| Men's singles at the 1958 Asian Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Waseda University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 29–31 May 1958 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Table tennis at the 1958 Asian Games | |||
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| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | men | women | mixed |
| Team | men | women | |
The men's singles table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme and took place between 29 and 31 May, at the Waseda University Gymnasium.
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 29 May 1958 | 13:00 | 1st round |
| Friday, 30 May 1958 | 15:00 | 2nd round |
| Quarterfinals | ||
| Semifinals | ||
| Saturday, 31 May 1958 | 20:00 | Final |
| Final | |||
 Li Kou-tin (ROC) | 3 | ||
 Keisuke Tsunoda (JPN) | 0 | ||
| 1st round | 2nd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
| Toshiaki Tanaka (JPN) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Hamid Korloo (IRN) | 2 |  Trần Văn Liễu (VNM) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Trần Văn Liễu (VNM) | 3 | Toshiaki Tanaka (JPN) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Li Kou-tin (ROC) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Li Kou-tin (ROC) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Bienvenido Alcantara (PHI) | 1 |  Park Sung-in (KOR) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Park Sung-in (KOR) | 3 | Li Kou-tin (ROC) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Seiji Narita (JPN) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bye | |||||||||||||||
| Seiji Narita (JPN) | 3 | Seiji Narita (JPN) | |||||||||||||
| Amir Ehteshamzadeh (IRN) | 1 | Seiji Narita (JPN) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Chen Kao-shan (ROC) | 2 |  Lau Suk Fong (HKG) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Deogracias Aguasin (PHI) | 3 | Deogracias Aguasin (PHI) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Lee Dal-joon (KOR) | 2 | Lau Suk Fong (HKG) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Lau Suk Fong (HKG) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 1st round | 2nd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
| Keisuke Tsunoda (JPN) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernesto Pingol (PHI) | 0 | Keisuke Tsunoda (JPN) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Kim Kyung-jun (KOR) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Keisuke Tsunoda (JPN) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lê Văn Tiết (VNM) | 3 | Lê Văn Tiết (VNM) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Edmond Beitkhoda (IRN) | 0 | Lê Văn Tiết (VNM) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Sou Ying-chen (ROC) | 2 | Tang Hung Bor (HKG) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Tang Hung Bor (HKG) | 3 | Keisuke Tsunoda (JPN) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Trần Cảnh Được (VNM) | 2 | Ichiro Ogimura (JPN) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Teofilo Ybanez (PHI) | 3 | Teofilo Ybanez (PHI) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Li Ping (HKG) | 0 | Houshang Bozorgzadeh (IRN) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Houshang Bozorgzadeh (IRN) | 3 | Houshang Bozorgzadeh (IRN) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Ichiro Ogimura (JPN) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Hsieh Chin-ho (ROC) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ichiro Ogimura (JPN) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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