1972 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

9th World Ninepin Bowling Classic
Championships
Host city	Split
Country	Yugoslavia
Nations	11
Athletes	118
Sport	9-pins
Events	6
Opening	May 27, 1972
Closing	June 4, 1972
	← 1970 Bolzano 1974 Eppelheim →

Last updated January 21, 2026

The 1972 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the ninth edition of the championships and was held in Split, Yugoslavia, from 27 May to 4 June 1972.

In the men's team competition the title was won by East Germany. West Germany Dieter Zieher and Theo Holzmann won the pair competition and Nikola Dragaš representing Yugoslavia won the individual event. In the women's team competition the title was won by Romania. Austrian Gertraude Leibetseder and Eva Gruber won the pair competition, and Romanian Elena Trandafir 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 Horst Bräutigam Horst Wöstehoff Christoph Wloka Helfried Hegenbarth Klaus Beyer Eberhard Luther	3658 632 606 609 601 619 591	1923 366 327 300 290 347 293	11 0 2 2 2 4 1	5581 998 933 909 891 966 884
	West Germany Dieter Zieher Heinrich Winkler Richard Pelikan Theo Holzmann Erwin Siebert Werner Günzel	3637 631 621 605 589 602 589	1918 356 298 319 333 316 296	5 0 1 1 0 2 1	5555 987 919 924 922 918 885
	Yugoslavia Đuro Biber Stefan Miklavčič Blaž Muse Nikola Dragaš Jože Turk Miroslav Steržaj	3629 580 605 578 625 611 630	1924 302 288 313 348 324 349	11 1 1 4 1 3 1	5553 882 893 891 973 935 979
4	Hungary József Rákos József Horváth Miklós Varga Miklós Makkai Béla Csányi László Sütő	3630 625 609 614 593 585 604	1871 338 286 324 284 301 338	22 4 6 2 7 2 1	5501 963 895 938 877 886 942
5	Austria Oswald Frind Franz Schieder Peter Pezel Helmut Niessenbacher Walter Braunsberger Johann Pall	3593 615 593 601 574 599 611	1896 310 328 323 295 305 335	16 0 1 5 4 1 5	5489 925 921 924 869 904 946
6	Romania Ion Micoroiu Gheorghe Silvestru Cristu Vinatoru Iosif Tismănar Ilie Băiaş Petre Purge	3686 602 625 617 620 598 624	1779 317 285 293 305 284 295	14 0 4 3 0 4 3	5465 919 910 910 925 882 919
7	Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Antonín Ivan Dobrucký Miroslav Kočárek Aladár Kuruc Emil Bachratý Ivo Blaževič	3569 599 589 625 575 586 595	1861 289 303 319 308 340 302	13 2 1 2 2 2 4	5430 888 892 944 883 926 897
8	Italy Michael Niederstätter Adolf Pixner Erwin Marseiler Hermann Braun Erich Auer Alois Gruber	3512 612 592 581 541 600 586	1732 310 274 269 276 293 310	28 4 6 8 6 4 0	5244 922 866 850 817 893 896
9	Sweden Weine Andersson Harald Stöbe Tommy Söderquist Bengt Palmquist Göran Riddarsporre Roger Nilsson	3456 578 560 588 562 587 581	1668 286 267 296 265 264 290	45 8 8 8 7 7 7	5124 864 827 884 827 851 871
10	Switzerland Otto Knörr Heinz Gläser Walter Mast Ludwig Otto Otto Benkert Horst Köhler	3389 583 569 543 580 553 561	1661 301 292 232 284 272 280	36 4 5 11 5 6 5	5050 884 861 775 864 825 841
11	France André Bruand Gerard Hess Jean Billard André Bankhausser Francois Millet Joseph Fritsch	3366 574 576 536 550 564 566	1615 283 257 271 262 253 289	46 9 9 9 6 8 5	4981 857 833 807 812 817 855

