# Table tennis at the 1958 Asian Games

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 | 28th Wed | 28th Wed | 29th Thu | 29th Thu | 29th Thu | 30th Fri | 30th Fri | 30th Fri | 31st Sat |
| Men's singles | | | | | | | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F |
| Men's doubles | | | | | | | P | ¼ | ½ | | | | F |
| Men's team | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | | | | | | | |
| Women's singles | | | | | | | P | P | P | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | F |
| Women's doubles | | | | P | ¼ | ½ | | | | | | | F |
| Women's team | ● | ● | ● | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mixed doubles | | | | P | ¼ | ½ | | | | | | | F |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Li Kou-tin Republic of China | Keisuke Tsunoda Japan | Seiji Narita Japan |
| Men's singles details | Li Kou-tin Republic of China | Keisuke Tsunoda Japan | Ichiro Ogimura Japan |
| Men's doubles details | South Vietnam Mai Văn Hòa Trần Cảnh Được | Republic of China Li Kou-tin Sou Ying-chen | Republic of China Chen Kao-shan Hsieh Chin-ho |
| Men's doubles details | South Vietnam Mai Văn Hòa Trần Cảnh Được | Republic of China Li Kou-tin Sou Ying-chen | South Vietnam Lê Văn Tiết Trần Văn Liễu |
| Men's team details | South Vietnam Lê Văn Tiết Mai Văn Hòa Trần Cảnh Được Trần Văn Liễu | Japan Seiji Narita Ichiro Ogimura Toshiaki Tanaka Keisuke Tsunoda | Iran Edmond Beitkhoda Houshang Bozorgzadeh Amir Ehteshamzadeh Hamid Korloo |
| Women's singles details | Taeko Namba Japan | Kazuko Yamaizumi Japan | Cho Kyung-ja South Korea |
| Women's singles details | Taeko Namba Japan | Kazuko Yamaizumi Japan | Fujie Eguchi Japan |
| Women's doubles details | Japan Fujie Eguchi Kazuko Yamaizumi | Hong Kong Baguio Wong Ng Yuk Chun | South Korea Wie Sang-sook Choi Kyung-ja |
| Women's doubles details | Japan Fujie Eguchi Kazuko Yamaizumi | Hong Kong Baguio Wong Ng Yuk Chun | Republic of China Chen Pao-pei Chiang Tsai-yun |
| Women's team details | Japan Fujie Eguchi Taeko Namba Tomi Okawa Kazuko Yamaizumi | South Korea Cho Kyung-ja Choi Kyung-ja Park Chung-ja Wie Sang-sook | Republic of China Chen Pao-pei Chiang Tsai-yun Ching Yui Yao Tsu |
| Mixed doubles details | Japan Ichiro Ogimura Fujie Eguchi | Japan Toshiaki Tanaka Kazuko Yamaizumi | Japan Seiji Narita Tomi Okawa |
| Mixed doubles details | Japan Ichiro Ogimura Fujie Eguchi | Japan Toshiaki Tanaka Kazuko Yamaizumi | Japan Keisuke Tsunoda Taeko Namba |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | South Vietnam (VNM) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 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) | 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)