The 1969 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Munich from April 17 to April 27, 1969, marking the 30th edition of the contest.
During the Cultural Revolution, Chinese sports professionals were denounced as 'Sprouts of Revisionism' and were denied places at the 1967 World Table Tennis Championships and 1969 World Table Tennis Championships. Players such as Jung Kuo-tuan were persecuted and he committed suicide in 1968. Had China competed in both championships and not lost the impetus gained in the previous decade they would surely have dominated the World Championships.
Medalists Team Swaythling CupMen's Team Nobuhiko HasegawaTetsuo InoueShigeo ItohKenji KasaiMitsuru Kono Bernt JansenWilfried LieckMartin NessEberhard Schöler Zlatko CordasIstvan KorpaAntun StipančićDragutin ŠurbekEdvard Vecko Corbillon CupWomen's team Laima AmelinaSvetlana GrinbergRita PogosovaZoja Rudnova Maria AlexandruCarmen CrișanEleonora MihalcaSaeko HirotaYasuko KonnoToshiko KowadaSachiko Morisawa
Individual Men's singles Shigeo Itoh Eberhard Schöler Kenji Kasai Tokio TasakaWomen's singles Toshiko Kowada Gabriele Geissler Maria Alexandru Miho HamadaMen's doubles Hans Alsér Kjell Johansson Nobuhiko Hasegawa Tokio Tasaka Shigeo Itoh Mitsuru Kono Anatoly Amelin Stanislav GomozkovWomen's doubles Svetlana Grinberg Zoja Rudnova Maria Alexandru Eleonora Mihalca Choi Hwan-Hwan Choi Jung-Sook Jitka Karlíková Ilona VoštováMixed doubles Nobuhiko Hasegawa Yasuko Konno Mitsuru Kono Saeko Hirota Shigeo Itoh Toshiko Kowada Denis Neale Mary Shannon-Wright
References
External links ITTF Museum