1953 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1953 Individual Speedway World Championship was the eighth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Welshman Freddie Williams became the second rider to win a second title in front of a 90,000 attendance at Wembley Stadium. Williams won 4 of his 5 races, only dropping one point in heat 13 to Jeff Lloyd. Geoff Mardon defeated Olle Nygren in the bronze medal ride off.[7]

Qualification

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Qualification started on 1952.[8][9]

Stage 1

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Norwegian round

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Basse Hveem 14+3
2 Henry Andersen 14+2
3 Reidar Kristoffersen 13
4 Sverre Gjomesli 11
5 Werner Lorentzen 10
6 Thorleif Andreassen 10
7 Erik Storm Larsen 10
8 Rolf Naess 6
9 Oddvan Gundersgaard 5
10 Edvin Fredriksen 5
11 Erling Simonsen 4
12 Odd Johansen 4
13 Magne Flaaten 3
14 Gunnar Hilsen 2
15 Karl Andreassen 1
16 Olgar Torholen 1

Swedish round

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Stig Pramberg 12
2 Olle Segerström 11
3 Olle Nygren 11
4 Dan Forsberg 10
5 Rune Sörmander 10
6 Sune Karlsson 9
7 Bert Lindarw 8
8 Thorsten Carlsson 8
9 Joel Jansson 8
10 Bertil Carlsson II 7
11 Ove Fundin 6
12 Ove Bodin 4
13 Göte Olsson 4
14 Bernt Nilsson 4
15 Sven Skoglund 3
16 Evert Andersson 3
17 Gunnar Hellqvist 2

Stage 2

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Continental qualifier

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Austria Josef Kamper 15
2 Sweden Kjell Carlsson 13
3 Austria Fritz Dirtl 12
4 Sweden Sven Skoglund 11
5 Austria Karl Killmeyer 10
6 West Germany Albin Siegl 9
7 Netherlands Tony Kroeze 9
8 West Germany Josef Hofmeister 8
9 England Wilf Plant 5
10 West Germany Fred Aberl 5
11 Netherlands Gerit Jonker 5
12 England Jack Winstanley 5
13 West Germany Karl Kiendl 4
14 Netherlands Co Boef 4
15 Austria Walter Dirtl 3
16 Austria Leopold Killmeyer 2
17 West Germany Alfred Hamberger 1
18 West Germany Hans Müller 0

Nordic Final

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Sweden Dan Forsberg 15
2 Norway Basse Hveem 14
3 Sweden Olle Nygren 11
4 Sweden Olle Segerström 10
5 Norway Henry Andersen 10
6 Sweden Rune Sörmander 9
7 Sweden Thorsten Carlsson 9
8 Sweden Stig Pramberg 9
9 Sweden Sune Karlsson 7
10 Denmark Leif Bech 7
11 Norway Reidar Kristoffersen 7
12 Sweden Bert Lindarw 5
13 Norway Thorleif Andreasen 3
14 Sweden Joel Jansson 3
15 Finland Kaukko Jousanen 1
16 Finland Simo Ylänen 0
17 Denmark Kiehn Berthelsen 0

Stage 3

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Continental Final

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Norway Basse Hveem 15
2 Sweden Olle Nygren 13
3 Sweden Dan Forsberg 12
4 Sweden Sune Karlsson 12
5 Sweden Rune Sörmander 10
6 Sweden Olle Segerström 9
7 England Phil Clarke 9
8 Sweden Stig Pramberg 8
9 Sweden Thorsten Carlsson 7
10 Norway Henry Andersen 6
11 Austria Karl Killmeyer 6
12 Sweden Kjell Carlsson 4
13 Austria Josef Kamper 3
14 England Bob Roger 3
15 Austria Fritz Dirtl 2
16 Sweden Sven Skoglund 1
17 West Germany Albin Siegl dnr

British qualifying round

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  • The top riders qualify for the International round.
Date Venue Winner
26 May Banister Court Stadium Maury Mattingley
26 May Cornish Stadium Goog Hoskin
28 May Oxford Stadium Jim Boyd
29 May Pennycross Stadium Harold Fairhurst
30 May Rayleigh Weir Stadium Peter Clark

Stage 4

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International round

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  • The top 54 riders qualify for the Championship round.
Date Venue Winner
6 July Stanley Stadium Tommy Miller
6 July Wimborne Road Basse Hveem
7 July Yarmouth Stadium Fred Brand
8 July White City Stadium, Glasgow Tommy Miller
10 July Leicester Stadium Olle Nygren
10 July The Stadium, Motherwell Ron Mountford
11 July Brandon Stadium Charlie New
11 July Sun Street Stadium Brian Crutcher
18 July Old Meadowbank Don Cuppleditch
24 July Monmore Green Stadium Harry Bastable

Stage 5

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Championship Round

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  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th-20th reserves for World final
Date Venue Winner
14 August Knowle Stadium Dick Bradley
15 August Harringay Stadium Olle Nygren
17 August Wimbledon Stadium Ronnie Moore
18 August West Ham Stadium Jack Young
20 August Wembley Stadium Jack Biggs
22 August Hyde Road Stadium Ronnie Moore
22 August Odsal Stadium Arthur Forrest
26 August Perry Barr Stadium Graham Warren
28 August The Firs Stadium Aub Lawson

