The 1936 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia from March 12 to March 18, 1936.
The championships were criticised for the bad management and poor tables. The Lucerna Palace arena (a 4,000-seat, underground concert hall) conditions were also described as chaos.
Medalists Team Swaythling CupMen's team Erwin KohnRichard BergmannHelmut GoebelHans HartingerAlfred Liebster Viktor VladoneMarin Vasile-GoldbergerFarkas Paneth Stanislav KolářBohumil VáňaMiloslav HamrVáclav TerebaFrantišek Hanec Pivec Michel HaguenauerCharles DubouilléRaoul BedocDaniel GuérinPaul Wolschoefer Viktor Barna Miklós Szabados Laszlo BellakIstván KelenTibor HáziAlojzy Ehrlich Samuel SchieffShimcha FinkelsteinJezierskiCorbillon CupWomen's team CzechoslovakiaMarie Kettnerová Gertrude Kleinová Marie Šmídová Věra Votrubcová GermanyAstrid KrebsbachAnita FelguthHilde Bussmann United StatesRuth AaronsJessie PurvesCorinne Migneco Not awarded,as there was a tie for silver.
Individual Men's Singles Stanislav Kolář Alojzy Ehrlich Ferenc Soos Richard BergmannWomen's Singles Ruth Aarons Astrid Krebsbach Marie Kettnerová Marie ŠmídováMen's Doubles Robert Blattner James McClure Stanislav Kolář Okter Petrisek Tibor Házi Ferenc Soos Karel Fleischner Adolf ŠlárWomen's Doubles Marie Kettnerová Marie Šmídová Vlasta Depetrisová Věra Votrubcová Ruth Aarons Jessie Purves Magda Gál Mária MednyánszkyMixed Doubles Miloslav Hamr Gertrude Kleinová István Kelen Mária Mednyánszky Helmut Ullrich Annemarie Schulz Stanislav Kolář Marie Šmídová
References
External links ITTF Museum