1955 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

The 1955 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the second edition of the championships and was held in Essen, West Germany, from 30 August to 5 September 1955.

2nd World Ninepin Bowling Classic
Championships
Host cityEssen
CountryWest Germany
Nations8
Athletes80
Events4
OpeningAugust 30, 1955 (1955-08-30)
ClosingSeptember 5, 1955 (1955-09-05)

In the men's competition the title was won by East Germany 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 Francka Erjavec (Yugoslavia) in the individual event. Czechoslovakia entered its first championship and earned a bronze medal in the men's team event.

Participating teams edit

Results edit

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  East Germany (DDR)3126
2  Yugoslavia (YUG)1203
3  Austria (AUT)0101
4  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
  West Germany (FRG)*0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual Eberhard Luther
  East Germany
Johann Heidvogel
  Austria
Gerhard Grohs
  East Germany
Team   East Germany
Gerhard Grohs
Rudolf Franke
Bernd Rumpf
Herbert Uhlmann
Eberhard Luther
Hans Grettner
  Yugoslavia
Stanko Hladnik
Evgen Kobal
Stanko Pogelšek
Avgust Likovnik
Vlado Martelanc
Dujam Smoljanović
  Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Hlavnička
Jaroslav Kovář
Imrich Mihál
František Prejsler
Štefan Fazika
Jaroslav Řezáč

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual Franciška Erjavec
  Yugoslavia
Anni Küttner
  East Germany
Irmgard Handschke
  East Germany
Team   East Germany
Hannelore Cebulla
Charlotte Zeibig
Franziska Heinold
Anni Küttner
Elisabeth Dornack
Irmgard Handschke
  Yugoslavia
Ljerka Prezelj
Anika Jakovec
Ruža Vaštag
Jelena Šincek
Franciška Erjavec
Barbara Bulić
  West Germany
Luise Leute
Heise
Gerda Berndt
Eva Jeschawitz
Kalb
Elisabeth Förster

References edit