1953 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships
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| Host city | Belgrade |
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| Country | SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nations | 7 |
| Athletes | 48 |
| Events | 4 |
| Opening | June 21, 1953 |
| Closing | June 24, 1953 |
| Opened by | Heinz Kropp |
| Main venue | KK Partizan |
The 1953 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the first edition of the championships and were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, from 21–24 June 1953. Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.
In the men's competition the title was won by Yugoslavia in the team competition and by Alfred Baierl (Austria) in the individual event. In the women's competition the title was won by Austria in the team competition and by Jelena Šincek (Yugoslavia) in the individual event.
Participating teams
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Results
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Men - team[edit]The competition was played with 200 throws mixed (100 full, 100 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors
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Women - team[edit]The competition was played with 100 throws mixed (50 full, 50 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors
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Men - individual[edit]
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Women - individual[edit]
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Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Host nation)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Austria (AUT) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  Yugoslavia (YUG)* | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
Men
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Team | Yugoslavia Dujam Smoljanović Stanko Hladnik Vlado Martelanc Dušan Denić Eugen Kobal Stanko Pogelšek |
Austria Friedrich Beschl Hans Portadar Wilhelm Donath Hans Haidvogel Anton Czech Karl Fehr |
Germany Hans Sonntag Philipp Noll Günther Lehmann Hans Dammann Adolf Wigger Ludwig Schmid |
| Individual | Alfred Beierl Austria
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Ludwig Schmid Germany
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Zvonimir Kružić Yugoslavia
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Women
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Team | Austria Anna Reitzer Anna Heinzel Rosa Kesselgruber Maria Zimmel Steffi Weiss Maria Schmoranzer |
Yugoslavia Ljerka Prezelj Anika Jakovec Ruža Vaštag Jelena Šincek Franciška Erjavec Barbara Bulić |
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| Individual | Jelena Šincek Yugoslavia
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Maria Schmoranzer Austria
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Maria Zimmerl Austria
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Footnotes
[edit]- ^ The Saar team has only five players. Therefore it was completed by Swiss player.
References
[edit]- WC 1953 on KZS
- WC History on WNBA NBC Archived 2020-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