Scores

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  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th-20th reserves for World final
Pos. Rider Total pts
1 New Zealand Ronnie Moore 29
2 Sweden Olle Nygren 28
3 Australia Jack Young 27
4 England Arthur Forrest 26
5 Australia Jack Biggs 25
6 England Dick Bradley 25
7 Wales Freddie Williams 25
8 Australia Aub Lawson 25
9 England Alan Hunt 25
10 England Jeff Lloyd 24
11 England Split Waterman 24
12 Wales Eric Williams 24
13 New Zealand Geoff Mardon 24
14 England Brian Crutcher 23
15 Sweden Rune Sörmander 23
16 Australia Graham Warren 23
17 England Dent Oliver 23
18 Australia Arthur Payne 22
19 England Louis Lawson 21
20 New Zealand Maury Dunn 21
21 England Wally Green 20
22 England Len Williams 20
23 England Ron How 19
24 Australia Ken Walsh 19
25 England Harry Edwards 18
26 England Howdy Byford 18
27 England Don Cuppleditch 17
28 England Billy Hole 17
29 England Tommy Miller 16
30 New Zealand Ron Johnston 16
31 England Bill Kitchen 16
32 Sweden Dan Forsberg 14
33 Australia Dick Seers 14
34 England Fred Brand 14
35 England Eric Boothroyd 14
36 New Zealand Charlie New 13
Pos. Rider Total pts
37 England Bob Fletcher 13
38 England Ken Middleditch 13
39 Australia Peter Moore 12
40 Scotland Bob Mark 11
41 England Jack Parker 11
42 England Ron Clarke 11
43 England Terry Small 11
44 England John Reason 11
45 England Harry Bastable 11
46 England Jim Tolley 11
47 Sweden Olle Segerström 11
48 Sweden Stig Pramberg 11
49 New Zealand Peter Clark 10
50 England Harry Welsh 10
51 Scotland Ken McKinlay 9
52 England Fred Rogers 9
53 New Zealand Les Hewitt 8
54 Sweden Sune Karlsson 8
55 England Reg Reeves 7
56 England Phil Clarke 7
57 England Charlie May 7
58 New Zealand Barry Briggs 6
59 England Geoff Pymar 6
60 England Peter Robinson 6
61 England Malcolm Craven 6
62 New Zealand Trevor Redmond 5.5
63 England Pat Clark 5
64 England Bill Holden 4
65 England Alan Kidd 3
66 England Don Potter 3
67 England Ron Mountford 3
68 Norway Basse Hveem 3
69 New Zealand Dick Campbell 2
70 England Bob Baker 2
71 Scotland Gordon McGregor 2

World final

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Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Wales Freddie Williams (3,3,3,2,3) 14
2 England Split Waterman (3,3,3,3,1) 13
3 New Zealand Geoff Mardon (3,2,3,1,3) 12+3
4 Sweden Olle Nygren (2,3,2,3,2) 12+2
5 Australia Jack Young (3,2,3,2,F) 10
6 New Zealand Ronnie Moore (F,1,2,3,3) 9
7 England Jeff Lloyd (2,2,F,3,1) 8
8 England Arthur Forrest (2,2,0,0,3) 7
9 Australia Aub Lawson (1,3,2,1,0) 7
10 England Brian Crutcher (1,1,1,2,1) 6
11 Sweden Rune Sörmander (0,0,1,2,2) 5
12 Australia Graham Warren (0,0,2,1,2) 5
13 Wales Eric Williams (1,1,1,1,F) 4
14 England Alan Hunt (0,0,1,0,2) 3
15 England Dick Bradley (2,F,0,0,0) 2
16 Australia Jack Biggs (1,1,0,0,-) 2
R1 England Dent Oliver (1) 1
R2 Australia Arthur Payne did not ride -

Classification

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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
1 Wales (1) Freddie Williams 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1
2 England (10) Split Waterman 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
3 New Zealand (14) Geoff Mardon 12+3 3 2 3 1 3 12 3
4 Sweden (15) Olle Nygren 12+2 2 3 2 3 2 12 4
5 Australia (5) Jack Young 10 3 2 3 2 - 10 5
6 New Zealand (13) Ronnie Moore 9 - 1 2 3 3 7 6
7 England (12) Jeff Lloyd 9 2 2 - 3 1 2 7
8 England (7) Arthur Forrest 7 2 2 0 0 3 7 8
9 Australia (8) Aub Lawson 7 1 3 2 1 0 7 9
10 England (2) Brian Crutcher 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 10
11 Sweden (4) Rune Sörmander 5 0 0 1 2 2 5 11
12 Australia (6) Graham Warren 5 0 0 2 1 2 5 12
13 Wales (16) Eric Williams 4 1 1 1 1 - 4 13
14 England (9) Alan Hunt 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 14
15 England (3) Dick Bradley 2 2 - 0 0 0 2 15
16 Australia (11) Jack Biggs 2 1 1 0 0 - 2 16
17 England (17) Dent Oliver 1 1 1 17
18 Australia (18) Arthur Payne 0 0 18
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

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

References

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  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Fred Williams wind the speed championship". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 18 September 1953. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "1953 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  9. ^ "1953 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  10. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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