HUNGARY
First held in 1905
NEWS & ARTICLES
Hungary has been one of the most successful nations in table tennis. Many of the most successful players in World Championships history were from Hungary. This includes such names as Viktor Barna, Miklos Szabados, and Ferenc Sido. On the national level, the most successful players have been the ones from the Golden Hungarian Generation of the 1970s – Istvan Jonyer and Tibor Klampar. They both have won 25 gold medals in the national championships, as well as having great success in the international arena.
THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED HUNGARIAN PLAYERS
IN SINGLES, DOUBLES & MIXED DOUBLES EVENTS
| Istvan Jonyer 25-time champion 1967-1984 | 25 – S  D MX 4 – S  MX 8 – S  D MX |
| Tibor Klampar 25-time champion 1969-1988 | 25 – S D MX 4 – S D 5 – S D |
| Ferenc Sido 24-time champion 1941-1962 | 24 – S D MX 12 – S D MX 12 – S D MX |
| Zoltan Berczik 14-time champion 1956-1968 | 14 – S D MX 9 – S D MX 6 – S D MX |
| Miklos Szabados 14-time champion 1929-1936 | 14 – S D MX 5 – S MX 1 – S |
| Ivan Vitsek 13-time champion 1988-2021 | 13 – S D MX 8 – S D MX 16 – S D MX |
| Ferenc Soos 12-time champion 1936-1950 | 12 – S D MX 11 – S D MX 4 – S D |
| Kriston Zsolt 12-time champion 1979-1989 | 12 – S D MX 5 – D MX 5 – S D MX |
| Viktor Barna 12-time champion 1929-1938 | 12 – S D MX 2 – S 1 – MX |
| Joszef Koczian 11-time champion 1946-1956 | 11 – S D MX 5 – S D MX 5 – S MX |
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