# 1968 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

The 1968 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the seventh edition of the championships and was held in Linz, Austria, from 9 to 15 June 1968.
In the men's team competition the title was won by East Germany. Czechoslovakia's Ivo Blaževič and Miroslav Kočarek won the pair competition and Yugoslavian Miroslav Steržaj the individual event. In the women's team competition the title was won by Romania. East Germany's Gertraude Engelmann and Astrid Schmidt won the pair competition and Ossi Sigrid Lidner in the individual event.

## Results
### Men - individual

| Rank | Name | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Result | Result | Result |
| Rank | Name | All | Clean | Total | All | Clean | Total | All | Clean | Total |
| | Miroslav Steržaj | 615 | 335 | 950 | 662 | 317 | 979 | 1277 | 652 | 1929 |
| | Josef Beck | 601 | 309 | 910 | 617 | 351 | 968 | 1218 | 660 | 1878 |
| | Erwin Siebert | 584 | 328 | 912 | 617 | 341 | 958 | 1201 | 669 | 1870 |
| 4 | Gerhard Grohs | 591 | 321 | 912 | 621 | 334 | 955 | 1212 | 655 | 1867 |
| 5 | Ion Micoroiu | 611 | 312 | 923 | 617 | 304 | 921 | 1228 | 616 | 1844 |
| 6 | Vasile Măntoiu | 591 | 340 | 931 | 627 | 278 | 905 | 1218 | 618 | 1836 |
| 7 | Miroslav Kočárek | 616 | 295 | 911 | 599 | 306 | 905 | 1215 | 601 | 1816 |
| 8 | Jože Farkaš | 591 | 324 | 915 | 581 | 313 | 894 | 1172 | 637 | 1809 |
| 9 | Horst Bräutigam | 597 | 300 | 897 | 592 | 313 | 905 | 1189 | 613 | 1802 |
| 10 | Gheorghe Silvestru | 594 | 291 | 885 | 602 | 310 | 912 | 1196 | 601 | 1797 |
| 11 | Jože Slibar | 601 | 299 | 900 | 599 | 298 | 897 | 1200 | 597 | 1797 |
| 12 | Cristoph Wlocka | 620 | 304 | 924 | 605 | 266 | 871 | 1225 | 570 | 1795 |
| 13 | Jože Turk | 613 | 296 | 909 | 576 | 308 | 884 | 1189 | 604 | 1793 |
| 14 | József Rákos | 602 | 283 | 885 | 614 | 293 | 907 | 1216 | 576 | 1792 |
| 15 | Theo Holzmann | 591 | 301 | 892 | 590 | 308 | 898 | 1181 | 609 | 1790 |
| 16 | Klaus Beyer | 578 | 356 | 934 | 579 | 275 | 854 | 1157 | 631 | 1788 |
| 17 | Petre Purge | 600 | 296 | 896 | 608 | 278 | 886 | 1208 | 574 | 1782 |
| 18 | Eberhard Luther | 571 | 311 | 882 | 603 | 292 | 895 | 1174 | 603 | 1777 |
