1959 World Table Tennis Championships

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The 1959 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Dortmund from March 27 to April 5, 1959. [1] [2] [3]

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Medalists

Team

EventGoldSilverBronze
Swaythling Cup
Men's Team
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Nobuya Hoshino
Teruo Murakami
Seiji Narita
Ichiro Ogimura
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Zoltán Berczik
Zoltán Bubonyi
László Földy
László Pigniczki
Ferenc Sidó
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Chiang Yung-Ning
Rong Guotuan
Wang Chuanyao
Xu Yinsheng
Yang Jai-Hua
Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam
Lê Văn Tiết
Mai Văn Hòa
Trần Cảnh Được
Trần Văn Liễu
Corbillon Cup
Women's Team
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Fujie Eguchi
Kimiyo Matsuzaki
Taeko Namba
Kazuko Yamaizumi
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Cho Kyung-Cha
Choi Kyung-ja
Hwang Yool-ja
Lee Chong-Hi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Qiu Zhonghui
Sun Meiying
Ye Peiqiong

Individual

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's Singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Rong Guotuan Flag of Hungary.svg Ferenc Sidó Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Richard Miles
Flag of Japan.svg Ichiro Ogimura
Women's Singles Flag of Japan.svg Kimiyo Matsuzaki Flag of Japan.svg Fujie Eguchi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiu Zhonghui
Flag of Hungary.svg Éva Kóczián
Men's doubles Flag of Japan.svg Teruo Murakami
Flag of Japan.svg Ichiro Ogimura
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ladislav Štípek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ludvik Vyhnanovsky
Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Berczik
Flag of Hungary.svg László Földy
Flag of Sweden.svg Hans Alsér
Flag of Sweden.svg Ake Rakell
Women's doubles Flag of Japan.svg Taeko Namba
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuko Yamaizumi
Flag of Japan.svg Fujie Eguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Kimiyo Matsuzaki
Flag of England.svg Ann Haydon
Flag of England.svg Diane Rowe
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiu Zhonghui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Meiying
Mixed doubles Flag of Japan.svg Ichiro Ogimura
Flag of Japan.svg Fujie Eguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Teruo Murakami
Flag of Japan.svg Kimiyo Matsuzaki
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Chuanyao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Meiying
Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Berczik
Flag of Hungary.svg Gizi Lantos-Farkas

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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. "1959 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.