1959 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

4th World Ninepin Bowling Classic
Championships
Host city	Bautzen
Country	East Germany
Nations	9
Athletes	98
Events	4
Opening	September 22, 1959
Closing	September 27, 1959

The 1959 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the fourth edition of the championships and was held in Bautzen, East Germany, from 22 to 27 September 1959.

In the men's competition the title was won by Yugoslavia 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 Hilde Beljan (East Germany) in the individual event.

Participating teams

Men

Women

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
Rank	Team	All	Clean	Total
	Yugoslavia Vladimir Martelanc Rajko Starc Mate Buneta Miroslav Steržaj Leon Grom Dujam Smoljanović	3593 599 600 607 598 559 630	1711 291 267 276 295 265 317	5304 890 867 883 893 824 947
	Hungary Gyula Várfalvi József Rákos György Gyebrovszky János Brachmann Mátyás Balogh József Szabó	3476 576 588 586 557 586 583	1709 297 305 291 255 290 271	5185 873 893 877 812 876 854
	East Germany Erhard Schulze Gerhard Grohs Otto Dietz Herbert Uhlmann Horst Bräutigam Eberhard Luther	3475 573 590 564 564 598 586	1706 297 291 264 264 309 281	5181 870 881 828 828 907 867
4	Czechoslovakia Pavol Halpert Lumír Vostřák Václav Šavlík Imrich Mihál Emil Bachratý Karol Demitrovič	3498 594 581 588 591 558 586	1664 256 264 289 295 259 301	5162 850 845 877 886 817 887
5	West Germany Herman Birner Walter Trinkaus Brönner Albert Pfeiffer Gerber Richard Pelikan	3375 569 573 536 550 543 604	1676 246 275 249 318 283 305	5051 815 848 785 868 826 909
6	Austria Johann Binder Ludvig Lukaschek Herbert Bauer Alfred Baierl Ludwig Curda Hans Haidvogel	3352 534 580 544 578 562 554	1683 244 253 282 291 311 302	5035 778 833 826 869 873 856
7	Romania Alexandru Andrei Dragomirescu Ion Micoroiu Zambori Ivan Francise Micola	3399 569 589 564 563 549 565	1567 275 231 270 247 278 266	4966 844 820 834 810 827 831
8	France Rene Weiss Robert Schneider Jean-Luc Vonarx Pierre Neff Frederic Zimmermann Charles Metzger	3308 553 512 570 555 569 549	1482 252 226 270 192 243 299	4790 805 738 840 747 812 848
9	Switzerland Josef Stocker Walter Gnos Fritz Brönimann Max Ehrsam Josef Schüler Hans Biechy	3273 540 578 530 534 571 520	1398 210 226 233 241 261 227	4671 750 804 763 775 832 747

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
Rank	Team	All	Clean	Total
	East Germany Hannelore Cebulla Elisabeth Bannert Liane Lohse Edith Balcke Hilde Beljan Gera Bamberg	1683 290 276 282 278 288 269	783 107 132 132 141 150 121	2466 397 408 414 419 438 390
	Hungary Györgyné Soos Jenőné Vajda Gézáné Ballagó Gyuláné Schrett Erzsébet Kuzma Sándorné Wenzel	1623 277 267 283 269 262 265	799 134 106 158 125 146 130	2422 411 373 441 394 408 395
	Austria Hedwig Biedermann Stefanie Kriha Wilhelmine Hensel Maria Schmoranzer Margarete Wallner Rosa Kesselgruber	1626 268 281 278 270 272 257	783 129 122 149 129 122 132	2409 397 403 427 399 394 389
4	Romania Maria Nadas Felszeghi Margareta Szemanyi Rezac Nagy Arion	1565 271 257 254 259 259 265	824 135 132 140 141 141 135	2389 406 389 394 400 400 400
5	Czechoslovakia Zdeňka Těthalová Růžena Račková Liduše Kusnierzová Martina Hnízdilová Vlasta Šindlerová Anna Jirásková	1641 253 287 278 274 267 282	746 116 116 142 110 130 132	2387 369 403 420 384 397 414

