The 1957 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the third edition of the championships and was held in Vienna, Austria, from 9 to 14 June 1957.

In the men's competition the title was won by Yugoslavia in the team competition and by Ion Micoroiu (Romania) in the individual event. In the women's competition the title was won by Austria in the team competition and by Gertrude Schmidka (Austria) in the individual event. Hungary and Romania entered its first championship.

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 Leon Grom Avgust Likovnik Rajko Starc Dujam Smoljanović Stanislav Pogelšek 3361 560 526 553 574 577 571 1685 271 293 260 294 279 288 5046 831 819 813 868 856 859  Hungary Alajos Escher János Brachmann György Gyebrovszky István Bubori Jenő Révész József Szabó 3408 567 530 567 554 571 619 1592 244 256 263 275 279 275 5000 811 786 830 829 850 894  East Germany Gerhard Grohs Rudolf Franke Bernd Rumpf Herbert Uhlmann Eberhard Luther Hans Grettner 3296 545 580 545 560 531 535 1555 263 288 223 264 257 260 4851 808 868 768 824 788 795 4  Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Šimůnek Miroslav Kočárek Stanislav Kučera Štefan Fazika František Prejsler Lumír Vostřák 3312 540 514 555 551 571 581 1512 257 248 255 248 255 249 4824 797 762 810 799 826 830 5  Austria Friedrich Beschl Johann Binder Alexander Hofmann Ludwig Curda Karl Kuba Hans Haidvogel 3183 545 542 504 531 560 501 1584 239 237 271 254 271 312 4767 784 779 775 785 831 813 6  Romania Ion Micoroiu Tiberiu Szemanyi Teodor Mihailescu Francise Micola Alexandru Gomoiu Alexandru Andrei 3079 535 531 483 548 499 483 1538 247 256 245 270 258 262 4617 782 787 728 818 757 745 7  West Germany Josef Bröhl Werner Stefan Albert Pfeiffer Alfred Scherf Walter Heinlein Hermann Raethel 3082 508 501 528 529 484 532 1406 226 221 263 239 191 266 4488 734 722 791 768 675 798 8  France Rene Klein Andre Weyer Frederic Zimmermann Rene Weiss Pierre Neff Charles Metzger 3084 478 497 525 549 477 558 1362 186 213 242 240 221 260 4446 664 710 767 789 698 818 9   Switzerland Giovanni Barisi Alfred Reisen Josef Schüler Fritz Brönimann Paul Brühlmann Fritz Bölstreli 2939 447 494 521 502 514 461 1173 171 176 193 220 218 195 4112 618 670 714 722 732 656

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  Austria Wilhelmine Hensel Franziska Haydn Rosa Kesselgruber Maria Schmoranzer Steffi Kriha Hedwig Biedermann 1610 257 277 282 262 282 250 723 124 123 121 108 115 132 2333 381 400 403 370 397 382  East Germany Hannelore Cebulla Susi Herchert Elisabeth Bannert Charlote Zeibig Edith Schulze Elisabeth Dornack 1782 521 239 243 267 250 262 694 115 121 106 122 116 114 2476 636 360 349 389 366 376  Hungary Anna Oláh Anna Vojna Józsefiné Kiss Anna Huzián Gyuláné Schrett Emma Molnár 1521 238 255 234 271 248 275 668 104 119 122 113 106 104 2189 342 374 356 384 354 379 4  Yugoslavia Elsa Novak Zita Pipinić Bernada Smrajc Cvetka Čadež Franciška Erjavec Barbara Bulić 1472 265 222 242 257 223 263 623 101 87 107 105 115 108 2095 366 309 349 362 338 371

