1970 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

8th World Ninepin Bowling Classic
Championships
Host city	Bolzano
Country	Italy
Nations	11
Athletes	117
Sport	9-pins
Events	6
Opening	May 24, 1970
Closing	May 30, 1970
	← 1968 Linz 1972 Split →

Last updated August 23, 2025

The 1970 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the eighth edition of the championships and was held in Bolzano, Italy, from 24 to 30 May 1970.

In the men's team competition the title was won by West Germany. East Germany's Horst Bräutigam and Eberhard Luther won the pair competition and representing West Germany Dieter Zieher the individual event. In the women's competitions all were won by Romania. Cornelia Petruşcă became three times World Championess by winning in the individual event, pair competition with Elena Trandafir and in the team 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
	West Germany Dieter Zieher Hans Nutz Theo Holzmann Josef Beck Richard Pelikan Werner Günzel	3543 607 588 594 598 576 580	1761 324 282 272 301 291 291	22 0 6 5 6 1 4	5304 931 870 866 899 867 871
	East Germany Dieter Seifert Gerhard Grohs Helfried Hegenbart Klaus Beyer Horst Bräutigam Eberhard Luther	3473 610 555 568 589 576 575	1762 295 292 267 294 287 327	14 3 3 3 3 0 2	5235 905 847 835 883 863 902
	Hungary József Rákos József Horváth Endre Boros Béla Csányi Imre Kiss Pál Tösi	3421 593 565 561 569 569 564	1776 312 326 288 270 297 283	9 2 0 1 3 1 2	5197 905 891 849 839 866 847
4	Romania Ilie Băiaş Gheorghe Silvestru Iosif Tismănar Christu Vinatoru Petre Purge Ion Micoroiu	3478 574 603 555 576 577 593	1705 274 277 280 293 292 289	11 4 3 3 0 1 0	5183 848 880 835 869 869 882
5	Yugoslavia Anton Česen Ivica Juričević Jože Farkaš Vlado Šojat Jože Turk Miroslav Steržaj	3425 574 574 548 572 573 584	1712 284 272 283 274 283 316	21 4 2 2 4 6 3	5137 858 846 831 846 856 900
6	Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Antonín Lumír Vostřák Miroslav Kočárek Emil Bachratý Imrich Mihál Ivo Blaževič	3410 605 563 573 546 551 572	1709 264 305 311 273 250 306	24 2 1 2 10 8 1	5119 869 868 884 819 801 878
7	Austria Oswald Frind Rudolf Hofer Franz Schieder Herbert Malecek Walter Günanger Ludwig Curda	3371 555 555 583 564 545 569	1710 292 263 286 304 275 290	17 3 4 0 3 4 3	5081 847 818 869 868 820 859
8	Italy Karl Schgör Alfred Prucker Alois Gruber Erwin Marseiler Michael Niederstätter Siegfried Anrather	3311 560 545 560 545 546 555	1605 248 249 273 253 267 315	35 4 5 7 10 6 3	4916 808 794 833 798 813 870
9	France Marcel Weber Gerard Hess Andre Pierre Adolpfe Cassel Andre Bruand Joseph Fritsch	3335 555 557 544 528 575 576	1471 245 237 233 234 262 260	53 8 13 9 11 4 8	4806 800 794 777 762 837 836
10	Switzerland Rene Abt Heinz Gläser Kurt Friedli Willi Moser Walter Mast Horst Köhler	3275 560 533 533 538 558 553	1456 242 221 233 240 257 263	65 9 13 18 9 8 8	4731 802 754 766 778 815 816