Men - individual

Rank	Name	Qualification			Final			Result
Rank	Name	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total
	Eberhard Luther	634	317	951	594	293	887	1228	610	1838
	Dujan Smoljanović	607	301	908	597	320	917	1204	621	1825
	Vladimir Martelanc	616	325	941	580	297	877	1196	622	1818
4	József Szabó	596	277	873	579	333	912	1175	610	1785
5	Horst Bräutigam	613	284	897	568	291	859	1181	575	1756
6	Francise Micola	611	281	892	551	308	859	1162	589	1751
7	Gerhard Grohs	573	282	855	588	300	888	1161	582	1743
8	Imrich Mihál	588	296	884	590	266	856	1178	562	1740
9	Miroslav Steržaj	575	274	849	577	298	875	1152	572	1724
10	Erhard Schulze	600	306	906	545	267	812	1145	573	1718
11	Václav Šavlík	570	314	884	541	291	832	1111	605	1716
12	József Rákos	607	255	862	550	295	845	1157	550	1707
13	György Gyebrovszky	555	299	854	555	292	847	1110	591	1701
14	Erdei	561	283	844	577	274	851	1138	557	1695
15	Walter Grois	558	286	844	585	242	827	1143	528	1671
16	Alfred Baierl	581	282	863	557	244	801	1138	526	1664
17	Karol Demitrovič	563	285	848	538	277	815	1101	562	1663
18	Charles Metzger	592	276	868	542	252	794	1134	528	1662
19	Evgen Kobal	557	290	847	516	275	791	1073	565	1638
20	Walter Trinkaus	542	300	842			0	542	300	842
21	Albert Pfeiffer	548	290	838			0	548	290	838
22	Gerber	568	269	837			0	568	269	837
23	Richard Pelikan	561	275	836			0	561	275	836
24	Max Ehrsam	561	275	836			0	561	275	836
25	Josef Schüler	553	282	835			0	553	282	835
26	Pěkný	561	274	835			0	561	274	835
27	Ion Micoroiu	562	269	831			0	562	269	831
28	Ludwig Curda	540	290	830			0	540	290	830
29	Restemann	560	266	826			0	560	266	826
30	István Feltein	549	270	819			0	549	270	819
31	Alexandru Andrei	559	259	818			0	559	259	818
32	Schnitter	540	265	805			0	540	265	805
33	Hans Haidvogel	549	253	802			0	549	253	802
34	Frederic Zimmermann	567	232	799			0	567	232	799
35	Walter Gnos	560	230	790			0	560	230	790
36	Jean-Luc Vonarx	551	231	782			0	551	231	782
37	Fritz Brönimann	525	251	776			0	525	251	776

Women - individual

Rank	Name	Qualification			Final			Result
Rank	Name	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total	All	Clean	Total
	Hilde Beljan	296	140	436	285	129	414	581	269	850
	Gézáné Ballagó	290	140	430	299	117	416	589	257	846
	Györgyné Soos	287	135	422	290	132	422	577	267	844
4	Edith Balcke	293	143	436	278	126	404	571	269	840
5	Nagy	293	126	419	286	129	415	579	255	834
6	Liduše Kusnierzová	291	124	415	295	123	418	586	247	833
7	Erzsébet Kuzma	287	123	410	275	142	417	562	265	827
8	Charlotte Zeibig	276	148	424	273	123	396	549	271	820
9	Růžena Račková	254	151	405	295	115	410	549	266	815
10	Emma Molnár	284	150	434	255	125	380	539	275	814
11	Elisabeth Bannert	257	159	416	265	120	385	522	279	801
12	Anna Jirásková	285	124	409	262	119	381	547	243	790
13	Anika Jakovec	264	140	404			0	264	140	404
14	Maria Schmoranzer	267	132	399			0	267	132	399
15	Marie Langmayer	263	133	396			0	263	133	396
16	Maria Nadas	262	132	394			0	262	132	394
17	Arion	276	118	394			0	276	118	394
18	Stefanie Kriha	266	124	390			0	266	124	390
19	Szemanyi	263	121	384			0	263	121	384
20	Gertrude Schmidka	260	120	380			0	260	120	380
21	Rosa Kesselgruber	255	112	367			0	255	112	367
22	Kazi	254	108	362			0	254	108	362
23	Drápelová	256	98	354			0	256	98	354

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Host nation)

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Eberhard Luther East Germany	Dujan Smoljanović Yugoslavia	Vladimir Martelanc Yugoslavia
Team	Yugoslavia Vladimir Martelanc Rajko Starc Mate Buneta Miroslav Steržaj Leon Grom Dujam Smoljanović	Hungary Gyula Várfalvi József Rákos György Gyebrovszky János Brachmann Mátyás Balogh József Szabó	East Germany Erhard Schulze Gerhard Grohs Otto Dietz Herbert Uhlmann Horst Bräutigam Eberhard Luther

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Hilde Beljan East Germany	Gézáné Ballagó Hungary	Györgyné Soos Hungary
Team	East Germany Hannelore Cebulla Elisabeth Bannert Liane Lohse Edith Balcke Hilde Beljan Gera Bamberg	Hungary Györgyné Soos Jenőné Vajda Gézáné Ballagó Gyuláné Schrett Erzsébet Kuzma Sándorné Wenzel	Austria Hedwig Biedermann Stefanie Kriha Wilhelmine Hensel Maria Schmoranzer Margarete Wallner Rosa Kesselgruber

References

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