1938 World Table Tennis Championships
| Host City | London |
|---|---|
| Country |  GBR |
| Held | 24 – 29 January 1938 |
| Competitors | 36 |
| Countries | 6 |
Events
| Event | Gender | Held | Status | Competitors | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Men | — | Medal | 4 | 3 |
| Doubles | Men | — | Medal | 8 | 4 |
| Team | Men | — | Medal | 20 | 4 |
| Singles | Women | — | Medal | 4 | 3 |
| Doubles | Women | — | Medal | 8 | 3 |
| Team | Women | — | Medal | 10 | 3 |
| Doubles | Mixed | — | Medal | 8 | 5 |
Medal table
| Pos | Country | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechoslovakia |  TCH |
3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Austria |  AUT |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| = | Hungary |  HUN |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | United States |  USA |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Mixed team |  MIX |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | England |  ENG |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Medal winners
| Event | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles, Men | Bohumil Váňa |
TCH
|
Richard Bergmann |
AUT
|
Viktor Barna Tibor Házi |
HUN HUN
|
| Doubles, Men | James McClure / Sol Schiff |
USA
|
Viktor Barna / Laszlo Bellak |
HUN
|
Eric Filby / Hyman Lurie Stanislav Kolář / Václav Tereba |
ENG TCH
|
| Team, Men | Hungary |
HUN
|
Austria |
AUT
|
United States Czechoslovakia |
USA TCH
|
| Singles, Women | Gertrude Pritzi |
AUT
|
Vlasta Depetrisová |
TCH
|
Betty Henry Věra Votrubcová |
USA TCH
|
| Doubles, Women | Vlasta Depetrisová / Věra Votrubcová |
TCH
|
Dóra Beregi / Ida Ferenczy |
HUN
|
Dora Emdin / Margaret Osborne Phyllis Hodgkinson / Doris Jordan |
ENG ENG
|
| Team, Women | Czechoslovakia |
TCH
|
England |
ENG
|
Austria |
AUT
|
| Doubles, Mixed | Laszlo Bellak / Pauline Woodhead |
MIX
|
Bohumil Váňa / Věra Votrubcová |
TCH
|
Alfred Liebster / Gertrude Pritzi Václav Tereba / Marie Kettnerová |
AUT TCH
|