Men - individual Rank Name Nation All Clean Total Ion Micoroiu  Romania 599 278 877 František Prejsler  Czechoslovakia 552 316 868 Jaroslav Šimůnek  Czechoslovakia 562 304 866 4. Dujam Smoljanović  Yugoslavia 592 269 861 5. Hans Haidvogel  Austria 568 284 852 6. Bernd Rumpf  East Germany 570 276 846 7. György Gyebrovszky  Hungary 584 256 840 8. Stanislav Kučera  Czechoslovakia 555 281 836 9. Miroslav Steržaj  Yugoslavia 554 280 834 10. Karl Kuba  Austria 599 275 834 11. Hermann Raethel  Austria 575 250 825 12. Friedrich Beschl  Austria 540 281 821 13. Francise Micole  Romania 529 291 820 14. Eberhard Luther  East Germany 546 273 819 15. Eberhard Hofmann  East Germany 569 250 819 16. Gerhard Grohs  East Germany 544 273 817 17. Vladimir Martelanc  Yugoslavia 533 282 815 18. Alajos Escher  Hungary 561 253 814 19. Jenő Révész  Hungary 538 275 813 20. Rajko Starc  Yugoslavia 557 254 811 21. Alexandru Gomoiu  Romania 525 285 810 22. Wolfgang Holewa  East Germany 539 270 809 23. Štefan Fazika  Czechoslovakia 552 256 808 24. József Szabó  Hungary 527 280 807 25. Avgust Likovnik  Yugoslavia 528 278 806 26. Stanislav Pogelšek  Yugoslavia 545 261 806 27. János Brachmann  Hungary 531 273 804 28. Charles Metzger  France 560 242 802 29. Friedrich Marx  Austria 533 266 799 30. Frederic Zimmermann  France 535 264 799 31. Tiberiu Szmanyi  Romania 559 240 799 32. Herbert Uhlmann  East Germany 559 240 799 33. Walter Franke  East Germany 523 264 787 34. Lumír Vostřák  Czechoslovakia 531 250 781 35. Alexandru Andrei  Romania 515 261 776 36. Victor Felszeghi  Romania 551 220 771 37. István Bubori  Hungary 545 222 767 38. Josef Bröhl  West Germany 530 236 766 39. Miroslav Kočárek  Czechoslovakia 516 246 762 40. Robert Schneider  France 542 219 761 41. Rene Klein  France 559 201 760 42. Josef Schüler   Switzerland 521 229 750 43. Karl Schlager  Austria 518 229 747 44. Alfred Scherf  West Germany 510 227 737 45. Rudolf Dietner  Austria 537 199 736 46. Werner Steffan  West Germany 504 227 731 47. Fritz Bösterli   Switzerland 496 230 726 48. Paul Brühlmann   Switzerland 508 216 724 49. Andre Weyer  France 491 219 710 50. Pierre Neff  France 495 215 710 51. Walter Heinlein  West Germany 494 211 705 52. Walter Malterer  West Germany 485 214 699 53. Fritz Brönimann   Switzerland 499 198 697 54. Giovanni Barisi   Switzerland 489 180 669 55. Willi Streun   Switzerland 424 169 593

Women - individual Rank Name Nation All Clean Total Gertrude Schmidka  Austria 272 123 395 Zita Pipinić  Yugoslavia 272 109 381 Hermine Biedermann  Austria 258 122 380 4. Traude Brandfellner  Austria 258 122 380 5. Barbara Bulić  Yugoslavia 271 107 378 6. Margarete Wallner  Austria 261 115 376 7. Anna Oláh  Hungary 268 107 375 8. Maria Schmoranzer  Austria 266 107 373 9. Elsa Novak  Yugoslavia 255 117 372 10. Emma Molnár  Hungary 253 115 368 11. Susi Herchert  East Germany 257 111 368 12. Hannelore Cebulla  East Germany 256 111 367 13. Bernada Smrajc  Yugoslavia 252 112 364 14. Cvetka Čadež  Yugoslavia 249 112 361 15. Edith Schulze  East Germany 255 104 359 16. Charlotte Zeibig  East Germany 258 96 354 17. Elisabeth Bannert  East Germany 233 117 350 18. Elisabeth Dornack  East Germany 234 113 347 19. Anna Huzián  Hungary 235 107 342 20. Franciška Erjavec  Yugoslavia 233 106 339 21. Anna Vojna  Hungary 237 101 338 22. Gyuláné Schrett  Hungary 237 97 334 23. Marie Langmayer  Austria 228 105 333 24. Mandica Asic  Yugoslavia 256 73 329 25. Józsefiné Kiss  Hungary 224 99 323

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria (AUT)*	2	0	1	3
2	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	1	0	2
3	Romania (ROU)	1	0	0	1
4	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
	East Germany (DDR)	0	1	1	2
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Ion Micoroiu  Romania	František Prejsler  Czechoslovakia	Jaroslav Šimůnek  Czechoslovakia
Team	Yugoslavia Vladimir Martelanc Leon Grom Avgust Likovnik Rajko Starc Dujam Smoljanović Stanislav Pogelšek	Hungary Alajos Escher János Brachmann György Gyebrovszky István Bubori Jenő Révész József Szabó	East Germany Gerhard Grohs Rudolf Franke Bernd Rumpf Herbert Uhlmann Eberhard Luther Hans Grettner

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Gertrude Schmidka  Austria	Zita Pipinić  Yugoslavia	Hermine Biedermann  Austria
Team	Austria Wilhelmine Hensel Franziska Haydn Rosa Kesselgruber Maria Schmoranzer Steffi Kriha Hedwig Biedermann	East Germany Hannelore Cebulla Susi Herchert Elisabeth Bannert Charlote Zeibig Edith Schulze Elisabeth Dornack	Hungary Anna Oláh Anna Vojna Józsefiné Kiss Anna Huzián Gyuláné Schrett Emma Molnár

References

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