# (Obscure-ish) Sports question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 5, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-ish-sports-question/232712 "2004-03-05T15:43:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Catalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Catalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catalyst)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-ish-sports-question/232712/1 "2004-03-05T15:43:21Z")
Who was the 1976 Ping-Pong/Table Tennis world champion? I’m not entirely sure that such a championship exists (or existed in 1976); I just blurted it out at random earlier today and now I’m actually kind of curious. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-ish-sports-question/232712/2 "2004-03-05T16:02:03Z")
There was a World Table Tennis Championship, but it was only held in odd-numbered years at the time, so there were no champions for 1976. The US Open Champions for 1976 were: 1976 Dragutin Surbek YUG (men) 1976 Ki Soon Ok KOR (women) You can find others at [http://www.usatt.org/organization/champions/](http://www.usatt.org/organization/champions/) ---
**Author:** ![dinoboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dinoboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinoboy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-ish-sports-question/232712/3 "2004-03-05T16:20:26Z")
Now _I’m_ curious… **RealityChuck** , did you already know that information, or are you just quick on google?