1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 20th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1953 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
  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

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Group A

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Pos Team P W L Pts
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

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Pos Team P W L Pts
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

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  England 5   Hungary 3 Score
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

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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 309–312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  5. ^ "1953 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.