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The 1955 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the second edition of the championships and was held in Essen, West Germany, from 30 August to 5 September 1955.

In the men's competition the title was won by East Germany 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 Francka Erjavec (Yugoslavia) in the individual event. Czechoslovakia entered its first championship and earned a bronze medal in the men's team event.

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  East Germany Gerhard Grohs Rudolf Franke Bernd Rumpf Herbert Uhlmann Eberhard Luther Hans Grettner 4987 832 826 833 827 846 823  Yugoslavia Stanko Hladnik Evgen Kobal Stanko Pogelšek Avgust Likovnik Vlado Martelanc Dujam Smoljanović 4941 797 815 812 833 844 840  Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Hlavnička Jaroslav Kovář Imrich Mihál František Prejsler Štefan Fazika Jaroslav Řezáč 4801 811 769 818 840 793 770 4  West Germany Guretzka Prell Priemer Wigger Rohrmann Josef Bröhl 4795 828 774 770 785 786 852 5  Austria Wilfling Kastelic Saurwein Friedrich Beschl Alfred Baierl Johann Heidvogel 4617 737 792 782 794 730 782 6  France Bomwänger Hukendubler Rene Weiss Burck Pierre Neff Charles Metzger 4360 713 665 745 735 723 779 7 Saar Hukendubler Josef Assmann Gehres Thomé Britz Kubig 4264 718 712 749 703 642 740 8  Switzerland Josef Schüler Mergenthaler Fritz Brönimann Paul Brühlmann Donalti Fritz Bölsterli 4020 640 655 672 687 709 657

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  East Germany Hannelore Cebulla Charlotte Zeibig Franziska Heinold Anni Küttner Elisabeth Dornack Irmgard Handschke 2199 355 386 347 341 360 410  Yugoslavia Ljerka Prezelj Anika Jakovec Ruža Vaštag Jelena Šincek Franciška Erjavec Barbara Bulić 2177 373 345 308 368 408 375  West Germany Luise Leute Heise Gerda Berndt Eva Jeschawitz Kalb Elisabeth Förster 2136 371 306 378 325 368 388 4  Austria Herein Hedwig Biedermann Rosa Kesselgruber Hensel Steffi Weiss Maria Schmoranzer 2131 318 378 373 406 349 307

Men - individual Rank Name Nation Score Eberhard Luther  East Germany 886 Johann Heidvogel  Austria 866 Gerhard Grohs  East Germany 865 4. Hans Grettner  East Germany 863 5. Avgust Likovnik  Yugoslavia 856 6. Rudolf Franke  East Germany 851 7. Stanko Hladnik  Yugoslavia 845 8. Jaroslav Hlavnička  Czechoslovakia 843 9. Jaroslav Kovář  Czechoslovakia 832 10. Charles Metzger  France 829 11. Saurwein  Austria 826 12. Dujam Smoljanović  Yugoslavia 824 13. Vlado Martelanc  Yugoslavia 823 14. Bernd Rumpf  East Germany 821 15. Evgen Kobal  Yugoslavia 813 16. Wigger  West Germany 809 17. Josef Bröhl  West Germany 806 18. Štefan Fazika  Czechoslovakia 803 19. Stanko Pogelšek  Yugoslavia 802 20. Friedrich Beschl  Austria 790 21. Guretzka  West Germany 782 22. Jan Nechvátal  Czechoslovakia 778 23. Jaroslav Řezáč  Czechoslovakia 775 24. Hans Heindel  Austria 772 25. Rohrmann  West Germany 769 26. Ader  Austria 767 27. František Prejsler  Czechoslovakia 763 28. Priemer  West Germany 760 29. Werner Heinze  East Germany 759 30. Bürk  France 756 31. Raus  Austria 748 32. Gehres Saar 737 33. Schneider  France 731 Kessler  France 731 35. Nierengarten  France 724 36. Josef Schüler  Switzerland 723 37. Josef Assmann Saar 710 Fritz Brönnimann  France 710 39. Hukendubler Saar 708 40. Wermuth  West Germany 706 41. Alfred Baierl  Austria 704 42. Fritz Bölsterli  Switzerland 701 43. Britz Saar 699 44. Guy  France 682 45. Paul Brühlmann  Switzerland 680 46. Thomé Saar 659 47. Mergenthaler  Switzerland 610 Donalti  Switzerland 610

Women - individual Rank Name Nation Score Franciška Erjavec  Yugoslavia 432 Anni Küttner  East Germany 399 Irmgard Handschke  East Germany 387 4. Ljerka Prezelj  Yugoslavia 385 5. Liduše Kusnierzová  Czechoslovakia 381 6. Jelena Šincek  Yugoslavia 379 7. Hannelore Cebulla  East Germany 375 Elisabeth Dornack  East Germany 375 9. Anežka Osvaldová  Czechoslovakia 373 10. Rosa Kesselgruber  Austria 370 11. Charlotte Zeibig  East Germany 364 Barbara Bulić  Yugoslavia 364 13. Jokordoe  Yugoslavia 359 14. Jechawitz  West Germany 357 15. Steffi Weiss  Austria 350 16. Hedwig Biedermann  Austria 349 Elisabeth Förster  West Germany 349 18. Maria Schmoranzer  Austria 345 19. Heise  West Germany 340 20. Winklerová  Czechoslovakia 334 21. Svajda  Austria 332 22. Ruža Vaštag  Yugoslavia 330 23. Gerda Berndt  West Germany 327 24. Gretel Lindner  East Germany 326 25. Luise Leute  West Germany 318 Marija Šimunić  Yugoslavia 318 Kalb  West Germany 318 28. Marie Langmayer  Austria 309

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (DDR)	3	1	2	6
2	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	2	0	3
3	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
4	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	West Germany (FRG)*	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Eberhard Luther  East Germany	Johann Heidvogel  Austria	Gerhard Grohs  East Germany
Team	East Germany Gerhard Grohs Rudolf Franke Bernd Rumpf Herbert Uhlmann Eberhard Luther Hans Grettner	Yugoslavia Stanko Hladnik Evgen Kobal Stanko Pogelšek Avgust Likovnik Vlado Martelanc Dujam Smoljanović	Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Hlavnička Jaroslav Kovář Imrich Mihál František Prejsler Štefan Fazika Jaroslav Řezáč

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Franciška Erjavec  Yugoslavia	Anni Küttner  East Germany	Irmgard Handschke  East Germany
Team	East Germany Hannelore Cebulla Charlotte Zeibig Franziska Heinold Anni Küttner Elisabeth Dornack Irmgard Handschke	Yugoslavia Ljerka Prezelj Anika Jakovec Ruža Vaštag Jelena Šincek Franciška Erjavec Barbara Bulić	West Germany Luise Leute Heise Gerda Berndt Eva Jeschawitz Kalb Elisabeth Förster

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