The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from April 2 to April 11, 1956.
Medalists Team Swaythling CupMen's TeamIchiro OgimuraToshiaki TanakaYoshio TomitaKeisuke TsunodaIvan AndreadisLadislav ŠtípekVáclav TerebaLudvík VyhnanovskýHu Ping-chuanChiang Yung-NingTsen Huai-KuangWang ChuanyaoYang Jai-HuaMatei GantnerTiberiu HarasztosiPaul PeschMircea PopescuToma ReiterCorbillon CupWomen's TeamAngelica RozeanuElla ZellerAnn HaydonDiane RoweJill RookFujie EguchiTomi OkawaYoshiko TanakaKiiko Watanabe
Individual Men's singles Ichiro Ogimura Toshiaki Tanaka Yoshio Tomita Akio NohiraWomen's singles Tomie Okawa Kiiko Watanabe Fujie Eguchi Ella ZellerMen's doubles Ichiro Ogimura Yoshio Tomita Ivan Andreadis Ladislav Štípek Václav Tereba Ludvik Vyhnanovsky Toshiaki Tanaka Keisuke TsunodaWomen's doubles Angelica Rozeanu Ella Zeller Fujie Eguchi Kiiko Watanabe Tomi Okawa Yoshiko Tanaka Ann Haydon Diane RoweMixed doubles Erwin Klein Leah Neuberger Ivan Andreadis Ann Haydon Motoo Fujii Yoshiko Tanaka Toma Reiter Ella Zeller
References
External links ITTF Museum