1977 World Table Tennis Championships

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The 1977 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Birmingham at the then newly opened National Exhibition Centre, from March 28 to April 7, 1977.

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Organisation

During these Championships, players and officials stayed at the Student Accommodation at the University of Birmingham in Edgbaston, from where coaches took all participants backwards and forwards between here and the NEC daily for the two weeks of the championships. Although run by the ETTA for the ITTF, headed by Mr Maurice Goldstein, Management, Tournament & Coaching Committee members from the BDTTA (Birmingham & District Table Tennis Association) played a major part with six months of preparatory work prior to this event, the first to be held at the NEC. It was also from the BDTTA that many gave freely of their time to help run this championship, through their expertise of running many other local annual table tennis tournaments, such at the 3 star Midlands Open and Birmingham Closed. [1]

Results

Team

EventGoldSilverBronze
Swaythling Cup
Men's Team
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Guo Yuehua
Huang Liang
Li Zhenshi
Liang Geliang
Wang Jun
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Tetsuo Inoue
Mitsuru Kono
Masahiro Maehara
Norio Takashima
Tokio Tasaka
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Stellan Bengtsson
Ake Gronlund
Kjell Johansson
Roger Lagerfeldt
Ulf Thorsell
Corbillon Cup
Women's team
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Ge Xinai
Zhang Deying
Zhang Li
Zhu Xiangyun
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Chung Hyun-sook
Kim Soon-ok
Lee Ailesa
Lee Ki Won
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Kim Chang-Ae
Li Song Suk
Pak Yong-Ok
Pak Yung-Sun

Individual

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuru Kohno Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yuehua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Geliang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Liang
Women's singles Flag of North Korea.svg Pak Yung-Sun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ge Xin'ai
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Deying
Men's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Zhenshi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Geliang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Liang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Yuansheng
Flag of Sweden.svg Stellan Bengtsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Kjell Johansson
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Antun Stipančić
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dragutin Šurbek
Women's doubles Flag of North Korea.svg Pak Yong-ok
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Ying
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Xiangyun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Lijie
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Li
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ge Xin'ai
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Ki Won
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Soon-ok
Mixed doubles Flag of France.svg Jacques Secrétin
Flag of France.svg Claude Bergeret
Flag of Japan.svg Tokio Tasaka
Flag of Japan.svg Sachiko Yokota
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Zhenshi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Guili
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-kuk
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Ki Won

References

  1. ITTF Museum. "Past World Championships Results" . Retrieved December 26, 2025.