- Ping Pong was banned in the Soviet Union from ca 1930 to 1950. The sport was believed to be harmful to the eyes!
- Ping Pong originated as a sport in Britain during the 1800's where it was played among the upper-class as an after dinner entertainment activity, commonly known then as 'wiff-waff'
- Since 1988, Ping Pong or Table Tennis has been an Olympic sport
- Early ping pong paddles were normally made of cork, cardboard, or wood, and covered with cloth, leather or sandpaper.
- China, Sweden and South Korea are currently the world powers in ping pong.
- The name "ping-pong" was in wide use before British manufacturer J. Jaques and Son Ltd trademarked it in 1901. The name "Ping-Pong" then came to be used for the game played by the rather expensive Jaquesses equipment, with other manufacturers calling theirs table tennis. A similar situation arose in the United States, where Jaques sold the rights to the "Ping-Pong" name to Parker Brothers.
- The Longest Ping Pong games in the Guinness Book of Records:
Singles;
The longest table tennis marathon singles match is 132 hr 31 min by Danny Price and Randy Nunes (both USA) at Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA on 20-26 August 1978.
Doubles:
The longest table tennis doubles marathon is 101 hr 1 min 11 sec by Lance, Phil, and Mark Warren and Bill Weir (all USA) at Sacramento, California, USA on 9-13 April 1979.
Cool Ping Pong Videos
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Longest Ping Pong Rally World Record
Longest Ping Pong Game in the World
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Best Ping Pong Table Designs
Laurent Perbos has designed a series of unique ping pong tables that make the game of table tennis even more exciting. These tables are cool in design and we love the tubular one...looks like a lot of fun! The rest of them not so practical!
Puma Chalk Ping Pong Table
The ultimate coolest ping pong table ever made? Perhaps. The Puma Chalk Ping Pong Table ($3,900) is at once the sexiest and most expensive table tennis setups built with ash wood legs and a unique ceramic chalk top surface that lets you keep score, draw shot pattern reminders, or just goof around with nothing but a piece of chalk.
Designed by Aruliden for Puma, the table also offers an open shelf integrated into the table top that acts as storage space for paddles, balls, and other necessary tools, while the silver chain link fence-style finishes off the package. Pretty cool eh!
