YEAR 
1976 was the year of the continental championships in table tennis, and the Frenchman Jacques Secretin took the #1 spot in the World Ranking after winning the European Championships in Prague. The winner of the singles event at the Asian Championships, Liang Geliang finished year in the second position.
TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Player
Jacques Secretin
Liang Geliang
Anatoly Strokatov
Guo Yuehua
Milan Orlowski
Christian Martin
Li Peng
Norio Takashima
Kjell Johansson
Dragutin Šurbek
Stellan Bengtsson
Antun Stipančic
Denis Neale
Jochen Leiß
Li Zhenshi
Jaroslav Kunz
Sarkis Sarhayan
Stanislav Gomozkov
Janos Börzsei
Ralf Wosik
Peter Stellwag
Rudolf Weinmann
Zbigniew Fraczyk
Zoran Kosanovic
Roger Lagerfeldt
Istvan Jonyer
Rene Hatem
Tibor Klampar
Gabor Gergely
Mitsuru Kōno
N
EC
x
x
x
x
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R32
R32
R32
R32
x
R32
x
x
x
AC
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
E12
9th
x
6th
x
4th
x
x
x
7th
11th
8th
x
10th
5th
x
12th
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
PRO TOUR
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Description
N – Nationality EC – European Championships AC – Asian Championships E12 – Europe Top 12 & other flags – Pro Tour events
Table Tennis Media 