1939 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

The 1939 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 13th edition of the men's doubles championship.^[1][2] Viktor Barna and Richard Bergmann won the title after defeating Miloslav Hamr and Josef Tartakower in the final by three sets to two.^[3]

1939 Men's doubles
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Main article: 1939 World Table Tennis Championships

Only 11 men's teams and 5 women's teams entered the Championships. Hungary, the United States and Austria were the major nations missing.^[4] The eventual doubles champions Viktor Barna and Richard Bergmann played under the England flag for the first time after fleeing the Nazis in Europe.^[5][6]

Results

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	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Hyman Lurie Ken Hyde	3
		Václav Tereba Bohumil Váňa	1								Lurie Hyde	3
		Simon Bercovitz E Ades	3								Bercovitz Ades	1
		Said Hegazi E Gahjah	1																	Lurie Hyde	2
		Hassan Abou Heif Amin Abou Heif	1																	Barna Bergmann	3
		Grigorios Leventis Konstantinos Kassavetis	3								Laventis Kassavetis	0
		Viktor Barna Richard Bergmann	3								Barna Bergmann	3
		Vilius Variakojis Eugenijus Nikolskis	0																										Barna Bergmann	21	21	21
		Michel Haguenauer Raoul Bedoc	3																										Hamr Tartakower	9	11	12
		Ladislav Hexner Žarko Dolinar	0								Haguenauer Bedoc	3
		Ernest Bubley Ken Stanley	3								Bubley Stanley	0
		Marcel Geargoura Anwar Massaoud	0																	Haguenauer Bedoc	1
		Miloslav Hamr Josef Tartakower	3																	Hamr Tartakower	3
		Shimcha Finkelstein Mansour Helmy	1								Hamr Tartakower	3
		Tawid Helal Alojzy Ehrlich	3								Helal Alojzy Ehrlich	1
		Rudolf Karlecek Zdeněk Heydušek	0

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists