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1956 World Table Tennis Championships

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World Table Tennis Championships
Singles   Men   Women
Doubles   Men   Women   Mixed
Team   Men   Women
   Previous    1955     Next    1957

The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from April 2 to April 11, 1956.[1][2]

Medalists

Team

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Japan
Ichiro Ogimura
Toshiaki Tanaka
Yoshio Tomita
Keisuke Tsunoda 		 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Ladislav Štípek
Václav Tereba
Ludvik Vyhnanovsky 		 China
Hu Fing-chuan
Jiang Yongning
Tsen Huai-Kuang
Wang Chuanyao
Yang Ruihua
 Romania
Matei Gantner
Tiberiu Harasztosi
Paul Pesch
Mircea Popescu
Toma Reiter
Women's team  Romania
Angelica Rozeanu
Ella Zeller 		 England
Ann Haydon
Diane Rowe 		 Japan
Fujie Eguchi
Tomi Okawa
Yoshiko Tanaka
Kiiko Watanabe

Individual

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Japan Ichiro Ogimura Japan Toshiaki Tanaka Japan Yoshio Tomita
Japan Akio Nohira
Women's singles Japan Tomie Okawa Japan Kiiko Watanabe Japan Fujie Eguchi
Romania Ella Zeller
Men's doubles Japan Ichiro Ogimura
Japan Yoshio Tomita 		Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis
Czechoslovakia Ladislav Štípek 		Czechoslovakia Václav Tereba
Czechoslovakia Ludvik Vyhnanovsky
Japan Toshiaki Tanaka
Japan Keisuke Tsunoda
Women's doubles Romania Angelica Rozeanu
Romania Ella Zeller 		Japan Fujie Eguchi
Japan Kiiko Watanabe 		Japan Tomi Okawa
Japan Yoshiko Tanaka
England Ann Haydon
England Diane Rowe
Mixed doubles United States Erwin Klein
United States Leah Neuberger 		Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis
England Ann Haydon 		Japan Motoo Fujii
Japan Yoshiko Tanaka
Romania Toma Reiter
Romania Ella Zeller

References

  1. ^ "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ^ "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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