1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles
# 1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 23rd edition of the men's singles championship.

Ichiro Ogimura defeated Toshiaki Tanaka in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title.

## Results

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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| Ivan Andreadis | 16 | 17 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dick Miles | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | Miles | 16 | 14 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ichiro Ogimura | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | Ogimura | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chung Chin-Sing | 7 | 15 | 12 | | | | | | | | | Ogimura | 21 | 21 | 17 | 24 | | | | | | |
| Richard Bergmann | 21 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 21 | | | | | | | Tomita | 19 | 9 | 21 | 22 | | | | | | |
| Matei Gantner | 19 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 13 | Bergmann | 15 | 21 | 13 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yoshio Tomita | 21 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 22 | Tomita | 21 | 18 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chiang Yung-Ning | 17 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ogimura | 21 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 21 |
| Akio Nohira | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tanaka | 13 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 13 |
| Erwin Klein | 16 | 13 | 15 | | | Nohira | 15 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Krishna Nagaraj | 21 | 22 | 21 | | | Nagaraj | 21 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seiji Yamada | 17 | 20 | 16 | | | | | | | | | Nohira | 21 | 17 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| Kazuo Kawai | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | Tanaka | 13 | 21 | 6 | 18 | | | | | | |
| Václav Tereba | 13 | 18 | 17 | | | Kawai | 21 | 8 | 13 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Toshiaki Tanaka | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | Tanaka | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Keijii Kodama | 11 | 12 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
