The 1962 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the fifth edition of the championships and was held in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, from 24 to 29 September 1962.

In the men's competition the title was won by Czechoslovakia in the team competition and by József Szabó (Hungary) in the individual event. In the women's competition the title was won by Jugoslawien in the team competition and by Vlasta Šindlerová (Czechoslovakia) in the individual 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 All Clear X Total  Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Šimůnek Imrich Mihál Miroslav Kočárek Lumír Vostřák Václav Šavlík František Prejsler 3497 581 576 606 576 539 619 1762 305 298 307 280 313 259 22 5 2 3 5 3 4 5259 886 874 913 856 852 878  Hungary Rákos József Kratochwill József Várfalvi Gyula Varga Miklós Révész Jenő Szabó József 3494 602 604 549 572 568 599 1754 325 302 263 308 267 289 33 9 4 8 4 8 0 5248 927 906 812 880 835 888  East Germany Erhard Schulze Werner Einhorn Horst Bräutigam Linhard Herold Gerhard Grohs Eberhard Luther 3468 596 571 586 552 604 559 1745 288 241 316 261 311 328 25 3 10 3 4 2 3 5213 884 812 902 813 915 887 4  Yugoslavia Vladimir Martelanc Jože Šlibar Miroslav Steržaj Ivica Juričević Leon Grom Dujam Smoljanović 3464 601 567 557 573 591 575 1723 273 320 283 299 299 249 37 9 5 3 5 7 8 5187 874 887 840 872 890 824 5  Romania Petre Purge Tiberiu Szemanyi De Dimitru Gheorge Andrei Ion Micoroiu Constantin Radolescu 3458 586 586 555 575 578 578 1650 263 292 308 260 285 242 34 4 8 2 5 4 11 5108 849 878 863 835 863 820 6  West Germany Richard Pelikan Albert Pfeiffer Rüdiger Bergmann August Käfer Peter Kierski Walter Trinkaus 3466 582 604 576 574 572 558 1622 311 269 249 255 242 296 48 2 5 11 10 12 8 5088 893 873 825 829 814 854 7  Austria Alfred Baierl Hermann Aigner Franz Permoser Gerhard Pösch Ludwig Curda Herbert Waniek 3419 575 571 577 580 544 572 1572 258 284 271 249 264 246 51 11 9 11 6 7 7 4991 833 855 848 829 808 818 8  Switzerland Walter Ehler Emil Batainer Josef Schuter Gustav Steger Hans Biechy Max Ehrsam 3351 569 550 523 555 582 572 1436 231 244 204 242 254 261 95 19 17 23 9 17 10 4787 800 794 727 797 836 833 9  France René Klein Pierre E. Jeannet Lautensclaeger Robert Wurz Celeste Nothiesen Frederik Zimmermann 3359 536 544 564 541 589 585 1337 216 229 210 190 235 257 108 15 18 24 29 12 10 4696 752 773 774 731 824 842

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 Clear X Total  Yugoslavia Agica Dudovič Floriana Čadež Malči Mohar Gorinka Erski Francka Erjavec Barbara Bulič 1738 290 290 301 290 283 284 713 113 122 106 105 124 143 53 11 5 13 8 9 7 2451 403 412 407 395 407 427  Romania Tinca Bolovan Elena Predeanu Margareta Szemanyi Ecaterina Atronovici Elena Lupescu Iona Gerhardt 1688 279 294 263 287 271 294 735 109 112 130 147 125 112 40 8 7 6 7 4 8 2423 388 406 393 434 396 406  Czechoslovakia Růžena Šenkeříková Anna Jirásková Marie Lauerová Ludmila Fürbachová Liduše Kusnierzová Vlasta Šindlerová 1676 285 285 278 269 291 268 740 114 135 132 106 119 134 37 11 2 4 9 5 6 2416 399 420 410 375 410 402 4  Hungary Ernőné Hável Mátyásné Sallai Jenőné Vajda Gyuláné Schrett Kálmánné Nádas Gézáné Ballagó 1681 297 274 265 278 296 271 714 141 121 123 110 123 96 45 7 8 5 4 10 11 2395 438 395 388 388 419 367 5  East Germany Hanelore Cebulla Irmgard Handschke Charlotte Zeibig Christine Füchsel Hilde Beljan Ursula Rippin 1622 265 266 266 279 277 269 724 113 98 133 121 120 139 39 7 10 7 9 3 3 2346 378 364 399 400 397 408 6  Austria Steffi Kriha Marie Schmoranzer Hermine Hafenscherer Margarete Wallner Hermina Dobias Frieda Zitta 1676 284 273 282 274 274 289 657 91 112 103 124 105 122 54 15 7 7 7 7 11 2333 375 385 385 398 379 411

