1953 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

The 1953 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the first edition of the championships and were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, from 21–24 June 1953. Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.

In the men's competition the title was won by Yugoslavia in the team competition and by Alfred Baierl (Austria) in the individual event. In the women's competition the title was won by Austria in the team competition and by Jelena Šincek (Yugoslavia) in the individual event.

Participating teams

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  Yugoslavia Dujam Smoljanović Stanko Hladnik Vlado Martelanc Dušan Denić Eugen Kobal Stanko Pogelšek 4997 861 840 819 820 840 817  Austria Friedrich Beschl Hans Portadar Wilhelm Donath Hans Haidvogel Anton Czech Karl Fehr 4832 839 817 781 802 755 838  Germany Hans Sonntag Philipp Noll Günther Lehmann Hans Dammann Adolf Wigger Ludwig Schmid 4754 762 839 759 805 795 794 4  France Victor Chatelain Pierre Neff Raymond Brechenmacher Albert Lamey Rene Weiss Charles Metzger 4476 698 766 743 728 739 802 5 Saar (combined) [note 1] Jacob Theisen Johan Gäbges Josef Assmann Peter Heinz Artur Notz Josef Stocker (SUI) 4297 690 713 792 779 692 631 6  Switzerland Jakob Aschwander Fritz Bröningmann Fritz Stutz Fritz Bölsterly Alfred Bröhi Alfred Riesen 4248 715 716 734 701 691 691

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  Austria Anna Reitzer Anna Heinzel Rosa Kesselgruber Maria Zimmel Steffi Weiss Maria Schmoranzer 2206 358 346 339 402 395 366  Yugoslavia Marija Šimunić Anica Švajger Ankica Puharić Francka Erjavec Jelica Šincek Barica Bulić 2186 386 357 338 345 386 374

Men - individual Rank Name Nation Score Alfred Beierl  Austria 862 Ludwig Schmid  Germany 858 Zvonimir Kružić  Yugoslavia 851 4. Stanko Pogelšek  Yugoslavia 839 5. Vlado Martelanc  Yugoslavia 835 6. Evgen Kobal  Yugoslavia 832 7. Alfred Wigger  Germany 831 8. Hans Kreuzer  Austria 829 9. Miljenko Bobanac  Yugoslavia 824 10. Stanko Hladnik  Yugoslavia 819 11. Karl Fehrer  Austria 806 12. Anton Czech  Austria 797 13. Hans Heindel  Austria 791 14. Charles Metzger  France 782 15. Fritz Bölsterli  Switzerland 782 16. Peter Heinz Saar 779 17. Philipp Noll  Germany 773 18. Hans Dammann  Germany 770 19. Josef Assmann Saar 768 20. Rene Weiss  France 764 21. Karl Aschwander  Switzerland 760 22. Hans Maier  Austria 753 23. Albert Lamey  France 742 24. Raymond Brechenmacher  France 732 25. Wilhelm Hübner  Germany 731 26. Hans Sonntag  Germany 727 27. Pierre Neff  France 722 28. Victor Chatelain  France 709 29. Fritz Brönimann  Switzerland 688 30. Arthur Notz Saar 685 31. Jacob Theisen Saar 679 32. Johann Gäbges Saar 667 33. Kauko Ahlström  Finland 654 34. Fritz Böhli  Switzerland 635 35. Josef Stocker  Switzerland 632 36. Arvi Tikkanen  Finland 600

Women - individual Rank Name Nation Score Jelena Šincek  Yugoslavia 417 (WR) Maria Schmoranzer  Austria 386 Maria Zimmerl  Austria 379 4. Steffi Weiss  Austria 375 5. Wetti Knapp  Austria 361 6. Anna Heinzel  Austria 359 7. Barbara Bulić  Yugoslavia 359 8. Marija Šimunić  Yugoslavia 354 9. Zinka Tepina  Yugoslavia 350 10. Hedwig Biedermann  Austria 333 11. Ana Švajger  Yugoslavia 331 12. Marija Gašparić  Yugoslavia 330

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria (AUT)	2	2	1	5
2	Yugoslavia (YUG)*	2	1	1	4
3	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)		4	4	3	11

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Yugoslavia Dujam Smoljanović Stanko Hladnik Vlado Martelanc Dušan Denić Eugen Kobal Stanko Pogelšek	Austria Friedrich Beschl Hans Portadar Wilhelm Donath Hans Haidvogel Anton Czech Karl Fehr	Germany Hans Sonntag Philipp Noll Günther Lehmann Hans Dammann Adolf Wigger Ludwig Schmid
Individual	Alfred Beierl  Austria	Ludwig Schmid  Germany	Zvonimir Kružić  Yugoslavia

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Austria Anna Reitzer Anna Heinzel Rosa Kesselgruber Maria Zimmel Steffi Weiss Maria Schmoranzer	Yugoslavia Ljerka Prezelj Anika Jakovec Ruža Vaštag Jelena Šincek Franciška Erjavec Barbara Bulić
Individual	Jelena Šincek  Yugoslavia	Maria Schmoranzer  Austria	Maria Zimmerl  Austria

Footnotes

References

• WC 1953 on KZS
• WC History on WNBA NBC Archived 2020-08-07 at the Wayback Machine

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