1979 World Table Tennis Championships

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The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Pyongyang from April 25 to May 6, 1979. [1] [2]

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Results

Team

EventGoldSilverBronze
Swaythling Cup
Men's Team
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Gábor Gergely
István Jónyer
Tibor Klampár
Tibor Kreisz
János Takács
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Guo Yuehua
Huang Liang
Li Zhenshi
Liang Geliang
Lu Qiwei
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Hiroyuki Abe
Hideo Gotoh
Masahiro Maehara
Seiji Ono
Norio Takashima
Corbillon Cup
Women's team
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Cao Yanhua
Ge Xin'ai
Zhang Deying
Zhang Li
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Hong Gil-Soon
Li Song Suk
Pak Yong-Ok
Pak Yung-Sun
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Kayoko Kawahigashi
Yoshiko Shimauchi
Kayo Sugaya
Shoko Takahashi

Individual

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ono 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 Li Zhenshi
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ge Xin'ai Flag of North Korea.svg Li Song Suk Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tong Ling
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Deying
Men's doubles Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Antun Stipančić
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dragutin Šurbek
Flag of Hungary.svg István Jónyer
Flag of Hungary.svg Tibor Klampár
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Zhenshi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Huiyuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yuehua
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Geliang
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Deying
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 Yan Guili
Flag of North Korea.svg Li Song-suk
Flag of North Korea.svg Ro Jong-suk
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Erzsebet Palatinus
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Gordana Perkučin
Mixed doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Geliang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ge Xin'ai
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Zhenshi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Guili
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Huiyuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Deying
Flag of France.svg Jacques Secrétin
Flag of France.svg Claude Bergeret

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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 ]