| 19 | Dieter Seifert | 577 | 299 | 876 | 589 | 310 | 899 | 1166 | 609 | 1775 |
| 20 | Ivica Juričević | 587 | 300 | 887 | 572 | 314 | 886 | 1159 | 614 | 1773 |
| 21 | Gyula Várfalvi | 596 | 282 | 878 | 603 | 286 | 889 | 1199 | 568 | 1767 |
| 22 | Cristu Vănătoru | 592 | 307 | 899 | 572 | 295 | 867 | 1164 | 602 | 1766 |
| 23 | László Szépfalvi | 585 | 312 | 897 | 586 | 278 | 864 | 1171 | 590 | 1761 |
| 24 | Wolfgang Holewa | 598 | 295 | 893 | 598 | 265 | 863 | 1196 | 560 | 1756 |
| 25 | József Feltein | 580 | 296 | 876 | 583 | 295 | 878 | 1163 | 591 | 1754 |
| 26 | Dieter Zieher | 571 | 304 | 875 | 552 | 321 | 873 | 1123 | 625 | 1748 |
| 27 | Werner Günzel | 575 | 302 | 877 | 576 | 289 | 865 | 1151 | 591 | 1742 |
| 28 | Ivo Blaževič | 601 | 288 | 889 | 567 | 284 | 851 | 1168 | 572 | 1740 |
| 29 | Pál Tösi | 569 | 307 | 876 | 579 | 266 | 845 | 1148 | 573 | 1721 |
| 30 | Antonín Král | 606 | 284 | 890 | 538 | 272 | 810 | 1144 | 556 | 1700 |
| 31 | Joseph Fritsch | 581 | 300 | 881 | 564 | 249 | 813 | 1145 | 549 | 1694 |
| 32 | Imre Kiss | 560 | 307 | 867 |
| 33 | Walter Grünanger | 584 | 283 | 867 |
| 34 | Leo Köck | 577 | 288 | 865 |
| 35 | Lojze Kordež | 568 | 296 | 864 |
| 36 | Karl Schgör | 586 | 277 | 863 |
| 37 | Ludwig Curda | 580 | 277 | 857 |
| 38 | Siegfried Anrather | 557 | 298 | 855 |
| 39 | Franz Birk | 573 | 281 | 854 |
| 40 | Michael Niederstätter | 569 | 279 | 848 |
| 41 | Josef Hapl | 558 | 288 | 846 |
| 42 | Willi Moser | 560 | 283 | 843 |
| 43 | Walter Heiseler | 544 | 289 | 833 |
| 44 | Gerhard Babl | 565 | 267 | 832 |
| 45 | Pavol Halpert | 566 | 263 | 829 |
| 46 | Lumír Vostřák | 556 | 270 | 826 |
| 47 | Erich Auer | 566 | 260 | 826 |
| 48 | Adolphe Cassel | 565 | 257 | 822 |
| 49 | Jean Billard | 546 | 272 | 818 |
| 50 | Kurt Friedli | 544 | 259 | 803 |
| 51 | Walter Mast | 540 | 261 | 801 |
| 52 | Rottensteiner | 555 | 240 | 795 |
| 53 | René Abt | 549 | 245 | 794 |
| 54 | Gerhard Pösch | 548 | 244 | 792 |
| 55 | E. Anrather | 541 | 246 | 787 |
| 56 | Marcel Weber | 553 | 229 | 782 |
| 57 | Bernard Bankhauser | 543 | 236 | 779 |
| 58 | Aurel Sucatu | 518 | 260 | 778 |
| 59 | Otto Benkert | 544 | 234 | 778 |
| 60 | Gerard Hess | 543 | 231 | 774 |
| 61 | Max Ehrsam | 545 | 194 | 739 |

