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 (1955-08-30)
Closing	September 5, 1955 (1955-09-05)
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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   Austria   Czechoslovakia   East Germany   France Saar   Switzerland   West Germany   Yugoslavia

Women   Austria   East Germany   West Germany   Yugoslavia

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 Kessler   France 731 35. Nierengarten   France 724 36. Josef Schüler   Switzerland 723 37. Josef Assmann Saar 710 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 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 Elisabeth Dornack   East Germany 375 9. Anežka Osvaldová   Czechoslovakia 373 10. Rosa Kesselgruber   Austria 370 11. Charlotte Zeibig   East Germany 364 Barbara Bulić   Yugoslavia 364 13. Jokordoe   Yugoslavia 359 14. Jechawitz   West Germany 357 15. Steffi Weiss   Austria 350 16. Hedwig Biedermann   Austria 349 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  (GDR)	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
	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