1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

The 1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 20th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1953 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

England won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5-3 in the final. Czechoslovakia and France won a bronze medal after finishing second in their respective groups.[3] [4] [5]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 England
Richard Bergmann
Adrian Haydon
Brian Kennedy
Johnny Leach
Aubrey Simons
 Hungary
Elemér Gyetvai
József Kóczián
Miklós Sebők
Ferenc Sidó
Kálmán Szepesi
 France
Guy Amouretti
Michel Haguenauer
Michel Lanskoy
René Roothooft
Jean-Claude Sala
 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Václav Tereba
František Tokár
Bohumil Váňa
Ludvík Vyhnanovský

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 England66012
2 Czechoslovakia65110
3 Yugoslavia6428
4 China6336
5 Sweden6244
6 Austria6152
7 Switzerland6060

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Hungary66012
2 France65110
3 Romania6428
4 Germany6336
5 Netherlands6244
6 Bulgaria6152
7 Brazil6060

Final

England 5 Hungary 3 Score
Bergmannlost toSidó15-21 15-21
BergmannbtKóczián21-15 21-17
BergmannbtGyetvai12-21 21-6 21-9
Leachlost toSidó23-25 21-19 17-21
LeachbtKóczián21-17 22-20
LeachbtGyetvai21-15 15-21 21-17
SimonsbtKóczián21-17 22-20
Simonslost toSidó18-21 21-18 16-21
SimonsvGyetvainot played

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. "1953 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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