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 Elena Cernat Ana Marcu Crista Szöcs Elena Trandafir Margareta Szemanyi Cornelia Petruşcă	1695 274 283 286 296 273 283	790 120 156 126 130 106 152	20 6 2 1 4 4 3	2485 394 439 412 426 379 435
	East Germany Brigitte Uhle Annemarie Preller Astrid Wloka Siegfried Lindner Helga Leuchtmann Gertraude Engelmann	1672 308 263 269 284 258 290	777 113 138 144 123 148 111	17 5 3 1 4 0 4	2449 421 401 413 407 406 401
	West Germany Rosemarie Maier Inge Stadlbauer Edith Herzog Edith Neidhardt Ulrike Isenbeck Renate Günzel	1658 257 272 281 265 282 301	754 112 140 138 132 114 118	30 7 3 2 4 7 7	2412 369 412 419 397 396 419
4	Hungary Mátyásné Sallai Zsofia Hursan Borbála Fenyőházi Julianna Czéher Györgyné Kiss Kálmánné Nádas	1687 285 286 280 275 267 294	709 114 114 104 135 116 126	27 4 4 5 3 8 3	2396 399 400 384 410 383 420
5	Czechoslovakia Marie Mikulčíková Hana Mádlová Eva Jirasová Zdena Těthalová Věra Lauerová Marie Švorbová	1640 264 279 292 263 262 280	731 120 131 138 89 116 137	30 5 1 2 18 3 1	2371 384 410 430 352 378 417
6	Austria Wilhelmine Kriechbaum Rosemarie Höller Elfriede Beer Hermine Dobias Friederike Ernst Hermine Hafenscherer	1672 275 275 269 287 292 274	697 115 122 124 113 103 120	25 9 7 4 1 4 0	2369 390 397 393 400 395 394
7	Yugoslavia Eva Ludvig Anka Janša Nada Kodrnja Irena Kaločai Marija Popović Fricka Mačič	1621 289 274 264 282 244 268	721 116 104 124 133 115 129	33 3 7 6 5 6 6	2342 405 378 388 415 359 397

Men - pair

Rank	Team	Result
Rank	Team	All	Clear	X	Total
	East Germany Eberhard Luther Horst Bräutigam	1163 589 574	626 302 324	2 1 1	1789 891 898
	Romania Ilie Băiaş Iosif Tismănar	1194 597 597	604 307 297	7 2 5	1798 904 894
	West Germany Richard Pelikan Dieter Zieher	1193 585 608	582 294 288	7 6 1	1775 879 896
4	Romania Petre Purge Ion Micoroiu	1196 590 606	578 287 291	6 3 3	1774 877 897
5	Czechoslovakia Ivo Blaževič Miroslav Kočárek	1173 584 589	593 324 269	7 3 4	1766 908 858
6	Hungary József Horváth Imre Kiss	1149 593 556	605 301 304	3 1 2	1754 894 860
7	West Germany Theo Holzmann Hans Nutz	1165 593 572	582 299 283	3 0 3	1747 892 855
8	Yugoslavia Jože Turk Miroslav Steržaj	1124 552 572	621 293 328	4 4 0	1745 845 900
9	East Germany Dieter Seifert Klaus Beyer	1151 589 562	584 306 278	4 4 0	1735 895 840
10	Austria Oswald Frind Franz Schieder	1157 557 600	577 279 298	4 1 3	1734 836 898
11	Yugoslavia Vlado Šojat Anton Česen	1164 565 599	567 267 300	2 2 0	1731 832 899
12	Hungary József Rákos Pál Tösi	1160 592 568	569 314 255	7 1 6	1729 906 823
13	Hungary Béla Csányi Endre Boros	1150 569 581	572 270 302	3 3 0	1722 839 883
14	Romania Gheorghe Silvestru Christu Vinatoru	1120 550 570	599 278 321	6 5 1	1719 828 891
15	West Germany Werner Günzel Josef Beck	1123 570 553	587 304 283	3 1 2	1710 874 836
16	Switzerland Horst Köhler Walter Mast	1137 582 555	557 300 257	9 2 7	1694 882 812
17	Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Procházka Emil Bachratý	1117 561 556	576 290 286	3 0 3	1693 851 842
18	East Germany Wöstehoff Gerhard Grohs	1153 578 575	540 267 273	5 2 3	1693 845 848
19	Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Antonín Lumír Vostřák	1091 567 524	593 285 308	3 2 1	1684 852 832
20	Austria Herbert Malecek Ludwig Curda	1151 582 569	532 259 273	8 2 6	1683 841 842
21	Yugoslavia Jože Farkaš Ivica Juričević	1117 567 550	565 290 275	6 2 4	1682 857 825
22	Austria Franz Permoser Heinz Ziegler	1122 582 540	532 288 244	13 3 10	1654 870 784
23	Italy Michael Niederstätter Siegfried Anrather	1097 537 560	537 278 259	3 1 2	1634 815 819
24	France Andre Bruand Joseph Fritsch	1102 547 555	525 275 250	9 5 4	1627 822 805
25	Italy Karl Schgör Alois Gruber	1087 533 554	535 258 277	8 4 4	1622 791 831
26	Italy Heinrich Zelger Raimund Senoner	1120 562 558	492 258 234	17 8 9	1612 820 792
27	Switzerland Otto Benkert Heinz Gläser	1091 563 528	517 256 261	9 4 5	1608 819 789
28	France Francois Millet Bernard Bankhauser	1090 545 545	511 264 247	14 7 7	1601 809 792
29	Switzerland Rene Abt Willi Moser	1086 541 545	490 270 220	19 7 12	1576 811 765
30	France Gerard Hess Marcel Weber	1075 531 544	472 229 243	22 15 7	1547 760 787
31	Sweden Rune Appelgren Sture Granström	1051 517 534	439 222 217	32 20 12	1490 739 751

