1968 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

7th World Ninepin Bowling Classic
Championships
Host city	Linz
Country	Austria
Nations	10
Athletes	124
Sport	9-pins
Events	6
Opening	June 9, 1968
Closing	June 15, 1968
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Last updated January 21, 2026

The 1968 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the seventh edition of the championships and was held in Linz, Austria, from 9 to 15 June 1968.

In the men's team competition the title was won by East Germany. Czechoslovakia's Ivo Blaževič and Miroslav Kočarek won the pair competition and Yugoslavian Miroslav Steržaj the individual event. In the women's team competition the title was won by Romania. East Germany's Gertraude Engelmann and Astrid Schmidt won the pair competition and Ossi Sigrid Lidner in the individual event.

Participating nations

Results

Men - team

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

Rank	Team	Result
Rank	Team	All	Clear	X	Total
	East Germany Dieter Seifert Christoph Wlocka Gerhard Grohs Klaus Beyer Horst Bräutigam Eberhard Luther	3582 597 582 584 608 590 621	1840 298 282 299 321 305 335	9 1 3 1 3 1 0	5422 895 864 883 929 895 956
	Romania Petre Purge Gheorghe Silvestru Vasile Măntoiu Constantin Rădulescu Ion Micoroiu Cristu Vănătoru	3483 576 604 559 571 594 579	1869 318 347 284 286 311 323	21 2 1 6 5 5 2	5352 894 951 843 857 905 902
	West Germany Dieter Zieher Josef Beck Werner Günzel Theo Holzmann Erwin Siebert Richard Pelikan	3500 585 574 585 580 583 593	1815 331 331 317 282 263 291	20 2 1 1 5 8 3	5315 916 905 902 862 846 884
4	Yugoslavia Ivica Juričević Jože Farkaš Marinko Čubrilo Jože Turk Jože Slibar Miroslav Steržaj	3460 583 570 549 579 578 601	1826 289 295 270 332 303 337	14 4 1 5 2 2 0	5286 872 865 819 911 881 938
5	Hungary József Rákos Pál Tösi István Feltein Gyula Várfalvi Imre Kiss Miklós Varga	3506 613 576 603 574 582 558	1753 273 295 342 285 305 253	17 3 3 1 3 3 4	5259 886 871 945 859 887 811
6	Czechoslovakia Josef Hapl Ivo Blažević Miroslav Kočárek Lumír Vostřák Imrich Mihál Pavol Halpert	3473 565 588 596 571 580 573	1752 282 284 322 282 287 295	19 4 3 0 2 7 3	5225 847 872 918 853 867 868
7	Austria Gerhard Babl Walter Grünanger Ludwig Curda Leo Köck Walter Heiseler Gerhard Pösch	3487 548 595 589 598 575 582	1728 280 298 320 283 260 287	29 7 2 4 7 7 2	5215 828 893 909 881 835 869
8	Italy Rottensteiner Adolf Pixner E. Anrather Karl Schgör Siegfried Anrather Michael Niederstätter	3345 566 530 541 580 574 554	1574 259 259 250 247 286 273	37 8 4 7 10 3 5	4919 825 789 791 827 860 827
9	France Marcel Weber Jean Billard Jean Claude Rousselet Adolphe Cassel Charles Metzger Joseph Fritsch	3324 562 543 544 545 586 544	1561 268 243 237 255 267 291	42 6 7 14 7 5 3	4885 830 786 781 800 853 835
10	Switzerland René Abt Otto Benkert Kurt Friedli Max Ehrsam Willi Moser Walter Mast	3298 546 530 565 577 526 554	1499 245 236 283 235 247 253	49 8 10 8 6 6 11	4797 791 766 848 812 773 807