### Women - individual

| Rank | Name | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Result | Result | Result |
| Rank | Name | All | Clean | Total | All | Clean | Total | All | Clean | Total |
| | Sigrid Lidner | 301 | 142 | 443 | 311 | 153 | 464 | 612 | 295 | 907 |
| | Gorinka Kovrlija | 304 | 141 | 445 | 297 | 152 | 449 | 601 | 293 | 894 |
| | Marie Švorbová | 297 | 150 | 447 | 296 | 149 | 445 | 593 | 299 | 892 |
| 4 | Vlasta Šindlerová | 305 | 131 | 436 | 293 | 159 | 452 | 598 | 290 | 888 |
| 5 | Crista Scöcs | 309 | 142 | 451 | 297 | 140 | 437 | 606 | 282 | 888 |
| 6 | Gertraude Engelmann | 284 | 152 | 436 | 283 | 157 | 440 | 567 | 309 | 876 |
| 7 | Györgyné Kiss | 279 | 151 | 430 | 297 | 148 | 445 | 576 | 299 | 875 |
| 8 | Brigitte Uhle | 289 | 150 | 439 | 292 | 139 | 431 | 581 | 289 | 870 |
| 9 | Kálmánné Nádas | 295 | 157 | 452 | 286 | 119 | 405 | 581 | 276 | 857 |
| 10 | Vĕra Lauerová | 289 | 127 | 416 | 309 | 130 | 439 | 598 | 257 | 855 |
| 11 | Ludmila Fürbachová | 309 | 119 | 428 | 294 | 131 | 425 | 603 | 250 | 853 |
| 12 | Astrid Schmidt | 282 | 132 | 414 | 309 | 117 | 426 | 591 | 249 | 840 |
| 13 | Zdeňka Těthalová | 284 | 149 | 433 | 273 | 124 | 397 | 557 | 273 | 830 |
| 14 | Renate Engelhard | 273 | 140 | 413 | 294 | 118 | 412 | 567 | 258 | 825 |
| 15 | Marie Mikulčíková | 279 | 132 | 411 | 286 | 125 | 411 | 565 | 257 | 822 |
| 16 | Ana Marcu | 295 | 116 | 411 | 263 | 142 | 405 | 558 | 258 | 816 |
| 17 | Mária Sashalmi | 278 | 145 | 423 | 293 | 97 | 390 | 571 | 242 | 813 |
| 18 | Maria Schwarz | 281 | 156 | 437 | 263 | 111 | 374 | 544 | 267 | 811 |
| 19 | Lilo Schuhmann | 281 | 136 | 417 | 268 | 125 | 393 | 549 | 261 | 810 |
| 20 | Margareta Szemanyi | 263 | 153 | 416 | 266 | 125 | 391 | 529 | 278 | 807 |
| 21 | Cvetka Čadež | 287 | 129 | 416 | 272 | 113 | 385 | 559 | 242 | 801 |
| 22 | Julianna Czéher | 275 | 147 | 422 | 260 | 114 | 374 | 535 | 261 | 796 |
| 23 | Annemarie Preller | 249 | 161 | 410 |
| 24 | Gisela Kürbs | 267 | 140 | 407 |
| 25 | Ursula Rippin | 283 | 122 | 405 |
| 26 | Anni Stadlbauer | 277 | 126 | 403 |
| 27 | Cornelia Moldoveanu | 278 | 125 | 403 |
| 28 | Elena Trandafir | 268 | 133 | 401 |
| 29 | Eva Gruber | 282 | 119 | 401 |
| 30 | Tinca Balaban | 274 | 124 | 398 |
| 31 | Frieda Zitta | 277 | 122 | 399 |
| 32 | Dagmar Kühne | 282 | 116 | 398 |
| 33 | Jožica Šarman | 260 | 134 | 394 |
| 34 | Tilka Stergar | 263 | 130 | 393 |
| 35 | Hermine Hafenscherer | 266 | 124 | 390 |
| 36 | Elfriede Schiffmann | 280 | 108 | 388 |
| 37 | Irena Kaločaj | 278 | 107 | 385 |
| 38 | Nada Kodrnja | 256 | 124 | 380 |
| 39 | Hermine Dobias | 260 | 117 | 377 |
| 40 | Imréné Szilasi | 259 | 115 | 374 |
| 41 | Elfriede Beer | 265 | 109 | 374 |
| 42 | Jánosné Kustán | 266 | 107 | 373 |
| 43 | Rosemarie Maier | 257 | 108 | 365 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (DDR) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | East Germany Klaus Beyer Horst Bräutigam Gerhard Grohs Eberhard Luther Dieter Seifert Christoph Wlocka | Romania Vasile Măntoiu Ion Micoroiu Petre Purge Constantin Rădulescu Gheorghe Silvestru Cristu Vinătoru | West Germany Josef Beck Werner Günzel Theo Holzmann Richard Pelikan Erwin Siebert Dieter Zieher |
| Pair | Czechoslovakia Ivo Blaževič Miroslav Kočarek | Yugoslavia Miroslav Steržaj Jože Turk | East Germany Klaus Beyer Eberhard Luther |
| Individual | Miroslav Steržaj Yugoslavia | Josef Beck West Germany | Erwin Siebert West Germany |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | Romania Tinca Balaban Cornelia Moldoveanu Florica Neguțoiu Margareta Szemanyi Crista Szöcs Elena Trandafir | Czechoslovakia Vĕra Lauerová Hana Mádlová Marie Mikulčiková Vlasta Šindlerová Marie Švorbová Zdeňka Těthalová | East Germany Gertraude Engelmann Sigrid Lindner Annemarie Preller Ursula Rippin Astrid Schmidt Brigitte Uhle |
| Pair | East Germany Gertraude Engelmann Astrid Schmidt | Czechoslovakia Vlasta Šindlerová Marie Švorbová | Hungary Györgyné Kiss Kálmánné Nádas |
| Individual | Sigrid Lidner East Germany | Gorinka Kovrlija Yugoslavia | Marie Švorbová Czechoslovakia |