Men - individual Rank Name Qualification Final Result All Clean X Total All Clean X Total All Clean X Total József Szabó 587 294 881 606 328 934 1193 622 7 1815 František Prejsler 556 317 873 609 317 926 1165 634 12 1799 Gerhard Grohs 574 310 884 629 283 912 1203 593 6 1796 4 József Kratochwill 601 305 906 609 274 883 1210 579 11 1789 5 Vladimir Martelanc 566 317 883 570 333 903 1136 650 2 1786 6 Horst Bräutigam 602 288 890 588 291 879 1190 579 8 1769 7 Ivica Juričević 591 292 883 599 283 882 1190 575 8 1765 8 Miroslav Kočárek 557 320 877 576 308 884 1133 628 2 1761 9 Hermann Aigner 595 300 895 582 283 865 1177 583 7 1760 10 Richard Pelikan 597 276 873 579 306 885 1176 582 4 1758 11 Tiberiu Szemanyi 591 277 868 578 309 887 1169 586 9 1755 12 Eberhard Luther 604 284 888 585 266 851 1189 550 13 1739 13 Miklós Varga 595 282 877 574 275 849 1169 557 4 1726 14 Albert Pfeiffer 574 284 858 574 290 864 1148 574 13 1722 15 Jaroslav Šimůnek 602 279 881 575 262 837 1177 541 8 1718 16 Leon Grom 604 276 880 558 274 832 1162 550 5 1712 17 Imrich Mihál 601 280 881 547 264 811 1148 544 14 1692 18 Walter Trinkaus 586 281 867 559 262 821 1145 543 7 1688 19 Petre Purge 598 254 852 547 267 814 1145 521 21 1666 20 József Rákos 562 285 1 847 21 Peter Kasper 571 275 8 846 22 Emanuel Vinatoru 594 248 7 842 23 Erhard Schulze 566 275 2 841 24 Ion Micoroiu 575 260 7 835 25 Miroslav Steržaj 531 297 5 828 26 Gustav Steger 563 263 5 826 27 Herbert Waniek 576 246 11 822 28 Celeste Nothiesen 554 263 10 817 29 Max Ehrsam 567 249 17 816 30 Ludwig Curda 577 236 11 813 31 Frederic Zimmermann 559 248 13 807 32 Hans Biechy 519 274 10 793 33 Werner Günzel 551 238 10 789 34 Willy Bärthlein 542 246 12 788 35 René Klein 549 228 17 777 36 Walter Ehrler 542 226 21 768 37 Pierre E. Jeannet 530 231 16 761

Women - individual Rank Name Qualification Final Result All Clean X Total All Clean X Total All Clean X Total Vlasta Šindlerová 302 131 433 288 140 428 590 271 5 861 Liduše Kusnierzová 289 138 427 297 128 425 586 266 11 852 Kálmánné Nádas 300 124 424 283 142 425 583 266 9 849 4 Ursula Rippin 299 138 437 293 115 408 592 253 11 845 5 Gorinka Erski 307 142 449 274 112 386 581 254 9 835 6 Elena Predeanu 279 142 421 299 108 407 578 250 11 828 7 Ecaterina Antonovici 282 132 414 276 129 405 558 261 21 819 8 Frieda Zitta 287 124 411 279 126 405 566 250 14 816 9 Hilde Beljan 289 105 394 275 143 418 564 248 14 812 10 Anna Jirásková 296 122 418 279 115 394 575 237 10 812 11 Emőné Hável 279 126 405 272 114 386 551 240 9 791 12 Ingrid Meinhold 286 120 406 254 110 364 540 230 15 770 13 Elena Lupescu 286 116 402 270 96 366 556 212 20 768 14 Charlotte Zeibig 282 110 8 392 15 Barbara Bulič 270 121 7 391 16 Christine Füchsel 282 105 7 387 17 Marie Lauerová 269 115 10 384 18 Teréz Steckl 277 105 7 382 19 Franciška Erjavec 275 101 14 376 20 Gézáné Ballagó 278 96 10 374 21 Agica Dudovič 257 115 7 372 22 Margareta Szamanyi 266 104 11 370 23 Franciska Hayden 263 104 12 367 24 Rosa Kesselgruber 262 97 12 359 25 Marie Schmoranzer 263 94 10 357

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Czechoslovakia (TCH)*	2	2	1	5
2	Hungary (HUN)	1	1	1	3
3	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	0	0	1
4	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
5	East Germany (DDR)	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Šimůnek Imrich Mihál Miroslav Kočárek Lumír Vostřák Václav Šavlík František Prejser	Hungary Rákos József Kratochwill József Várfalvi Gyula Varga Miklós Révész Jenő Szabó József	East Germany Erhard Schulze Werner Einhorn Horst Bräutigam Linhard Herold Gerhard Grohs Eberhard Luther
Individual	József Szabó  Hungary	František Prejsler  Czechoslovakia	Gerhard Grohs  East Germany

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Yugoslavia Agica Dudovič Floriana Čadež Malči Mohar Gorinka Erski Francka Erjavec Barbara Bulič	Romania Tinca Bolovan Elena Predeanu Margareta Szemanyi Ecaterina Atronovici Elena Lupescu Iona Gerhardt	Czechoslovakia Růžena Šenkeříková Anna Jirásková Marie Lauerová Ludmila Fürbachová Liduše Kusnierzová Vlasta Šindlerová
Individual	Vlasta Šindlerová  Czechoslovakia	Liduše Kusnierzová  Czechoslovakia	Kálmánné Nádas  Hungary

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