The 1959 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the fourth edition of the championships and was held in Bautzen, East Germany, from 22 to 27 September 1959.

In the men's competition the title was won by Yugoslavia in the team competition and by Eberhard Luther (East Germany) in the individual event. In the women's competition the title was won by East Germany in the team competition and by Hilde Beljan (East Germany) in the individual event.

Participating teams

Results

Men - team The competition was played with 200 throws mixed (100 full, 100 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors and the scores were added up. Rank Team Result All Clean Total  Yugoslavia Vladimir Martelanc Rajko Starc Mate Buneta Miroslav Steržaj Leon Grom Dujam Smoljanović 3593 599 600 607 598 559 630 1711 291 267 276 295 265 317 5304 890 867 883 893 824 947  Hungary Gyula Várfalvi József Rákos György Gyebrovszky János Brachmann Mátyás Balogh József Szabó 3476 576 588 586 557 586 583 1709 297 305 291 255 290 271 5185 873 893 877 812 876 854  East Germany Erhard Schulze Gerhard Grohs Otto Dietz Herbert Uhlmann Horst Bräutigam Eberhard Luther 3475 573 590 564 564 598 586 1706 297 291 264 264 309 281 5181 870 881 828 828 907 867 4  Czechoslovakia Pavol Halpert Lumír Vostřák Václav Šavlík Imrich Mihál Emil Bachratý Karol Demitrovič 3498 594 581 588 591 558 586 1664 256 264 289 295 259 301 5162 850 845 877 886 817 887 5  West Germany Herman Birner Walter Trinkaus Brönner Albert Pfeiffer Gerber Richard Pelikan 3375 569 573 536 550 543 604 1676 246 275 249 318 283 305 5051 815 848 785 868 826 909 6  Austria Johann Binder Ludvig Lukaschek Herbert Bauer Alfred Baierl Ludwig Curda Hans Haidvogel 3352 534 580 544 578 562 554 1683 244 253 282 291 311 302 5035 778 833 826 869 873 856 7  Romania Alexandru Andrei Dragomirescu Ion Micoroiu Zambori Ivan Francise Micola 3399 569 589 564 563 549 565 1567 275 231 270 247 278 266 4966 844 820 834 810 827 831 8  France Rene Weiss Robert Schneider Jean-Luc Vonarx Pierre Neff Frederic Zimmermann Charles Metzger 3308 553 512 570 555 569 549 1482 252 226 270 192 243 299 4790 805 738 840 747 812 848 9   Switzerland Josef Stocker Walter Gnos Fritz Brönimann Max Ehrsam Josef Schüler Hans Biechy 3273 540 578 530 534 571 520 1398 210 226 233 241 261 227 4671 750 804 763 775 832 747

Women - team The competition was played with 100 throws mixed (50 full, 50 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors and the scores were added up. Rank Team Result All Clean Total  East Germany Hannelore Cebulla Elisabeth Bannert Liane Lohse Edith Balcke Hilde Beljan Gera Bamberg 1683 290 276 282 278 288 269 783 107 132 132 141 150 121 2466 397 408 414 419 438 390  Hungary Györgyné Soos Jenőné Vajda Gézáné Ballagó Gyuláné Schrett Erzsébet Kuzma Sándorné Wenzel 1623 277 267 283 269 262 265 799 134 106 158 125 146 130 2422 411 373 441 394 408 395  Austria Hedwig Biedermann Stefanie Kriha Wilhelmine Hensel Maria Schmoranzer Margarete Wallner Rosa Kesselgruber 1626 268 281 278 270 272 257 783 129 122 149 129 122 132 2409 397 403 427 399 394 389 4  Romania Maria Nadas Felszeghi Margareta Szemanyi Rezac Nagy Arion 1565 271 257 254 259 259 265 824 135 132 140 141 141 135 2389 406 389 394 400 400 400 5  Czechoslovakia Zdeňka Těthalová Růžena Račková Liduše Kusnierzová Martina Hnízdilová Vlasta Šindlerová Anna Jirásková 1641 253 287 278 274 267 282 746 116 116 142 110 130 132 2387 369 403 420 384 397 414

