1988 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season

The 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 43rd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3]

The final was held at the Vojens Speedway Center, owned by former World Champion Ole Olsen. Despite the country having won seven World Individual Championships between three riders since 1971 (Olsen, Erik Gundersen and Hans Nielsen), it was the first time Denmark hosted the World Final.[4]

Gundersen renewed his fierce rivalry with Nielsen as both finished on 13 points to tie for the lead of the Championship. However it was Gundersen that won the toss to choose his starting gate for the run-off. He chose the outside and on a wet track he won his third title by defeating Nielsen in the run-off. Fellow Dane Jan O. Pedersen completed a clean sweep for Denmark by taking the bronze medal.[5]

First round

Qualification results.[6][7]

British qualification

  • Top 32 riders to British semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
8 April Powderhall Stadium, Edinburgh Mark Courtney Rob Grant Les Collins
10 April Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne Martin Dugard
11 April County Ground Stadium, Exeter Andrew Silver Steve Schofield Andy Campbell
14 April Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough Darren Sumner Steve Wilcock Neville Tatum
16 April Loomer Road Stadium, Chesterton Graham Jones Nigel Crabtree Andy Galvin
Quarter-final[8]
26 April Wimborne Road, Poole Les Collins Neville Tatum Steve Schofield

Second round

West German Final

Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Tommy Dunker 3,3,3,3,3 15
2 Gerd Riss 3,3,3,2,3 14
3 Karl Maier 2,3,2,3,3 13
4 Carsten Pelzmann 3,2,1,3,1 10
5 Andreas Marynowski 2,2,1,3,2 10
6 Peter Schrock 2,1,3,2,2 10
7 Berndt Traunspurger 1,0,3,2,1 7
8 Tommy Broch 2,E,1,1,3 7
9 Klaus Freundorfer 1,2,2,F,2 7
10 Peter Hehlert 1,3,0,2,0 6
11 Alois Bachuber 0,1,2,1,1 5
12 Andre Pollehn 0,1,1,0,2 4
13 Hans Faltermeier 1,1,2,F,- 4
14 Heinz Huber 3,F,-,-,- 3
15 Hans Kressirer 0,2,0,1,E 3
16 Mario Trupkovic 0,0,0,0,1 1

Netherlands/Belgium Final

Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Henk Steman 13+15+1+13,5+13 54,5
2 Rene Elzinga 3,5+8+15+15+15 53
3 Peter Seur 12+11,5+9+11,5+9,5 44,5
4 Geert Cools ns+9+9+13,5+12 43,5
5 Wil Stoes 11+10+ns+7,5+14 42,5
6 Rob Steman 0,5+11,5+14+6+6,5 38,5
7 Robert Jam Munnecom 10+14+13+ns+ns 37
8 Rikus Gorter 8,5+3+11,5+9+5 34
9 Frans Cools 0,5+5,5+5,5+10+11 31
10 Ron Koppe 3,5+7+5,5+11,5+6,5 30,5
11 Frits Koppe 14+13+ns+ns+ns 27
12 Vital Cardeynaels 7+4+11,5+1+ns 23,5
13 Henny Kroeze 15+5,5+ns+ns+ns 20,5
14 Ron Van Dam 2+ns+7+7,5+3,5 20
15 Patrick Pino 5+ns+3,5+3,5+8 20
16 Aage Lucardie ns+1+9+5+2 17
17 Fokke Van Der Walle 8,5+2+2+3,5+3,5 16,5
18 Hylke Dijkema ns++ns+ns+ns+9,5 9,5
19 Willy Heremans 6+ns+3,5+ns+ns 9,5
20 Herman Heremans ns+ns+ns+2+ns 2

