The bowling events at the 2005 World Games in Duisburg was played between 15 and 20 July.^[1] 64 competitors, from 29 nations, participated in the tournament. The bowling competition took place at RRZ / Bowling Center, where ten-pin events were held and in Sporthalle Krefelder Straße, where nine-pin events were held.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	2	0	0	2
2	Luxembourg	1	1	1	3
3	South Korea	1	0	1	2
4	Finland	1	0	0	1
	France	1	0	0	1
6	Belgium	0	2	0	2
7	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
8	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
10	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		6	6	6	18

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's nine-pin singles details	Steve Blasen  Luxembourg	Guus Maes  Netherlands	Bernardo Ramalho  Brazil
Men's ten-pin singles details	Kai Virtanen  Finland	Gery Verbruggen  Belgium	Andrew Cain  United States
Women's nine-pin singles details	Elgin Justen  Germany	Petra Comoth  Belgium	Marceline Della Modesta  Luxembourg
Women's ten-pin singles details	Kim Soo-kyung  South Korea	Zara Glover  Great Britain	Caroline Lagrange  Canada
Mixed nine-pin doubles details	Germany Holger Mayer Elgin Justen	Luxembourg Steve Blasen Marceline Della Modesta	Netherlands Guus Maes Marjon Berends
Mixed ten-pin doubles details	France François Sacco Isabelle Saldjian	Malaysia Zulmazran Zulkifli Shalin Zulkifli	South Korea Kang Hee-won Kim Soo-kyung

• Bowling on IWGA website
• Results