| Host City | Duisburg |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Held | 10 – 19 March 1978 |
| Competitors | 36 |
| Countries | 9 |
| Event | Gender | Held | Status | Competitors | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Men | — | Medal | 4 | 2 |
| Doubles | Men | — | Medal | 8 | 5 |
| Team | Men | — | Medal | 12 | 3 |
| Singles | Women | — | Medal | 4 | 3 |
| Doubles | Women | — | Medal | 8 | 4 |
| Team | Women | — | Medal | 10 | 3 |
| Doubles | Mixed | — | Medal | 8 | 3 |
| Pos | Country | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mixed team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | England | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Event | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles, Men | Gábor Gergely |
|
István Jónyer |
|
Desmond Douglas Tibor Kreisz |
|
| Doubles, Men | Gábor Gergely / Milan Orlowski |
|
Jochen Leiß / Peter Stellwag |
|
Antun Stipančić / Dragutin Šurbek Milivoj Karakašević / Zoran Kosanović |
|
| Team, Men | Hungary |
|
England |
|
Soviet Union |
|
| Doubles, Mixed | Wilfried Lieck / Wiebke Hendriksen |
|
Tibor Klampár / Gabriella Szabó |
|
Sarkis Sarchayan / Anita Zakharyan Anatoly Strokatov / Valentina Popová |
|
| Singles, Women | Judit Magos-Havas |
|
Jill Hammersley |
|
Ann-Kristin Hellmann Gabriella Szabó |
|
| Doubles, Women | Maria Alexandru / Liana Mihut-Macean-Urzică |
|
Judit Magos-Havas / Gabriella Szabó |
|
Valentina Popová / Narine Antonyan Ilona Voštová-Uhlíková / Blanka Šilhánová |
|
| Team, Women | Hungary |
|
Czechoslovakia |
|
Romania |
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