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 Ildico Grozăvescu Ana Petrescu Crista Szöcs Elena Trandafir Florica Neguţoiu Cornelia Petruşcă	1694 282 280 296 290 271 275	874 125 149 140 178 140 142	22 4 2 4 1 6 5	2568 407 429 436 468 411 417
	Yugoslavia Nadja Kodrnja Magda Urh Šefika Sivka Anka Janša Eva Ludvig Gorinka Kovrlija	1750 298 276 288 297 292 299	780 122 134 108 133 133 150	30 7 5 11 4 1 2	2530 420 410 396 430 425 449
	Czechoslovakia Bronislava Seidlová Květa Maršíková Veronika Polachová Marie Selingerová Marie Mikulčíková Jaroslava Šárová	1712 262 301 306 295 281 267	802 125 126 134 149 143 125	29 2 2 9 4 6 6	2514 387 427 440 444 424 392
4	Hungary Ágnes Vati Katalin Tóth Jánosné Mészáros Ilona Dunai Györgyné Tompa Zsofia Hursan	1722 287 293 279 290 293 280	773 138 115 123 134 117 146	17 2 4 6 1 3 1	2495 425 408 402 424 410 426
5	East Germany Doris Liebold Astrid Wloka Annemarie Preller Brigitte Uhle Helga Leuchtmann Sigrid Lindner	1690 288 282 286 284 264 286	802 140 145 123 133 112 149	21 3 3 4 2 7 2	2492 428 427 409 417 376 435
6	West Germany Martha Schwartz Edith Herzog Rosi Ehrentraut Renate Günzel Edith Neidhardt Angelika Hutzler	1677 285 284 280 281 275 272	773 135 131 108 130 116 153	31 4 2 7 6 8 4	2450 420 415 388 411 391 425
7	Austria Eva Gruber Rosemarie Höller Friederike Ernst Gertrude Leibetseder Hermine Dobias Hermine Hafenscherer	1689 272 265 278 288 292 294	761 139 134 132 133 107 116	38 3 4 4 6 10 11	2450 411 399 410 421 399 410

Men - pair

Rank	Team	Result
Rank	Team	All	Clear	X	Total
	West Germany Dieter Zieher Theo Holzmann	1230 616 614	675 345 330	1 0 1	1905 961 944
	East Germany Joachim Bergelt Christoph Wloka	1233 607 626	652 302 350	6 5 1	1885 909 976
	East Germany Horst Bräutigam Klaus Beyer	1206 609 597	669 346 323	0 0 0	1875 955 920
4	Hungary József Rákos Miklós Varga	1226 604 622	647 302 345	4 3 1	1873 906 967
5	Yugoslavia Nikola Dragaš Miroslav Steržaj	1220 623 597	649 346 303	6 3 3	1869 969 900
6	Yugoslavia Đuro Biber Blaz Muse	1223 595 628	644 329 315	9 2 7	1867 924 943
7	Czechoslovakia Miroslav Kočárek Jaroslav Antonín	1201 587 614	636 327 309	5 1 4	1837 914 923
8	Yugoslavia Stefan Miklavčič Jože Turk	1194 587 607	626 305 321	1 0 1	1820 892 928
9	West Germany Heinrich Winkler Erwin Siebert	1200 597 603	620 319 301	7 3 4	1820 916 904
10	Austria Oswald Frind Johann Pall	1149 561 588	664 354 310	4 3 1	1813 915 898
11	Hungary József Horváth Miklós Makkai	1187 599 588	626 346 280	3 0 3	1813 945 868
12	West Germany Wolfgang Endres Richard Pelikan	1203 614 589	597 298 299	2 2 0	1800 912 888
13	Romania Ilie Băiaş Iosif Tismănar	1186 588 598	600 316 284	5 3 2	1786 904 882
14	Romania Petre Purge Cristu Vinatoru	1189 581 608	597 294 303	1 1 0	1786 875 911
15	Hungary László Sütő Béla Csányi	1164 598 566	620 295 325	5 2 3	1784 893 891
16	East Germany Eberhard Luther Horst Wöstehoff	1167 571 596	611 341 270	5 1 4	1778 912 866
17	Austria Walter Braunsberger Peter Pezel	1130 538 592	618 298 320	6 3 3	1748 836 912
18	France Joseph Fritsch André Bruand	1144 573 571	604 310 294	8 2 6	1748 883 865
19	Switzerland Otto Knörr Ludwig Otto	1158 570 588	586 287 299	8 5 3	1744 857 887
20	Romania Gheorghe Silvestru Ion Micoroiu	1183 585 598	555 268 287	7 7 0	1738 853 885
21	Austria Franz Schieder Josef Baumgartner	1173 569 604	546 262 284	8 4 4	1719 831 888
22	Czechoslovakia Ivo Blaževič Josef Cepák	1135 566 569	571 296 275	6 1 5	1706 862 844
23	Czechoslovakia Ivan Dobrucký Emil Bachratý	1136 552 584	568 303 265	14 6 8	1704 855 849
24	Switzerland Otto Benkert Horst Köhler	1155 581 574	538 251 287	17 14 3	1693 832 861
25	France Gerard Hess André Bankhausser	1173 597 576	519 260 259	18 11 7	1692 857 835
26	Italy Michael Niederstätter Alois Gruber	1119 547 572	560 275 285	8 3 5	1679 822 857
27	France Jean Billard Francois Millet	1126 585 541	548 282 266	12 5 7	1674 867 807
28	Switzerland Walter Mast Erwin Rindlisbacher	1149 578 571	525 262 263	22 11 11	1674 840 834
29	Italy Johann Oberarzbacher Adolf Pixner	1153 587 566	512 264 248	19 7 12	1665 851 814
30	Sweden Tommy Söderquist Roger Nilsson	1127 577 550	531 309 222	17 4 13	1658 886 772
31	Italy Erich Auer Erwin Marseiler	1127 581 546	526 275 251	15 6 9	1653 856 797
32	Sweden Weine Andersson Göran Riddarsporre	1144 565 579	508 244 264	21 11 10	1652 809 843
33	Sweden Bengt Palmquist Rune Eriksson	1106 570 536	519 256 263	20 6 14	1625 826 799

