1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
1953 Swaythling Cup (men's team) | |
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The 1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 20th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]
England won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5–3 in the final. Czechoslovakia and France both won a bronze medal after finishing second in their respective groups.[3] [4] [5]
Medalists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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England Richard Bergmann Adrian Haydon Brian Kennedy Johnny Leach Aubrey Simons | Hungary Elemér Gyetvai József Kóczián Miklós Sebők Ferenc Sidó Kálmán Szepesi | France Guy Amouretti Michel Haguenauer Michel Lanskoy René Roothooft Jean-Claude Sala | |
Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis Václav Tereba František Tokár Bohumil Váňa Ludvík Vyhnanovský |
Swaythling Cup tables
Group A
Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
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1 | England | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
2 | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
3 | Yugoslavia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
4 | China | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Sweden | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
6 | Austria | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
7 | Switzerland | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Group B
Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
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1 | Hungary | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
2 | France | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
3 | Romania | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
4 | Germany | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
6 | Bulgaria | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
7 | Brazil | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Final
England 5 | Hungary 3 | Score | |
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Bergmann | lost to | Sidó | 15–21 15–21 |
Bergmann | bt | Kóczián | 21–15 21–17 |
Bergmann | bt | Gyetvai | 12–21 21–6 21–9 |
Leach | lost to | Sidó | 23–25 21–19 17–21 |
Leach | bt | Kóczián | 21–17 22–20 |
Leach | bt | Gyetvai | 21–15 15–21 21–17 |
Simons | bt | Kóczián | 21–17 22–20 |
Simons | lost to | Sidó | 18–21 21–18 16–21 |
Simons | v | Gyetvai | not played |
See also
List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
- ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 309–312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "1953 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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