1961 World Table Tennis Championships
| Host City | Beijing |
|---|---|
| Country |  CHN |
| Held | 5 – 14 April 1961 |
| Competitors | 32 |
| Countries | 4 |
Events
| Event | Gender | Held | Status | Competitors | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Men | — | Medal | 4 | 1 |
| Doubles | Men | — | Medal | 8 | 3 |
| Team | Men | — | Medal | 15 | 3 |
| Singles | Women | — | Medal | 4 | 3 |
| Doubles | Women | — | Medal | 8 | 2 |
| Team | Women | — | Medal | 11 | 3 |
| Doubles | Mixed | — | Medal | 8 | 2 |
Medal table
| Pos | Country | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | CHN |
3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Japan |  JPN |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Romania |  ROU |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Hungary |  HUN |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Medal winners
| Event | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles, Men | Zhuang Zedong |
CHN
|
Li Furong |
CHN
|
Xu Yinsheng Zhang Xielin |
CHN CHN
|
| Doubles, Men | Nobuya Hoshino / Koji Kimura |
JPN
|
Zoltán Berczik / Ferenc Sidó |
HUN
|
Li Furong / Zhuang Zedong Wang Jiasheng / Zhou Lansun |
CHN CHN
|
| Team, Men | China |
CHN
|
Japan |
JPN
|
Hungary |
HUN
|
| Doubles, Mixed | Ichiro Ogimura / Kimiyo Matsuzaki |
JPN
|
Li Furong / Han Yuzhen |
CHN
|
Nobuya Hoshino / Masako Seki Wang Chuanyao / Sun Meiying |
JPN CHN
|
| Singles, Women | Qiu Zhonghui |
CHN
|
Éva Kóczián-Foldi |
HUN
|
Kimiyo Matsuzaki Wang Jian |
JPN CHN
|
| Doubles, Women | Maria Alexandru / Georgita Pitică-Strugaru |
ROU
|
Qiu Zhonghui / Sun Meiying |
CHN
|
Han Yuzhen / Liang Lizhen Hu Keming / Wang Jian |
CHN CHN
|
| Team, Women | Japan |
JPN
|
China |
CHN
|
Romania |
ROU
|