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
Main article: 1956 World Table Tennis Championships

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

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References
  1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. "1956 results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation.
  3. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
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