1926 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1st World Table Tennis Championships were held in London from December 6 to December 11, 1926.[1][2]
| 1926 World Table Tennis Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Events | |||
| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | men | mixed | |
| Team | men | ||
The championships were originally held as the European Championships which was the same year that the International Table Tennis Federation was formed. It was retrospectively designated as the first World Championships.[3]
Medalists
Team
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team Swaythling Cup |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} HungaryRoland Jacobi Béla von Kehrling Zoltán Mechlovits Daniel Pecsi |
 AustriaPaul Flussmann Eduard Freudenheim Munio Pillinger |
 EnglandCharles Allwright Bernard Bernstein Percival Bromfield Frank Burls James Thompson |
 IndiaAthar-Ali Fyzee Hassan Ali Fyzee A.M. Peermahomed B.C. Singh S.R.G. Suppiah |
Individual
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
Roland Jacobi |
Zoltán Mechlovits |
Munio Pillinger |
| S.R.G. Suppiah | |||
| Women's singles |
Mária Mednyánszky |
 Doris Gubbins |
Anastasia Flussmann |
| Winifred Land | |||
| Men's doubles |
Roland Jacobi Daniel Pecsi |
Zoltán Mechlovits Béla von Kehrling |
Paul Flussmann Munio Pillinger |
| Cyril Mossford Hedley Penny | |||
| Mixed doubles |
Zoltán Mechlovits Mária Mednyánszky |
Roland Jacobi Linda Gleeson |
Eduard Freudenheim Gertrude Wildam |
| H.A. Bennett Winifred Land |
References
- "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 310. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
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.