1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 23rd edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

Ichiro Ogimura defeated Toshiaki Tanaka in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title.[3]

Results[edit]

[2]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis 16 17 11
United States Dick Miles 21 21 21 United States Miles 16 14 13
Japan Ichiro Ogimura 21 21 21 Japan Ogimura 21 21 21
Hong Kong Chung Chin-Sing 7 15 12 Japan Ogimura 21 21 17 24
England Richard Bergmann 21 18 21 13 21 Japan Tomita 19 9 21 22
Romania Matei Gantner 19 21 11 21 13 England Bergmann 15 21 13 19
Japan Yoshio Tomita 21 17 21 14 22 Japan Tomita 21 18 21 21
China Chiang Yung-Ning 17 21 16 21 20 Japan Ogimura 21 22 21 18 21
Japan Akio Nohira 21 21 21 Japan Tanaka 13 24 18 21 13
United States Erwin Klein 16 13 15 Japan Nohira 15 24 16 21 22
India Krishna Nagaraj 21 22 21 India Nagaraj 21 22 21 14 20
Japan Seiji Yamada 17 20 16 Japan Nohira 21 17 21 21
Japan Kazuo Kawai 21 21 21 Japan Tanaka 13 21 6 18
Czechoslovakia Václav Tereba 13 18 17 Japan Kawai 21 8 13 19
Japan Toshiaki Tanaka 21 21 21 Japan Tanaka 18 21 21 21
Japan Keijii Kodama 11 12 16

See also[edit]

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "1956 results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  3. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
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