The 1991 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Chiba from April 24 to May 6, 1991.
North Korea and South Korea fielded a unified team under the name Korea (コリアArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Koria), the first of all Unified Korean sporting teams. The women's Korean team captured the gold medal by topping China, winners of eight consecutive titles since 1975, 3–2 in the final.
Results
Team Swaythling CupMen's Team Mikael AppelgrenPeter KarlssonErik LindhJörgen PerssonJan-Ove Waldner Zoran KalinićIlija LupuleskuZoran PrimoracRobert SmrekarMilan GrmanTomáš JančíPetr JavůrekPetr KorbelRoland Vími Corbillon CupWomen's Team KoreaHong Cha-okHyun Jung-hwaLi Bun-huiYu Sun-bok Chen ZiheDeng YapingGao JunQiao HongEmmanuelle CoubatSandrine DerrienXiaoming Wang-DréchouAgnès Le Lannic
Individual Men's singles Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner Kim Taek-Soo Ma WengeWomen's singles Deng Yaping Li Bun-Hui Chan Tan Lui Qiao HongMen's doubles Peter Karlsson Thomas von Scheele Lü Lin Wang Tao Erik Lindh Jörgen Persson Andrei Mazunov Dmitry MazunovWomen's doubles Chen Zihe Gao Jun Deng Yaping Qiao Hong Ding Yaping Li Jun Hu Xiaoxin Liu WeiMixed doubles Wang Tao Liu Wei Xie Chaojie Chen Zihe Kim Song-hui Li Bun-Hui Kalinikos Kreanga Otilia Bădescu
Unified team of Korea
Prior to the competition, North and South Korea discussed the possibility of the first unified football and table tennis teams since Korea's division. In February 1991, they agreed to the creation of the unified table tennis team to compete at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships.사상 최초 남북 단일팀의 통일의 기적 <코리아>, the official blog of the Ministry of Unification, South Korea According to Chang Ung, International Olympic Committee member from North Korea, the decision took 22 rounds of talks between the Koreas and five months.
The team used "Korea" (Korean hangul: , McCune–Reischauer: K'oria, Revised Romanization: Koria, Japanese: Koria) as the country name avoiding Hanguk () or Chosŏn (). It also used the Korean Unification Flag as the national flag and Arirang as the national anthem.탁구 남북 단일팀 우승 20주년..감동 다시 한번! 2011-12-11, Yonhap News TV Upon defeating the supposedly "unbeatable" Chinese team, the women's team caused a big sensation in Korea.
A South Korean movie Korea () ("As one") was released on May 3, 2012, and describes the story of the women's team. Hyun Jung-Hwa was portrayed by Ha Ji-won and Li Bun-Hui by Bae Doona.코리아 - Daum 영화 (from Daum's movie portal)
References
External links ITTF Museum