Table tennis world championship 1957
 Table tennis world championship
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| date | 7-15 March 1957 | |||
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 Stockholm
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| Single (♂) |
 Toshiaki Tanaka
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| Single (♀) |
Fujie Eguchi
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| Double (♂) |
 Ivan Andreadis Ladislav Štípek
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| Double (♀) |
 Lívia Mossóczy Agnes Simon-Almasy
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| Doubles (mixed) |
Ichiro Ogimura Fujie Eguchi
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| Team (♂) |
Japan
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| Team (♀) |
Japan
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The 24th table tennis world championship took place from March 7th to 15th, 1957 in Stockholm (Sweden) in the Royal Tennis Hall.
General
For the last time before the wall was built , an all-German team took part in the World Cup. A great success was the 3rd place in the singles of the Thuringian Heinz Schneider after victories over Robert Saul (France), Waldemar Roslan (Poland), Josef Sedelmayer (Austria), Toma Reiter (Romania), Toshihiko Miyata (Japan) and a defeat against Toshiaki Tanaka (Japan). Heinz Reschke was the coach of the German women.
A somewhat tragic figure was the Englishwoman Ann Haydon (later Ann Haydon-Jones). The left-hander was in the singles, doubles and mixed finals and lost each time in the fifth set. In the mixed final she was already 14:10 in the 5th set. After this world championship, she concentrated on tennis, because "tennis is played outdoors and is therefore healthier for me than table tennis". Here she was very successful.
The last time Agnes Simon played for Hungary was a World Cup. Some time later she emigrated, played temporarily in Holland and then went to Germany.
In the men's teams, the winners of the four groups played the semi-finals. Here Japan defeated China 5-1, Hungary distanced CSR 5-0. In the final, Japan beat Hungary 5-2.
In the women's group, the group winners Japan, China and Romania played the finals. The Japanese did not lose a single game and won the title. Romania prevailed against China and finished second.
Cutting off the Germans
The all-German teams consisted of the men from Conny Freundorfer (Munich), Leopold Holusek (Milbertshofen), Josef Seiz (Altenkunstadt), Bernie Vossebein (Bochum) and Heinz Schneider (Mühlhausen in Thuringia) as well as the women from Ursel Fiedler (FRG) ), Hannelore Schlaf (Frankfurt am Main), Liane Rödel (GDR) and Monika Wiskandt (East Berlin).
Team competition men
The teams were drawn into four groups, three groups with eight teams and one group with nine teams. In the groups everyone played against everyone, the first qualifies for the semi-finals.
Germany competed in group 3. Five wins over Denmark, Italy, Australia, USA and Norway were matched by two defeats against Brazil and CSR. Because of the better rate compared to the USA and Brazil, this was enough to make second place.
Team competition women
The women's teams were drawn into three groups. Two groups were occupied by nine teams, in the group with Germany only six teams competed because Brazil and Vietnam unexpectedly arrived without women.
In Group 2, there was only one victory over Italy. The remaining battles against Scotland, CSR, Hungary and Japan were lost. This put Germany in fifth from the bottom.
Men's singles
Heinz Schneider was most successful with reaching the semi-finals after a bye in the first round and victories over Robert Saul (France), Waldemar Roslan (Poland), Josef Sedelmayer (Austria), Toma Reiter (Romania) and Toshihiko Miyata (Japan). Here he lost 3-0 to eventual world champion Toshiaki Tanaka (Japan).
In the run-up, the greatest hopes were placed in Conny Freundorfer . However, this failed in round one to Husseyn Amir Ehteshamzade (Persia). Josef Wenninghoff was just as quickly out of the race by losing to Einar Lyttik (Denmark). Also Heinz Haupt could against Kálmán Szepesi not enforce (Sweden). A round survived Herbert Gomolla (beating Max Laine, Finland, losing to Ichiro Ogimura , Japan), Lothar Pleuse (beating Carlo Jaminet, Luxembourg, losing to Paul Gimbel, Netherlands) and Bernie Vossebein (victory against Tony Larsson, Sweden; defeat v Guy Delabarre, Belgium).
Heinz Reimann came two rounds further. He won against Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen (Switzerland) and Ian Barclay (Scotland). Then he lost to the Swede Bjorne Mellstroem.
Ladies singles
Annegret Thöle was the most successful. After victories over Did Heederik (Netherlands) and Gudrun Kahns (Denmark), she lost to the Hungarian Olivia Mosoczy in the last 32.
Liane Rödel managed a victory , namely over Elsie Carrington from England . Then she lost to Monique Jaquet (Switzerland). Monika Wiskandt came through two wins without a fight in round three, where she had no chance against Kiiko Watanabe . The remaining German women were eliminated in the first round: Hannelore Schlaf against Dinka Nikolic (Yugoslavia), Ursel Fiedler against Brigitta Sjölund (Sweden), Ute Mittelstädt against Leah Neuberger .
