# 1966 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

The 1966 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the sixth edition of the championships and was held in Bucharest, Romania, from 19 to 25 June 1966.
In the men's competition the title was won by Romania in the team competition, Petre Purge and Constantin Rădulescu (Romania) in the pair competition and by Horst Bräutigam (East Germany) in the individual event. In the women's competition the title was won by Romania in the team competition, Marie Mikulčíková and Vlasta Šindlerová (Czechoslovakia) in the pair competition and by Vlasta Šindlerová (Czechoslovakia) in the individual event.

## Results
### Men - individual

| Rank | Name | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Result | Result | Result | Result |
| Rank | Name | All | Clean | X | Total | All | Clean | X | Total | All | Clean | X | Total |
| | Horst Bräutigam | 592 | 329 | 0 | 921 | 613 | 376 | 0 | 989 | 1205 | 705 | 0 | 1910 |
| | Miroslav Kočárek | 598 | 344 | 3 | 942 | 613 | 319 | 2 | 932 | 1211 | 663 | 5 | 1874 |
| | Ion Micoroiu | 597 | 305 | 2 | 902 | 632 | 321 | 0 | 953 | 1229 | 626 | 2 | 1855 |
| 4 | Eberhardt Luther | 617 | 340 | 0 | 957 | 600 | 297 | 2 | 897 | 1217 | 637 | 2 | 1854 |
| 5 | Gyula Várfalvi | 592 | 339 | 0 | 931 | 586 | 311 | 2 | 897 | 1178 | 650 | 2 | 1828 |
| 6 | Cristu Vinătoru | 585 | 326 | 1 | 911 | 593 | 322 | 3 | 915 | 1178 | 648 | 4 | 1826 |
| 7 | Leon Grom | 584 | 325 | 5 | 909 | 591 | 325 | 3 | 916 | 1175 | 650 | 8 | 1825 |
| 8 | Miroslav Steržaj | 598 | 330 | 1 | 928 | 585 | 311 | 2 | 896 | 1183 | 641 | 3 | 1824 |
| 9 | Gerhard Grohs | 585 | 312 | 2 | 897 | 605 | 316 | 2 | 921 | 1190 | 628 | 4 | 1818 |
| 10 | Petre Purge | 579 | 310 | 1 | 889 | 618 | 311 | 0 | 929 | 1197 | 621 | 1 | 1818 |
| 11 | Václav Šavlík | 569 | 321 | 2 | 890 | 560 | 343 | 2 | 903 | 1129 | 664 | 4 | 1793 |
| 12 | Dujam Smoljanović | 572 | 308 | 0 | 880 | 595 | 288 | 5 | 883 | 1167 | 596 | 5 | 1763 |
| 13 | Lumír Vostřak | 606 | 288 | 2 | 894 | 569 | 294 | 3 | 863 | 1175 | 582 | 5 | 1757 |
| 14 | Miroslav Ambrožić | 565 | 307 | 2 | 872 | 560 | 323 | 2 | 883 | 1125 | 630 | 4 | 1755 |
| 15 | Richard Pelikan | 584 | 291 | 2 | 875 | 571 | 309 | 2 | 880 | 1155 | 600 | 4 | 1755 |
