1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

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1953 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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The 1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 20th edition of the men's team championship.[1][2]

England won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5–3 in the final. Czechoslovakia and France both won a bronze medal after finishing second in their respective groups.[3][4][5]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
File:Flag of England.svg England
Richard Bergmann
Adrian Haydon
Brian Kennedy
Johnny Leach
Aubrey Simons
File:Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg Hungary
Elemér Gyetvai
József Kóczián
Miklós Sebők
Ferenc Sidó
Kálmán Szepesi
File:Flag of France.svg France
Guy Amouretti
Michel Haguenauer
Michel Lanskoy
René Roothooft
Jean-Claude Sala
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Václav Tereba
František Tokár
Bohumil Váňa
Ludvík Vyhnanovský

Swaythling Cup tables

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Group A

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 England England 6 6 0 12
2 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 6 5 1 10
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 6 4 2 8
4 China China 6 3 3 6
5 Sweden Sweden 6 2 4 4
6 Austria Austria 6 1 5 2
7 Switzerland Switzerland 6 0 6 0

Group B

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Hungary Hungary 6 6 0 12
2 France France 6 5 1 10
3 Romania Romania 6 4 2 8
4 Germany Germany 6 3 3 6
5 Netherlands Netherlands 6 2 4 4
6 Bulgaria Bulgaria 6 1 5 2
7 Brazil Brazil 6 0 6 0

Final

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England England 5 Hungary Hungary 3 Score
Bergmann lost to Sidó 15–21 15–21
Bergmann bt Kóczián 21–15 21–17
Bergmann bt Gyetvai 12–21 21–6 21–9
Leach lost to Sidó 23–25 21–19 17–21
Leach bt Kóczián 21–17 22–20
Leach bt Gyetvai 21–15 15–21 21–17
Simons bt Kóczián 21–17 22–20
Simons lost to Sidó 18–21 21–18 16–21
Simons v Gyetvai not played

See also

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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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