1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 35th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1979 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

Hungary won the gold medal defeating China 5-1 in the final. Japan won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 Hungary
Gábor Gergely
István Jónyer
Tibor Klampár
Tibor Kreisz
János Takács
 China
Guo Yuehua
Huang Liang
Li Zhenshi
Liang Geliang
Lu Qiwei
 Japan
Hiroyuki Abe
Hideo Gotoh
Masahiro Maehara
Seiji Ono
Norio Takashima

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Hungary8808
2 China8717
3 France8535
4 South Korea8535
5 Yugoslavia8444
6 West Germany8444
7 Poland8261
8 United States8170
9 Romania8080

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Czechoslovakia7707
2 Japan7616
3 Soviet Union7434
4 Sweden7434
5 England7343
6 Australia7252
7 Denmark7252
8 Hong Kong7070

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
JapanHungary1-5
ChinaCzechoslovakia5-2

Third Place play off

Team One Team Two Score
JapanCzechoslovakia5-3

Final

Hungary 5 China 1 Score
GergelybtGuo Yuehua21-10 21-18
JónyerbtLu Qiwei21-12 21-19
KlampárbtLi Zhenshi21-17 21-11
Jónyerlost toGuo Yuehua21-17 19-21 19-21
GergelybtLi Zhenshi13-21 21-9 21-17
KlampárbtLu Qiwei17-21 21-10 21-11
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See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

  1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  5. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  6. "1979 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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