1955 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

2nd World Ninepin Bowling Classic
Championships
Host city	Essen
Country	West Germany
Nations	8
Athletes	80
Events	4
Opening	August 30, 1955
Closing	September 5, 1955

The 1955 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the second edition of the championships and was held in Essen, West Germany, from 30 August to 5 September 1955.

In the men's competition the title was won by East Germany in the team competition and by Eberhard Luther (East Germany) in the individual event. In the women's competition the title was won by East Germany in the team competition and by Francka Erjavec (Yugoslavia) in the individual event. Czechoslovakia entered its first championship and earned a bronze medal in the men's team event.

Participating teams

Men

Women

Results

Men - team

The competition was played with 200 throws mixed (100 full, 100 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors
and the scores were added up.

Rank	Team	Result
	East Germany Gerhard Grohs Rudolf Franke Bernd Rumpf Herbert Uhlmann Eberhard Luther Hans Grettner	4987 832 826 833 827 846 823
	Yugoslavia Stanko Hladnik Evgen Kobal Stanko Pogelšek Avgust Likovnik Vlado Martelanc Dujam Smoljanović	4941 797 815 812 833 844 840
	Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Hlavnička Jaroslav Kovář Imrich Mihál František Prejsler Štefan Fazika Jaroslav Řezáč	4801 811 769 818 840 793 770
4	West Germany Guretzka Prell Priemer Wigger Rohrmann Josef Bröhl	4795 828 774 770 785 786 852
5	Austria Wilfling Kastelic Saurwein Friedrich Beschl Alfred Baierl Johann Heidvogel	4617 737 792 782 794 730 782
6	France Bomwänger Hukendubler Rene Weiss Burck Pierre Neff Charles Metzger	4360 713 665 745 735 723 779
7	Saar Hukendubler Josef Assmann Gehres Thomé Britz Kubig	4264 718 712 749 703 642 740
8	Switzerland Josef Schüler Mergenthaler Fritz Brönimann Paul Brühlmann Donalti Fritz Bölsterli	4020 640 655 672 687 709 657

Women - team

The competition was played with 100 throws mixed (50 full, 50 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors
and the scores were added up.

Rank	Team	Result
	East Germany Hannelore Cebulla Charlotte Zeibig Franziska Heinold Anni Küttner Elisabeth Dornack Irmgard Handschke	2199 355 386 347 341 360 410
	Yugoslavia Ljerka Prezelj Anika Jakovec Ruža Vaštag Jelena Šincek Franciška Erjavec Barbara Bulić	2177 373 345 308 368 408 375
	West Germany Luise Leute Heise Gerda Berndt Eva Jeschawitz Kalb Elisabeth Förster	2136 371 306 378 325 368 388
4	Austria Herein Hedwig Biedermann Rosa Kesselgruber Hensel Steffi Weiss Maria Schmoranzer	2131 318 378 373 406 349 307