| 16 | József Szabó | 566 | 326 | 1 | 892 | 564 | 285 | 3 | 849 | 1130 | 611 | 4 | 1741 |
| 17 | Dalmiro Vukasević | 583 | 279 | 9 | 862 | 592 | 287 | 4 | 879 | 1175 | 566 | 13 | 1741 |
| 18 | Leo Schmoranzer | 572 | 295 | 7 | 867 | 586 | 287 | 3 | 873 | 1158 | 582 | 10 | 1740 |
| 19 | Endre Boros | 565 | 298 | 5 | 863 | 591 | 285 | 4 | 876 | 1156 | 583 | 9 | 1739 |
| 20 | József Rákos | 571 | 295 | 3 | 866 | 603 | 269 | 1 | 872 | 1174 | 564 | 4 | 1738 |
| 21 | Kristof Wlocka | 561 | 300 | 1 | 861 | 588 | 285 | 2 | 873 | 1149 | 585 | 3 | 1734 |
| 22 | Dinko Juričević | 577 | 314 | 1 | 891 | 577 | 266 | 5 | 843 | 1154 | 580 | 6 | 1734 |
| 23 | Dieter Sieghert | 577 | 288 | 6 | 865 | 576 | 293 | 3 | 869 | 1153 | 581 | 9 | 1734 |
| 24 | František Prejsler | 583 | 301 | 3 | 884 | 565 | 280 | 4 | 845 | 1148 | 581 | 7 | 1729 |
| 25 | Tiberiu Szamenyi | 594 | 273 | 3 | 867 | 589 | 268 | 3 | 857 | 1183 | 541 | 6 | 1724 |
| 26 | Klaus Beyer | 543 | 330 | 1 | 873 | 560 | 259 | 7 | 819 | 1103 | 589 | 8 | 1692 |
| 27 | Ivica Juričević | 584 | 272 | 5 | 856 | 550 | 261 | 5 | 811 | 1134 | 533 | 10 | 1667 |
| 28 | Kurt Friedli | 577 | 278 | 3 | 855 |
| 29 | Pavol Halpert | 589 | 265 | 3 | 854 |
| 30 | Constantin Rădulescu | 574 | 279 | 2 | 853 |
| 31 | Miklós Varga | 576 | 275 | 7 | 851 |
| 32 | Adolf Schweigkofler | 538 | 310 | 0 | 848 |
| 33 | Dieter Seifert | 559 | 288 | 3 | 847 |
| 34 | Ivo Blažević | 564 | 283 | 2 | 847 |
| 35 | Joseph Fritsch | 558 | 280 | 3 | 838 |
| 36 | Werner Grünzel | 547 | 289 | 8 | 836 |
| 37 | Ludwig Curda | 562 | 272 | 4 | 834 |
| 38 | Josef Wieser | 555 | 275 | 9 | 830 |
| 39 | Walter Grünanger | 591 | 238 | 3 | 829 |
| 40 | Walter Braunberger | 537 | 291 | 4 | 828 |
| 41 | Gerhard Pösch | 555 | 273 | 5 | 828 |
| 42 | Michael Niederstätter | 560 | 266 | 8 | 826 |
| 43 | Vasile Măntoiu | 576 | 249 | 4 | 825 |
| 44 | Adolf Käfer | 542 | 280 | 5 | 822 |
| 45 | Erwin Siebert | 565 | 257 | 6 | 822 |
| 46 | Walter Jochl | 555 | 263 | 1 | 818 |
| 47 | Jenő Szabó | 549 | 267 | 6 | 816 |
| 48 | Sigfried Anrather | 566 | 250 | 3 | 816 |
| 49 | Imre Kiss | 544 | 269 | 4 | 813 |
| 50 | Charles Metzger | 552 | 252 | 2 | 804 |
| 51 | Heinrich Winkler | 558 | 237 | 7 | 795 |
| 52 | Heinrich Lintner | 552 | 239 | 6 | 791 |
| 53 | Emil Senoner | 530 | 256 | 6 | 786 |
| 54 | Walter Mast | 504 | 209 | 17 | 713 |

