Competitors for 1938 World Table Tennis Championships
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Barna |  ENG HUN |
TTN | 24 August 1911 |
| Laszlo Bellak | HUN |
TTN | 12 February 1911 |
| Dóra Beregi-Devenney | ENG HUN |
TTN | 8 August 1915 |
| Richard Bergmann |  AUT ENG |
TTN | 10 April 1919 |
| Vlasta Depetrisová-Pokorna |  TCH |
TTN | 20 December 1920 |
| Dora Emdin | ENG |
TTN | 4 August 1912 |
| Ida Ferenczy | HUN |
TTN | |
| Eric Filby | ENG |
TTN | 31 May 1917 |
| Ernő Földi | HUN |
TTN | |
| Helmut Göbel | AUT |
TTN | 1919 |
| Bernard Grimes |  USA |
TTN | |
| Miloslav Hamr | TCH |
TTN | 22 June 1913 |
| Tibor Házi | HUN |
TTN | 9 February 1912 |
| George Hendry | USA |
TTN | 2 September 1920 |
| Betty Henry | USA |
TTN | 1923 |
| Phyllis Hodgkinson | ENG |
TTN | |
| Jindriska Holubcová | TCH |
TTN | |
| Doris Jordan | ENG |
TTN | |
| Erich Kaspar | AUT |
TTN | |
| Marie Kettnerová | TCH |
TTN | 4 April 1911 |
| Stanislav Kolář | TCH |
TTN | 31 May 1912 |
| Zita Lemo | AUT |
TTN | |
| Alfred Liebster | AUT |
TTN | 14 March 1910 |
| Hyman Lurie | ENG |
TTN | 18 May 1918 |
| James McClure | USA |
TTN | 28 September 1916 |
| Margaret Osborne-Knott | ENG |
TTN | 7 July 1913 |
| Louis Pagliaro | USA |
TTN | 5 May 1919 |
| Gertrude Pritzi | AUT GER |
TTN | 15 January 1920 |
| Karl Schediwy | AUT |
TTN | 1916 |
| Sol Schiff | USA |
TTN | 28 June 1917 |
| Adolf Šlár | TCH |
TTN | 14 February 1919 |
| Ferenc Soós | HUN |
TTN | 10 June 1919 |
| Václav Tereba | TCH |
TTN | 21 August 1918 |
| Bohumil Váňa | TCH |
TTN | 17 January 1920 |
| Věra Votrubcová | TCH |
TTN | 28 February 1911 |
| Pauline Woodhead | ENG |
TTN | 10 May 1916 |