1926 World Table Tennis Championships
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1st World Table Tennis Championships were held in London from December 6 to December 11, 1926.[1]
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.[2]
Medalists
Team
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team Swaythling Cup |
 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 |