The 1952 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 19th edition of the men's team championship.
Hungary won the gold medal defeating England 5–4 in the final. Japan and Hong Kong won a bronze medal after finishing second in their respective groups.
Medalists Elemer GyetvaiJózsef KócziánFerenc SidóKálmán SzepesiLászló VárkonyiRichard BergmannAdrian HaydonJohnny LeachAubrey SimonsHarry VennerDaisuke DaimonNorikazu FujiiTadaaki HayashiHiroji SatohCheng Kwok WingChung Chin SingFu Chi FongKeung Wing NingSuh Sui Cho
Swaythling Cup tables
Group A Pos Team P W L Pts1 England 7 7 0 142 Japan 7 6 1 123 France 7 5 2 104 India 7 4 3 85 Germany 7 3 4 66 Portugal 7 2 5 47 Cambodia 7 1 6 28 Pakistan 7 0 7 0
Group B Pos Team P W L Pts1 Hungary 6 6 0 122 Hong Kong 6 5 1 103 Vietnam 6 4 2 84 Brazil 6 3 3 6 5 Singapore 6 2 4 4 6 Chile 6 1 5 27 Afghanistan 6 0 6 08 Burma + 0 0 0 08 Korea + 0 0 0 0 + withdrew
Final Hungary 5 England 4 ScoreMatch scoreSzepesi lost to Leach 21–8 14–21 15–21 0–1Kóczián bt Simons+ 21–7 21–16 1–1Sidó lost to Bergmann 16–21 17–21 1–2Kóczián bt Leach 21–18 21–15 2–2Szepesi lost to Bergmann 13–21 6–21 2–3Sidó bt Simons+ w/o tie conceded3–3Kóczián lost to Bergmann 12–21 19–213–4Sidó bt Leach 21–19 21–17 4–4 Szepesi bt Simons+ 23–21 9–21 21–16 5–4
+ Simons picked up an injury during the game against Kóczián and had to concede the match against Sidó. With the match at 4–4, he had no choice but to play his third match with the injury.
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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