Bowling at the World Games

Bowling has been part of all World Games. The games include the disciplines Nine-pin bowling and Ten-pin bowling.

Nine-pin bowling

Men

Singles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005 Duisburg	Steve Blasen (LUX)	Guus Maes (NED)	Bernardo Immendorf (BRA)

Women

Singles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005 Duisburg	Elgin Justen (GER)	Petra Comoth (BEL)	Marcelline Della Modesta (LUX)

Mixed

Doubles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005 Duisburg	Germany (GER) Elgin Justen Holger Mayer	Luxembourg (LUX) Marcelline Della Modesta Steve Blasen	Netherlands (NED) Maria Berends Guus Maes

Ten-pin bowling

Men

Singles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	Arne Svein Strøm (NOR)	Ernst Berndt (AUT)	Chris Batson (AUS)
1985 London	Raymond Jansson (SWE)	Arne Svein Strøm (NOR)	Utz Dehler (FRG)
1989 Karlsruhe	Ma Ying-Chieh (TPE)	Darold Meisel (USA)	Hendro Pratono (INA)
1993 The Hague	Tomas Leandersson (SWE)	Yvan Augustin (FRA)	Paeng Nepomuceno (PHI)
1997 Lahti	Gery Verbruggen (BEL)	Vernon Peterson (USA)	Paeng Nepomuceno (PHI)
2001 Akita	Tobias Gäbler (GER)	Kim Kyung-Min (KOR)	Tom Hahl (FIN)
2005 Duisburg	Kai Virtanen (FIN)	Gery Verbruggen (BEL)	Andrew Cain (USA)
2009 Kaohsiung	Manuel Otalora (COL)	Wu Siu Hong (HKG)	Adrian Ang (MAS)
2013 Cali	Osku Palermaa (FIN)	Mads Sandbækken (NOR)	Hwang Dong-Jun (KOR)
2017 Wroclaw	Cho Young-Seon (KOR)	Ildemaro Ruiz (VEN)	Tobias Börding (GER)
2022 Birmingham	Sam Cooley (AUS)	Jaroslav Lorenc (CZE)	Graham Fach (CAN)

Doubles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2017 Wroclaw	Canada (CAN) François Lavoie Dan MacLelland	Venezuela (VEN) Massimiliano Fridegotto Ildemaro Ruiz	Hong Kong (HKG) Wu Siu Hong Michael Mak
2022 Birmingham	Denmark (DEN) Jesper Agerbo Dan Östergaard-Poulsen	Canada (CAN) Graham Fach Darren Alexander	South Korea (KOR) Kim Dong-hyeon Park Dong-hyun

All Events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 London	Raymond Jansson (SWE)	Utz Dehler (FRG)	Byun Yong-Hwon (KOR)

Women

Singles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	Liliane Gregori (FRA)	Porntip Singha (THA)	Mary Lou Vining (USA)
1985 London	Adelene Wee (SIN)	Pam Pope (AUS)	Jette Hansen (DEN)
1989 Karlsruhe	Jane Amlinger (CAN)	Arianne Cerdeña (PHI)	Patty Ann (USA)
1993 The Hague	Pauline Smith (GBR)	Lisa Kwan (MAS)	Oh Hi (KOR)
1997 Lahti	Patricia Schwarz (GER)	Isabelle Saldjian (FRA)	Lee Mi-Young (KOR)
2001 Akita	Sofia Matilde Rodriguez (GUA)	Ross Greiner (NED)	Piritta Kantola (FIN)
2005 Duisburg	Kim Soo-Kyung (KOR)	Zara Glover (GBR)	Caroline Lagrange (CAN)
2009 Kaohsiung	Krista Pöllänen (FIN)	Zara Glover (GBR)	Liza del Rosario (PHI)
2013 Cali	Daria Kovalova (UKR)	Kelly Kulick (USA)	Karen Marcano (VEN)
2017 Wroclaw	Kelly Kulick (USA)	Clara Guerrero (COL)	Daria Kovalova (UKR)
2022 Birmingham	Shannon O'Keefe (USA)	Clara Guerrero (COL)	Jenny Wegner (SWE)

In 2017, Laura Buethner of Germany originally won gold in women's singles. In a competition doping test after the medal ceremony, Buethner tested positive for a banned substance. As a result of the positive doping test, Buethner was stripped of the gold medal. Kelly Kulick, who originally won silver, was awarded the gold medal. Clara Guerrero, who originally won bronze, was awarded the silver medal and Daria Kovalova, originally fourth in the final standings, was awarded the bronze medal.^[1]

Doubles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2017 Wroclaw	Colombia (COL) Clara Guerrero Rocio Restrepo	United States (USA) Kelly Kulick Danielle McEwan	Mexico (MEX) Sandra Góngora Tannya Lopez
2022 Birmingham	Denmark (DEN) Mika Guldbaek Mai Ginge Jensen	United States (USA) Shannon O'Keefe Julia Bond	Malaysia (MAS) Li Jane Sin Natasha Mohamed Roslan

All Events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 London	Gisela Lins (FRG)	Josette Romon (SUI)	Pam Pope (AUS)

Mixed

Doubles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	Australia (AUS) Ruth Guerster Chris Batson	Finland (FIN) Ari Leppala Mikko Kaartinen	Austria (AUT) Hilde Reitermaier Ernst Berndt
1985 London	Belgium (BEL) Nora Haveneers Dominique De Nolf	West Germany (FRG) Gisela Lins Utz Dehler	Philippines (PHI) Bong Coo Rene Reyes
1989 Karlsruhe	Chinese Taipei (TPE) Ma Ying-Chieh Huang Yuen-Yue	Philippines (PHI) Arianne Cerdeña Jorge Fernández	West Germany (FRG) Michaela Viol Wolfgang Strupf
1993 The Hague	Finland (FIN) Pauliina Aalto Mika Koivuniemi	Sweden (SWE) Åsa Larsson Tomas Leandersson	France (FRA) Isabelle Saldjian Yvan Augustin
1997 Lahti	Malaysia (MAS) Sharon Low Daniel Lim	Australia (AUS) Cara Honeychurch Andrew Frawley	Japan (JPN) Tomomi Shibata Shigeo Saito
2001 Akita	Great Britain (GBR) Kirsten Penny Steven Thornton	Germany (GER) Tanya Petty Tobias Gäbler	Norway (NOR) Mette Hansen Petter Hansen
2005 Duisburg	France (FRA) Isabelle Saldjian François Sacco	Malaysia (MAS) Shalin Zulkifli Zulmazran Zulkifli	South Korea (KOR) Kim Soo-Kyung Kang Hee-Won
2009 Kaohsiung	South Korea (KOR) Gye Min-Young Kong Byoung-Hee	Colombia (COL) Anggie Ramírez Manuel Otalora	Malaysia (MAS) Zatil Iman Abdul Ghani Adrian Ang
2013 Cali	United States (USA) Kelly Kulick Mike Fagan	Canada (CAN) Lynne Gauthier Dan MacLelland	Mexico (MEX) Sandra Góngora Alejandro Cruz

External links

• World Games ten-pin bowling results from European Bowling Federation
• All World Games Medalists from USBC Congress
• World Games 2009 page at Asian Bowling Federation
• Schere World Games 2005 results from Fédération Luxembourgeoisen des Quilleurs

References

This page was last edited on 7 September 2022, at 00:46