The world table tennis championship of 1949 was held from 4 to 10 February in Stockholm ( Sweden ).
Medalists
| Discharge | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Male Singles | John leach | Bohumil Vanya | Ferenc Shoosh |
| Martin reisman | |||
| Female singles | Gizella Farkas | Kveta Grushkova | Gertrude Pritzi |
| Thelma Tall | |||
| Male doubles | Ivan Andreadis Frantisek Tokar | Ladislav Shtipek Bohumil Vanya | Douglas Cartland Richard Myles |
| Richard Bergman Tage flisberg | |||
| Female doubles | Gizella Farkas Helen elliot | Pinky barnes Joan Crosby | Elyshka Fyurstova Ida Kotyatkova |
| Carpathian Face Erzhebet Mezei | |||
| Mixt | Ferenc Shido Gizella Farkas | Bohumil Vanya Kveta Grushkova | John leach Margaret Franks |
| Martin Reisman Margaret Maclean | |||
| Men's Team Tournament | Hungary Jozsef Kocian Ferenc Shido Ferenc Shoosh Laszlo Varconi | Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis Max Marinko Ladislav Shtipek Frantisek Tokar Bohumil Vanya | England Victor Barna Richard Bergman John leach Ronald sharman Aubrey Simons |
| USA Douglas Cartland Richard Myles James mccleur Martin Reisman | |||
| Women's Team Tournament | USA Margaret Maclean Mildred Shahian Thelma Tall | England Pinky barnes Joan Crosby Margaret Franks Adele Wood | France Yugett Beol Jeanne Dele Yolana vannoni |
| Hungary Gizella Farkas Carpathian Face Erzhebet Mezei |