1939 World Table Tennis Championships

1939 World Table Tennis
Championships
Events
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmenwomenmixed
Teammenwomen

The 1939 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Cairo from March 6 to March 11, 1939.[1]

Only 11 men's teams and 5 women's teams entered the Championships. Hungary, the United States and Austria were the major nations missing.[2] Viktor Barna and Richard Bergmann played under the England flag for the first time.

Medalists

Team

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Swaythling Cup
Men's team 		 Czechoslovakia
Miloslav Hamr
Rudolf Karlecek
Václav Tereba
Bohumil Váňa 		 Yugoslavia
Žarko Dolinar
Tibor Harangozo
Adolf Heršković
Ladislav Hexner
Maks Marinko 		 England
Ernest Bubley
Ken Hyde
Hyman Lurie
Ken Stanley
Arthur Wilmott
Corbillon Cup
Women's team 		 Germany
Hilde Bussmann
Gertrude Pritzi 		 Czechoslovakia
Vlasta Depetrisová
Marie Kettnerová
Věra Votrubcová 		 Romania
Angelica Adelstein
Sári Kolozsvári

Individual

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles Richard Bergmann Alojzy Ehrlich Bohumil Váňa
Žarko Dolinar
Women's singles Vlasta Depetrisová Gertrude Pritzi Samiha Naili
Marie Kettnerová
Men's Doubles Viktor Barna
Richard Bergmann 		Miloslav Hamr
Josef Tartakower 		Ken Hyde
Hyman Lurie
Raoul Bedoc
Michel Haguenauer
Women's Doubles Hilde Bussmann
Gertrude Pritzi 		Angelica Adelstein
Sári Kolozsvári 		Vlasta Depetrisová
Věra Votrubcová
Marie Kettnerová
Samiha Naili
Mixed Doubles Bohumil Váňa
Věra Votrubcová 		Václav Tereba
Marie Kettnerová 		Marcel Geargoura
Hilde Bussmann
Mansour Helmy
Gertrude Pritzi

References

  1. ^ ITTF Museum. "Past World Championships Results". Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  2. ^ "USA team - Abe Berenbaum". team USA. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015.
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