Women - pair

Rank	Team	Result
Rank	Team	All	Clear	X	Total
	Romania Elena Trandafir Cornelia Petrușcă	569 275 294	295 143 152	1 0 1	864 418 446
2	East Germany Gertraude Engelmann Astrid Wloka	577 298 279	286 155 131	1 1 0	863 453 410
3	Yugoslavia Eva Ludvig Irena Kaločai	565 293 272	280 122 158	4 1 3	845 415 430
4	East Germany Siegfried Lindner Annemarie Preller	588 290 298	249 138 111	5 1 4	837 428 409
5	West Germany Edith Neidhardt Rosemarie Maier	548 267 281	280 149 131	5 2 3	828 416 412
6	Austria Friederike Ernst Hermine Hafenscherer	556 287 269	258 133 125	3 1 2	814 420 394
7	West Germany Renate Günzel Ulrike Isenbeck	543 257 286	258 124 134	10 7 3	801 381 420
8	East Germany Helga Leuchtmann Brigitte Uhle	546 264 282	253 131 122	7 3 4	799 395 404
9	Austria Elfriede Beer Hermine Dobias	542 274 268	253 132 121	6 4 2	795 406 389
10	West Germany Inge Stadlbauer Edith Herzog	560 279 281	234 104 130	10 6 4	794 383 411
11	Romania Elena Cernat Margareta Szemanyi	539 264 275	254 122 132	8 5 3	793 386 407
12	Hungary Borbála Fenyőházi Zsofia Hursan	555 281 274	236 130 106	7 1 6	791 411 380
13	Yugoslavia Fricka Mačič Anka Janša	546 279 267	243 119 124	8 5 3	789 398 391
14	Romania Ana Marcu Crista Szöcs	533 268 265	249 122 127	8 4 4	782 390 392
15	Hungary Kálmánné Nádas Györgyné Kiss	520 269 251	260 135 125	7 3 4	780 404 376
16	Czechoslovakia Hana Mádlová Marie Švorbová	541 270 271	233 116 117	11 7 4	774 386 388
17	Hungary Mátyásné Sallai Julianna Czéher	519 251 268	254 123 131	11 6 5	773 374 399
18	Yugoslavia Nada Kodrnja Sonja Ocvirk	539 278 261	229 115 114	13 7 6	768 393 375
19	Czechoslovakia Marie Mikulčíková Eva Jirasová	544 267 277	208 123 85	15 4 11	752 390 362
20	Austria Wilhelmine Kriechbaum Rosemarie Höller	532 256 276	218 113 105	13 8 5	750 369 381
21	Czechoslovakia Růžena Bucková Věra Lauerová	517 256 261	228 112 116	11 8 3	745 368 377
22	Sweden Dagny Forslund Anna Pedersen	490 243 247	167 79 88	28 16 12	657 322 335

