Table tennis world championship 1934

the 8. Table tennis world championship found of 2. to 10. December 1933 in Paris (France) in the hall Marbeuf in the proximity of the Avenue of the Champs Élysées instead of. It applied to the season 1933/34.

For political reasons the German Herrenmannschaft did not participate in this world championship. Oneit feared that „the superior nordische race could disgrace itself “approximately „inferior peoples “. Also one criticized the fact that the best German table tennis player - who Greek Nikita Madjaroglou - not in Germany was born. The influence of the national socialism is here indeterminable.

But convinced the German ladies fill. For the first timethe world championship for lady crews was delivered. Germany at first attempt became first. Also in the lady single the German Astrid occupied cancer brook the 2. Place.

With the gentlemen twelve crews began. For the first time with it were the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland. Likewise under the participants were Latvia, and as only not-European country India. Hungary crew world champion became again.

In the gentleman single Victor Barna got itself the title for the fourth time. With Marie Kettnerova from Czechoslovakia wins for the first time a not Ungarin the world championship in the lady single.

other

• ways of the anti-Semitic tendency inSome Hungarian players their German sounding names changed Hungary into Hungarian sounding names:
  • Tibor Hazi was called before Hoffmann
  • Victor Barna developed from Gyozo brown
  • for Istvan Kelen was called small ( was missing with these WM) Hilde
• bus man participated before only in the individual competitions.