1974 Caracas, Venezuela

Final Standings Men

1. Jairo Ocampo, Colombia; 2. Louis Wildermeersch, Belgium.

FINALS MEN            
               
Position Name Country Total  
               
1 Jairo Ocampo Colombia 587        
2 Louis Wildemeersch**** Belgium 563        
               
               
SEMI FINALS MEN  
               
1 Jairo Ocampo Colombia          
2 Louis Wildemeersch**** Belgium          
3 Jose Mariano Arrzu Guatemala          
4 Chris Batson Australia          
               
               
QUARTER FINALS MEN          
               
1 Chris Batson Australia          
2 Jose Mariano Arrzu Guatemala High Game 277  
3 Jairo Ocampo Colombia          
4 Louis Wildemeersch**** Belgium          
5 Tubby Wood Hong Kong          
6 Jan Donde Denmark          
7 S Y Loh Singapore          
8 Rene Reyes** Philippines          
               
               
QUALIFYING MEN - TOP 18          
               
1 Chris Batson Australia          
2 S Y Loh Singapore          
3 Louis Wildemeersch**** Belgium          
4 Jan Donde Denmark          
5 Rene Reyes** Philippines          
6 Jairo Ocampo Colombia          
7 Tubby Wood Hong Kong          
8 Jose Mariano Arrzu Guatemala          
9 Bob Moore Canada          
10 Arne Tjarnstrom Sweden          
11 Song Sombatraksasook Thailand          
12 Eddie Garofalo Puerto Rico          
13 Juan Vicente Guisasola* Spain          
14 Fernando Barocio Mexico          
15 Timo Suviranta* Finland          
16 Friedhold Ritz West Germany          
17 Mato Butkovic** Yugoslavia Sportsman of the Tournament  
18 Michael Chuah* Malaysia          
               
POSITION BOWLERS COUNTRY PINFALL        
               
1 Jairo Ocampo Colombia 10904        
2 Louis Wildemeersch**** Belgium 10871        
3 Jose Mariano Arzu* Guatemala 10502        
4 Chris Batson Australia 10668        
5 Tubby Wood Hong Kong 9005        
6 Jan Donde Denmark 9057        
7 S Y Loh Singapore 9124        
8 Rene Reyes** Philippines 8964        
9 Bob Moore Canada 7918        
10 Arne Tjarnstrom Sweden 7663        
11 Song Sombatraksasook Thailand 7803        
12 Eddie Garofalo Puerto Rico 7792        
13 Juan Vicente Guisasola* Spain 7621        
14 Fernando Barocio Mexico 7606        
15 Timo Suviranta* Finland 7668        
16 Friedhold Ritz West Germany 7626        
17 Mato Butkovic** Yugoslavia 7529        
18 Michael Chuah* Malaysia 7617        
19 Gerhard Schirmer Austria 4436        
20 Jorge de la Guardia Panama 4426        
21 Quinton Hayward Bermuda 4405        
22 Ezio Carravieri Italy 4391        
23 Phillipe Becherraz Switzerland 4386        
24 Michael Brophy Ireland 4379        
25 Sam Pugh Great Britain 4366        
26 Jeff Albury Bahamas 4347        
27 Gustavo Perez Osuna Venezuela 4346        
28 Masayasu Morita Japan 4332        
29 Alain Epaulard France 4315        
30   Dominican Republic 4250        
31 Bjorn Haugaard Norway 4239        
32 Johannes Schuurmans Netherlands 4215        
33 Pedro Saint Bonnet Argentina 4155        
34 Joseph Friomzon Costa Rica 4145        
35 Ralph Welborn USA 4124        
36 Oke Supit* Indonesia 4042        
37 Nelson Rosales Curacao 3909        
38 Khaled Shams Kuwait 3898        
39   Bolivia 3890        
               
 

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