The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from April 2 to April 11, 1956.

Medalists

Team

EventGoldSilverBronze
Swaythling Cup Men's TeamJapan Ichiro Ogimura Toshiaki Tanaka Yoshio Tomita Keisuke TsunodaCzechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis Ladislav Štípek Václav Tereba Ludvík VyhnanovskýChina Hu Ping-chuan Chiang Yung-Ning Tsen Huai-Kuang Wang Chuanyao Yang Jai-Hua
Romania Matei Gantner Tiberiu Harasztosi Paul Pesch Mircea Popescu Toma Reiter
Corbillon Cup Women's TeamRomania Angelica Rozeanu Ella ZellerEngland Ann Haydon Diane Rowe Jill RookJapan Fujie Eguchi Tomi Okawa Yoshiko Tanaka Kiiko Watanabe

Individual

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singlesJapan Ichiro OgimuraJapan Toshiaki TanakaJapan Yoshio Tomita
Japan Akio Nohira
Women's singlesJapan Tomie OkawaJapan Kiiko WatanabeJapan Fujie Eguchi
Romania Ella Zeller
Men's doublesJapan Ichiro Ogimura Japan Yoshio TomitaCzechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis Czechoslovakia Ladislav ŠtípekCzechoslovakia Václav Tereba Czechoslovakia Ludvik Vyhnanovsky
Japan Toshiaki Tanaka Japan Keisuke Tsunoda
Women's doublesRomania Angelica Rozeanu Romania Ella ZellerJapan Fujie Eguchi Japan Kiiko WatanabeJapan Tomi Okawa Japan Yoshiko Tanaka
England Ann Haydon England Diane Rowe
Mixed doublesUnited States Erwin Klein United States Leah NeubergerCzechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis England Ann HaydonJapan Motoo Fujii Japan Yoshiko Tanaka
Romania Toma Reiter Romania Ella Zeller

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