1959 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 14th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The event was sponsored by the Sunday Pictorial.[7] New Zealand continued their recent domination as Ronnie Moore won his second title[8] with a 15 point maximum and New Zealand won their fourth title in six years. Ove Fundin finished second and defending champion Barry Briggs, returning from retirement won the bronze medal ride off.[9]

First Round

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Qualification results.[10][11]

Norwegian round

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Aage Hansen 15
2 Nils Paulsen 14
3 Reidar Kristoffersen 13
4 Rolf Westerberg 12
5 Roger Steen 11
6 Sverre Harrfeldt 11
7 Tore Svaleng 9
8 Arne Kristiansen 7
9 Kjell Bergh 5
10 Haavard Gulbjornsrud 5
11 Oddvar Kristiansen 5
12 Oystein Mellerud 4
13 Thorbjorn Nygaard 3
14 Per Aulie 3
15 Tore Melbye 2
16 Egil H. Kruke 1

Finnish round

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Antti Pajari 15
2 Timo Laine 14
3 Kauko Jousanen 13
4 Aulis Tuominen 12
5 Olavi Turunen 11
6 Kalevi Lahtinen 10
7 Antero Salasto 9
8 Pertti Mikkola 6
9 Esko Koponen 6
10 Raimo Kivinen 4
11 Turkka Silvan 3
12 Veikko Kirjonen 3
13 Heikki Sorri 3
14 Valle Seliverstov 3
15 Lasse Mylari 3
16 Reino Niemi 1
17 Martti Assinen (res) 1
18 Pertti Petersohn (res) 0

Swedish round

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Arne Carlsson 15
2 Björn Knutson 13
3 Joel Jansson 12
4 Rune Sörmander 11
5 Åke Andersson 9
6 Alf Jonsson 9
7 Thorvald Karlsson 9
8 Allan Nilsson 9
9 Göran Carlsson 8
10 Bengt Brannefors 7
11 Evert Andersson 5
12 Per-Tage Svensson 5
13 Bengt Fransson 3
14 Olle Segerström 3
15 Inge Gustavsson 2
16 Olle Andersson 0
17 Gösta Edvardsson 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Ulf Ericsson 12
2 Birger Forsberg 12
3 Göran Norlén 12
4 Bernt Nilsson 12
5 Bengt Eriksson 10
6 Stig Pramberg 10
7 Olle Nygren 9
8 Göte Nordin 8
9 Kjell Wårenius 8
10 Curt Nyqvist 6
11 Kjell Lutteman 4
12 Bert Lindarw 4
13 Bertil Stridh 3
14 Hans Hallberg 3
15 Curt Eldh 3
16 Sune Karlsson 1
17 Sven-Gunnar Karlstén 1

Continental quarter-finals

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Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
31 May Poland Municipal Stadium, Ostrów Joachim Maj Janusz Koscielak Mieczysław Połukard
31 May West Germany Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen Björn Knutson Florian Kapała Konstanty Pociejkewicz
31 May Czechoslovakia Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec Stefan Kwoczala Luboš Tomíček Sr. Richard Janicek
31 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stražišče Sports Park, Kranj Miloslav Špinka Marian Phillip Karel Průša

Second round

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Nordic qualification

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Bernt Nilsson 15
2 Ulf Ericsson 14
3 Olle Nygren 13
4 Göran Norlén 11
5 Birger Forsberg 11
6 Kjell Lutteman 9
7 Kalevi Lahtinen 8
8 Aulis Tuominen 8
9 Kauko Jousanen 8
10 Timo Laine 7
11 Curt Nyqvist 6
12 Nils Paulsen 4
13 Bert Lindarw 4
14 Esko Koponen 2
15 Antero Salasto 1
16 Pertti Mikkola 0
17 Torbjörn Nygaard 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Rune Sörmander 14
2 Arne Carlsson 12
3 Aage Hansen 11
4 Åke Andersson 11
5 Allan Nilsson 10
6 Alf Jonsson 10
7 Arne Pander 9
8 Thorvald Karlsson 9
9 Poul Hansen 8
10 Kurt W Petersen 6
11 Rolf Westerberg 5
12 Erik Kastebo 4
13 Roger Steen 4
14 Sverre Harrfeldt 3
15 Roger Hansen 2
16 Arne Kristiansen 1

Continental semi-final

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 13
2 Mieczyslaw Polukard 13
3 Stanislav Svoboda 10
4 Richard Janicek 10
5 Bohumír Bartoněk 10
6 Stefan Kwoczała 10
7 Jaroslav Machac 9
8 Frantisek Irmis 9
9 Joachim Maj 7
10 Stefan Kepa 7
11 Stanislaw Tkocz 7
12 Jan Malinowski 6
13 Henryk Zyto 5
14 Bohumil Rendek 2
15 Jan Koscielak 1
16 Bronislaw Rogal 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 13
2 Florian Kapala 13
3 Björn Knutson 11
4 Pawel Mirowski 11
5 Josef Hofmeister 10
6 Josef Bössner 9
7 Miloslav Špinka 9
8 Zdeněk Dominik 7
9 Karel Průša 5
10 Joel Jansson 5
11 Alfred Aberl 4
12 Jan Kolber 4
13 Göran Carlsson 4
14 Josef Kamper (res) 4
15 Marian Phillip 3
16 Josip Klemencic 2
17 Franz Schenk 2
18 Otto Holoubek (res) 0

