1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

1953 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
1953 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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The 1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 20th edition of the men's team championship.^[1] ^[2]

England won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5–3 in the final. Czechoslovakia and France both won a bronze medal after finishing second in their respective groups.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	England Richard Bergmann Adrian Haydon Brian Kennedy Johnny Leach Aubrey Simons	Hungary Elemér Gyetvai József Kóczián Miklós Sebők Ferenc Sidó Kálmán Szepesi	France Guy Amouretti Michel Haguenauer Michel Lanskoy René Roothooft Jean-Claude Sala
			Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis Václav Tereba František Tokár Bohumil Váňa Ludvík Vyhnanovský

Swaythling Cup tables

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	England	6	6	0	12
2	Czechoslovakia	6	5	1	10
3	Yugoslavia	6	4	2	8
4	China	6	3	3	6
5	Sweden	6	2	4	4
6	Austria	6	1	5	2
7	Switzerland	6	0	6	0

Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Hungary	6	6	0	12
2	France	6	5	1	10
3	Romania	6	4	2	8
4	Germany	6	3	3	6
5	Netherlands	6	2	4	4
6	Bulgaria	6	1	5	2
7	Brazil	6	0	6	0

Final

England 5		Hungary 3	Score
Bergmann	lost to	Sidó	15–21 15–21
Bergmann	bt	Kóczián	21–15 21–17
Bergmann	bt	Gyetvai	12–21 21–6 21–9
Leach	lost to	Sidó	23–25 21–19 17–21
Leach	bt	Kóczián	21–17 22–20
Leach	bt	Gyetvai	21–15 15–21 21–17
Simons	bt	Kóczián	21–17 22–20
Simons	lost to	Sidó	18–21 21–18 16–21
Simons	v	Gyetvai	not played

References

^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 309–312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
^ "1953 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.

[1] "List of Winners". All About Tennis.

[2] Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.

[3] Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 309–312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.

[4] "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-20.

[5] "1953 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.

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