The 1971 World Table Tennis Championships were held from March 28 to April 7 in Nagoya ( Japan ). This championship, among other things, is also known for the fact that it laid the foundation for events known in history as “ Ping Pong Diplomacy ” - preparation for the visit of US President Nixon to the PRC [1] .
| 1971 World Table Tennis Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Nagoya ( Japan ) |
| Medals | 7 sets |
| Opening | March 28, 1971 |
| Closing | April 7, 1971 |
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| Stadium | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium |
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
Content
Medals
Commands
| Floor | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | China Li Fuzhong Li Jingguan Liang Gelyan Zhang Celine Xi Enting | Japan Nobuhiko Hasegawa Tetsuo Inoue Shigeo Ito Mitsuru Kono Tokyo Tasaka | Yugoslavia Zlatko Cordas Milivoy Karakashevich Istvan Korpa Antun Stipancic Dragutin Shurbek |
| Women | Japan Yasuko Konno Toshiko Kovada Emiko Oba Yukie Ozeki | China Li Li Lin Huiqing Lin Meiqun Zheng Mingzhi | The Republic of Korea Choi Junsuk Chun Hyunsuk Lee Isles On Insuk |
Athletes
| Discharge | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's Singles | Stellan bengtsson | Shigeo Ito | Xi Enting |
| Dragutin Shurbek | |||
| Women's Singles | Lin Huiqing | Zheng Mingzhi | Ilona Voshtova |
| Li Li | |||
| Men's Doubles | Istvan Joniere Tibor Clampar | Liang Gelyan Zhuang Zedong | Nobuhiko Hasegawa Tokyo Tasaka |
| Katsuyuki Abe Yujiro Imano | |||
| Women's Doubles | Lin Huiqing Zheng Mingzhi | Mieko Hirano Reiko Sakamoto | Miho Hamada Yukie Ozeki |
| Yukiko Kawamorita Setsuko Kobori | |||
| Mixed | Zhang Celine Lin Huiqing | Antun Stipancic Maria Alexandru | Eberhard Schöhler Diana Schoeller |
| Tokuyasu Nishiya Mieko Fukuno |