Women - pair

Rank	Team	Result
Rank	Team	All	Clear	X	Total
	Austria Gertrude Leibetseder Eva Gruber	580 280 300	286 133 153	6 5 1	866 413 453
	Yugoslavia Anka Janša Gorinka Kovrlija	563 295 268	298 148 150	3 2 1	861 443 418
	Romania Ildico Grozăvescu Florica Neguţoiu	566 291 275	287 137 150	6 3 3	853 428 425
4	Hungary Ilona Dunai Ágnes Vati	578 290 288	274 133 141	9 6 3	852 423 429
5	Romania Elena Trandafir Cornelia Petruşcă	570 283 287	279 129 150	3 1 2	849 412 437
6	Hungary Zsofia Hursan Györgyné Tompa	546 277 269	294 160 134	5 1 4	840 437 403
7	Austria Friederike Ernst Hermine Hafenscherer	571 285 286	263 148 115	12 2 10	834 433 401
8	Czechoslovakia Květa Maršíková Marie Mikulčíková	572 287 285	261 123 138	10 8 2	833 410 423
9	East Germany Doris Liebold Brigitte Uhle	558 285 273	274 124 150	5 4 1	832 409 423
10	West Germany Renate Günzel Edith Herzog	557 278 279	271 149 122	7 4 3	828 427 401
11	West Germany Angelika Hutzler Martha Schwartz	564 279 285	252 139 113	7 3 4	816 418 398
12	Romania Crista Szöcs Ana Petrescu	571 296 275	245 124 121	4 1 3	816 420 396
13	East Germany Heidrun Riemer Annemarie Preller	568 287 281	245 142 103	14 3 11	813 429 384
14	Yugoslavia Magda Urh Eva Ludvig	563 278 285	245 120 125	9 4 5	808 398 410
15	Yugoslavia Nadja Kodrnja Šefika Sivka	560 293 267	247 115 132	5 2 3	807 408 399
16	Czechoslovakia Veronika Polachová Marie Selingerová	554 271 283	247 130 117	11 5 6	801 401 400
17	East Germany Sigrid Lindner Astrid Wloka	555 273 282	239 114 125	12 7 5	794 387 407
18	Hungary Katalin Tóth Jánosné Mészáros	537 257 280	257 142 115	12 2 10	794 399 395
19	Austria Rosemarie Höller Hermine Dobias	536 263 273	257 135 122	5 0 5	793 398 395
20	West Germany Edith Neidhardt Isolda Welbers	543 276 267	244 124 120	12 4 8	787 400 387
21	Czechoslovakia Veronika Plachá Bronislava Seidlová	568 271 297	209 93 116	22 15 7	777 364 413

