1947 World Table Tennis Championships

The 1947 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Paris from February 25 to March 7, 1947. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medalists

Team

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Swaythling Cup Men's Team	Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis Adolf Šlár Václav Tereba František Tokár Bohumil Váňa	United States William Holzrichter Richard Miles Lou Pagliaro Sol Schiff	Austria Heinrich Bednar Otto Eckl Johann Hartwich Heribert Just Ferdinand Schuech
			France Alex Agopoff Guy Amouretti Maurice Bordrez Michel Haguenauer Michel Lanskoy
Corbillon Cup Women's team	England Elizabeth Blackbourn Vera Dace Peggy Franks Margaret Osborne-Knott	Hungary Éva Anderlik Gizi Farkas Rozsi Karpati Béláné Vermes	Czechoslovakia Vlasta Depetrisová Eliška Fürstová Marie Kettnerová Věra Votrubcová
			United States Mae Clouther Davida Hawthorn Reba Monness Leah Thall

Individual

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Bohumil Váňa	Ferenc Sidó	Johnny Leach
			Lou Pagliaro
Women's singles	Gizi Farkas	Elizabeth Blackbourn	Vera Dace
			Gertrude Pritzi
Men's Doubles	Adolf Šlár Bohumil Váňa	Jack Carrington Johnny Leach	Viktor Barna Adrian Haydon
			Ladislav Štípek Václav Tereba
Women's doubles	Gizi Farkas Gertrude Pritzi	Mae Clouther Reba Monness	Davida Hawthorn Leah Thall
			Mary Detournay Josee Wouters
Mixed doubles	Ferenc Soos Gizi Farkas	Adolf Šlár Vlasta Depetrisová	Viktor Barna Margaret Franks
			William Holzrichter Davida Hawthorn

References

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 ]}
3. "Resultater fra V.M" (PDF). Bord Tennis Danmark. p. 8. Retrieved 20 October 2025.

External links

• ITTF Museum