The 1988 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships was the seventeenth edition of the championships and was held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 to 20 May 1988.

In the men's competition the title was won by Hungary in the team competition, Boris Urbanc and Nikola Dragaš (Yugoslavia) in the pair competition and by Boris Urbanc (Yugoslavia) in the singles. In the women's competition the title was won by Yugoslavia in the team competition, Naděžda Dobešová and Daniela Žďárková (Czechoslovakia) in the pair competition and by Marianna Török (Hungary) in the singles.

Participating teams

Men

Women

Results

Men - team The competition was played with 200 balls (100 all, 100 clean).Teams were composed of 6 competitors and the scores were added up.

Women - team The competition was played with 100 balls (50 all, 50 clean).Teams were composed of 6 competitors and the scores were added up.

Men - pair

Women - pair

Men - single 20 competitors with the best sum from the start team and pair advanced to the final. The results from the final were added to qualification which decided on the final event order.

Rank Name Country Qualification Final TotalTeamPair A C X QT A C X T Boris Urbanc 938 937 1234 641 2 1875 607 310 1 917 2792 Béla Csányi 944 908 1186 666 1 1852 590 321 1 911 2763 József Mészáros 932 904 1222 614 3 1836 598 309 0 907 2743 4 Stelian Boariu 872 927 1191 608 5 1799 604 334 0 938 2737 5 Ludwig Keller 937 908 1206 639 1 1845 593 299 1 892 2737 6 Jozef Kríž 906 912 1193 605 2 1818 607 310 1 917 2735 7 Andreas Dobias 936 912 1201 647 1 1848 579 293 1 872 2720 8 Zdeněk Procházka 889 924 1155 658 5 1813 598 297 1 895 2708 9 Ralf Koch 929 915 1231 613 4 1844 578 278 2 856 2700 10 Nikola Dragaš 905 914 1201 618 3 1819 582 298 2 880 2699 11 Pál Madák 905 896 1165 636 1 1801 575 317 1 892 2693 12 Miloš Milivojević 896 880 1186 590 5 1776 590 317 2 907 2683 13 Christian Schwarz 885 883 1177 591 2 1768 279 334 1 913 2681 14 László Mráz 933 881 1187 627 5 1814 575 291 1 866 2680 15 Jozef Pešta 896 898 1190 604 4 1794 593 285 1 878 2672 16 Gerhard Pracser 860 915 1187 588 4 1775 586 275 5 861 2636 17 Lajos Németh 896 875 1145 626 1 1171 569 280 1 849 2620 18 Roger Nilsson 883 902 1200 585 9 1785 542 290 4 832 2617 19 Costică Frigea 904 863 1213 554 7 1767 563 280 4 843 2610 20 Günter Baumer 908 864 1180 592 7 1772 559 276 2 835 2607 21 Ilie Hosu 884 891 1167 608 4 1775 Withdrawn 22 Ernö Gergely 874 897 1177 594 3 1771 23 Vladimir Galjanić 880 884 1195 569 8 1764 did not advance 24 Vojtech Vitkovič 896 867 1188 