Men - individual

Rank	Name	Qualification^{[note 1]}			Final			Result
Rank	Name	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total
	Dieter Zieher	1215	612	1827	567	334	901	1782	946	2728
	Eberhard Luther	1164	629	1793	594	339	933	1758	968	2726
	Christu Vinatoru	1146	614	1760	613	341	954	1759	955	2714
4	József Rákos	1185	626	1811	603	297	900	1788	923	2711
5	Miroslav Steržaj	1156	644	1800	582	316	898	1738	960	2698
6	Ivo Blaževič	1156	630	1786	576	317	893	1732	947	2679
7	Dieter Seifert	1199	601	1800	590	285	875	1789	886	2675
8	Anton Česen	1173	584	1757	595	319	914	1768	903	2671
9	Horst Bräutigam	1150	611	1761	600	307	907	1750	918	2668
10	József Horváth	1158	627	1785	580	294	874	1738	921	2659
11	Theo Holzmann	1187	571	1758	581	314	895	1768	885	2653
12	Jaroslav Antonín	1172	549	1721	592	337	929	1764	886	2650
13	Richard Pelikan	1161	585	1746	577	325	902	1738	910	2648
14	Ilie Băiaş	1171	581	1752	587	308	895	1758	889	2647
15	Ion Micoroiu	1199	580	1779	557	309	866	1756	889	2645
16	Miroslav Kočárek	1162	580	1742	589	304	893	1751	884	2635
17	Hans Nutz	1160	565	1725	594	304	898	1754	869	2623
18	Iosif Tismănar	1152	577	1729	604	289	893	1756	866	2622
19	Klaus Beyer	1151	572	1723	577	314	891	1728	886	2614
20	Werner Günzel	1150	595	1745	570	299	869	1720	894	2614
21	Franz Schieder	1183	584	1767	569	271	840	1752	855	2607
22	Josef Beck	1151	584	1735	547	311	858	1698	895	2593
23	Imre Kiss	1125	601	1726	546	306	852	1671	907	2578
24	Petre Purge	1167	579	1746	564	267	831	1731	846	2577
25	Herbert Malecek	1146	563	1709	575	271	846	1721	834	2555
26	Endre Boros	1142	590	1732	549	272	821	1691	862	2553
27	Gheorghe Silvestru	1153	555	1708	565	262	827	1718	817	2535
28	Jože Turk	1125	576	1701
29	Ludwig Curda	1138	563	1701
30	Lumír Vostřák	1087	613	1700
31	Horst Köhler	1135	563	1698
32	Gerhard Grohs	1130	565	1695
33	Siegfried Anrather	1115	574	1689
34	Jože Farkaš	1115	573	1688
35	Oswald Frind	1112	571	1683
36	Vlado Šojat	1137	541	1678
37	Béla Csányi	1138	540	1678
38	Ivica Juričević	1124	547	1671
39	Pál Tősi	1132	538	1670
40	Alois Gruber	1114	550	1664
41	Emil Bachratý	1102	559	1661
42	Andre Bruand	1122	537	1659
43	Joseph Fritsch	1131	510	1641
44	Michael Niederstätter	1083	545	1628
45	Walter Mast	1113	514	1627
46	Rene Abt	1101	512	1613
47	Karl Schgör	1093	506	1599
48	Marcel Weber	1099	488	1587
49	Gerard Hess	1088	466	1554
50	Heinz Gläser	1061	482	1543
51	Willi Moser	1083	460	1543
52	Franz Permoser	582	288	870
53	Zdeněk Procházka	561	290	851
54	Wöstehoff	578	267	845
55	Helfried Hegenbart	568	267	835
56	Walter Günanger	545	275	820
57	Heinrich Zelger	562	258	820
58	Otto Benkert	563	256	819
59	Rudolf Hofer	555	263	818
60	Francois Millet	545	264	809
61	Imrich Mihál	551	250	801
62	Erwin Marseiler	545	253	798
63	Alfred Prucker	545	249	794
64	Bernard Bankhauser	545	247	792
65	Raimund Senoner	558	234	792
66	Heinz Ziegler	540	244	784
67	Andre Pierre	544	233	777
68	Kurt Friedli	533	233	766
69	Adolpfe Cassel	528	234	762
70	Sture Granström	534	217	751
71	Rune Appelgren	517	222	739

Notes

↑ Qualification result was the sum of the results from the team and pair competition.

