1991 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1991 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Chiba from April 24 to May 6, 1991.[1][2]
Results
Team
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team |  SwedenMikael Appelgren Peter Karlsson Erik Lindh Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner |
 YugoslaviaZoran Kalinić Ilija Lupulesku Zoran Primorac Robert Smrekar |
 CzechoslovakiaMilan Grman Tomas Janci Petr Javurek Petr Korbel Roland Vimi |
| Women's team | .svg.png){kind=small} KoreaHong Cha-Ok Hyun Jung-Hwa Li Bun-Hui Yu Sun-Bok |
 ChinaChen Zihe Deng Yaping Gao Jun Qiao Hong |
 FranceEmmanuelle Coubat Sandrine Derrien Xiaoming Drechou Agnes Le Lannic |
Individual
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Jörgen Persson |
Jan-Ove Waldner |
Kim Taek-Soo |
| Ma Wenge | |||
| Women's singles | Deng Yaping |
Li Bun-Hui |
.svg.png){kind=small} Chan Tan Lui |
| Qiao Hong | |||
| Men's doubles | Peter Karlsson Thomas von Scheele |
Lü Lin Wang Tao |
Erik Lindh Jörgen Persson |
 Andrei Mazunov Dmitry Mazunov | |||
| Women's doubles | Chen Zihe Gao Jun |
Deng Yaping Qiao Hong |
Ding Yaping Li Jun |
| Hu Xiaoxin Liu Wei | |||
| Mixed doubles | Wang Tao Liu Wei |
Xie Chaojie Chen Zihe |
Kim Song-Hui Li Bun-Hui |
 Kalinikos Kreanga Otilia Badescu |
Unified team of Korea
Prior to the competition, North and South Korea discussed the possibility of the first unified football and table tennis teams since Korea's division. On February 1991, they agreed to the creation of the unified table tennis team to compete at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships.[3]
The team used "Korea" (Korean hangul: 코리아, McCune–Reischauer: K'oria, Revised Romanization: Koria from its English name. See Names of Korea) as the country name avoiding Hanguk (한국) or Chosŏn (조선). It also used the Korean Unification Flag as the national flag and Arirang as the national anthem.[4] Upon defeating the supposedly "unbeatable" Chinese team, the women's team caused a big sensation in Korea.
A South Korean movie Korea (코리아) ("As one") was released on May 3, 2012 and describes the story of women's team. Hyun Jung-Hwa was portrayed by Ha Ji-won and Li Bun-Hui by Bae Doona.[3][5]
References
- ↑ "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- 1 2 사상 최초 남북 단일팀의 통일의 기적 <코리아>, the official blog of the Ministry of Unification, South Korea
- ↑ 탁구 남북 단일팀 우승 20주년..감동 다시 한번! 2011-12-11, Yonhap News TV
- ↑ 코리아 - Daum 영화 (from Daum's movie portal)