Table tennis world championship 1948
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date | 4th - 11th February 1948 | |||
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The 15th table tennis world championship took place from February 4th to 11th 1948 in London / Wembley (England). The venue was the Empire Pool (today's Wembley Arena ) in Wembley.
As in Paris in 1947, Germany was not represented. Switzerland was also absent for financial reasons.
In the women's category , Gizella Farkas won the title due to a wrong decision by the referee. In the semifinals against Angelica Rozeanu , the time game started in the fifth set when the score was 22:22 . According to the rule, the next point should now decide if it was achieved within 5 minutes. Rozeanu took the next point and should have won the game. However, the referee allowed Jimmy Rose to continue playing up to a two-point lead in ignorance of the rule. Farkas finally won that set 29:27. Because of this irregularity, the tournament management had the game repeated the next day. This time Farkas won regularly 3-0 and made it into the final.
useful information
- The trophy for the women's doubles was donated by William J. Pope (England, later Honorary General Secretary)
- The trophy for the mixed competition was donated by Zdeněk Heydušek (managing director of the CSSR table tennis association).
- Egypt entered with three brothers named Abou Haif and the wife of one of the brothers.
Results
Medal table
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1 |
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3 | 2 | 2.5 | 7.5 |
2 |
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2 | 2 | 3 | 7th |
3 |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4th |
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1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
5 |
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0 | 1.5 | 1 | 2.5 |
6th |
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0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 |
7th |
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0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
8th |
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Total | 7th | 7th | 14th | 28 |
literature
- Report: DTS magazine , 1948/4
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1948/2 page 1
- ↑ Detailed analysis of the time game in Table Tennis, April 1948, page 18 (English): Was Farkas a lucky champion? (Official statement on the disputed semi-final) (accessed April 10, 2016)
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2020/7 page 45
- ↑ a b Cups (accessed April 10, 2016)
- ↑ Table Tennis, April 1948, page 15 (accessed April 10, 2016)
Web links
- Entry in ITTF database
- The Table Tennis Collector No. 56 page 8 (accessed October 4, 2010; PDF; 3.1 MB)