Italian Final

Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Valentino Furlanetto 16+14+15+16 61
2 Armando Castagna 14+15+15+14 58
3 Paolo Salvatelli 12+11+13+9 45
4 Armando Dal Chiele 13+8+11+10 42
5 Ottaviano Righetto 11+12+10+9 42
6 Giuseppe Scalzolaro 9+10+9+5 33
7 Giorgio Zaramello ns+10+8+12 30
8 Gianni Famari ns+9+10+10 29
9 Giovanni Cragnolini 9+5+0+7 21
10 Fabrizio Vesperini 8+5+5+4 21
11 Gaetano Bressan ns+7+8+5 20
12 Davide Guarise 4+6+ns+8 18
13 Amerigo Milanese 5+4+1+4 14
14 Mario Andriolo 6+3+3+0 12
15 Daniele Doro 6+0+4+1 11
16 Fabrizio Maggio ns+2+5+3 10
17 Giuseppe Marzotto ns+ns+4+ns 4
18 Domenico Solda 3+ns+ns+ns 3

Hungarian Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Zoltan Adorjan 30
2 József Petrikovics 28
3 Laszlo Bodi 24
4 Sandor Tihanyi 22
5 Antal Kocso 21
6 Zoltan Hajdu 21
7 Janoš Bologh 21
8 Janoš Sereš 19
9 Robert Nagy 16
10 Joszef Sziracky 14
11 Ferenc Juhaš 14
12 Ištvan Rušz 13
13 Andraš Kovacs 8
14 Robert Csilik 8
15 Sandor Ujhelyi 4
16 Janoš Oreško 3

Australian qualification

Date Event Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
?? Northern Territory Championship Arunga Park Speedway, Alice Springs Glen Baxter ?? ??
?? Victorian Championship Olympic Park, Mildura Phil Crump Leigh Adams ??
?? New South Wales Championship Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago Stephen Davies David Hamnett Brian Dixon
?? South Australian Championship Murray Bridge Speedway, Murray Bridge Craig Hodgson Mark Fiora Darrell Branford
?? Queensland Championship Rockhampton Showgrounds, Rockhampton Steve Regeling Troy Butler ??
?? Western Australian Championship Claremont Speedway, Perth Rob Woffinden* Glenn Doyle ??

* Due to the rules, England's Rob Woffinden did not progress to the Australian Championship

New Zealand qualification

Date Event Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
? South Island Final Nelson Speedway, Richmond Larry Ross Alan Mason Mark Lyndon
?? North Island Final Kihikihi Speedway, Kihikihi Gary Allan John Roberts Chris Martin

British semi-finals

Pos. Rider Points
1 Simon Wigg 13
2 Jeremy Doncaster 12
3 John Davis 12
4 Andrew Silver 11
5 Marvyn Cox 11
6 Steve Schofield 9
7 Simon Cross 9
8 Andy Galvin 9
9 Alun Rossiter 8
10 Malcolm Holloway 7
11 Alan Grahame
12 David Walsh
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Pos. Rider Points
1 Kelvin Tatum 14+3[9]
2 Chris Morton 14+2
3 Neil Evitts 11
4 Neil Collins 10
5 Richard Knight 10
6 Sean Wilson 9
7 Gary Havelock 9
8 Andy Smith 9
9 Paul Thorp 8
10 Sean Willmott 8
11 Neville Tatum 4
12 Mark Loram 4
13 Les Collins 4
14 Michael Graves 3
15 Daz Sumner 3
16 Mark Courtney 0

Swedish qualification

  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final
(7 May, Huddinge Motorstadion, Huddinge)
Pos Rider Points
1 Tony Olsson 15
2 Peter Karlsson 13
3 Conny Ivarsson 12+3
4 Mikael Ritterwall 12+2
5 Dennis Löfqvist 11
6 Christer Rohlén 10
7 Peter Nahlin 10
8 Tommy Nilsson 7
9 Erik Stenlund 6
10 Lars Andersson 6
11 Jörgen Johansson 5
12 Krister Gardell 5
13 Roger Söderberg 4
14 Sören Brolin 3
15 Kent Rickardsson 1
16 Mats Boström (res) 1
17 Tommy Lindgren 0
18 Teddie Jönsson 0
(7 May, Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved)
Pos Rider Points
1 Claes Ivarsson 15
2 Jan Andersson 12
3 Bo Arrhén 11
4 Mikael Teurnberg 10
5 Niklas Karlsson 10
6 Kenneth Nyström 9+3
7 Roland Dannö 9+2
8 Patrik Karlsson 9+1
9 Mikael Blixt 9+0
10 Tony Gudbrand 6
11 Thomas Ek 6
12 Tony Zetterström 6
13 Patrik Palovaara 3
14 Christer Jonsson 3
15 Patrik Åhlund 2
16 Åke Fridell 0
17 Kristian Hultgren 0

