1936 World Table Tennis Championships

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The 1936 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Prague from March 12 to March 18, 1936.[1][2]

The championships were criticised for the bad management and poor tables.[3] The Lucerna Palace arena (a 4,000-seat, underground concert hall) conditions were also described as chaos.[4]

Medalists[edit]

Team[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Swaythling Cup
Men's team
 Austria
Erwin Kohn
Richard Bergmann
Helmut Goebel
Hans Hartinger
Alfred Liebster
 Romania
Viktor Vladone
Marin Vasile-Goldberger
Farkas Paneth
 Czechoslovakia
Stanislav Kolář
Bohumil Váňa
Miloslav Hamr
Václav Tereba
František Hanec Pivec
 France
Michel Haguenauer
Charles Dubouillé
Raoul Bedoc
Daniel Guérin
Paul Wolschoefer
 Hungary
Viktor Barna
Miklós Szabados
Laszlo Bellak
István Kelen
Tibor Házi
 Poland
Alojzy Ehrlich
Samuel Schieff
Shimcha Finkelstein
Jezierski
Corbillon Cup
Women's team
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Marie Kettnerová
Gertrude Kleinová
Marie Šmídová
Věra Votrubcová
Nazi Germany Germany
Astrid Krebsbach
Anita Felguth
Hilde Bussmann
United States United States
Ruth Aarons
Jessie Purves
Corinne Migneco
Not awarded,
as there was a tie for silver.

Individual[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles Czechoslovakia Stanislav Kolář Poland Alojzy Ehrlich Kingdom of Hungary Ferenc Soos
Austria Richard Bergmann
Women's Singles United States Ruth Aarons Nazi Germany Astrid Krebsbach Czechoslovakia Marie Kettnerová
Czechoslovakia Marie Šmídová
Men's Doubles United States Robert Blattner
United States James McClure
Czechoslovakia Stanislav Kolář
Czechoslovakia Okter Petrisek
Kingdom of Hungary Tibor Házi
Kingdom of Hungary Ferenc Soos
Czechoslovakia Karel Fleischner
Czechoslovakia Adolf Šlár
Women's Doubles Czechoslovakia Marie Kettnerová
Czechoslovakia Marie Šmídová
Czechoslovakia Vlasta Depetrisová
Czechoslovakia Věra Votrubcová
United States Ruth Aarons
United States Jessie Purves
Kingdom of Hungary Magda Gál
Kingdom of Hungary Mária Mednyánszky
Mixed Doubles Czechoslovakia Miloslav Hamr
Czechoslovakia Gertrude Kleinová
Kingdom of Hungary István Kelen
Kingdom of Hungary Mária Mednyánszky
Nazi Germany Helmut Ullrich
Nazi Germany Annemarie Schulz
Czechoslovakia Stanislav Kolář
Czechoslovakia Marie Šmídová

References[edit]

  1. ^ "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ^ "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "World Championships at Prague" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  4. ^ "U.S. Ties For Second in Prague Corbillon Cup Pla". Team USA. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-03-27.

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