Men - individual Rank Name Qualification Final Result All Clean Total All Clean Total All Clean Total Eberhard Luther 634 317 951 594 293 887 1228 610 1838 Dujan Smoljanović 607 301 908 597 320 917 1204 621 1825 Vladimir Martelanc 616 325 941 580 297 877 1196 622 1818 4 József Szabó 596 277 873 579 333 912 1175 610 1785 5 Horst Bräutigam 613 284 897 568 291 859 1181 575 1756 6 Francise Micola 611 281 892 551 308 859 1162 589 1751 7 Gerhard Grohs 573 282 855 588 300 888 1161 582 1743 8 Imrich Mihál 588 296 884 590 266 856 1178 562 1740 9 Miroslav Steržaj 575 274 849 577 298 875 1152 572 1724 10 Erhard Schulze 600 306 906 545 267 812 1145 573 1718 11 Václav Šavlík 570 314 884 541 291 832 1111 605 1716 12 József Rákos 607 255 862 550 295 845 1157 550 1707 13 György Gyebrovszky 555 299 854 555 292 847 1110 591 1701 14 Erdei 561 283 844 577 274 851 1138 557 1695 15 Walter Grois 558 286 844 585 242 827 1143 528 1671 16 Alfred Baierl 581 282 863 557 244 801 1138 526 1664 17 Karol Demitrovič 563 285 848 538 277 815 1101 562 1663 18 Charles Metzger 592 276 868 542 252 794 1134 528 1662 19 Evgen Kobal 557 290 847 516 275 791 1073 565 1638 20 Walter Trinkaus 542 300 842 0 542 300 842 21 Albert Pfeiffer 548 290 838 0 548 290 838 22 Gerber 568 269 837 0 568 269 837 23 Richard Pelikan 561 275 836 0 561 275 836 24 Max Ehrsam 561 275 836 0 561 275 836 25 Josef Schüler 553 282 835 0 553 282 835 26 Pěkný 561 274 835 0 561 274 835 27 Ion Micoroiu 562 269 831 0 562 269 831 28 Ludwig Curda 540 290 830 0 540 290 830 29 Restemann 560 266 826 0 560 266 826 30 István Feltein 549 270 819 0 549 270 819 31 Alexandru Andrei 559 259 818 0 559 259 818 32 Schnitter 540 265 805 0 540 265 805 33 Hans Haidvogel 549 253 802 0 549 253 802 34 Frederic Zimmermann 567 232 799 0 567 232 799 35 Walter Gnos 560 230 790 0 560 230 790 36 Jean-Luc Vonarx 551 231 782 0 551 231 782 37 Fritz Brönimann 525 251 776 0 525 251 776

Women - individual Rank Name Qualification Final Result All Clean Total All Clean Total All Clean Total Hilde Beljan 296 140 436 285 129 414 581 269 850 Gézáné Ballagó 290 140 430 299 117 416 589 257 846 Györgyné Soos 287 135 422 290 132 422 577 267 844 4 Edith Balcke 293 143 436 278 126 404 571 269 840 5 Nagy 293 126 419 286 129 415 579 255 834 6 Liduše Kusnierzová 291 124 415 295 123 418 586 247 833 7 Erzsébet Kuzma 287 123 410 275 142 417 562 265 827 8 Charlotte Zeibig 276 148 424 273 123 396 549 271 820 9 Růžena Račková 254 151 405 295 115 410 549 266 815 10 Emma Molnár 284 150 434 255 125 380 539 275 814 11 Elisabeth Bannert 257 159 416 265 120 385 522 279 801 12 Anna Jirásková 285 124 409 262 119 381 547 243 790 13 Anika Jakovec 264 140 404 0 264 140 404 14 Maria Schmoranzer 267 132 399 0 267 132 399 15 Marie Langmayer 263 133 396 0 263 133 396 16 Maria Nadas 262 132 394 0 262 132 394 17 Arion 276 118 394 0 276 118 394 18 Stefanie Kriha 266 124 390 0 266 124 390 19 Szemanyi 263 121 384 0 263 121 384 20 Gertrude Schmidka 260 120 380 0 260 120 380 21 Rosa Kesselgruber 255 112 367 0 255 112 367 22 Kazi 254 108 362 0 254 108 362 23 Drápelová 256 98 354 0 256 98 354

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (DDR)*	3	0	1	4
2	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	1	1	3
3	Hungary (HUN)	0	3	1	4
4	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Eberhard Luther  East Germany	Dujan Smoljanović  Yugoslavia	Vladimir Martelanc  Yugoslavia
Team	Yugoslavia Vladimir Martelanc Rajko Starc Mate Buneta Miroslav Steržaj Leon Grom Dujam Smoljanović	Hungary Gyula Várfalvi József Rákos György Gyebrovszky János Brachmann Mátyás Balogh József Szabó	East Germany Erhard Schulze Gerhard Grohs Otto Dietz Herbert Uhlmann Horst Bräutigam Eberhard Luther

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Hilde Beljan  East Germany	Gézáné Ballagó  Hungary	Györgyné Soos  Hungary
Team	East Germany Hannelore Cebulla Elisabeth Bannert Liane Lohse Edith Balcke Hilde Beljan Gera Bamberg	Hungary Györgyné Soos Jenőné Vajda Gézáné Ballagó Gyuláné Schrett Erzsébet Kuzma Sándorné Wenzel	Austria Hedwig Biedermann Stefanie Kriha Wilhelmine Hensel Maria Schmoranzer Margarete Wallner Rosa Kesselgruber

References

• WC Archive on KZS
• WC History on WNBA NBC Archived 2020-08-07 at the Wayback Machine