1952 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1952 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Bombay from February 1 to February 10, 1952.The 1952 World Championships were marked by the arrival of the Japanese as a Table Tennis force on the world scene. In another first the Chief Referee of the tournament was an Indian, Professor Arakalgud Subbarao.[1][2]
World Table Tennis Championships | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Men | Women | ||||
| Doubles | Men | Women | Mixed | |||
| Team | Men | Women | ||||
| Previous 1951 Next 1953 | ||||||
India was chosen as the hosts for the event in March 1950 at the Congress of the International Table Tennis Federation in Budapest, Hungary.[3] Because the Championships were held in India the entry was reduced. Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria and Sweden were all unable to travel to the tournament.[4]
Medalists
Norikazu Fujii, Tadaaki Hayashi and Hiroji Satoh of Japan, who all won Gold in respective disciplines.
Team
.svg.png){kind=small}
Individual
Helen Elliott at the World Table Tennis Championships at Bombay in February, 1952. She won the Bronze in Women's doubles.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  |
.svg.png){kind=small} |
 |
| |||
| Women's singles | .svg.png){kind=small} |
|
 |
 | |||
| Men's Doubles | |
|
.svg.png){kind=small} |
| |||
| Women's Doubles | |
|
 |
| |||
| Mixed doubles | |
|
|
|
gollark: Alpine or Void Linux?
gollark: `f"{name} {number}"`
gollark: f-strings are the idiomatic way now.
gollark: I see.
gollark: So either you need to do `choice = int(input("wyw"))` (what does the wyw mean anyway?) or compare it with strings.
References
- "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- "Indian Chosen As Venue Of 1952 World T.T. Championships". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 22 March 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.