1969 World Table Tennis Championships

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The 1969 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Munich from April 17 to April 27, 1969. [1] [2] It was the 30th edition to be contested.

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During the Cultural Revolution, Chinese sports professionals were denounced as 'Sprouts of Revisionism' and were denied places at the 1967 World Table Tennis Championships and 1969 World Table Tennis Championships. Players such as Jung Kuo-tuan were persecuted and he committed suicide in 1968. Had China competed in both championships and not lost the impetus gained in the previous decade they would surely have dominated the World Championships. [3] [4]

Medalists

Team

EventGoldSilverBronze
Swaythling Cup
Men's Team
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Nobuhiko Hasegawa
Tetsuo Inoue
Shigeo Itoh
Kenji Kasai
Mitsuru Kono
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Bernt Jansen
Wilfried Lieck
Martin Ness
Eberhard Schöler
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Zlatko Cordas
Istvan Korpa
Antun Stipančić
Dragutin Šurbek
Edvard Vecko
Corbillon Cup
Women's team
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Laima Amelina
Svetlana Grinberg
Rita Pogosova
Zoja Rudnova
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Maria Alexandru
Carmen Crișan
Eleonora Mihalca
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Saeko Hirota
Yasuko Konno
Toshiko Kowada
Sachiko Morisawa

Individual

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of Japan.svg Shigeo Itoh Flag of Germany.svg Eberhard Schöler Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Kasai
Flag of Japan.svg Tokio Tasaka
Women's singles Flag of Japan.svg Toshiko Kowada Flag of East Germany.svg Gabriele Geissler Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Maria Alexandru
Flag of Japan.svg Miho Hamada
Men's doubles Flag of Sweden.svg Hans Alsér
Flag of Sweden.svg Kjell Johansson
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuhiko Hasegawa
Flag of Japan.svg Tokio Tasaka
Flag of Japan.svg Shigeo Itoh
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuru Kono
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anatoly Amelin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Stanislav Gomozkov
Women's doubles Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Svetlana Grinberg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Zoja Rudnova
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Maria Alexandru
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Eleonora Mihalca
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Hwan-Hwan
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jung-Sook
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jitka Karlíková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ilona Voštová
Mixed doubles Flag of Japan.svg Nobuhiko Hasegawa
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuko Konno
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuru Kono
Flag of Japan.svg Saeko Hirota
Flag of Japan.svg Shigeo Itoh
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiko Kowada
Flag of England.svg Denis Neale
Flag of England.svg Mary Shannon-Wright

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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. "In memory of China's 1st world champion Rong Guotuan". China Daily.
  4. Itoh, Mayumi (2011). The Origin of Ping-Pong Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   9780230118133.