Table tennis at the 1958 Asian Games
| Table tennis at the 1958 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Waseda University Gymnasium |
| Dates | 25–31 May 1958 |
| Competitors | 46 from 7 nations |
Table tennis was contested at the 1958 Asian Games in Waseda University Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan from May 25 to 31 May 1958.
Table tennis had team, doubles and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.
Schedule
| ● | Round | ● | Last round | P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 25th Sun |
26th Mon |
27th Tue |
28th Wed |
29th Thu |
30th Fri |
31st Sat | ||||||
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| Men's singles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||
| Men's doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||
| Men's team | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||
| Women's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||
| Women's doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||
| Women's team | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| Mixed doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles |
Republic of China
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Keisuke Tsunoda Japan
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Seiji Narita Japan
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| Ichiro Ogimura Japan
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| Men's doubles |
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| Men's team |
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Japan Seiji Narita Ichiro Ogimura Toshiaki Tanaka Keisuke Tsunoda |
 IranEdmond Beitkhoda Houshang Bozorgzadeh Amir Ehteshamzadeh Hamid Korloo |
| Women's singles |
Taeko Namba Japan
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Kazuko Yamaizumi Japan
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Cho Kyung-ja South Korea
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| Fujie Eguchi Japan
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| Women's doubles |
Japan Fujie Eguchi Kazuko Yamaizumi |
 Hong KongBaguio Wong Ng Yuk Chun |
 South KoreaWie Sang-sook Choi Kyung-ja |
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| Women's team |
Japan Fujie Eguchi Taeko Namba Tomi Okawa Kazuko Yamaizumi |
South Korea Cho Kyung-ja Choi Kyung-ja Park Chung-ja Wie Sang-sook |
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| Mixed doubles |
Japan Ichiro Ogimura Fujie Eguchi |
Japan Toshiaki Tanaka Kazuko Yamaizumi |
Japan Seiji Narita Tomi Okawa |
| Japan Keisuke Tsunoda Taeko Namba |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Republic of China (ROC) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Iran (IRN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 | |
Participating nations
A total of 46 athletes from 7 nations competed in table tennis at the 1958 Asian Games:
Hong Kong (8)
Iran (6)
Japan (8)
Philippines (4)
Republic of China(8)
South Korea (8)
South Vietnam(4)