Women - team

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

Rank	Team	Result
Rank	Team	All	Clear	X	Total
	Romania Tinca Balaban Florica Neguțoiu Crista Szöcs Elena Trandafir Margareta Szemanyi Cornelia Moldoveanu	1664 261 296 295 280 287 245	842 113 156 155 135 134 149	12 4 2 0 2 3 1	2506 374 452 450 415 421 394
	Czechoslovakia Marie Mikulčiková Hana Mádlová Vĕra Lauerová Zdeňka Těthalová Vlasta Šindlerová Marie Švorbová	1690 287 278 271 273 292 289	793 133 104 131 116 134 175	22 4 5 2 4 5 2	2483 420 382 402 389 426 464
	East Germany Brigitte Uhle Astrid Schmidt Annemarie Preller Sigrid Lindner Ursula Rippin Gertraude Engelmann	1695 271 283 281 280 280 300	784 151 141 134 113 101 144	21 1 3 1 7 6 3	2479 422 424 415 393 381 444
4	West Germany Ulrike Isenbeck Dagmar Kühne Gisela Kürbs Rosemarie Maier Lilo Schumann Maria Schwarz	1656 275 282 274 279 278 268	756 140 130 135 113 123 115	26 4 4 6 3 3 6	2412 415 412 409 392 401 383
5	Yugoslavia Sonja Jevšnikar Cvetka Čadež Irena Kaločaj Francka Hafner Jožica Šarman Gorinka Kovrlija	1625 268 274 261 267 291 264	749 115 139 122 116 120 137	29 6 4 4 5 8 2	2374 383 413 383 383 411 401
6	Austria Frieda Zitta Hermine Dobias Hermine Hafenscherer Elfriede Schiffmann Friederike Ernst Elfriede Beer	1619 272 269 269 292 249 268	735 113 123 131 130 111 127	29 7 7 1 5 3 6	2354 385 392 400 422 360 395
7	Hungary Mátyásné Sallai Julianna Czéher Imréné Szilasi Jánosné Kustán Györgyné Kiss Kálmánné Nádas	1592 273 257 254 270 281 257	725 139 124 115 107 116 124	31 4 5 8 8 4 2	2317 412 381 369 377 397 381

Men - pair

Rank	Team	Result
Rank	Team	All	Clear	X	Total
	Czechoslovakia Miroslav Kočarek Ivo Blaževič	1223 619 604	645 329 316	0 0 0	1868 948 920
	Yugoslavia Miroslav Steržaj Jože Turk	1180 595 585	680 363 317	2 1 1	1860 958 902
	East Germany Eberhard Luther Klaus Beyer	1214 610 604	630 322 308	2 2 0	1844 932 912
4	Hungary József Rákos István Feltein	1248 630 618	571 294 277	3 1 2	1819 924 895
5	East Germany Dieter Seifert Wolfgang Holewa	1227 603 624	576 306 270	4 1 3	1803 909 894
6	Romania Gheorghe Silvestru Ion Micoroiu	1169 585 584	631 328 303	4 0 4	1800 913 887
7	Romania Petre Purge Cristu Vănătoru	1173 594 579	618 327 291	6 2 4	1791 921 870
8	Austria Ludwig Curda Walter Grünanger	1175 574 601	599 291 308	7 3 4	1774 865 909
9	West Germany Dieter Zieher Werner Günzel	1160 593 567	591 281 310	6 4 2	1751 874 877
10	West Germany Josef Beck Theo Holzmann	1154 560 594	572 295 277	8 5 3	1726 855 871
11	Czechoslovakia Imrich Mihál Pavol Halpert	1157 599 558	538 252 286	11 10 1	1695 851 844
12	Hungary Pál Tösi Imre Kiss	1149 565 584	544 290 254	9 3 6	1693 855 838
13	Yugoslavia Duro Triplat Lojze Kordež	1096 529 567	590 286 304	6 3 3	1686 815 871
14	Austria Max Junger Johann Koinig	1100 553 547	559 274 285	10 6 4	1659 827 832
15	Italy Michael Niederstätter Siegfried Anrather	1115 544 571	535 275 260	13 9 4	1650 819 831
16	France Jean Billard Jean Claude Rousselet	1110 556 554	517 272 245	10 3 7	1627 828 799
17	France Bernard Bankhauser Gerard Hess	1120 582 538	505 266 239	19 8 11	1625 848 777
18	Switzerland Max Ehrsam Kurt Friedli	1061 528 533	551 297 254	14 6 8	1612 825 787
19	Italy Karl Schgör Rottensteiner	1128 575 553	476 245 231	25 9 16	1604 820 784
20	Switzerland Walter Mast Werner Brechbühl	1068 544 524	474 236 238	21 10 11	1542 780 762

