1966 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships

6th nine-pin bowling
World Championships
Country	Romania
Sport	9-pins
Events	6
	← 1962 Bratislava 1968 Linz →

The 1966 nine-pin bowling World 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.

Participating teams

Men

Women

Results

Men - team

The competition was played with 200 throws mixed (100 all, 100 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors
and the scores were added up.

Rank	Team	Result
Rank	Team	All	Clear	X	Total
	Romania Petre Purge Constantin Rădulescu Tiberiu Szemanyi Vasile Măntoiu Ion Micoroiu Cristu Vinătoru	3575 593 593 583 556 608 642	1791 313 298 281 300 322 277	14 5 1 1 4 1 2	5366 906 891 864 856 930 919
	East Germany Gerhardt Grohs Dieter Seifer Klaus Beyer Kristof Wlocka Eberhard Luther Horst Bräutigam	3514 592 591 591 568 577 595	1800 302 306 291 292 293 316	12 1 2 2 3 4 0	5314 894 897 882 860 870 911
	Yugoslavia Dinko Juričević Ivica Juričević Dujam Smoljanović Ivica Poleš Leon Grom Miroslav Steržaj	3494 599 595 567 575 586 572	1755 292 274 266 304 289 330	29 6 4 7 3 5 4	5249 891 869 833 879 875 902
4	Czechoslovakia Jiří Ševčík Lumír Vostřák Miroslav Kočárek Ivo Blažević Pavol Halpert František Prejsler	3476 525 584 577 579 611 600	1752 266 318 298 305 272 293	22 8 2 5 2 2 3	5228 791 902 875 884 883 893
5	West Germany Dieter Zieher Rolf Müller Richard Pelikan Adolf Käfer Werner Grünzel Erwin Siebert	3444 567 521 575 593 581 607	1708 283 290 288 294 269 284	19 3 2 3 2 5 4	5152 850 811 863 887 850 891
6	Hungary József Rákos Endre Boros József Szabó Gyula Várfalvi Imre Kiss Miklós Varga	3377 599 526 581 563 556 552	1705 298 283 293 283 256 292	28 4 5 2 4 7 6	5082 897 809 874 846 812 844
7	Austria Walter Grünanger Rudolf Hofer Gerhard Pösch Heinz Eipeldauer Leo Schmoranzer Ludwig Curda	3388 579 538 565 543 563 600	1652 270 276 291 273 272 270	28 7 6 2 5 3 5	5040 849 814 856 816 835 870
8	Italy Michael Niederstätter Emil Senoner Siegfried Anrather Josef Wieser Heinrich Lintner Adolf Scheigkofler	3281 548 554 556 532 532 559	1599 225 308 253 280 280 253	57 15 9 10 6 6 11	4880 773 862 809 812 812 812

Women - team

The competition was played with 100 throws mixed (50 all, 50 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors
and the scores were added up.

Rank	Team	Result
Rank	Team	All	Clear	X	Total
	Romania Tinca Balaban Elena Lupescu Crista Szöcs Elena Trandafir Margareta Szemanyi Cornelia Moldoveanu	1683 281 281 293 272 280 276	800 133 142 108 140 134 143	26 4 7 9 0 2 4	2483 414 423 401 412 414 419
	East Germany Hanelore Cebulla Renate Engelhardt Christina Schulze Annemarie Preller Siegrid Ronninger Ursula Rippin	1620 250 272 268 297 270 263	778 125 140 140 159 108 106	22 3 4 4 3 2 6	2398 375 412 408 456 378 369
	Hungary Ernőné Hável Györgyné Kiss Gyuláné Tóth Mátyásné Sallai Gyuláné Schrett Kálmánné Nádas	1600 292 263 278 269 239 259	702 88 129 117 116 122 130	24 8 1 6 4 3 2	2302 380 392 395 385 361 389
4	Yugoslavia Anka Janša Tilka Stergar Francka Hafner Irena Kaločaj Cvetka Čadeź Gorinka Erski	1569 251 260 278 256 262 262	722 99 135 123 110 131 124	30 10 2 6 8 1 3	2291 350 395 401 366 393 386
5	Austria Elfriede Schiffmann Johanna Kamper Josefine Havranek Maria Schmoranzer Frieda Zitta Hermine Hafenscherer	1558 278 244 257 256 259 264	690 155 96 102 100 123 114	33 3 10 8 5 2 5	2248 433 340 359 356 382 378
6	Czechoslovakia Marie Mikulčiková Ludmila Fürbachová Zdeňka Těthalová Vĕra Lauerová Anna Jirásková Vlasta Šindlerová	1533 282 249 267 219 250 266	714 128 102 142 131 95 116	28 5 4 5 4 6 4	2247 410 351 409 350 345 382