Men - individual

Rank	Name	Qualification^{[note 1]}			Final			Result
Rank	Name	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total
	Nikola Dragaš	1248	694	1942	602	357	959	1850	1051	2901
	Dieter Zieher	1247	701	1948	625	323	948	1872	1024	2896
	Horst Bräutigam	1241	712	1953	588	294	882	1829	1006	2835
4	Miroslav Steržaj	1227	652	1879	634	321	955	1861	973	2834
5	Jože Turk	1218	645	1863	617	335	952	1835	980	2815
6	Miklós Varga	1236	669	1905	581	316	897	1817	985	2802
7	Klaus Beyer	1216	670	1886	594	311	905	1810	981	2791
8	József Rákos	1229	640	1869	590	310	900	1819	950	2769
9	Richard Pelikan	1194	618	1812	610	337	947	1804	955	2759
10	Christoph Wloka	1235	650	1885	575	296	871	1810	946	2756
11	József Horváth	1208	632	1840	628	285	913	1836	917	2753
12	Peter Pezel	1193	643	1836	608	308	916	1801	951	2752
13	Erwin Siebert	1205	617	1822	601	327	928	1806	944	2750
14	Blaž Muse	1206	628	1834	614	301	915	1820	929	2749
15	Heinrich Winkler	1218	617	1835	572	340	912	1790	957	2747
16	Cristu Vinatoru	1225	596	1821	603	320	923	1828	916	2744
17	Miroslav Kočárek	1212	646	1858	591	293	884	1803	939	2742
18	Oswald Frind	1176	664	1840	565	327	892	1741	991	2732
19	László Sütő	1202	633	1835	577	312	889	1779	945	2724
20	Johann Pall	1199	645	1844	573	283	856	1772	928	2700
21	Richard Pelikan			0			0	0	0	0
22	Jaroslav Antonín			0			0	0	0	0
23	Iosif Tismănar			0			0	0	0	0
24	Đuro Biber			0			0	0	0	0
25	Ion Micoroiu			0			0	0	0	0
26	Horst Wöstehoff			0			0	0	0	0
27	Eberhard Luther			0			0	0	0	0
28	Petre Purge			0			0	0	0	0
29	Ilie Băiaş			0			0	0	0	0
30	Stefan Miklavčič			0			0	0	0	0
31	Béla Csányi			0			0	0	0	0
32	Emil Bachratý			0			0	0	0	0
33	Tommy Söderquist			0			0	0	0	0
34	Gheorghe Silvestru			0			0	0	0	0
35	Ivo Blaževič			0			0	0	0	0
36	Alois Gruber			0			0	0	0	0
37	Franz Schieder			0			0	0	0	0
38	Ludwig Otto			0			0	0	0	0
39	Erich Auer			0			0	0	0	0
40	Ivan Dobrucký			0			0	0	0	0
41	Miklós Makkai			0			0	0	0	0
42	Michael Niederstätter			0			0	0	0	0
43	Otto Knörr			0			0	0	0	0
44	Walter Braunsberger			0			0	0	0	0
45	Joseph Fritsch			0			0	0	0	0
46	André Bruand			0			0	0	0	0
47	Horst Köhler			0			0	0	0	0
48	Göran Riddarsporre			0			0	0	0	0
49	Gerard Hess			0			0	0	0	0
50	Adolf Pixner			0			0	0	0	0
51	Jean Billard			0			0	0	0	0
52	Weine Andersson			0			0	0	0	0
53	Otto Benkert			0			0	0	0	0
54	Bengt Palmquist			0			0	0	0	0
55	André Bankhausser			0			0	0	0	0
56	Erwin Marseiler			0			0	0	0	0
57	Roger Nilsson			0			0	0	0	0
58	Francois Millet			0			0	0	0	0
59	Walter Mast			0			0	0	0	0
60	Wolfgang Endres			0			0	0	0	0
61	Joachim Bergelt			0			0	0	0	0
62	Helfried Hegenbarth			0			0	0	0	0
63	Josef Baumgartner			0			0	0	0	0
64	Werner Günzel			0			0	0	0	0
65	Aladár Kuruc			0			0	0	0	0
66	Helmut Niessenbacher			0			0	0	0	0
67	Heinz Gläser			0			0	0	0	0
68	Johann Oberarzbacher			0			0	0	0	0
69	Josef Cepák			0			0	0	0	0
70	Erwin Rindlisbacher			0			0	0	0	0
71	Harald Stöbe			0			0	0	0	0
72	Hermann Braun			0			0	0	0	0
73	Rune Eriksson			0			0	0	0	0