Men - individual

Rank	Name	Nation	Score
	Eberhard Luther	East Germany	886
	Johann Heidvogel	Austria	866
	Gerhard Grohs	East Germany	865
4.	Hans Grettner	East Germany	863
5.	Avgust Likovnik	Yugoslavia	856
6.	Rudolf Franke	East Germany	851
7.	Stanko Hladnik	Yugoslavia	845
8.	Jaroslav Hlavnička	Czechoslovakia	843
9.	Jaroslav Kovář	Czechoslovakia	832
10.	Charles Metzger	France	829
11.	Saurwein	Austria	826
12.	Dujam Smoljanović	Yugoslavia	824
13.	Vlado Martelanc	Yugoslavia	823
14.	Bernd Rumpf	East Germany	821
15.	Evgen Kobal	Yugoslavia	813
16.	Wigger	West Germany	809
17.	Josef Bröhl	West Germany	806
18.	Štefan Fazika	Czechoslovakia	803
19.	Stanko Pogelšek	Yugoslavia	802
20.	Friedrich Beschl	Austria	790
21.	Guretzka	West Germany	782
22.	Jan Nechvátal	Czechoslovakia	778
23.	Jaroslav Řezáč	Czechoslovakia	775
24.	Hans Heindel	Austria	772
25.	Rohrmann	West Germany	769
26.	Ader	Austria	767
27.	František Prejsler	Czechoslovakia	763
28.	Priemer	West Germany	760
29.	Werner Heinze	East Germany	759
30.	Bürk	France	756
31.	Raus	Austria	748
32.	Gehres	Saar	737
33.	Schneider	France	731
33.	Kessler	France	731
35.	Nierengarten	France	724
36.	Josef Schüler	Switzerland	723
37.	Josef Assmann	Saar	710
37.	Fritz Brönnimann	France	710
39.	Hukendubler	Saar	708
40.	Wermuth	West Germany	706
41.	Alfred Baierl	Austria	704
42.	Fritz Bölsterli	Switzerland	701
43.	Britz	Saar	699
44.	Guy	France	682
45.	Paul Brühlmann	Switzerland	680
46.	Thomé	Saar	659
47.	Mergenthaler	Switzerland	610
47.	Donalti	Switzerland	610

Women - individual

Rank	Name	Nation	Score
	Franciška Erjavec	Yugoslavia	432
	Anni Küttner	East Germany	399
	Irmgard Handschke	East Germany	387
4.	Ljerka Prezelj	Yugoslavia	385
5.	Liduše Kusnierzová	Czechoslovakia	381
6.	Jelena Šincek	Yugoslavia	379
7.	Hannelore Cebulla	East Germany	375
7.	Elisabeth Dornack	East Germany	375
9.	Anežka Osvaldová	Czechoslovakia	373
10.	Rosa Kesselgruber	Austria	370
11.	Charlotte Zeibig	East Germany	364
11.	Barbara Bulić	Yugoslavia	364
13.	Jokordoe	Yugoslavia	359
14.	Jechawitz	West Germany	357
15.	Steffi Weiss	Austria	350
16.	Hedwig Biedermann	Austria	349
16.	Elisabeth Förster	West Germany	349
18.	Maria Schmoranzer	Austria	345
19.	Heise	West Germany	340
20.	Winklerová	Czechoslovakia	334
21.	Svajda	Austria	332
22.	Ruža Vaštag	Yugoslavia	330
23.	Gerda Berndt	West Germany	327
24.	Gretel Lindner	East Germany	326
25.	Luise Leute	West Germany	318
	Marija Šimunić	Yugoslavia	318
	Kalb	West Germany	318
28.	Marie Langmayer	Austria	309

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Host nation)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (DDR)	3	1	2	6
2	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	2	0	3
3	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
4	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
4	West Germany (FRG)*	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Eberhard Luther East Germany	Johann Heidvogel Austria	Gerhard Grohs East Germany
Team	East Germany Gerhard Grohs Rudolf Franke Bernd Rumpf Herbert Uhlmann Eberhard Luther Hans Grettner	Yugoslavia Stanko Hladnik Evgen Kobal Stanko Pogelšek Avgust Likovnik Vlado Martelanc Dujam Smoljanović	Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Hlavnička Jaroslav Kovář Imrich Mihál František Prejsler Štefan Fazika Jaroslav Řezáč

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Franciška Erjavec Yugoslavia	Anni Küttner East Germany	Irmgard Handschke East Germany
Team	East Germany Hannelore Cebulla Charlotte Zeibig Franziska Heinold Anni Küttner Elisabeth Dornack Irmgard Handschke	Yugoslavia Ljerka Prezelj Anika Jakovec Ruža Vaštag Jelena Šincek Franciška Erjavec Barbara Bulić	West Germany Luise Leute Heise Gerda Berndt Eva Jeschawitz Kalb Elisabeth Förster

References

WC Archive on KZS
WC History on WNBA NBC Archived 2020-08-07 at the Wayback Machine

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