Women - pair

Rank	Team	Result
Rank	Team	All	Clear	X	Total
	East Germany Astrid Schmidt Gertraude Engelmann	599 297 302	313 164 149	0 0 0	912 461 451
	Czechoslovakia Marie Švorbová Vlasta Šindlerová	591 309 282	272 130 142	7 1 6	863 439 424
	Hungary Györgyné Kiss Kálmánné Nádas	565 281 284	293 160 133	3 1 2	858 441 417
4	West Germany Gisela Kürbs Lilo Schuhmann	573 304 269	262 123 139	11 7 4	835 427 408
5	Romania Crista Szöcs Margareta Szemanyi	561 291 270	273 123 150	6 5 1	834 414 420
6	East Germany Renate Engelhard Annemarie Preller	564 262 302	264 116 148	12 7 5	828 378 450
7	Czechoslovakia Marie Mikulčíková Vĕra Lauerová	561 284 277	262 138 124	5 1 4	823 422 401
8	Yugoslavia Tilka Stergar Nada Kodrnja	538 278 260	258 123 135	7 5 2	796 401 395
9	Romania Elena Trandafir Florica Neguțoiu	540 268 272	254 147 107	4 2 2	794 415 379
10	West Germany Ulrike Isenback Dagmar Kühne	543 270 273	239 110 129	8 6 2	782 380 402
11	Yugoslavia Jožica Šarman Gorinka Kovrlija	508 248 260	268 133 135	13 8 5	776 381 395
12	Austria Hermine Hafenscherer Elfriede Schiffmann	548 270 278	222 133 89	8 0 8	770 403 367
13	Austria Dorothea Zahradnik Eva Gruber	526 254 272	238 121 117	10 4 6	764 375 389
14	Hungary Mária Sashalmi Mátyásné Sallai	484 240 244	254 137 117	5 1 4	738 377 361

Men - individual

Rank	Name	Qualification			Final			Result
Rank	Name	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total
	Miroslav Steržaj	615	335	950	662	317	979	1277	652	1929
	Josef Beck	601	309	910	617	351	968	1218	660	1878
	Erwin Siebert	584	328	912	617	341	958	1201	669	1870
4	Gerhard Grohs	591	321	912	621	334	955	1212	655	1867
5	Ion Micoroiu	611	312	923	617	304	921	1228	616	1844
6	Vasile Măntoiu	591	340	931	627	278	905	1218	618	1836
7	Miroslav Kočárek	616	295	911	599	306	905	1215	601	1816
8	Jože Farkaš	591	324	915	581	313	894	1172	637	1809
9	Horst Bräutigam	597	300	897	592	313	905	1189	613	1802
10	Gheorghe Silvestru	594	291	885	602	310	912	1196	601	1797
11	Jože Slibar	601	299	900	599	298	897	1200	597	1797
12	Cristoph Wlocka	620	304	924	605	266	871	1225	570	1795
13	Jože Turk	613	296	909	576	308	884	1189	604	1793
14	József Rákos	602	283	885	614	293	907	1216	576	1792
15	Theo Holzmann	591	301	892	590	308	898	1181	609	1790
16	Klaus Beyer	578	356	934	579	275	854	1157	631	1788
17	Petre Purge	600	296	896	608	278	886	1208	574	1782
18	Eberhard Luther	571	311	882	603	292	895	1174	603	1777
19	Dieter Seifert	577	299	876	589	310	899	1166	609	1775
20	Ivica Juričević	587	300	887	572	314	886	1159	614	1773
21	Gyula Várfalvi	596	282	878	603	286	889	1199	568	1767
22	Cristu Vănătoru	592	307	899	572	295	867	1164	602	1766
23	László Szépfalvi	585	312	897	586	278	864	1171	590	1761
24	Wolfgang Holewa	598	295	893	598	265	863	1196	560	1756
25	József Feltein	580	296	876	583	295	878	1163	591	1754
26	Dieter Zieher	571	304	875	552	321	873	1123	625	1748
27	Werner Günzel	575	302	877	576	289	865	1151	591	1742
28	Ivo Blaževič	601	288	889	567	284	851	1168	572	1740
29	Pál Tösi	569	307	876	579	266	845	1148	573	1721
30	Antonín Král	606	284	890	538	272	810	1144	556	1700
31	Joseph Fritsch	581	300	881	564	249	813	1145	549	1694
32	Imre Kiss	560	307	867
33	Walter Grünanger	584	283	867
34	Leo Köck	577	288	865
35	Lojze Kordež	568	296	864
36	Karl Schgör	586	277	863
37	Ludwig Curda	580	277	857
38	Siegfried Anrather	557	298	855
39	Franz Birk	573	281	854
40	Michael Niederstätter	569	279	848
41	Josef Hapl	558	288	846
42	Willi Moser	560	283	843
43	Walter Heiseler	544	289	833
44	Gerhard Babl	565	267	832
45	Pavol Halpert	566	263	829
46	Lumír Vostřák	556	270	826
47	Erich Auer	566	260	826
48	Adolphe Cassel	565	257	822
49	Jean Billard	546	272	818
50	Kurt Friedli	544	259	803
51	Walter Mast	540	261	801
52	Rottensteiner	555	240	795
53	René Abt	549	245	794
54	Gerhard Pösch	548	244	792
55	E. Anrather	541	246	787
56	Marcel Weber	553	229	782
57	Bernard Bankhauser	543	236	779
58	Aurel Sucatu	518	260	778
59	Otto Benkert	544	234	778
60	Gerard Hess	543	231	774
61	Max Ehrsam	545	194	739

