Table tennis world championship 1928

Table tennis world championship
1926 ← WM 1928 → 1929
date	January 25-29
venue	Stockholm
winner
Single (♂)	Zoltán Mechlovits
Single (♀)	Mária Mednyánszky
Double (♂)	Alfred Dearest Robert Thum
Double (♀)	Fanchette Flamm Mária Mednyánszky
Doubles (mixed)	Zoltán Mechlovits Mária Mednyánszky
Team (♂)	Hungary

The 2nd World Table Tennis Championships took place in Stockholm (Sweden) from January 25th to 29th, 1928 - although this event was already planned for 1927 , but this failed due to organizational difficulties.

The tournament began in the boxing hall in Tjärhofsgatan, but had to move to a circus due to the large number of spectators.

Nine teams were at the start. In the end, three teams were tied at the top, namely England , Austria and Hungary . The decision-making round was finally won by Hungary and was again team world champion.

Striking: The same teams as in the 1st World Cup landed on the first three places. The newly added nations Latvia and Sweden did well and took 4th and 5th place.

In the individual, the Hungarian Mária Mednyánszky defended her title. Only in the men’s category was there a new world champion in Zoltán Mechlovits .

Cutting off the Germans

The German team finished 7th again, but this time it was not last. There were victories over India (5: 4) and Wales (5: 3). Erika Metzger became vice world champion in singles and in mixed with the Hungarian Dániel Pécsi .

useful information

• The World Cup was organized by the Swede Torsten Tegner.
• At the ITTF Congress, the method of counting 21 points per set was made mandatory for all nations by a large majority.

Results

competition	rank	winner
Team men	1.	Hungary ( László Bellák , Sándor Glancz , Roland Jacobi , Zoltán Mechlovits , Dániel Pécsi )
	2.	Austria ( Robert Thum , Paul Flußmann , Munio Pillinger , Alfred Liebster )
	3.	England ( Charles Allwright , CG Mase, Charles Bull , Adrian Haydon , Fred Perry )
	4th	Latvia (Rosenthal I (Captain), Rosenthal II, Mordecai Finberg, Arnold Oschin)
	5.	Sweden ( Valter Kolmodin , Ragner Soederholz, Hille Nilsson , Manne Stridh, Folke Pettersson)
	6th	Czech Republic (Fritz Nikodem, Antonin Malecek, Kurt Heller, Erwin Fleischmann)
	7th	Germany (D. Baumgarten, Herbert Caro , Heribert Haensch , Hans-Georg Lindenstaedt , Paul Mendel)
	8th.	Wales (Solly Stone, Cyril Mossford, Trevor Coles, Hedley Penny, Herbert Geen)
	9.	India (RG Suppiah, HN Bhorucha, SA Ismael)
Team women		not applicable
Men's singles	1.	Zoltán Mechlovits - HUN
	2.	László Bellák - HUN
	3.	Alfred Liebster - AUT
		Paul Flußmann - AUT
Ladies singles	1.	Mária Mednyánszky - HUN
	2.	Erika Metzger - GER
	3.	Doris Gubbins - WHALE
		Joan Ingram - ENG
Men's doubles	1.	Alfred Liebster / Robert Thum - AUT
	2.	Charles Bull / Fred Perry - ENG
	3.	László Bellák / Sándor Glancz - HUN
		Roland Jacobi / Zoltán Mechlovits - HUN
Ladies doubles	1.	Fanchette Flamm / Mária Mednyánszky - AUT / HUN
	2.	Doris Gubbins / Brenda Sommerville - WAL / ENG
	3.	Joan Ingram / Winifred Land - ENG
Mixed	1.	Zoltán Mechlovits / Mária Mednyánszky - HUN
	2.	Dániel Pécsi / Erika Metzger - HUN / GER
	3.	Charles Bull / Joan Ingram - ENG
		Fred Perry / Winifred Land - ENG

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Hungary	4.5	1.5	3	9
2	Austria	1.5	1	2	4.5
3	England	0	1.5	5	6.5
4th	German Empire	0	1.5	0	1.5
5	Wales	0	0.5	1	1.5
Total		6th	6th	10	22nd

Web links

• Entry in ITTF database: list of participants (accessed on July 15, 2010)
• Men's team fights (accessed on July 15, 2010; PDF; 49 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine 1967/9, page 12
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/10 page 27
3. ↑ D.Baumgarten according to the ITTF database . It is very likely that it is H. Baumgarten from the Rot-Weiß Leipzig association, which was ranked 12-17 in the German ranking list in 1930/31. - Tennis & Golf magazine, sole official organ of the German Tennis Association EV, 1931/4 page 103 + 1931/33 page 823 - Also the DTTB anniversary book "50 years young" (1975) mentions on page 36 "Baumgarten, Leipzig"