952 World Table Tennis Championships

The 1952 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Bombay from February 1 to February 10, 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]

World Table Tennis Championships
Singles   Men   Women
Doubles   Men   Women   Mixed
Team   Men   Women
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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
Norikazu Fujii, Tadaaki Hayashi and Hiroji Satoh of Japan, who all won Gold in respective disciplines.

Team
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
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
  1. "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. 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.
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