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

EventGoldSilverBronze
Swaythling Cup Men's teamCzechoslovakia Miloslav Hamr Rudolf Karlecek Václav Tereba Bohumil VáňaYugoslavia Žarko Dolinar Tibor Harangozo Adolf Heršković Ladislav Hexner Maks MarinkoEngland Ernest Bubley Ken Hyde Hyman Lurie Ken Stanley Arthur Wilmott
Corbillon Cup Women's teamGermany Hilde Bussmann Gertrude PritziCzechoslovakia Vlasta Depetrisová Marie Kettnerová Věra VotrubcováRomania Angelica Adelstein Sári Kolozsvári

Individual

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's SinglesEngland Richard BergmannPoland Alojzy EhrlichCzechoslovakia Bohumil Váňa
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Žarko Dolinar
Women's singlesCzechoslovakia Vlasta DepetrisováNazi Germany Gertrude PritziEgypt Samiha Naili
Czechoslovakia Marie Kettnerová
Men's DoublesEngland Viktor Barna England Richard BergmannCzechoslovakia Miloslav Hamr Luxembourg Josef TartakowerEngland Ken Hyde England Hyman Lurie
France Raoul Bedoc France Michel Haguenauer
Women's DoublesNazi Germany Hilde Bussmann Nazi Germany Gertrude PritziRomania Angelica Adelstein Romania Sári KolozsváriCzechoslovakia Vlasta Depetrisová Czechoslovakia Věra Votrubcová
Czechoslovakia Marie Kettnerová Egypt Samiha Naili
Mixed DoublesCzechoslovakia Bohumil Váňa Czechoslovakia Věra VotrubcováCzechoslovakia Václav Tereba Czechoslovakia Marie KettnerováEgypt Marcel Geargoura Nazi Germany Hilde Bussmann
Egypt Mansour Helmy Nazi Germany Gertrude Pritzi

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