1953 World Table Tennis Championships

The 1953 World Table Tennis Championships were held at the Floreasca and Dynamo Halls in Bucharest from March 20 to March 29, 1953.^[1]

Medalists

Team

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Swaythling Cup Men's Team	England Richard Bergmann Adrian Haydon Brian Kennedy Johnny Leach Aubrey Simons	Hungary Elemér Gyetvai József Kóczián Miklós Sebők Ferenc Sidó Kálmán Szepesi	France Guy Amouretti Michel Haguenauer Michel Lanskoy René Roothooft Jean-Claude Sala
			Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis Václav Tereba František Tokár Bohumil Váňa Ludvík Vyhnanovský
Corbillon Cup Women's Team	Romania Angelica Rozeanu Sari Szasz Ella Zeller	England Kathleen Best Diane Rowe Rosalind Rowe	Austria Friederike Lauber Gertrude Pritzi Ermelinde Wertl
			Hungary Agnes Almási-Simon Zsuzsa Fantusz Gizi Gervai-Farkas Éva Kóczián

Individual

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Ferenc Sidó	Ivan Andreadis	Ladislav Štípek
			József Kóczián
Women's singles	Angelica Rozeanu	Gizi Gervai-Farkas	Diane Rowe
			Rosalind Rowe
Men's Doubles	József Kóczián Ferenc Sidó	Richard Bergmann Johnny Leach	Ivan Andreadis Bohumil Váňa
			Viktor Barna Adrian Haydon
Women's Doubles	Gizi Gervai-Farkas Angelica Rozeanu	Diane Rowe Rosalind Rowe	Zsuzsa Fantusz Edit Sági
			Kathleen Best Ermelinde Wertl
Mixed Doubles	Ferenc Sidó Angelica Rozeanu	Žarko Dolinar Ermelinde Wertl	József Kóczián Gizi Gervai-Farkas
			László Földy Éva Kóczián

References

1. ITTF Museum. "Past World Championships Results". Retrieved December 26, 2025.

External links

• ITTF Museum