575 8 1763 25 Jürgen Fleischer 890 862 1151 601 5 1752 26 Silviu Belivaca 895 855 1191 559 8 1750 27 Damir Fučkar 868 875 1156 587 3 1743 28 Peter Pezel 877 857 1149 585 2 1734 29 Erwin Doszpod 890 842 1140 592 10 1732 30 Franz Wendl 890 845 1138 587 4 1725 31 Hans Blaas 874 836 1132 578 14 1710 32 Stefan Olsson 890 818 1179 529 8 1708 33 Marek Krawczyk 860 836 1157 539 13 1696 34 Håkan Pergelius 838 857 1156 539 8 1695 35 Josef Bartoš 856 835 1130 561 3 1691 36 Raimo Kuosmannen 854 836 1130 560 8 1690 37 Jean-Jacques Forcht 875 813 1129 559 12 1688 38 Krzysztof Kamiński 874 810 1106 578 11 1684 39 Alois Hofer 873 808 1112 569 4 1681 40 Kazimierz Kulbacki 838 839 1119 558 13 1677 41 Christian Hoferer 824 849 1156 517 8 1673 42 Ludwig Meßner 835 827 1111 551 6 1662 43 Jean-Marc Bertsch 768 871 1114 545 2 1659 44 Kaj Lindstrom 831 828 1145 514 14 1659 45 Janusz Adamczak 814 844 1105 553 9 1658 46 Christian Gruber 816 831 1105 542 9 1647 47 Laurent Perret 879 768 1119 528 16 1647 48 Jens Rasmussen 803 842 1104 541 19 1645 49 Gérard Janus 799 844 1138 505 18 1643 50 Walter Unteregger 852 787 1111 528 12 1639 51 Juga Kuosmannen 787 837 1125 499 16 1624 52 Krastio Palasev 811 809 1130 490 12 1620 53 Finn Madsen 784 835 1121 498 12 1619 54 Sylwester Zieliński 826 792 1080 538 15 1618 55 Keld Andersen 822 795 1111 506 14 1617 56 Dimitar Arnavdov 796 817 1163 450 28 1613 57 Kiril Stanoev 788 817 1103 502 16 1605 58 Roman Żarna 792 805 1102 495 11 1597 59 Bent Ole Gad 803 774 1116 461 27 1577 60 Konstantin Nikolov 750 801 1068 483 16 1551 61 Botio Koritarov 759 792 1104 447 23 1551 62 Matjaž Hočevar 580 857 936 501 4 1437 63 László Nagy — 925 599 326 1 925 64 Werner Stößel — 886 580 306 4 886 65 Siegfried Waeber 877 — 590 287 1 877 66 Hubert Supper — 869 577 292 0 869 67 Josef Něnička — 846 562 284 3 846 68 Jaroslav Slabák 846 — 566 280 2 846 69 Vasja Donos 844 — 563 281 1 844 70 Miklós Makkai 843 — 567 276 2 843 71 Alois Gruber 838 — 550 288 3 838 72 Jean-Marie Boux 838 — 578 260 7 838 73 Thomas Löscher 821 — 549 272 6 821 74 Sandor Székely — 807 562 245 2 807 75 Gérard Brisse — 802 555 247 8 802 76 Håkan Strömberg 795 — 535 260 2 795 77 Herbert Hofer — 792 558 234 8 792 78 Lennart Karlsson — 787 539 248 4 787 79 Petko Petkov — 770 541 229 16 770 80 Michael Jensen 769 — 518 251 12 769 81 Dimitar Hristov 752 — 533 219 14 752 82 John Jensen — 691 500 191 21 691 83 Darko Bizjak 256 — 193 60 2 256 Key Colour Result Red Do not qualify (DNQ) White Do not participate (DNP)Blank No result (-) Whithdrawn (WD)Text formatingMeaningBoldBest resultItalicsComment

