The 1938 World Table Tennis Championships were held in London from January 24 to January 29, 1938. The pool stages were held at the Royal Albert Hall with the finals at the Wembley Empire Pool and Sports Arena.

Medalists

Team

EventGoldSilverBronze
Swaythling Cup Men's teamHungary Viktor Barna Laszlo Bellak Ernő Földi Tibor Házi Ferenc SoosAustria Richard Bergmann Helmut Goebel Erich Kaspar Alfred Liebster Karl SchediwyUnited States Bernard Grimes George Hendry James McClure Lou Pagliaro Sol Schiff
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Hamr Stanislav Kolář Adolf Šlár Václav Tereba Bohumil Váňa
Corbillon Cup Women's teamCzechoslovakia Vlasta Depetrisová Jindriska Holubkova Marie Kettnerová Věra VotrubcováEngland Dora Emdin Phyllis Hodgkinson Doris Jordan Margaret OsborneAustria Zita Lemo Gertrude Pritzi

Individual

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's SinglesCzechoslovakia Bohumil VáňaAustria Richard BergmannKingdom of Hungary Viktor Barna
Kingdom of Hungary Tibor Házi
Women's singlesAustria Gertrude PritziCzechoslovakia Vlasta DepetrisováCzechoslovakia Věra Votrubcová
United States Betty Henry
Men's DoublesUnited States James McClure United States Sol SchiffKingdom of Hungary Viktor Barna Kingdom of Hungary Laszlo BellakCzechoslovakia Stanislav Kolář Czechoslovakia Václav Tereba
England Eric Filby England Hyman Lurie
Women's DoublesCzechoslovakia Vlasta Depetrisová Czechoslovakia Věra VotrubcováKingdom of Hungary Dora Beregi Kingdom of Hungary Ida FerenczyEngland Phyllis Hodgkinson England Doris Jordan
England Dora Emdin England Margaret Osborne
Mixed DoublesKingdom of Hungary Laszlo Bellak England Wendy WoodheadCzechoslovakia Bohumil Váňa Czechoslovakia Věra VotrubcováAustria Alfred Liebster Austria Gertrude Pritzi
Czechoslovakia Václav Tereba Czechoslovakia Marie Kettnerová

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