Table tennis world championship 1935

Table tennis world championship
1934 ← WM 1935 → 1936
date	February 8-16, 1935
venue	London
winner
Single (♂)	Victor Barna
Single (♀)	Marie Kettnerová
Double (♂)	Victor Barna Miklós Szabados
Double (♀)	Mária Mednyánszky Anna Sipos
Doubles (mixed)	Victor Barna Anna Sipos
Team (♂)	Hungary
Team (♀)	Czechoslovakia

The 9th World Table Tennis Championships took place from February 8th to 16th, 1935 in London (England). Because of the large number of participants, the competitions were held at several different venues. The World Cup was organized by WJ Pope, Arthur Kingsley Vint and Ivor Montagu .

Overview

There were major political problems beforehand. Fearing hostility towards Jews in Germany, the Hungarian delegation took a detour. The journey was not allowed through Germany because some of the Hungarians were Jews ( Barna , Szabados , Bellák ). The Indian team also had problems looking for accommodation in England because "colored people" were not welcomed. The German Table Tennis Association again decided not to provide a men's team. This was a protest against Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales competing with their own teams.

More than 10,000 spectators followed the competitions. The USA was there for the first time - a total of 17 nations were at the start. Therefore, the men's teams played in two groups. In group A Hungary took 1st place ahead of Austria, in group B Czechoslovakia won. The Hungarians won the final again and became world champions for the eighth time.

In the men's singles, Victor Barna (Hungary) won the world title for the fourth time in a row. It was his last title in an individual competition. The final against Miklós Szabados was fiercely contested, it had to be interrupted twice: In the second set, Szabados fell against a barrier and needed medical treatment. Barna later had to be massaged because of cramps in her fingers. In May 1935, Barna suffered serious injuries to her right arm in a car accident. This ended his career for the time being. Nevertheless, he was to become world champion in doubles again in 1939.

In the women's teams, Germany only took 3rd place this time behind Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Marie Kettnerová defended her title in the women's singles .

Others

• In London, the world table tennis association ITTF changes its statutes: There is no longer any distinction between "amateur" and "professional". Instead there are only "players".
• Although Mária Mednyánszky was pregnant, the Hungarian Association insisted on her participation.

Results

competition	rank	winner
Team men	1.	Hungary ( Victor Barna , László Bellák , Tibor Házi , István Kelen , Miklós Szabados )
	2.	Czechoslovakia (Karel Svoboda, Stanislav Kolář , Miloslav Hamer , Viktor Tobiasch, Bohumil Váňa )
	3.	Poland ( Aloizy Ehrlich , W. Loewenhertz, Simon Pohoryles, Wajnsztok)
	3.	Austria ( Alfred Liebster , Erwin Kohn , Karl Sediwy , Terry Weiss )
	9.	Switzerland (E. Crivelli, L.Furno, Ferdinand Loubet, P.Tagliabue)
Team women	1.	Czechoslovakia ( Marie Kettnerová , Gertrude Kleinová , Marie Šmídová -Masakova)
	2.	Hungary ( Anna Sipos , Mária Mednyánszky , Magda Gál )
	3.	Germany ( Anita Felguth , Astrid Krebsbach , Hilde Bussmann )
	7th	Switzerland (Margrit Isely, Betty Wyss)
Men's singles	1.	Victor Barna - HUN
	2.	Miklós Szabados - HUN
	3.	Aloizy Ehrlich - POL
	3.	Erwin Kohn - AUT
Ladies singles	1.	Marie Kettnerová - TCH
	2.	Magda Gál - HUN
	3.	Marcelle Delacour - FRA
	3.	Marie Šmídová -Masakova - TCH
Men's doubles	1.	Victor Barna / Miklós Szabados - HUN
	2.	Alfred Liebster - AUT / Adrian Haydon - ENG
	3.	Raoul Bedoc / Daniel Guerin - FRA
	3.	László Bellák / István Kelen - HUN
Ladies doubles	1.	Mária Mednyánszky / Anna Sipos - HUN
	2.	Marie Kettnerová / Marie Šmídová -Masáková - TCH
	3.	L. Booker- ENG / Hilde Bussmann - GER
	3.	Anita Felguth / Astrid Krebsbach - GER
Mixed	1.	Victor Barna / Anna Sipos - HUN
	2.	Stanislav Kolář / Marie Kettnerová - TCH
	3.	Miklós Szabados / Mária Mednyánszky - HUN
	3.	Adrian Haydon / Margaret Osborne - ENG

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Hungary	5	3	2	10
2	Czechoslovakia	2	3	1	6th
3	Austria	0	0.5	2	2.5
4th	England	0	0.5	1	1.5
5	German Empire	0	0	3	3
6th	Poland	0	0	2	2
6th	France	0	0	2	2
Total		7th	7th	13	27

Web links

• Entry in ITTF database
• Results (accessed January 25, 2019)

literature

• Dr Eckert: Three Barna forehand shots , report from the final phase of the men's final, DTS magazine , 1954/22 page 15

Individual evidence

1. ^ France Tennis Table, April 1976, pp. 34-35
2. ↑ Often - also in the ITTF database - the name is given as "Hamr". In Czech sources, however, the spelling “Hamer” can be found: film database , ping-pong