1956 World Table Tennis Championships
| Host City | Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Country |  JPN |
| Held | 2 – 11 April 1956 |
| Competitors | 31 |
| Countries | 7 |
Events
| Event | Gender | Held | Status | Competitors | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Men | — | Medal | 4 | 1 |
| Doubles | Men | — | Medal | 8 | 2 |
| Team | Men | — | Medal | 18 | 4 |
| Singles | Women | — | Medal | 4 | 2 |
| Doubles | Women | — | Medal | 8 | 3 |
| Team | Women | — | Medal | 9 | 3 |
| Doubles | Mixed | — | Medal | 8 | 6 |
Medal table
| Pos | Country | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | JPN |
4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Romania |  ROU |
2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | United States |  USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia |  TCH |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | England |  ENG |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Mixed team |  MIX |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | China |  CHN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medal winners
| Event | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles, Men | Ichiro Ogimura |
JPN
|
Toshiaki Tanaka |
JPN
|
Akio Nohira Yoshio Tomita |
JPN JPN
|
| Doubles, Men | Ichiro Ogimura / Yoshio Tomita |
JPN
|
Ivan Andreadis / Ladislav Štípek |
TCH
|
Toshiaki Tanaka / Keisuke Tsunoda Václav Tereba / Ludvík Vyhnanovský |
JPN TCH
|
| Team, Men | Japan |
JPN
|
Czechoslovakia |
TCH
|
China Romania |
CHN ROU
|
| Doubles, Mixed | Erwin Klein / Leah Neuberger |
USA
|
Ivan Andreadis / Ann Haydon-Jones |
MIX
|
Motoo Fujii / Yoshiko Tanaka Toma Reiter / Ella Zeller |
JPN ROU
|
| Singles, Women | Tomi Okawa |
JPN
|
Kiiko Watanabe |
JPN
|
Fujie Eguchi Ella Zeller |
JPN ROU
|
| Doubles, Women | Angelica Rozeanu / Ella Zeller |
ROU
|
Fujie Eguchi / Kiiko Watanabe |
JPN
|
Ann Haydon-Jones / Diane Rowe Tomi Okawa / Yoshiko Tanaka |
ENG JPN
|
| Team, Women | Romania |
ROU
|
England |
ENG
|
Japan |
JPN
|