The 1936 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the tenth edition of the men's team championship.
Austria defeated Romania 5–4 in the final to win the gold medal. Four teams tied for third place as there was no play-off to determine a single bronze medal winner.
Swaythling Cup tables Group 1 Pos Team P W L Squad1 Austria 6 6 0 Erwin Kohn, Richard Bergmann, Helmut Goebel, Hans Hartinger, Alfred Liebster 2 Czechoslovakia 6 5 1 Stanislav Kolář, Bohumil Váňa, Miloslav Hamr, Václav Tereba, František Hanec Pivec3 United States 6 4 2 Gilbert Marshall, Buddy Blattner, Jimmy McClure, Dick Tindall4 England 6 3 3 Ken Hyde, Adrian Haydon, Maurice Bergl, Hyman Lurie, Stanley Proffitt5 Yugoslavia 6 2 4 Max Marinko, Milan Lazar, Ladislav Hexner, Stevica Maksimović, Otto Weissbacher6 Germany 6 1 5 Dieter Mauritz, Georg Kutz, Helmut Ullrich, Erich Deisler7 Belgium 6 0 6 Roger Lejeune, Max Kahn, André Staf
Group 2 Pos Team P W L Squad1 Romania 6 5 1 Viktor Vladone, Marin Vasile-Goldberger, Farkas Paneth2 France 6 4 2 Michel Haguenauer, Charles Dubouillé, Raoul Bedoc, Daniel Guérin, Paul Wolschoefer2 Hungary 6 4 2 Viktor Barna, Miklós Szabados, Laszlo Bellak, István Kelen, Tibor Házi2 Poland 6 4 2 Alojzy Ehrlich, Samuel Schieff, Shimcha Finkelstein, Jezierski5 Lithuania 6 3 3 Juozas Remikis, Vytautas Gerulaitis, Vilius Variakojis, Vladas Dzindziliauskas6 Latvia 6 1 5 Isays Joffe, Idelsohns, Schacofs, Doerin Stamms7 Netherlands 6 0 6 Hans Cserno, Arwid Danner, Henk Clausen
Final
Austria 5 Romania 4 ScoresBergmann Paneth 21-15 21-14 Liebster Vladone 21-19 11-21 18-21 Goebel Vasile-Goldberger 11-21 09-21 Bergmann Vladone 19-21 21-14 21-13 Goebel Paneth 09-21 11-21 Liebster Vasile-Goldberger 21-13 23-21Goebel Vladone 21-19 13-21 12-21Bergmann Vasile-Goldberger 21-19 21-16 Liebster Paneth 21-15 08-21 21-10
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References