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1926 World Table Tennis Championships

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The 1st World Table Tennis Championships were held in London from December 6 to December 11, 1926.[1][2]

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.[3]

Medalists

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Team

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
Swaythling Cup
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 Hungary
Roland Jacobi
Béla von Kehrling
Zoltán Mechlovits
Daniel Pecsi
 Austria
Paul Flussmann
Eduard Freudenheim
Munio Pillinger
 England
Charles Allwright
Bernard Bernstein
Percival Bromfield
Frank Burls
James Thompson
 India
Athar-Ali Fyzee
Hassan Ali Fyzee
A.M. Peermahomed
B.C. Singh
S.R.G. Suppiah

Individual

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
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Kingdom of Hungary Roland Jacobi Kingdom of Hungary Zoltán Mechlovits Austria Munio Pillinger
India S.R.G. Suppiah
Women's singles
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Kingdom of Hungary Mária Mednyánszky Wales Doris Gubbins Austria Anastasia Flussmann
England Winifred Land
Men's doubles
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Kingdom of Hungary Roland Jacobi
Kingdom of Hungary Daniel Pecsi
Kingdom of Hungary Zoltán Mechlovits
Kingdom of Hungary Béla von Kehrling
Austria Paul Flussmann
Austria Munio Pillinger
Wales Cyril Mossford
Wales Hedley Penny
Mixed doubles
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Kingdom of Hungary Zoltán Mechlovits
Kingdom of Hungary Mária Mednyánszky
Kingdom of Hungary Roland Jacobi
England Linda Gleeson
Austria Eduard Freudenheim
Austria Gertrude Wildam
England H.A. Bennett
England Winifred Land

References

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  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. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 310. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
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