The 1968 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the seventh edition of the championships and was held in Linz, Austria, from 9 to 15 June 1968.
In the men's team competition the title was won by East Germany. Czechoslovakia's Ivo Blaževič and Miroslav Kočarek won the pair competition and Yugoslavian Miroslav Steržaj the individual event. In the women's team competition the title was won by Romania. East Germany's Gertraude Engelmann and Astrid Schmidt won the pair competition and Ossi Sigrid Lidner in the individual event.
Participating nations
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(7) (14) (7) (14) (16)
Results
Men - team The competition was played with 200 throws mixed (100 all, 100 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors and the scores were added up.
Women - team The competition was played with 100 throws mixed (50 all, 50 clean). Teams were composed of 6 competitors and the scores were added up.
Men - pair
Women - pair
Men - individual
Women - individual
Medal summary
Medal table
Men
Team Klaus BeyerHorst BräutigamGerhard GrohsEberhard LutherDieter SeifertChristoph Wlocka Vasile MăntoiuIon MicoroiuPetre PurgeConstantin RădulescuGheorghe SilvestruCristu Vinătoru Josef BeckWerner GünzelTheo HolzmannRichard PelikanErwin SiebertDieter Zieher Pair Ivo BlaževičMiroslav Kočarek Miroslav SteržajJože Turk Klaus BeyerEberhard Luther Individual
Women
Team Tinca BalabanCornelia MoldoveanuFlorica NeguțoiuMargareta SzemanyiCrista SzöcsElena Trandafir Vĕra LauerováHana MádlováMarie MikulčikováVlasta ŠindlerováMarie ŠvorbováZdeňka Těthalová Gertraude EngelmannSigrid LindnerAnnemarie PrellerUrsula RippinAstrid SchmidtBrigitte Uhle Pair Gertraude EngelmannAstrid Schmidt Vlasta ŠindlerováMarie Švorbová Györgyné KissKálmánné Nádas Individual
References WC Archive on KZS WC History on WNBA NBC