The 1939 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Cairo from March 6 to March 11, 1939.
Only 11 men's teams and 5 women's teams entered the Championships. Hungary, the United States and Austria were the major nations missing. Viktor Barna and Richard Bergmann played under the England flag for the first time.
Medalists
Team Swaythling CupMen's team Miloslav HamrRudolf KarlecekVáclav TerebaBohumil Váňa Žarko DolinarTibor HarangozoAdolf HerškovićLadislav HexnerMaks MarinkoErnest BubleyKen HydeHyman LurieKen StanleyArthur Wilmott Corbillon CupWomen's team Hilde BussmannGertrude Pritzi Vlasta DepetrisováMarie KettnerováVěra VotrubcováAngelica AdelsteinSári Kolozsvári
Individual Men's Singles Richard Bergmann Alojzy Ehrlich Bohumil Váňa Žarko DolinarWomen's singles Vlasta Depetrisová Gertrude Pritzi Samiha Naili Marie KettnerováMen's Doubles Viktor Barna Richard Bergmann Miloslav Hamr Josef Tartakower Ken Hyde Hyman Lurie Raoul Bedoc Michel HaguenauerWomen's Doubles Hilde Bussmann Gertrude Pritzi Angelica Adelstein Sári Kolozsvári Vlasta Depetrisová Věra Votrubcová Marie Kettnerová Samiha NailiMixed Doubles Bohumil Váňa Věra Votrubcová Václav Tereba Marie Kettnerová Marcel Geargoura Hilde Bussmann Mansour Helmy Gertrude Pritzi
References
External links ITTF Museum