1953 World Table Tennis Championships
| Host City | București |
|---|---|
| Country |  ROU |
| Held | 20 – 29 March 1953 |
| Competitors | 38 |
| Countries | 8 |
Events
| Event | Gender | Held | Status | Competitors | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Men | — | Medal | 4 | 2 |
| Doubles | Men | — | Medal | 8 | 3 |
| Team | Men | — | Medal | 20 | 4 |
| Singles | Women | — | Medal | 4 | 3 |
| Doubles | Women | — | Medal | 8 | 5 |
| Team | Women | — | Medal | 13 | 4 |
| Doubles | Mixed | — | Medal | 8 | 5 |
Medal table
| Pos | Country | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary |  HUN |
2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Mixed team |  MIX |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Romania | ROU |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | England |  ENG |
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia |  TCH |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Austria |  AUT |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | France |  FRA |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medal winners
| Event | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles, Men | Ferenc Sidó |
HUN
|
Ivan Andreadis |
TCH
|
József Kóczián Ladislav Štípek |
HUN TCH
|
| Doubles, Men | József Kóczián / Ferenc Sidó |
HUN
|
Richard Bergmann / John Leach |
ENG
|
Ivan Andreadis / Bohumil Váňa Viktor Barna / Adrian Haydon |
TCH ENG
|
| Team, Men | England |
ENG
|
Hungary |
HUN
|
France Czechoslovakia |
FRA TCH
|
| Doubles, Mixed | Ferenc Sidó / Angelica Rozeanu |
MIX
|
Žarko Dolinar / Ermelinde Wertl |
MIX
|
László Földy / Éva Kóczián József Kóczián / Gizella Gervai |
HUN HUN
|
| Singles, Women | Angelica Rozeanu |
ROU
|
Gizella Gervai |
HUN
|
Diane Rowe Rosalind Rowe |
ENG ENG
|
| Doubles, Women | Gizella Gervai / Angelica Rozeanu |
MIX
|
Diane Rowe / Rosalind Rowe |
ENG
|
Cecilia Best / Ermelinde Wertl Zsuzsanna Fantusz / Edit Sági |
MIX HUN
|
| Team, Women | Romania |
ROU
|
England |
ENG
|
Austria Hungary |
AUT HUN
|