Table tennis world championship 1949

Table tennis world championship
1948 ← WM 1949 → 1950
date	February 4 - 10, 1949
venue	Stockholm
winner
Single (♂)	Johnny Leach
Single (♀)	Gizella Farkas
Double (♂)	Ivan Andreadis František Tokár
Double (♀)	Gizella Farkas Helen Elliot
Doubles (mixed)	Ferenc Sidó Gizella Farkas
Team (♂)	Hungary
Team (♀)	United States

The 16th table tennis world championship took place from February 4th to 10th 1949 in Stockholm (Sweden) in the Eriksdalhallen. Germany did not participate.

Only the Hungarian Gizella Farkas managed to defend the title with a 3-2 final win against the Czech Květa Hrušková . Farkas was already 0: 2 sets behind, but then won the following sets clearly (in the "Schneider") 21: 8, 21: 9 and 21: 9. Already in the semi-finals she was 2-0 down against Trude Pritzi , but then won the time game in the following three sets . Gizella Farkas won two more gold medals, namely in the women's doubles with the Scot Helen Elliot and in the mixed with her compatriot Ferenc Sidó .

The Englishman Johnny Leach was world champion in men's singles ahead of Bohumil Váňa . Defending champion Richard Bergmann was eliminated by Ferenc Sidó . Ivan Andreadis / František Tokár won the double competition .

Others

• The Hungarians Erzsebet Mezei and Gizella Farkas were accused of stealing in Gothenburg. The Hungarian table tennis association then ordered the players back to Budapest during the World Cup.
• The ITTF Congress allowed the Austrian Table Tennis Association to authorize its clubs to play against German teams. At that time, Germany was largely isolated internationally.
• The ITTF Congress decided to accept Spain and Japan as members of the world association ITTF .

Results

competition	rank	winner
Team men	1.	Hungary ( József Kóczián , Ferenc Sidó , Ferenc Soós , Laszlo Varkonyi)
	2.	CSR ( Bohumil Váňa , Max Marinko , Ivan Andreadis , František Tokár , Ladislav Štípek )
	3.	England ( Richard Bergmann , Aubrey Simons , Victor Barna , Ronald Sharman, Johnny Leach )
	3.	USA ( Douglas Cartland , Dick Miles , Martin Reisman , James McClure )
	7th	Austria ( Heinrich Bednar , Otto Eckl , Heribert Just , Georg Laufer, Ferdinand Schuech )
	13.	Switzerland (G.Breitmoser, Henri Mojonnet, Lucien Portal, Hugo Urchetti )
Team women	1.	USA ( Peggy McLean , Mildred Shahian, Thelma Thall )
	2.	England (Adele Wood, Pinkie Barnes , Margaret Franks , Joan Crosby )
	3.	France ( Yolande Vannoni-Logelin , Huguette Béolet , Jeanne Delay )
	3.	Hungary (Erzsebet Mezei, Rozsi Karpati, Gizella Farkas )
	5.	Austria ( Ottilie Graszl , Gertrude Pritzi , Gertrude Wutzl)
Men's singles	1.	Johnny Leach - ENG
	2.	Bohumil Váňa - TCH
	3.	Ferenc Soós - HUN
	3.	Martin Reisman - USA
Ladies singles	1.	Gizella Farkas - HUN
	2.	Květa Hrušková - TCH
	3.	Thelma Thall - United States
	3.	Trude Pritzi - AUT
Men's doubles	1.	Ivan Andreadis / František Tokár - TCH
	2.	Bohumil Váňa / Ladislav Štípek - TCH
	3.	Dick Miles / Douglas Cartland - USA
	3.	Days Flisberg - SWE / Richard Bergmann - ENG
Ladies doubles	1.	Gizella Farkas - HUN / Helen Elliot - SCO
	2.	Pinkie Barnes / Joan Crosby - ENG
	3.	Rozsi Karpati / Erzsebet Mezei - HUN
	3.	Ida Kotkova / Eliška Krejčová - TCH
Mixed	1.	Ferenc Sidó / Gizella Farkas - HUN
	2.	Bohumil Váňa / Květa Hrušková - TCH
	3.	Martin Reisman / Peggy McLean - USA
	3.	Johnny Leach / Margaret Franks - ENG

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Hungary	3.5	0	3	6.5
2	Czechoslovakia	1	5	1	7th
3	England	1	2	2.5	5.5
4th	United States	1	0	5	6th
5	Scotland	0.5	0	0	0.5
6th	Austria	0	0	1	1
6th	France	0	0	1	1
8th	Sweden	0	0	0.5	0.5
Total		7th	7th	14th	28

Web links

• Entry in ITTF database

literature

• Reports in DTS magazine , 1949/5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1949/13, page 7
2. ↑ Tischtennis Magazin (official organ of the Lower Saxony table tennis association) 2004/12 page 6
3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1949/6, page 2