1957 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

The 1957 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the third edition of the championships and was held in Vienna, Austria, from 9 to 14 June 1957.

3rd World Ninepin Bowling Classic
Championships
Host cityVienna
CountryAustria
Nations9
Athletes89
Events4
OpeningJune 9, 1957 (1957-06-09)
ClosingJune 14, 1957 (1957-06-14)

In the men's competition the title was won by Yugoslavia in the team competition and by Ion Micoroiu (Romania) in the individual event. In the women's competition the title was won by Austria in the team competition and by Gertrude Schmidka (Austria) in the individual event. Hungary and Romania entered its first championship.

Participating teams edit

Results edit

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Austria (AUT)*2013
2  Yugoslavia (YUG)1102
3  Romania (ROU)1001
4  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0112
  East Germany (DDR)0112
  Hungary (HUN)0112
Totals (6 entries)44412

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual Ion Micoroiu
  Romania
František Prejsler
  Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Šimůnek
  Czechoslovakia
Team   Yugoslavia
Vladimir Martelanc
Leon Grom
Avgust Likovnik
Rajko Starc
Dujam Smoljanović
Stanislav Pogelšek
  Hungary
Alajos Escher
János Brachmann
György Gyebrovszky
István Bubori
Jenő Révész
József Szabó
  East Germany
Gerhard Grohs
Rudolf Franke
Bernd Rumpf
Herbert Uhlmann
Eberhard Luther
Hans Grettner

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual Gertrude Schmidka
  Austria
Zita Pipinić
  Yugoslavia
Hermine Biedermann
  Austria
Team   Austria
Wilhelmine Hensel
Franziska Haydn
Rosa Kesselgruber
Maria Schmoranzer
Steffi Kriha
Hedwig Biedermann
  East Germany
Hannelore Cebulla
Susi Herchert
Elisabeth Bannert
Charlote Zeibig
Edith Schulze
Elisabeth Dornack
  Hungary
Anna Oláh
Anna Vojna
Józsefiné Kiss
Anna Huzián
Gyuláné Schrett
Emma Molnár

References edit