Third round

Continental preliminary round

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
7 May Poland Municipal Stadium, Ostrów Poland Mirosław Korbel Poland Ryszard Dołomisiewicz Soviet Union Valery Gordeev
7 May Austria Speedway Natschbach-Loipersbach Italy Paolo Salvatelli Austria Heinrich Sczatzer Hungary Zoltan Hajdu
8 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana Hungary József Petrikovics Hungary Janosh Bologh Bulgaria Nikolai Manev
8 May Germany Stadion Lindenau, Petershagen Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov Netherlands Henny Kroeze Czechoslovakia Lubomir Jedek

British Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22
1 England (6) Simon Wigg 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 England (14) Kelvin Tatum 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 2
3 England (13) Chris Morton 11 2 2 3 3 1 11 3 3
4 England (3) Simon Cross 11 1 3 3 2 2 11 4 2
5 England (5) Neil Evitts 10 1 3 3 3 X 10 5
6 England (12) Richard Knight 10 3 2 2 3 0 10 6
7 England (16) John Davis 9 1 3 1 1 3 9 7
8 England (2) Marvyn Cox 8 3 1 1 1 2 8 8
9 England (1) Andy Smith 8 2 1 2 1 2 8 9
10 England (8) Steve Schofield 6 0 E 1 2 3 6 10
11 England (11) Andrew Silver 6 2 2 F 0 2 6 11
12 England (7) Neil Collins 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 12
13 England (4) Jeremy Doncaster 4 0 1 0 2 1 4 13
14 England (10) Andy Galvin 3 1 F 2 0 0 3 14
15 England (15) Sean Wilson 2 0 0 E 1 1 2 15
16 England (9) Gary Havelock 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1 England (R1) Andy Hackett 0 0 E 0 R1
R2 England (R2) David Clarke 0 0 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Australian Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Phil Crump 15
2 Steve Regeling 11
3 Craig Hodgson 11
4 Mark Fiora 10
5 Troy Butler 10
6 David Jackson 9
7 Glen Baxter 8
8 Leigh Adams 8
9 Stephen Davies 7
10 Chris Watson 7
11 Steve Baker 6
12 Scott Fisher 6
13 Darrel Bradford 5
14 Glenn Doyle 4
15 Dave Hammett 1
16 Nigel Tramelling 1

New Zealand Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Larry Ross 15
2 David Bargh 14
3 Garry Allan 13
4 Mark Lyndon 11
5 Alan Mason 11
6 Mitch Shirra 9
7 Craig Wilkie 7
8 Nathan Murray 7
9 Justin Monk 7
10 John Roberts 7
11 Chris Martin 4
12 Mark Thorpe 4
13 Sam Morice 3
14 Mark Jamieyson 3
15 David Claydon 2
16 Spencer Timmo 2
17 Lens Chappell 0
18 Daren Hopewell 0

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

  • To 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
22 May West Germany Motodrom Halbemond, Norden Hungary Antal Kocso Italy Paolo Salvatelli West Germany Gerd Riss
5 June Italy Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov Italy Armando Dal Chiele Poland Roman Jankowski
5 June Soviet Union Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr. Hungary Zoltán Adorján Czechoslovakia Petr Vandirek
5 June Czechoslovakia Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek West Germany Klaus Freundorfer Poland Miroslaw Korbel