Women - individual

Rank	Name	Qualification^{[note 1]}			Final			Result
Rank	Name	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total
	Cornelia Petruşcă	577	304	881	296	143	439	873	447	1320
	Elena Trandafir	571	273	844	280	150	430	851	423	1274
	Siegfried Lindner	574	261	835	277	149	426	851	410	1261
4	Gertraude Engelmann	588	266	854	272	133	405	860	399	1259
5	Irena Kaločai	554	291	845	281	122	403	835	413	1248
6	Kálmánné Nádas	563	261	824	292	130	422	855	391	1246
7	Edith Herzog	562	268	830	279	133	412	841	401	1242
8	Astrid Wloka	548	275	823	294	123	417	842	398	1240
9	Edith Neidhardt	532	281	813	296	125	421	828	406	1234
10	Marie Švorbová	551	254	805	256	168	424	807	422	1229
11	Crista Szöcs	551	253	804	297	124	421	848	377	1225
12	Helga Leuchtmann	522	279	801	293	125	418	815	404	1219
13	Brigitte Uhle	590	235	825	279	115	394	869	350	1219
14	Ana Marcu	551	278	829	259	123	382	810	401	1211
15	Friederike Ernst	579	236	815	274	119	393	853	355	1208
16	Eva Ludvig	582	238	820	262	115	377	844	353	1197
17	Annemarie Preller	561	249	810	272	114	386	833	363	1196
18	Ulrike Isenbeck	568	248	816	270	110	380	838	358	1196
19	Julianna Czéher	543	266	809	262	117	379	805	383	1188
20	Elfriede Beer	543	256	799	272	116	388	815	372	1187
21	Renate Günzel	558	242	800	274	112	386	832	354	1186
22	Hana Mádlová	549	247	796
23	Fricka Mačič	547	248	795
24	Inge Stadlbauer	551	244	795
25	Borbála Fenyőházi	561	234	795
26	Eva Jirasová	569	223	792
27	Hermine Dobias	555	234	789
28	Hermine Hafenscherer	543	245	788
29	Margareta Szemanyi	548	238	786
30	Rosemarie Maier	538	243	781
31	Nada Kodrnja	542	239	781
32	Elena Cernat	538	242	780
33	Zsofia Hursan	560	220	780
34	Rosemarie Höller	551	227	778
35	Marie Mikulčíková	531	243	774
36	Mátyásné Sallai	536	237	773
37	Anka Janša	541	228	769
38	Györgyné Kiss	518	241	759
39	Wilhelmine Kriechbaum	531	228	759
40	Věra Lauerová	523	232	755
41	Sonja Ocvirk	261	114	375
42	Růžena Bucková	256	112	368
43	Marija Popović	244	115	359
44	Zdena Těthalová	263	89	352
45	Anna Pedersen	247	88	335
46	Dagny Forslund	243	79	322

Notes

↑ Qualification result was the sum of the results from the team and pair competition.

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	West Germany Josef Beck Werner Günzel Theo Holzmann Hans Nutz Richard Pelikan Dieter Zieher	East Germany Klaus Beyer Horst Bräutigam Gerhard Grohs Helfried Hegenbart Eberhard Luther Dieter Seifert	Hungary Endre Boros Béla Csányi József Horváth Imre Kiss József Rákos Pál Tösi
Pair	East Germany Horst Bräutigam Eberhard Luther	Romania Ilie Băiaş Iosif Tismănar	West Germany Richard Pelikan Dieter Zieher
Individual	Dieter Zieher West Germany	Eberhard Luther East Germany	Christu Vinatoru Romania

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Romania Elena Cernat Ana Marcu Cornelia Petruşcă Margareta Szemanyi Crista Szöcs Elena Trandafir	East Germany Gertraude Engelmann Helga Leuchtmann Siegfried Lindner Annemarie Preller Brigitte Uhle Astrid Wloka	West Germany Renate Günzel Edith Herzog Ulrike Isenbeck Rosemarie Maier Edith Neidhardt Inge Stadlbauer
Pair	Romania Cornelia Petruşcă Elena Trandafir	East Germany Gertraude Engelmann Brigitte Uhle	Yugoslavia Irena Kalocai Eva Ludvig
Individual	Cornelia Petruşcă Romania	Elena Trandafir Romania	Siegfried Lindner East Germany

References

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[ref-1] Qualification result was the sum of the results from the team and pair competition.

[ref-2] Qualification result was the sum of the results from the team and pair competition.

[note 1]

[note 1]

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