1959 World Table Tennis Championships
| Host City | Dortmund |
|---|---|
| Country |  GER |
| Held | 27 March – 5 April 1959 |
| Competitors | 37 |
| Countries | 9 |
Events
| Event | Gender | Held | Status | Competitors | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Men | — | Medal | 4 | 4 |
| Doubles | Men | — | Medal | 8 | 4 |
| Team | Men | — | Medal | 18 | 4 |
| Singles | Women | — | Medal | 4 | 3 |
| Doubles | Women | — | Medal | 8 | 3 |
| Team | Women | — | Medal | 10 | 3 |
| Doubles | Mixed | — | Medal | 8 | 3 |
Medal table
| Pos | Country | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan |  JPN |
6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | China |  CHN |
1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Hungary |  HUN |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia |  TCH |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | South Korea |  KOR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | England |  ENG |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | South Vietnam |  VNM |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | Sweden |  SWE |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | United States |  USA |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medal winners
| Event | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles, Men | Rong Guotuan |
CHN
|
Ferenc Sidó |
HUN
|
Richard Miles Ichiro Ogimura |
USA JPN
|
| Doubles, Men | Teruo Murakami / Ichiro Ogimura |
JPN
|
Ladislav Štípek / Ludvík Vyhnanovský |
TCH
|
Hans Alsér / Åke Rakell Zoltán Berczik / László Földy |
SWE HUN
|
| Team, Men | Japan |
JPN
|
Hungary |
HUN
|
China South Vietnam |
CHN VNM
|
| Doubles, Mixed | Ichiro Ogimura / Fujie Eguchi |
JPN
|
Teruo Murakami / Kimiyo Matsuzaki |
JPN
|
Zoltán Berczik / Gizella Lantos Wang Chuanyao / Sun Meiying |
HUN CHN
|
| Singles, Women | Kimiyo Matsuzaki |
JPN
|
Fujie Eguchi |
JPN
|
Éva Kóczián Qiu Zhonghui |
HUN CHN
|
| Doubles, Women | Taeko Namba / Kazuko Yamaizumi |
JPN
|
Fujie Eguchi / Kimiyo Matsuzaki |
JPN
|
Ann Haydon / Diane Rowe Qiu Zhonghui / Sun Meiying |
ENG CHN
|
| Team, Women | Japan |
JPN
|
South Korea |
KOR
|
China |
CHN
|