### Women - individual

| Rank | Name | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Result | Result | Result | Result |
| Rank | Name | All | Clean | X | Total | All | Clean | X | Total | All | Clean | X | Total |
| | Astrid Schmidt | 283 | 132 | 4 | 415 | 283 | 134 | 5 | 417 | 566 | 266 | 9 | 832 |
| | Gorinka Erski | 283 | 141 | 2 | 424 | 283 | 124 | 2 | 407 | 566 | 265 | 4 | 831 |
| | Elfride Schiffmann | 292 | 129 | 2 | 421 | 269 | 139 | 3 | 408 | 561 | 268 | 5 | 829 |
| 4 | Elena Lupescu | 294 | 133 | 2 | 427 | 274 | 128 | 1 | 402 | 568 | 261 | 3 | 829 |
| 5 | Tinca Balaban | 283 | 123 | 3 | 406 | 308 | 115 | 5 | 423 | 591 | 238 | 8 | 829 |
| 6 | Siegrid Rominger | 279 | 144 | 1 | 423 | 268 | 134 | 2 | 402 | 547 | 278 | 3 | 825 |
| 7 | Elena Trandafir | 292 | 129 | 1 | 421 | 275 | 125 | 3 | 400 | 567 | 254 | 4 | 821 |
| 8 | Hanelore Cebulla | 290 | 125 | 1 | 415 | 265 | 134 | 1 | 399 | 555 | 259 | 2 | 814 |
| 9 | Gyuláné Schrett | 278 | 116 | 5 | 394 | 278 | 141 | 4 | 419 | 556 | 257 | 9 | 813 |
| 10 | Mária Czakó | 270 | 132 | 6 | 402 | 301 | 110 | 2 | 411 | 571 | 242 | 8 | 813 |
| 11 | Annemarie Preller | 269 | 134 | 3 | 403 | 280 | 119 | 5 | 399 | 549 | 253 | 8 | 802 |
| 12 | Marie Mikulčíková | 273 | 140 | 4 | 413 | 264 | 118 | 7 | 382 | 537 | 258 | 11 | 795 |
| 13 | Margareta Szemanyi | 283 | 111 | 1 | 394 | 270 | 129 | 5 | 399 | 553 | 240 | 6 | 793 |
| 14 | Cvetka Čadeź | 291 | 115 | 4 | 406 | 263 | 123 | 5 | 386 | 554 | 238 | 9 | 792 |
| 15 | Cornelia Moldoveanu | 283 | 111 | 6 | 394 | 273 | 125 | 5 | 398 | 556 | 236 | 11 | 792 |
| 16 | Marie Hrádková | 283 | 112 | 3 | 395 | 262 | 125 | 3 | 387 | 545 | 237 | 6 | 782 |
| 17 | Anna Jirásková | 274 | 125 | 4 | 399 | 262 | 116 | 7 | 378 | 536 | 241 | 11 | 777 |
| 18 | Irena Koločaj | 269 | 124 | 5 | 393 | 257 | 123 | 4 | 380 | 526 | 247 | 9 | 773 |
| 19 | Vlasta Šindlerová | 265 | 132 | 1 | 397 | 269 | 97 | 7 | 366 | 534 | 229 | 8 | 763 |
| 20 | Hermine Dobias | 269 | 120 | 7 | 389 |
| 21 | Christine Schulze | 255 | 133 | 3 | 388 |
| 22 | Věra Lauerová | 267 | 121 | 5 | 388 |
| 23 | Gyuláné Tóth | 254 | 133 | 7 | 387 |
| 24 | Ludmila Fürbachová | 269 | 116 | 6 | 385 |
| 25 | Mátyásné Sallai | 281 | 104 | 3 | 385 |
| 26 | Josefine Havranek | 265 | 119 | 5 | 384 |
| 27 | Kálmánné Nádas | 258 | 125 | 2 | 383 |
| 28 | Ursula Rippin | 259 | 124 | 4 | 383 |
| 29 | Renate Engelhardt | 274 | 106 | 2 | 380 |
| 30 | Frieda Zitta | 267 | 106 | 4 | 373 |
| 31 | Nada Kodrnja | 257 | 113 | 4 | 370 |
| 32 | Marie Schmoranzer | 260 | 109 | 6 | 369 |
| 33 | Crista Szöcs | 270 | 96 | 10 | 366 |
| 34 | Anka Janša | 255 | 108 | 1 | 363 |
| 35 | Ernőné Hável | 268 | 94 | 9 | 362 |
| 36 | Zdeňka Těthalová | 256 | 105 | 9 | 361 |
| 37 | Hermine Hafenscherer | 239 | 121 | 7 | 360 |
| 38 | Mara Grujin | 244 | 95 | 8 | 339 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

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

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | Romania Petre Purge Constantin Rădulescu Tiberiu Szemanyi Vasile Măntoiu Ion Micoroiu Cristu Vinătoru | East Germany Gerhardt Grohs Dieter Seifert Klaus Beyer Kristof Wlocka Eberhard Luther Horst Bräutigam | Yugoslavia Dinko Juričević Ivica Juričević Dujam Smoljanović Ivica Poleš Leon Grom Miroslav Steržaj |
| Pair | Romania Petre Purge Constantin Rădulescu | Romania Ion Micoroiu Cristu Vinătoru | East Germany Gerhard Grohs Horst Bräutigam |
| Individual | Horst Bräutigam East Germany | Miroslav Kočárek Czechoslovakia | Ion Micoroiu Romania |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | Romania Tinca Balaban Elena Lupescu Crista Szöcs Elena Trandafir Margareta Szemanyi Cornelia Moldoveanu | East Germany Hanelore Cebulla Renate Engelhardt Christina Schulze Annemarie Preller Siegrid Ronninger Ursula Rippin | Hungary Ernőné Hável Györgyné Kiss Gyuláné Tóth Mátyásné Sallai Gyuláné Schrett Kálmánné Nádas |
| Pair | Czechoslovakia Marie Mikulčíková Vlasta Šindlerová | Romania Elena Trandafir Margareta Szemenyi | East Germany Renate Engelhardt Annemarie Preller |
| Individual | Astrid Schmidt East Germany | Gorinka Erski Yugoslavia | Elfriede Schiffmann Austria |