1952 World Table Tennis Championships

The 1952 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Bombay from 1 to 10 February 1952.The 1952 World Championships were marked by the arrival of the Japanese as a Table Tennis force on the world scene. In another first the Chief Referee of the tournament was an Indian, Professor Arakalgud Subbarao.^[1][2]

India was chosen as the hosts for the event in March 1950 at the Congress of the International Table Tennis Federation in Budapest, Hungary.^[3] Because the Championships were held in India the entry was reduced. Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria and Sweden were all unable to travel to the tournament.^[4]

Medalists

Norikazu Fujii, Tadaaki Hayashi and Hiroji Satoh of Japan, who all won Gold in respective disciplines.

Team

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Swaythling Cup Men's Team	Hungary Elemer Gyetvai József Kóczián Ferenc Sidó Kálmán Szepesi László Várkonyi	England Richard Bergmann Adrian Haydon Johnny Leach Aubrey Simons Harry Venner	Japan Daisuke Daimon Norikazu Fujii Tadaaki Hayashi Hiroji Satoh
			Hong Kong Cheng Kwok Wing Chung Chin Sing Fu Chi Fong Keung Wing Ning Suh Sui Cho
Corbillon Cup Women's team	Japan Shizuki Narahara Tomie Nishimura	Romania Angelica Rozeanu Sári Szász Ella Zeller	England Kathleen Best Peggy Franks Diane Rowe Rosalind Rowe

Individual

Helen Elliott at the World Table Tennis Championships at Bombay in February, 1952. She won the Bronze in Women's doubles.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Hiroji Satoh	József Kóczián	René Roothooft
			Guy Amouretti
Women's singles	Angelica Rozeanu	Gizi Farkas	Rosalind Rowe
			Ermelinde Wertl
Men's Doubles	Norikazu Fujii Tadaki Hayashi	Richard Bergmann Johnny Leach	Douglas Cartland Marty Reisman
			Viktor Barna Adrian Haydon
Women's Doubles	Shizuki Narahara Tomie Nishimura	Diane Rowe Rosalind Rowe	Helen Elliott Ermelinde Wertl
			Gizi Farkas Edit Sági
Mixed doubles	Ferenc Sidó Angelica Rozeanu	Johnny Leach Diane Rowe	Viktor Barna Rosalind Rowe
			József Kóczián Gizi Farkas