The 1959 World Table Tennis Championships took place from March 27 to April 5 in Dortmund ( FRG ).
Medals
Commands
| Floor | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Japan Nobuya hoshino Teruo Murakami Seiji narita Ichiro Ohimura | Hungary Zoltan Bertsik Laszlo Foldi Zoltan Bubogni Laszlo Pignitzky Ferenc Shido | China Hu Pinchuan Jiang yongning Fu Cifan Wang Chuangyao Zhuang Jiafu |
| South Vietnam Le Van Thiet Mai Van Hoa Chiang Kan Dyok Chan Van Lieu | |||
| Women | Japan Fujie Eguchi Kimiyo Matsuzaki Taeko Namba Kazuki Yamaizumi | The Republic of Korea Cho Gyndzha Choi Gyonja Hwan Yulja Lee Chonhee | China Qiu Zhonghui Sun mein Ye Peizun |
Athletes
| Discharge | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Male Singles | Rong Gotuan | Ferenc Shido | Richard Myles |
| Ichiro Ohimura | |||
| Female singles | Kimiyo Matsuzaki | Fujie Eguchi | Qiu Zhonghui |
| Eva Cocian | |||
| Male doubles | Teruo Murakami Ichiro Ohimura | Ladislav Shtipek Ludvik Wignanowski | Zoltan Bertsik Laszlo Foldi |
| Hans Alser Oke rakell | |||
| Female doubles | Taeko Namba Kazuki Yamaizumi | Fujie Eguchi Kimiyo Matsuzaki | Diain rove Ann Haydon |
| Qiu Zhonghui Sun mein | |||
| Mixt | Ichiro Ohimura Fujie Eguchi | Teruo Murakami Kimiyo Matsuzaki | Wang Chuangyao Sun mein |
| Zoltan Bertsik Gizella Lantos |