Table tennis world championship 1933

Table tennis world championship
1932 ← WM 1933 → 1934
date	31.1.-5.2.
venue	to bathe
winner
Single (♂)	Victor Barna
Single (♀)	Anna Sipos
Double (♂)	Victor Barna Sándor Glancz
Double (♀)	Mária Mednyánszky Anna Sipos
Doubles (mixed)	István Kelen Mária Mednyánszky
Team (♂)	Hungary

The 7th table tennis world championship took place from January 31 to February 5, 1933 in the spa town of Baden ( Austria ) in the Trink-Kurhalle (today's casino). Players from 16 nations were represented, including for the first time some from Belgium .

Overview

Eleven teams fought for the men's title. India was the only non-European country to compete. Hungary had problems in the run-up to create a strong team: some strong junior staff had entered the military, Bellák and Szabados were absent for disciplinary reasons. Nevertheless, Hungary was strong enough to regain the title of world champion. In the first round, the defending champions from Czechoslovakia were defeated in a fiercely competitive game.

The German team surprised several times pleasantly with the very close 4-5 defeat against the reigning world champion Czechoslovakia and the clear 5-1 win against Yugoslavia . In the end it was only enough for 7th place.

In the men's singles, the Hungarian Victor Barna defends his title. In the women's final, Anna Sipos wins again against Mária Mednyánszky in the all-Hungarian final . Astrid Krebsbach from Germany took 3rd place. Anita Felguth / Annemarie Schulz won another 3rd place for Germany in a women's doubles.

ITTF Congress

• The West German table tennis association WTTV applied in vain to become an independent member of the world association ITTF .

Results

The following Germans only took part in the individual competitions:

• Gentlemen: Herbert Caro , Gnilka
• Ladies: Anita Felguth , Astrid Krebsbach , Annemarie Schulz

Hungary was rated as the most successful nation and received for the third time in a row a challenge cup, the Karl Andreka Prize .

competition	rank	winner
Team men	1.	Hungary ( István Boros , Sándor Glancz , Lajos Dávid , Victor Barna , István Kelen )
	2.	Czechoslovakia ( Miloslav Hamr , Karel Svoboda, Stanislav Kolář , Oldrich Blecha, Kohn)
	3.	Austria ( Paul Flußmann , Erwin Kohn , Terry Weiss , Manfred Feher , Alfred Liebster )
		England (David Jones, Andrew Millar, Edward Rimer, Alec Brook , Adrian Haydon )
	7th	Germany ( Nikita Madjaroglou , Heinz Benthien , Heinz Nickelsburg , Erich Deisler , Albert Schimmel )
Team women		not applicable
Men's singles	1.	Victor Barna - HUN
	2.	Stanislav Kolář - TCH
	3.	Sándor Glancz - HUN
		Adrian Haydon - ENG
Ladies singles	1.	Anna Sipos - HUN
	2.	Mária Mednyánszky - HUN
	3.	Astrid Krebsbach - GER
		Magda Gál - HUN
Men's doubles	1.	Victor Barna / Sándor Glancz - HUN
	2.	István Kelen / Lajos Dávid - HUN
	3.	Manfred Feher / Alfred Liebster - AUT
		Erwin Kohn / Paul Flußmann AUT
Ladies doubles	1.	Mária Mednyánszky / Anna Sipos - HUN
	2.	Magda Gál / Emiline Racz - HUN
	3.	Anita Felguth / Annemarie Schulz - GER
		Jozka Veselska / Marie Walterova - TCH
Mixed	1.	István Kelen / Mária Mednyánszky - HUN
	2.	Sándor Glancz / Magda Gál - HUN
	3.	Victor Barna / Anna Sipos - HUN
		Nikita Madjaroglou / Annemarie Schulz - GER

useful information

At 57, the Englishman Arthur Wilmott was the oldest participant. The youngest active player was the 14-year-old Frenchman Daniel Guerin. The fights took place at five tables, 800 table tennis balls were needed.

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Hungary	6th	4th	3	13
2	Czechoslovakia	0	2	1	3
3	Austria	0	0	3	3
4th	German Empire	0	0	3	3
5	England	0	0	2	2
Total		6th	6th	12	24

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Anniversary volume 75 years of WTTV , page 9
2. ↑ (Wiener) Sporttagblatt, February 28, 1933, page 6, middle column online (accessed on August 25, 2017)

Web links

• Entry in ITTF database