1953 nine-pin bowling World Championships
The 1953 nine-pin bowling World 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.
Host city | Belgrade |
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Country | SFR Yugoslavia |
Nations participating | 7 |
Athletes participating | 48 |
Events | 4 |
Opening ceremony | June 21, 1953 |
Closing ceremony | June 24, 1953 |
Officially opened by | Heinz Kropp |
Main venue | KK Partizan |
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
Men
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Women
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Results
Men - teamThe competition was played with 200 throws mixed (100 full, 100 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors
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Women - teamThe competition was played with 100 throws mixed (50 full, 50 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors
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Men - individual
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Women - individual
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Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Totals (3 nations) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Team | Dujam Smoljanović Stanko Hladnik Vlado Martelanc Dušan Denić Eugen Kobal Stanko Pogelšek |
Friedrich Beschl Hans Portadar Wilhelm Donath Hans Haidvogel Anton Czech Karl Fehr |
Hans Sonntag Philipp Noll Günther Lehmann Hans Dammann Adolf Wigger Ludwig Schmid |
Individual | Alfred Beierl |
Ludwig Schmid |
Zvonimir Kružić |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Team | Anna Reitzer Anna Heinzel Rosa Kesselgruber Maria Zimmel Steffi Weiss Maria Schmoranzer |
Ljerka Prezelj Anika Jakovec Ruža Vaštag Jelena Šincek Franciška Erjavec Barbara Bulić |
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Individual | Jelena Šincek |
Maria Schmoranzer |
Maria Zimmerl |
Footnotes
- The Saar team has only five players. Therefore it was completed by Swiss player.