Danish Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Hans Nielsen 15
2 Jan O. Pedersen 14
3 Erik Gundersen 13
4 Peter Ravn 10
5 Peter Glanz 9
6 Per Sorensen 9
7 John Jørgensen 8+3
8 Tommy Knudsen 8+2
9 Jan Stæchmann 7
10 Frank Andersen 6
11 John Eskildsen 6
12 Flemming Pedersen 6
13 Sam Nikolajsen 5
14 Aksel Jepsen 4
15 Jan Pedersen 0
16 Finn Rune Jensen 0

Norway Final

Pos. Rider Points
1 Tor Einar Hielm 14
2 Arnt Førland 12+3
3 Jan Arid Slatta 12+2
4 Robert Lengland 11
5 Ingvar Skogland 10

Finland Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Ari Koponen 15
2 Vesa Ylinen 14
3 Roy Malminheimo 13
4 Aki Ala Riihimaki 11
5 Olli Turkia 11
6 Aarre Soivuori 7
7 Juha Moksunen 6
8 Jorma Frantila 6
9 Janne Moksunen 5
10 Markku Haapala 5
11 Mikael Back 5
12 Esa Einola 5
13 Marko Hyyrylainen (res) 5
14 Petri Kokko 3
15 Jari Kortelainen 3
16 Jari Moisio 3
17 Tapio Suutari (res) 1
18 Janne Koivula 0
19 Reijo Mattila (res) 0

Swedish Final

Pos. Rider R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Conny Ivarsson 12 13 14 39
2 Peter Nahlin 11 14 13 38
3 Mikael Blixt 12 13 13 38
4 Christer Rohlén 14 10 9 33
5 Tony Olsson 9 12 10 31
6 Mikael Ritterwall 8 3 12 23
7 Peter Karlsson 8 8 7 23
8 Kenneth Nyström 10 9 4 23
9 Mikael Teurnberg 4 8 8 20
10 Dennis Löfqvist 7 8 4 19
11 Claes Ivarsson 6 8 4 18
12 Bo Arréhn 4 6 7 17
13 Tommy Nilsson 3 5 2 10
14 Tony Gudbrand - - 8 8
15 Roland Dannö 4 2 - 6
16 Tony Zetterström (res) 3 - 3 6
17 Patrik Karlsson 5 0 - 5
18 Krister Gardell (res) - 0 1 1

American Final

  • 11 June
  • United States Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach
  • First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve
Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Sam Ermolenko 4,4,4,4,4 20
2 Robert Pfetzing 4,2,4,3,4 17+3
3 Rick Miller 4,4,3,4,2 17+2
4 Mike Faria 3,3,2,3,4 15
5 Bobby Schwartz 1,4,4,2,3 14
6 Shawn Moran 3,4,3,F,3 13
7 Ronnie Correy 3,3,3,3,0 12
8 Kelly Moran 2,3,4,0,2 11
9 Randy Green 0,3,2,2,4 11
10 Steve Lucero 2,2,3,2,1 10
11 Ed Castro 2,2,2,1,3 10
12 Lance King 4,2,E,0,3 9
13 Brad Oxley 1,1,1,4,2 9
14 Shawn Venables 1,0,2,4,1 8
15 Dub Ferrell 3,0,E,2,2 7
16 Bart Bast 1,1,1,3,0 6
17 Billy Hamill 0,1,0,1,1 3
18 Gary Hicks 2,0,0,-,- 2
19 Scotty Brown (res) 0,1,-,-,- 1
20 Alan Christian 0,0,0,1,0 1
21 Len Dillon 1

Commonwealth Final

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 England Kelvin Tatum 3,2,3,3,3 14
2 New Zealand Mitch Shirra 2,3,3,2,3 13
3 England Simon Wigg 3,3,3,3,0 12
4 England John Davis 3,1,2,2,3 11
5 England Simon Cross 3,0,3,X,3 9
6 England Chris Morton 1,3,2,2,1 9
7 England Neil Evitts 2,1,0,3,2 8
8 England Andy Smith 1,3,1,1,2 8
9 England Richard Knight F,X,2,3,2 7
10 Australia Craig Hodgson 2,2,1,1,1 7
11 England Marvyn Cox 2,1,1,1,2 7
12 Australia Mark Fiora 0,2,0,2,1 5
13 New Zealand David Bargh 0,2,1,0,0 3
14 Australia Steve Baker 0,0,2,1,0 3
15 Australia Steve Regeling 1,1,0,0,1 3
16 New Zealand Mark Lyndon 1,0,0,E,0 1

