1936 World Table Tennis Championships

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The 1936 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia from March 12 to March 18, 1936. [1]

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The championships were criticised for the bad management and poor tables. [2] The Lucerna Palace arena (a 4,000-seat, underground concert hall) conditions were also described as chaos. [3]

Medalists

Team

EventGoldSilverBronze
Swaythling Cup
Men's team 		State flag of Austria (1934-1938).svg  Austria
Erwin Kohn
Richard Bergmann
Helmut Goebel
Hans Hartinger
Alfred Liebster 		Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Viktor Vladone
Marin Vasile-Goldberger
Farkas Paneth 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Stanislav Kolář
Bohumil Váňa
Miloslav Hamr
Václav Tereba
František Hanec Pivec
Flag of France.svg  France
Michel Haguenauer
Charles Dubouillé
Raoul Bedoc
Daniel Guérin
Paul Wolschoefer
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary
Viktor Barna
Miklós Szabados
Laszlo Bellak
István Kelen
Tibor Házi
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Alojzy Ehrlich
Samuel Schieff
Shimcha Finkelstein
Jezierski
Corbillon Cup
Women's team 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
Marie Kettnerová
Gertrude Kleinová
Marie Šmídová
Věra Votrubcová 		Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Germany
Astrid Krebsbach
Anita Felguth
Hilde Bussmann
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
Ruth Aarons
Jessie Purves
Corinne Migneco 		Not awarded,
as there was a tie for silver.

Individual

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's Singles Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Stanislav Kolář Flag of Poland.svg Alojzy Ehrlich Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Ferenc Soos
State flag of Austria (1934-1938).svg Richard Bergmann
Women's Singles Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ruth Aarons Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Astrid Krebsbach Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marie Kettnerová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marie Šmídová
Men's Doubles Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Robert Blattner
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg James McClure 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Stanislav Kolář
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Okter Petrisek 		Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Tibor Házi
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Ferenc Soos
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Fleischner
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adolf Šlár
Women's Doubles Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marie Kettnerová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marie Šmídová 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vlasta Depetrisová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Věra Votrubcová 		Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ruth Aarons
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jessie Purves
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Magda Gál
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Mária Mednyánszky
Mixed Doubles Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miloslav Hamr
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Gertrude Kleinová 		Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg István Kelen
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Mária Mednyánszky 		Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Helmut Ullrich
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Annemarie Schulz
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Stanislav Kolář
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marie Šmídová

References

  1. ↑ ITTF Museum. "Past World Championships Results" . Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ "World Championships at Prague" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Ties For Second in Prague Corbillon Cup Pla". Team USA. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
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