Men - pair

Rank	Team	Result
Rank	Team	All	Clear	X	Total
	Romania Petre Purge Constantin Rădulescu	1207 640 567	639 326 313	3 2 1	1846 966 880
	Romania Ion Micoroiu Cristu Vinătoru	1188 577 611	639 302 337	2 2 0	1827 879 948
	East Germany Gerhardt Grohs Horst Bräutigam	1165 595 570	636 300 336	2 2 0	1801 895 906
4	Austria Walter Jächl Walter Grünanger	1167 563 604	632 314 318	7 1 6	1799 877 922
5	Czechoslovakia Ivo Blažević Pavol Halpert	1169 587 582	628 298 330	5 1 4	1797 885 912
6	Yugoslavia Leon Grom Miroslav Steržaj	1158 535 623	631 325 306	5 2 3	1789 860 929
7	Czechoslovakia Miroslav Kočárek Lumír Vostřák	1162 559 603	621 318 303	1 0 1	1783 877 906
8	Hungary Miklós Varga Gyula Várfalvi	1159 588 571	621 294 327	10 8 2	1780 882 898
9	East Germany Dieter Seifert Klaus Beyer	1153 573 580	592 293 299	5 3 2	1745 866 879
10	Hungary József Rákos József Szabó	1154 602 552	581 308 273	9 5 4	1735 910 825
11	West Germany Adolf Käfer Dieter Zieher	1155 555 600	554 281 273	10 5 5	1709 836 873
12	Yugoslavia Dinko Juričević Ivica Poleś	1111 568 543	571 289 282	10 6 4	1682 857 825
13	Austria Leo Schmoranzer Ludwig Curda	1112 561 551	567 298 269	8 3 5	1679 859 820
14	Italy Siegfried Anrather Adolf Scheigkofler	1118 556 562	560 272 288	5 3 2	1678 828 850
15	France Charles Metzger Joseph Fritsch	1112 540 572	564 276 288	7 4 3	1676 816 860
16	West Germany Erwin Siebert Richard Pelikan	1118 559 559	553 268 285	5 2 3	1671 827 844
17	Italy Michael Niederstätter Neinrich Lintner	1083 538 545	549 283 266	8 5 3	1632 821 811
18	Switzerland Kurt Friedli Walter Mast	1077 544 533	501 246 255	24 11 13	1578 790 788

Women - pair

Rank	Team	Result
Rank	Team	All	Clear	X	Total
	Czechoslovakia Marie Mikulčíková Vlasta Šindlerová	568 275 293	262 126 136	9 6 3	830 401 429
	Romania Elena Trandafir Margareta Szemanyi	588 285 303	240 123 117	7 2 5	828 408 420
	East Germany Renate Engelhardt Annemarie Preller	571 286 285	242 115 127	8 7 1	813 401 412
4	Yugoslavia Cvetka Čadeź Gorinka Erski	555 262 293	257 143 114	9 5 4	812 405 407
5	East Germany Hanelore Cebulla Ingrid Ronninger	525 268 257	275 142 133	8 5 3	800 410 390
6	Hungary Mária Czakó Gyuláné Tóth	531 255 276	264 122 142	6 3 3	795 377 418
7	Hungary Györgyné Kiss Kálmánné Nádas	545 255 290	239 108 131	6 3 3	784 363 421
8	Romania Elena Lupescu Cornelia Moldoveanu	552 287 265	232 123 109	14 6 8	784 410 374
9	Austria Elfriede Schiffmann Hermine Dobias	562 292 270	214 106 108	10 4 6	776 398 378
10	Austria Hermine Hafenscherer Frieda Zitta	540 263 277	225 121 104	15 6 9	765 384 381
11	Czechoslovakia Marta Hrádková Zdeňka Těthalová	542 262 280	222 107 115	12 5 7	764 369 395
12	Yugoslavia Tilka Stergar Francka Hafner	521 269 252	194 89 105	22 14 8	715 358 357

Men - individual

Rank	Name	Qualification				Final				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 Scheigkofler	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				Final				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)		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

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