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos. Rider Points
1 Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek 14+3
2 Poland Zenon Kasprzak 14+2
3 Poland Roman Jankowski 10
4 Czechoslovakia Lubomir Jedek 9
5 Poland Andrzej Huszcza 8
6 Poland Miroslaw Korbel 8
7 Poland Ryszard Franczyszyn 8
8 Poland Dariusz Stenka 8
9 Italy Armando Castagna 8
10 Italy Armando Dal Chiele 8
11 Poland Slawomir Drabik 7
12 Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov 6
13 Italy Valentino Furlanett 4
14 Poland Janusz Stachyra 3
15 Czechoslovakia Gaspar Forgac 2
16 West Germany Klaus Freundorfer 2
Pos. Rider Points
1 West Germany Gerd Riss 15
2 Hungary Sandor Tihanyi 12
3 Hungary Antal Kocso 12
4 Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr. 10
5 Italy Paolo Salvatelli 10
6 Hungary Janos Balogh 10
7 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Schneiderwind 9
8 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 9
9 Hungary Zoltan Hajdu 8
10 Austria Heinrich Schatzer 8
11 Hungary Sandor Ujhelyi 5
12 Soviet Union Fedor Sacharov 5
13 Soviet Union Igor Marko 5
14 Czechoslovakia Petr Vandírek 2
15 West Germany Hans Faltermeier 1
16 Bulgaria Nikolaj Manev 1
17 West Germany Mario Trupkovic (res) 0

Nordic Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 Denmark (7) Hans Nielsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Denmark (13) Erik Gundersen 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 2
3 Denmark (12) Jan O. Pedersen 12 3 3 3 1 2 12 3
4 Sweden (1) Per Jonsson 11 3 E 3 2 3 11 4
5 Denmark (5) Peter Ravn 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 Denmark (10) John Jørgensen 10 2 2 1 3 2 10 6
7 Sweden (2) Conny Ivarsson 8 2 3 0 1 2 8 7 3
8 Norway (8) Ingvar Skogland 8 1 2 1 3 1 8 8 2
9 Sweden (9) Jimmy Nilsen 7 1 1 3 2 E 7 9
10 Sweden (11) Peter Nahlin 6 0 2 2 0 2 6 10
11 Denmark (3) Peter Glanz 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 11
12 Finland (4) Kai Niemi 4 0 1 0 3 E 4 12
13 Norway (16) Tor Einar Hielm 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 13
14 Denmark (15) Per Sorensen 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 14
15 Sweden (14) Mikael Blixt 2 2 E E 0 E 2 15
16 Finland (6) Ari Koponen 1 0 1 0 - - 1 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Christer Rohlen 0 0 0 R1
R2 Norway (R2) Arnt Forland 0 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Overseas Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 England (6) Simon Cross 13 2 3 3 3 2 13 1 3
2 England (10) Kelvin Tatum 13 3 1 3 3 3 13 2 2
3 England (8) Simon Wigg 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 3 1
4 England (2) Chris Morton 12 2 2 3 2 3 12 4
5 England (14) Marvyn Cox 10 3 0 1 3 3 10 5
6 New Zealand (3) Mitch Shirra 10 3 1 2 1 3 10 6
7 England (4) Richard Knight 8 0 3 2 2 1 8 7
8 United States (5) Sam Ermolenko 7 0 3 2 2 F 7 8
9 England (13) John Davis 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 9
10 England (15) Andy Smith 6 1 3 1 0 1 6 10 3
11 United States (11) Mike Faria 6 1 2 1 0 2 6 11 2
12 United States (7) Robert Pfetzing 5 1 0 F 2 2 5 12
13 United States (16) Rick Miller 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 13
14 United States (9) Bobby Schwartz 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 14
15 England (1) Neil Evitts 3 1 1 F 1 0 3 15
16 Australia (12) Craig Hodgson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Sixth round