Women - single 20 competitors with the best sum from the start team and pair advanced to the final. The results from the final were added to qualification which decided on the final event order.

Rank Name Country Qualification Final TotalTeamPair A C X QT A C X T Marianna Torok 437 437 556 318 0 874 299 141 5 440 1314 Erika Vecseri 447 412 583 276 2 859 292 151 1 443 1302 Biserka Perman 435 432 568 299 5 867 280 149 0 429 1296 4 Adriana Antonesei 417 434 578 273 8 851 292 150 2 442 1293 5 Deina Tagean 462 394 572 284 3 856 269 165 0 434 1290 6 Gudrun Beier 429 444 573 300 10 873 277 140 1 417 1290 7 Naděžda Dobešová 446 439 572 313 0 885 280 125 4 403 1290 8 Ferencné Hudomiet 418 439 571 286 2 857 280 142 2 422 1279 9 Olivera Busija 426 415 549 292 1 841 289 143 1 432 1273 10 Růžena Smrčková 440 405 541 304 2 845 288 132 3 420 1265 11 Karin Zipf 451 407 588 270 5 858 285 119 2 404 1262 12 Daniela Žďárková 417 442 556 303 2 859 272 130 1 402 1261 13 Štefica Krištof 429 396 573 252 5 825 280 149 0 429 1254 14 Marika Karindar-Nagy 430 412 559 283 0 842 278 133 1 411 1253 15 Anita Walz 421 414 555 280 11 835 289 128 3 417 1252 16 Jožica Šeško 439 414 558 295 6 853 275 122 3 397 1250 17 Gabriela Kuchárová 430 425 572 283 4 855 277 113 7 390 1245 18 Eva-Maria Birsach 412 412 555 269 3 824 275 144 2 419 1243 19 Elena Andreescu 408 428 560 276 6 836 278 125 4 403 1239 20 Gabriella Tusch 415 416 558 273 2 831 264 115 6 379 1210 21 Cilly Ploner 412 412 559 265 4 824did not advance 22 Katalin Nove 404 417 552 269 3 821 23 Eveline Besta 410 407 549 268 9 817 24 Anna Martišková 418 396 558 256 6 814 25 Heike Zahn 411 400 561 250 7 811 26 Cornelia Lachmann 410 397 550 257 7 807 27 Maria Waszak 401 404 559 246 6 805 28 Herta Kohlgruber 403 401 548 256 13 804 29 Gabriele Bergholz 399 399 555 243 6 798 30 Albena Kostova 396 400 544 252 9 796 31 Sofia Koteva 414 380 556 238 8 794 32 Mária Zsizsik 408 383 527 264 4 791 33 Alicja Włodarczak 404 386 540 250 10 790 34 Györgyné Vidács 407 383 556 234 8 790 35 Hana Gajová 398 392 574 216 10 790 36 Istvánné Németh 394 395 542 247 15 789 37 Ann-Brit Karlsson 410 377 523 264 11 787 38 Elena Birnaz 399 384 527 256 3 783 39 Lena Karlsson 396 384 541 239 8 780 40 Beata Górczak 397 381 531 247 7 778 41 Bogumiła Górczak 395 375 558 212 11 770 42 Kostandinka Nikolova 393 375 550 218 8 768 43 Alice Krogh 390 374 543 221 20 764 44 Jette Stougaard 386 377 552 211 18 763 45 Ani Gueorguieva 395 366 540 221 14 761 46 Agata Banaszak 396 364 516 244 12 760 47 Christine Pracser 389 371 536 224 14 760 48 Chris Jonsson 395 361 525 231 18 756 49 Christia Wiedenhofer 387 356 522 221 16 743 50 Letizia Mihailova 370 371 523 218 13 741 51 Karin Carlson 371 370 524 217 12 741 52 Laura Andreasi 373 366 515 224 15 739 53 Lena Jakobsson 369 366 527 208 21 735 54 Maria Gufler 367 349 510 206 14 716 55 Zornica Jordanova 345 371 520 196 19 716 56 Kirstem Bajlun 369 342 512 199 20 711 57 Gudrun Jensen 351 359 502 208 20 710 58 Anette Jensen 341 335 489 187 23 676 59 Vesna Žunek — 440 315 125 6 440 60 Ágota Kovácsné Grampsh — 436 296 140 2 436 61 Margit Tot 399 — 267 132 4 399 62 Zsuzsanna Szöke 398 — 273 125 1 398 63 Liliana Bejenaru 389 — 261 128 3 389 64 Dorota Włodarczak — 386 262 124 6 386 65 Hildegard Strele — 384 270 114 9 384 66 Heidelinde Wolf 382 — 265 117 4 382 67 Viorica Botezatu — 378 254 124 0 378 68 Karolina Galińska 372 — 265 107 6 372 69 Frida Kerschbaumer — 371 265 106 8 371 70 Mikaela Petterson — 367 261 106 7 367 71 Lillemor Dahlström 367 — 269 98 7 367 72 Monika Aufderklamm 353 — 255 98 13 353 73 Carina Norregaard — 341 253 88 18 341 74 Yvonne Helvig 331 — 246 85 16 331 Key Colour Result Red Do not qualify (DNQ) White Do not participate (DNP)Blank No result (-) Whithdrawn (WD)Text formatingMeaningBoldBest resultItalicsComment

Medal summary

Medal table

Men

Team Béla CsányiPál MadákMiklós MakkaiJózsef MészárosLászló MrázLászló NagyLajos Németh Günter BaumerJürgen FleischerLudwig KellerRalf KochChristian SchwarzWerner StosselSiegfried Waeber Darko BizjakNikola DragašDamir FučkarVladimir GaljanićMatjaž HočevarMiloš MilivojevićBoris Urbanc Pair Nikola DragašBoris Urbanc Andreas DobiasGerhard Pracser Ludwig KellerRalf Koch Single

Women

Team Olivera BusijaMarika Kardinar-NagyŠtefica KrištofBiserka PermanJožica ŠeškoMargit TotVesna Žunek Naděžda DobešováHana GajováGabriela KuchárováAnna MartiškováRůžena SmrčkováZdena VytiskováDaniela Žďárková Gabriele BergholzGudrun BeierCornelia LachmanHildegard PichlerAnita WalzHeike ZahnKarin Zipf Pair Naděžda DobešováDaniela Žďárková Ferencné HudomietÁgota Kovácsné Grampsch Olivera BusijaVesna Žunek Single

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