Women - individual

Rank	Name	Qualification			Final			Result
Rank	Name	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total
	Sigrid Lidner	301	142	443	311	153	464	612	295	907
	Gorinka Kovrlija	304	141	445	297	152	449	601	293	894
	Marie Švorbová	297	150	447	296	149	445	593	299	892
4	Vlasta Šindlerová	305	131	436	293	159	452	598	290	888
5	Crista Scöcs	309	142	451	297	140	437	606	282	888
6	Gertraude Engelmann	284	152	436	283	157	440	567	309	876
7	Györgyné Kiss	279	151	430	297	148	445	576	299	875
8	Brigitte Uhle	289	150	439	292	139	431	581	289	870
9	Kálmánné Nádas	295	157	452	286	119	405	581	276	857
10	Vĕra Lauerová	289	127	416	309	130	439	598	257	855
11	Ludmila Fürbachová	309	119	428	294	131	425	603	250	853
12	Astrid Schmidt	282	132	414	309	117	426	591	249	840
13	Zdeňka Těthalová	284	149	433	273	124	397	557	273	830
14	Renate Engelhard	273	140	413	294	118	412	567	258	825
15	Marie Mikulčíková	279	132	411	286	125	411	565	257	822
16	Ana Marcu	295	116	411	263	142	405	558	258	816
17	Mária Sashalmi	278	145	423	293	97	390	571	242	813
18	Maria Schwarz	281	156	437	263	111	374	544	267	811
19	Lilo Schuhmann	281	136	417	268	125	393	549	261	810
20	Margareta Szemanyi	263	153	416	266	125	391	529	278	807
21	Cvetka Čadež	287	129	416	272	113	385	559	242	801
22	Julianna Czéher	275	147	422	260	114	374	535	261	796
23	Annemarie Preller	249	161	410
24	Gisela Kürbs	267	140	407
25	Ursula Rippin	283	122	405
26	Anni Stadlbauer	277	126	403
27	Cornelia Moldoveanu	278	125	403
28	Elena Trandafir	268	133	401
29	Eva Gruber	282	119	401
30	Tinca Balaban	274	124	398
31	Frieda Zitta	277	122	399
32	Dagmar Kühne	282	116	398
33	Jožica Šarman	260	134	394
34	Tilka Stergar	263	130	393
35	Hermine Hafenscherer	266	124	390
36	Elfriede Schiffmann	280	108	388
37	Irena Kaločaj	278	107	385
38	Nada Kodrnja	256	124	380
39	Hermine Dobias	260	117	377
40	Imréné Szilasi	259	115	374
41	Elfriede Beer	265	109	374
42	Jánosné Kustán	266	107	373
43	Rosemarie Maier	257	108	365

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	3	0	2	5
2	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	2	1	4
3	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	2	0	3
4	Romania (ROU)	1	1	0	2
5	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	2	3
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		6	6	6	18

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	East Germany Klaus Beyer Horst Bräutigam Gerhard Grohs Eberhard Luther Dieter Seifert Christoph Wlocka	Romania Vasile Măntoiu Ion Micoroiu Petre Purge Constantin Rădulescu Gheorghe Silvestru Cristu Vinătoru	West Germany Josef Beck Werner Günzel Theo Holzmann Richard Pelikan Erwin Siebert Dieter Zieher
Pair	Czechoslovakia Ivo Blaževič Miroslav Kočarek	Yugoslavia Miroslav Steržaj Jože Turk	East Germany Klaus Beyer Eberhard Luther
Individual	Miroslav Steržaj Yugoslavia	Josef Beck West Germany	Erwin Siebert West Germany

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Romania Tinca Balaban Cornelia Moldoveanu Florica Neguțoiu Margareta Szemanyi Crista Szöcs Elena Trandafir	Czechoslovakia Vĕra Lauerová Hana Mádlová Marie Mikulčiková Vlasta Šindlerová Marie Švorbová Zdeňka Těthalová	East Germany Gertraude Engelmann Sigrid Lindner Annemarie Preller Ursula Rippin Astrid Schmidt Brigitte Uhle
Pair	East Germany Gertraude Engelmann Astrid Schmidt	Czechoslovakia Vlasta Šindlerová Marie Švorbová	Hungary Györgyné Kiss Kálmánné Nádas
Individual	Sigrid Lidner East Germany	Gorinka Kovrlija Yugoslavia	Marie Švorbová Czechoslovakia

References

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