Table tennis world championship 1947

Table tennis world championship
1939 ← WM 1947 → 1948
date	28.2. - 7.3.1947
venue	Paris
winner
Single (♂)	Bohumil Váňa
Single (♀)	Gizella Farkas
Double (♂)	Adolf Slar Bohumil Váňa
Double (♀)	Gizella Farkas Trude Pritzi
Doubles (mixed)	Ferenc Soós Gizella Farkas
Team (♂)	Czechoslovakia
Team (♀)	England

The 14th table tennis world championship took place from February 28th to March 7th, 1947 in Paris (France). The venue was the Palais des Sports . It was the first table tennis world championship after the Second World War .

18 men's teams competed. Germany was not represented. Defending champion Richard Bergmann was not allowed to take part because he earned money with exhibition fights during the war without permission.

The following 21 nations were represented: Egypt, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, India, Iran, Ireland, Channel Islands, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Palestine, Poland, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, USA, Wales.

useful information

• The Shah of Persia donated the trophy for the men's doubles. Hence the cup was named Iran Cup .

Results

competition	rank	winner
Team men	1.	Czechoslovakia ( Václav Tereba , František Tokár , Ivan Andreadis , Bohumil Váňa , Adolf Slar )
	2.	USA ( Louis Pagliaro , Sol Schiff , Dick Miles , William Holzrichter)
	3.	Austria ( Otto Eckl , Heinrich Bednar , Ferdinand Schuech , Heribert Just , Johann Hartwich)
	3.	France ( Guy Amouretti , Maurice Bordrez, Alexandre Agopoff , Michel Lanskoy, Michel Haguenauer )
	13.	Switzerland (Frei, Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen , Henri Mojonnet, Lucien Portal, Hugo Urchetti )
Team women	1.	England ( Elizabeth Blackbourn , Vera Dace , Margaret Franks , Margaret Osborne )
	2.	Hungary ( Gizella Farkas , Rozsi Karpati, Eva Anderlik)
	3.	USA ( Mae Clouther , Leah Thall , Reba Monness , Davida Hawthorn)
	3.	Czechoslovakia ( Vlasta Depetrisová , Eliška Krejčová-Fürstová , Marie Kettnerová , Věra Votrubcová )
	7th	Switzerland ( Alice Grandchamp , Jeannette Pollien, Alice Siegrist)
	9.	Austria ( Ottilie Graszl , Gertrude Pritzi )
Men's singles	1.	Bohumil Váňa - TCH
	2.	Ferenc Sido - HUN
	3.	Louis Pagliaro - USA
	3.	Johnny Leach - ENG
Ladies singles	1.	Gizella Farkas - HUN
	2.	Elizabeth Blackbourn - ENG
	3.	Trude Pritzi - AUT
	3.	Vera Dace - ENG
Men's doubles	1.	Adolf Slar / Bohumil Váňa - TCH
	2.	Johnny Leach / Jack Carrington - ENG
	3.	Ladislav Štípek / Václav Tereba - TCH
	3.	Victor Barna / Adrian Haydon - ENG
Ladies doubles	1.	Gizella Farkas - HUN / Trude Pritzi - AUT
	2.	Mae Clouther / Reba Monness - USA
	3.	Mary Detournay-Stevens / Josee Wouters - BEL
	3.	Davida Hawthorn / Leah Thall - USA
Mixed	1.	Ferenc Soós / Gizella Farkas - HUN
	2.	Adolf Slar / Vlasta Depetrisová - TCH
	3.	Victor Barna / Margaret Franks - ENG
	3.	William Holzrichter / Davida Hawthorn - USA

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	6th
2	Hungary	2.5	2	0	4.5
3	England	1	2	4th	7th
4th	Austria	0.5	0	2	2.5
5	United States	0	2	4th	6th
6th	Belgium	0	0	1	1
6th	France	0	0	1	1
Total		7th	7th	14th	28

Web links

• Entry in ITTF database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Table Tennis Collector No. 56, page 8 (accessed October 4, 2010; PDF; 3.1 MB)
2. ↑ Table Tennis, February / March 1947, page 18 (accessed October 4, 2010; PDF; 3.1 MB)
3. ↑ Iran Cup (accessed April 10, 2016)