| Bowling men's singles at the 2009 World Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Happy Bowling Alley, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | ||||||
| Date | 21–22 July 2009 | ||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 23 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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The men's singles event in bowling at the 2009 World Games took place from 21 to 22 July at the Happy Bowling Alley. [1] [2] [3]
A total of 23 athletes entered the competition. Best ten athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the round-robin. In round-robin each player plays ten matches. For a win player gets 10 points and for a draw 5 points. Total pins and bonus points are counted as final result. From this stage the best three athletes advances to the finals.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kong Byoung-hee |  South Korea | 3986 | Q |
| 2 | Chris Barnes |  United States | 3904 | Q |
| 3 | Adrian Ang |  Malaysia | 3874 | Q |
| 4 | Remy Ong |  Singapore | 3843 | Q |
| 5 | Tore Torgersen |  Norway | 3821 | Q |
| 6 | Alejandro Cruz |  Mexico | 3797 | Q |
| 7 | Wu Siu Hong |  Hong Kong | 3796 | Q |
| 8 | Manuel Otálora |  Colombia | 3779 | Q |
| 9 | Thomas Gross |  Austria | 3709 | Q |
| 10 | Osku Palermaa |  Finland | 3708 | Q |
| 11 | Chester King |  Philippines | 3698 | |
| 12 | Achim Grabowski |  Germany | 3662 | |
| 13 | Fang Chin-nan |  Chinese Taipei | 3659 | |
| 14 | Jean-Marc Lebon |  Belgium | 3643 | |
| 15 | Darron Cundy |  Great Britain | 3634 | |
| 16 | Kunaksorn Sithipol |  Thailand | 3595 | |
| 17 | Suguru Muroi |  Japan | 3494 | |
| 18 | Luis Olivo |  Venezuela | 3493 | |
| 19 | François Sacco |  France | 3455 | |
| 20 | Guy Caminsky |  South Africa | 3442 | |
| 21 | Checo Simon |  Dominican Republic | 3405 | |
| 22 | Andres Herrera |  Guatemala | 3351 | |
| 23 | Miguel Arevalo |  El Salvador | 3191 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Pins | Bonus | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wu Siu Hong | Hong Kong | 2179 | 80 | 2259 | Q |
| 2 | Manuel Otálora | Colombia | 2190 | 50 | 2240 | Q |
| 3 | Adrian Ang | Malaysia | 2164 | 70 | 2234 | Q |
| 4 | Chris Barnes | United States | 2161 | 60 | 2221 | |
| 5 | Kong Byoung-hee | South Korea | 2154 | 45 | 2199 | |
| 6 | Osku Palermaa | Finland | 2116 | 45 | 2161 | |
| 7 | Thomas Gross | Austria | 2110 | 50 | 2160 | |
| 8 | Remy Ong | Singapore | 2089 | 50 | 2139 | |
| 9 | Alejandro Cruz | Mexico | 2052 | 20 | 2072 | |
| 10 | Tore Torgersen | Norway | 1926 | 30 | 1956 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Wu Siu Hong | 367 | |||||||
| 2 | Manuel Otálora | 445 | |||||||
| 3 | Adrian Ang | 181 | |||||||
| 2 | Manuel Otálora | 184 | |||||||
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