World Tenpin Bowling Championships—men

year singles pairs triples fives eights

1954 G. Algeskog (Swed.) Finland Sweden Sweden

1955 N. Backstrom (Swed.) Sweden West Germany Finland

1958 K. Asukas (Fin.) Sweden Finland Sweden

1960 T. Reynolds (Mex.) Mexico Venezuela Mexico

1963 L. Zikes (U.S.) United States United States United States

1967 D. Pond (U.K.) United Kingdom Finland United States

1971 E. Luther (U.S.) Puerto Rico United States United States

1975 M. Stoudt (U.S.) United Kingdom Finland West Germany

1979* G. Bugden (U.K.) Australia Malaysia Australia

1983 T. Cariello (U.S.) Australia Sweden Finland

1987 P. Rolland (Fr.) Sweden United States Sweden

1991 Ying Chieh Ma (Taiwan) United States United States Taiwan

1995 M. Doi (Can.) Sweden The Netherlands The Netherlands

1999 G. Verbruggen (Belg.) Sweden Finland Sweden

2003 M. Luoto (Fin.) Sweden United States Sweden

2006 R. Ong (Sing.) Sweden South Korea United States

*In 1979 eights were discontinued altogether and triples were introduced.