1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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

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

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References

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

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[1] "List of Winners". All About Tennis.

[ITTF-2] 1 2 "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.

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