The 1st World Table Tennis Championships were held in London from December 6 to December 11, 1926.
The championships were originally held as the European Championships which was the same year that the International Table Tennis Federation was formed. It was retrospectively designated as the first World Championships.
Medalists Team Men's teamSwaythling Cup Roland JacobiBéla von KehrlingZoltán MechlovitsDaniel PecsiPaul FlussmannEduard FreudenheimMunio PillingerCharles AllwrightBernard BernsteinPercival BromfieldFrank BurlsJames ThompsonAthar-Ali FyzeeHassan Ali FyzeeA.M. PeermahomedB.C. SinghS.R.G. Suppiah
Individual Men's singles Roland Jacobi Zoltán Mechlovits Munio Pillinger S.R.G. SuppiahWomen's singles Mária Mednyánszky Doris Gubbins Anastasia Flussmann Winifred LandMen's doubles Roland Jacobi Daniel Pecsi Zoltán Mechlovits Béla von Kehrling Paul Flussmann Munio Pillinger Cyril Mossford Hedley PennyMixed doubles Zoltán Mechlovits Mária Mednyánszky Roland Jacobi Linda Gleeson Eduard Freudenheim Gertrude Wildam H.A. Bennett Winifred Land
References
External links ITTF Museum