1980 Jakarta, Indonesia
Bowler Details
| MEN | BOWLERS | COUNTRY | AGE | AVERAGE | OCCUPTATION | |
| 1 | Eddie Hoskins | Australia | 34 | 195 | Draughtsman | |
| 2 | Toni Schicho | Austria | 55 | 185 | Contractor | |
| 3 | Abdul Nabi | Bahrain | 40 | 184 | Maintenance Supervisor | |
| 4 | Louis Wildemeersch***** | Belgium | 47 | 180 | ||
| 5 | Arthur Flood* | Bermuda | 58 | 180 | Sales Manager | |
| 6 | Glen Watson* | Canada | 34 | 201 | Forklift Operator | |
| 7 | Alvaro F Bolivar | Colombia | 21 | 195 | Student | |
| 8 | Johnny Christiansen | Denmark | 20 | 193 | Electrician | |
| 9 | Mario Pessoni | Ethiopia | 44 | 198 | ||
| 10 | Keijo Roine | Finland | 49 | 200 | Book Printer | |
| 11 | Philippe Dubois**+ | France | 29 | 200 | Estate Agent | |
| 12 | Reid Ralston | Great Britain | 27 | 194 | Dynamo Engineer | |
| 13 | Edward Lee | Hong Kong | 39 | 184 | Merchant | |
| 14 | Indra Gondokusumo* | Indonesia | 37 | 190 | Businessman | |
| 15 | Akbar Astani* | Iran | 39 | 188 | Engineer | |
| 16 | Philip Dunne** | Ireland | 23 | 192 | Bar Manager | |
| 17 | Bruno Dall'Olio | Italy | 42 | 187 | Auditor | |
| 18 | Tomoyuki Ohya | Japan | 22 | 195 | Student | |
| 19 | Keon Jong Yul | Korea | 27 | 186 | Company Staff | |
| 20 | Ringo Wang | Malaysia | 27 | 192 | Salesman | |
| 21 | John Vella | Malta | 24 | 190 | Salesman | |
| 22 | Alfonso Rodriguez* | Mexico | 29 | 200 | Commerce | |
| 23 | Eric Kok* | Netherlands | 21 | 190 | Administration Clerk | |
| 24 | Arne Stroem*+ | Norway | 35 | 203 | Regional Manager | |
| 25 | Jorge de la Guardia** | Panama | 36 | 202 | Moral Support Activities | |
| 26 | Paeng Nepomuceno*+ | Philippines | 23 | 205 | Student | |
| 27 | Assad Nasser Al-Ansari | Qatar | 23 | 170 | Employee | |
| 28 | Jansen Chan | Singapore | 26 | 212 | Clerk | |
| 29 | Carlos Puiggros* | Spain | 23 | 191 | Administrator | |
| 30 | Bengt Clarin | Sweden | 27 | 184 | Service Technician | |
| 31 | Alain Romon | Switzerland | 37 | 191 | Engineer | |
| 32 | Montree Vipitsini* | Thailand | 38 | 205 | Employee | |
| 33 | Robert Worrall | USA | 23 | 193 | Student | |
| 34 | Gustavo Perez Osuna* | Venezuela | 29 | 195 | Executive | |
| 35 | Georg Winter* | West Germany | 45 | 195 | Merchant | |
| WOMEN | BOWLERS | COUNTRY | AGE | AVERAGE | OCCUPATION | |
| 1 | Lavina Pietens | Australia | 47 | 185 | Housewife | |
| 2 | Christa Kirschbaum** | Austria | 35 | 180 | Book-keeper | |
| 3 | Jacqueline Coudere*** | Belgium | 39 | 189 | ||
| 4 | Jean Gordon | Canada | 29 | 182 | Laboratory Technologist | |
| 5 | Helga Steiner de Martinez | Colombia | 32 | 176 | Executive Secretary | |
| 6 | Kirsten Christiansen | Denmark | 32 | 177 | Bus Driver | |
| 7 | Airi Leppaelae* | Finland | 41 | 184 | Office Employee | |
| 8 | Liliane Gregori* | France | 30 | 180 | Production Manager | |
| 9 | Tina Darvill | Great Britain | 21 | 185 | Manageress | |
| 10 | Ruby Loh | Hong Kong | 33 | 165 | Teacher | |
| 11 | AM Ismail | Indonesia | 30 | 186 | Housewife | |
| 12 | Mary O'Connell | Ireland | 30 | 168 | Housewife | |
| 13 | Manuela Morucchio | Italy | 28 | 174 | Employee | |
| 14 | Hideyo Araya | Japan | 33 | 186 | Nurse | |
| 15 | Shirley Chow* | Malaysia | 29 | 175 | Seamstress | |
| 16 | Maria Teresa Mejia | Mexico | 34 | 180 | Physical Education Teacher | |
| 17 | Irene Gronert*** | Netherlands | 36 | 185 | Computer Instructor | |
| 18 | Inger Lise Hermansen | Norway | 35 | 232 | Housewife | |
| 19 | Virgie Zorrilla | Philippines | 47 | 185 | Housewife | |
| 20 | Ruby Chang | Singapore | 42 | 188 | Housewife | |
| 21 | Angelines Tudela | Spain | 37 | 175 | S. L. | |
| 22 | Vivan Barman | Sweden | 43 | 192 | Office Clerk | |
| 23 | Dely Howald | Switzerland | 34 | 178 | Accountant | |
| 24 | Oy Khunsombat | Thailand | 21 | 185 | Student | |
| 25 | Terry Yoshihara | USA | 24 | 187 | Student | |
| 26 | Zoraida Vargas | Venezuela | 42 | 185 | Chemist | |
| 27 | Hannelore Hoplitschek | West Germany | 29 | 179 | Housewife | |
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