Continental Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22
1 Poland (15) Zenon Kasprzak 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1
2 Hungary (10) Antal Kocso 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
3 Poland (3) Roman Jankowski 12 3 2 3 2 2 12 3 3
4 Czechoslovakia (2) Roman Matoušek 12 2 2 2 3 3 12 4 2
5 Hungary (9) Sándor Tihanyi 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5 3
6 Poland (13) Andrzej Huszcza 11 2 3 3 2 1 11 6 2
7 West Germany (6) Gerd Riss 9 3 0 2 1 3 9 7
8 Czechoslovakia (4) Antonín Kasper Jr. 8 1 3 1 0 3 8 8
9 Italy (5) Paolo Salvatelli 6 2 F 1 1 2 6 9
10 Poland (8) Dariusz Stenka 5 1 2 0 1 1 5 10
11 Czechoslovakia (7) Lubomir Jedek 4 0 1 0 3 0 4 11
12 Hungary (11) Zoltán Adorján 3 X 0 3 X 0 3 12
13 Poland (14) Ryszard Franczyszyn 3 1 1 1 F - 3 13
14 Hungary (1) Janosh Bologh 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 14
15 Czechoslovakia (12) Zdenek Schneiderwind 2 X 0 0 2 0 2 15
16 Poland (16) Mirosław Korbel 2 0 1 F 0 1 2 16
R1 Italy (R1) Armando Castagna 1 1 1 R1
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Intercontinental Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 Denmark (6) Jan O. Pedersen 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 Denmark (1) Hans Nielsen 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 2 3
3 Denmark (15) Erik Gundersen 12 3 3 3 2 1 12 3 2
4 Sweden (5) Per Jonsson 11 2 2 3 1 3 11 4 1
5 England (7) Kelvin Tatum 11 2 2 3 3 1 11 5
6 Sweden (10) Conny Ivarsson 9 1 2 2 2 2 9 6
7 England (3) Chris Morton 8 1 1 0 3 3 8 7
8 England (8) John Davis 8 1 3 2 2 0 8 8
9 Denmark (2) John Jørgensen 7 2 0 0 3 2 7 9
10 England (11) Simon Wigg 7 2 0 1 1 3 7 10
11 United States (12) Sam Ermolenko 7 0 2 2 2 1 7 11
12 England (14) Simon Cross 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 12
13 Denmark (9) Peter Ravn 3 0 0 1 E 2 3 13
14 New Zealand (4) Mitch Shirra 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 14
15 England (13) Marvyn Cox 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 15
16 England (16) Richard Knight 1 E 0 0 1 0 1 16
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

World Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 Denmark (1) Erik Gundersen 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 3
2 Denmark (9) Hans Nielsen 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 2 2
3 Denmark (10) Jan O. Pedersen 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 3
4 United States (14) Sam Ermolenko 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 4
5 Sweden (12) Per Jonsson 9 X 3 1 2 3 9 5
6 England (2) Simon Wigg 9 2 0 3 2 2 9 6
7 Czechoslovakia (13) Roman Matoušek 8 1 1 2 3 1 8 7
8 England (16) Kelvin Tatum 8 2 2 1 2 1 8 8
9 Sweden (3) Conny Ivarsson 7 1 3 1 0 2 7 9
10 England (5) Chris Morton 6 3 0 0 1 2 6 10
11 Hungary (11) Antal Kocso 6 1 2 2 0 1 6 11
12 England (7) John Davis 3 2 1 F E 0 3 12
13 Denmark (6) John Jørgensen 3 0 1 E 2 E 3 13
14 Poland (15) Zenon Kasprzak 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 14
15 Hungary (8) Sándor Tihanyi 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 15
16 Poland (4) Roman Jankowski 2 0 1 1 0 E 2 16
R1 England (R1) Simon Cross 0 0 R1
R2 Poland (R2) Andrzej Huszcza 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

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