Men's doubles
Vossebein / Wenninghoff did the best . After three wins against Mahomed Cassim Peer / Mohamed Goolam Hoosen Molla (South Africa), Bjorn Olov Karlsson / Leif Bergman (Sweden) and Sebastiao Coelho / Antonio Osorio (Portugal), Hungarians Ferenc Sidó / Elemér Gyetvai were too strong. Schneider / Pleuse won against M. Kasanin / Marcus Gumpler (Belgium / Finland), then had bye and lost in the third round against the eventual vice world champions Toshiaki Tanaka / Ichirō Ogimura (Japan). Seiz / Gomolla were eliminated in the first round against Chuan-yao Wang / Ping-chuan Hu. Heinz Reimann / Heinz Haupt came one lap further with a win against Larsson / Per Magnusson (Sweden). Then they lost to Krishna Nagagaj / Lou Laza (India / Australia). Freundorfer / Holusek initially had bye. Then they threw Nguyen Kim Hang / Tran van Lieu (Vietnam) out of the race, but Václav Tereba / Ludvík Vyhnanovský (CSR) meant the end of the line.
Ladies doubles
Schlaf / Fiedler were only eliminated in the fourth round against Ella Zeller / Angelica Rozeanu (Romania), after theybeatGhislaine Roland / Gertrude Walter (Belgium / Austria), Jill Rook / Joyce Fielder (England) and Molly Jones / Anneke Lahey (England / Netherlands). Thöle / Wiskandt prevailed against the Swedes Signhild Tegner / Elisabeth Thorsson, but then lost against you San Sook / Chof Kyong Ja (Korea). Also Rödel / Mittelstädt progressed a round against Monique Alber / Reina Wetterström (France / Sweden). Helen Elliot / Maria Golopenta (Scotland / Romania) were too strong.
Mixed
The mixed competition was also held, but only a few individual results are known.
- Vossebein / Thöle: BYE, then against Hu Ping-chuan / Chung-hui (China)
- Seiz / Fiedler: BYE, then against Vyhnanovský / Elliot (CSSR / Scotland)
- Freundorfer / Schlaf: BYE, then defeat against Harasztosi / Golopenka (Romania)
- Schneider / Wiskandt: Victory over Thornhill / Rook (England), then game against Kerr / Owens (Scotland / Ireland)
- Pleuse / Rödel: Victory over Wegrath / Scheiner (Austria) and victory over Gunn / Bessinger (USA)
- Holusek / Brell: defeat against Gantner / Zeller (Romania)
- Reimann / Schwarzova (CSR): Victory against Laza / Buckland (Austria) and against Schoofs / Heederich (Netherlands)
- Gomolla / Mittelstädt: Victory against Stoop / Artz (Netherlands) and victory against B.Mellström / Thorsson (Sweden)
useful information
- The Australian Lou Laza is also a professional in cricket.
- In Stockholm a special postmark is used with a picture of two table tennis bats.
ITTF Congress
The congress of the world association ITTF met parallel to the World Cup . Some resolutions:
- The world championships will in future only be held every two years.
- DTTB President Karl-Heinz Eckardt will succeed the resigned ITTF Vice President Marcel Corbillon .
- The Saarland is leaving the ITTF because it has joined the DTTB. North Korea, Malta and Turkey are new. According to this, the ITTF has 72 members.
- The Egyptian table tennis association donates a challenge cup, which the organizer of a world championship receives.
- There were discussions about abolishing the middle line in doubles. A decision on this was postponed.
Results
The following Germans only took part in the individual competitions:
- Gentlemen: Herbert Gomolla (Salzgitter), Josef Wenninghoff (Metelen), Heinz Haupt (Leipzig), Lothar Pleuse (East Berlin), Heinz Reimann (East Berlin)
- Women: Annegret Thöle (Hamburg), Ute Mittelstädt (Dresden)
Medal table
| rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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| 1 |
Japan
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5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
 Czechoslovakia
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1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 4th |
| 4th |
 England
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0 | 2.5 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 5 |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
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0 | 1 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 6th |
 People's Republic of China
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7th |
 Germany
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7th |
 Scotland
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 7th | 7th | 13 | 27 | |
literature
- Detailed report: DTS magazine , 1957, West issue, issue 6 and 7 as well as issue 8, page 4 and issue 9, pages 13–15
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 75 years of the German Table Tennis Association - A game for life , ISBN 3-00-005890-7 , page 106
- ↑ http://www.ittf.com/museum/archives/index.html - 1957 Stockholm - 31st Prog: Mixed Doubles 1 and 32nd Prog: Mixed Doubles 2
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1957/7 West issue, page 15
- ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1957/8 West issue, page 4
- ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1957/9 West issue p. 13