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
	Elena Trandafir	573	307	880	283	150	433	856	457	1313
	Zsofia Hursan	557	306	863	296	144	440	853	450	1303
	Cornelia Petruşcă	562	292	854	283	159	442	845	451	1296
4	Gorinka Kovrlija	567	300	867	262	166	428	829	466	1295
5	Florica Neguţoiu	546	290	836	302	151	453	848	441	1289
6	Doris Liebold	573	264	837	298	153	451	871	417	1288
7	Marie Mikulčíková	566	281	847	286	148	434	852	429	1281
8	Angelika Hutzler	551	292	843	285	144	429	836	436	1272
9	Anka Janša	592	281	873	277	121	398	869	402	1271
10	Ágnes Vati	575	279	854	281	134	415	856	413	1269
11	Crista Szöcs	592	264	856	284	128	412	876	392	1268
12	Květa Maršíková	588	249	837	288	142	430	876	391	1267
13	Ildico Grozăvescu	573	262	835	280	150	430	853	412	1265
14	Eva Gruber	572	292	864	283	114	397	855	406	1261
15	Ilona Dunai	580	267	847	270	141	411	850	408	1258
16	Renate Günzel	559	279	838	277	142	419	836	421	1257
17	Brigitte Uhle	557	283	840	279	133	412	836	416	1252
18	Friederike Ernst	563	280	843	290	115	405	853	395	1248
19	Marie Selingerová	578	266	844	280	122	402	858	388	1246
20	Veronika Polachová	577	264	841	272	111	383	849	375	1224
21	Eva Ludvig	577	258	835			0	577	258	835
22	Astrid Wloka	564	270	834			0	564	270	834
23	Gertrude Leibetseder	568	266	834			0	568	266	834
24	Nadja Kodrnja	591	237	828			0	591	237	828
25	Ana Petrescu	555	270	825			0	555	270	825
26	Sigrid Lindner	559	263	822			0	559	263	822
27	Martha Schwartz	570	248	818			0	570	248	818
28	Edith Herzog	563	253	816			0	563	253	816
29	Györgyné Tompa	562	251	813			0	562	251	813
30	Hermine Hafenscherer	580	231	811			0	580	231	811
31	Magda Urh	554	254	808			0	554	254	808
32	Katalin Tóth	550	257	807			0	550	257	807
33	Bronislava Seidlová	559	241	800			0	559	241	800
34	Rosemarie Höller	528	269	797			0	528	269	797
35	Jánosné Mészáros	559	238	797			0	559	238	797
36	Šefika Sivka	555	240	795			0	555	240	795
37	Hermine Dobias	565	229	794			0	565	229	794
38	Annemarie Preller	567	226	793			0	567	226	793
39	Edith Neidhardt	551	240	791			0	551	240	791
40	Heidrun Riemer	287	142	429			0	287	142	429
41	Jaroslava Šárová	267	125	392			0	267	125	392
42	Rosi Ehrentraut	280	108	388			0	280	108	388
43	Isolda Welbers	267	120	387			0	267	120	387
44	Helga Leuchtmann	264	112	376			0	264	112	376
45	Veronika Plachá	271	93	364			0	271	93	364

Notes

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

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Yugoslavia)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Romania (ROU)	2	0	2	4
2	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	2	1	4
3	West Germany (FRG)	1	2	0	3
4	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	2	4
5	Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
7	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	East Germany Klaus Beyer Horst Bräutigam Helfried Hegenbarth Eberhard Luther Christoph Wloka Horst Wöstehoff	West Germany Werner Günzel Theo Holzmann Richard Pelikan Erwin Siebert Heinrich Winkler Dieter Zieher	Yugoslavia Đuro Biber Nikola Dragaš Stefan Miklavčič Blaž Muse Miroslav Steržaj Jože Turk
Pair	West Germany Dieter Zieher Theo Holzmann	East Germany Joachim Bergelt Christoph Wloka	East Germany Horst Bräutigam Klaus Beyer
Individual	Nikola Dragaš Yugoslavia	Dieter Zieher West Germany	Horst Bräutigam East Germany

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Romania Ildico Grozăvescu Florica Neguţoiu Ana Petrescu Cornelia Petruşcă Crista Szöcs Elena Trandafir	Yugoslavia Anka Janša Nadja Kodrnja Gorinka Kovrlija Eva Ludvig Šefika Sivka Magda Urh	Czechoslovakia Květa Maršíková Marie Mikulčíková Jaroslava Šárová Marie Selingerová Veronika Polachová Bronislava Seidlová
Pair	Austria Gertrude Leibetseder Eva Gruber	Yugoslavia Anka Janša Gorinka Kovrlija	Romania Ildico Grozăvescu Florica Neguţoiu
Individual	Elena Trandafir Romania	Zsofia Hursan Hungary	Cornelia Petruşcă Romania

References

WC Archive on KZS Archived 2019-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
WC History on WNBA NBC Archived 2020-08-07 at the Wayback Machine

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[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]