Third round

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  • Ove Fundin - seeded to European Final

British & Commonwealth Qualifying

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  • Top 32 riders based on points accumulated progress to British semi-final
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
29 June Wimbledon Stadium Ron How George White Ronnie Moore
2 July Oxford Stadium Jack Geran Neil Street Brian Hanham
4 July Hyde Road Ron Johnston Ken McKinlay Peter Craven
4 July The Firs Stadium Mike Broadbank Geoff Mardon Bob Duckworth
7 July Banister Court Stadium Brian Crutcher Peter Moore Ron Mountford
10 July Leicester Stadium Ken McKinlay Peter Craven Ron Johnston
11 July Brandon Stadium Brian Crutcher Ron Mountford Geoff Mardon
11 July Abbey Stadium Mike Broadbank Les McGillivray Nigel Boocock
23 July Wimborne Road Ronnie Moore Ron How Jack Unstead

Nordic Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Sweden Rune Sörmander 14+3
2 Norway Aage Hansen 14+2
3 Sweden Arne Carlsson 12
4 Sweden Ole Andersson 11
5 Sweden Olle Nygren 9
6 Sweden Alf Jonsson 9
7 Finland Kalevi Lahtinen 9
8 Sweden Ulf Ericsson 8
9 Sweden Thorvald Karlsson 7
10 Finland Timo Laine 6
11 Sweden Göran Norlén 6
12 Sweden Birger Forsberg 4
13 Sweden Bernt Nilsson 4
14 Finland Aulis Lehtonen 3
15 Finland Antti Pajari 2
16 Finland Turka Sivari 1
17 Sweden Kjell Lutteman 0
18 Finland Aulis Tuominen dnr
19 Sweden Allan Nillson dnr

Continental Final

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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 West Germany (14) Josef Hofmeister 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Sweden (2) Björn Knutson 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 2
3 Poland (13) Mieczysław Połukard 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 3
4 Poland (9) Florian Kapała 11 3 3 E 3 2 11 4
5 Poland (1) Konstanty Pociejkewicz 10 2 1 2 2 3 10 5
6 Czechoslovakia (5) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 9 3 0 1 3 2 9 6
7 Poland (16) Joachim Maj 8 1 3 3 F 1 8 7
8 Austria (15) Josef Bössner 8 0 2 2 2 2 8 8
9 Czechoslovakia (11) Jaroslav Machač 7 2 3 0 1 1 7 9
10 Czechoslovakia (3) Bohumír Bartoněk 7 1 1 2 2 1 7 10
11 Poland (6) Pawel Mirowski 5 0 1 1 1 2 5 11
12 Czechoslovakia (4) Miloslav Špinka 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 12
13 Czechoslovakia (8) Zdeněk Dominik 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 13
14 Czechoslovakia (10) Richard Janicek 4 1 0 1 1 1 4 14
15 Czechoslovakia (7) Stanislav Svoboda 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 15
16 Czechoslovakia (12) František Irmis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
East Germany (17) Alfred Aberl 0 0
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

Fourth round

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  • Barry Briggs - seeded to World Final

British & Commonwealth Semi finals

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Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress to World final

Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
10 August Wimbledon Stadium Brian Crutcher Ken McKinlay Geoff Mardon
11 August Banister Court Stadium Ronnie Moore Cyril Roger Neil Street
15 August Hyde Road Ron How Peter Moore Nigel Boocock
15 August The Firs Stadium Peter Craven Brian Crutcher George White
Pos. Rider Points
1 Australia Peter Moore 27
2 England Peter Craven 26
3 England Brian Crutcher 26
4 New Zealand Ronnie Moore 25
5 New Zealand Geoff Mardon 24
6 England Ron How 23
7 England George White 23
8 England Cyril Roger 21
9 Australia Aub Lawson 20
10 Scotland Ken McKinlay 20
11 England Nigel Boocock 20
12 Australia Neil Street 18
13 England Arthur Wight 16
14 England Gerry Jackson 16
15 Australia Jack Geran 15
16 New Zealand Ron Johnston 15
Pos. Rider Points
17 New Zealand Bob Duckworth 14
18 England Mike Broadbank 13
19 England Ron Mountford 12
20 Wales Ian Williams 12
21 Australia Chum Taylor 11
22 England Jack Unstead 11
23 Australia Ray Cresp 8
24 Scotland Gordon McGregor 8
25 England Bob Andrews 7
26 England Charlie Barsby 7
27 England Les McGillivray 6
28 England Ronnie Genz 6
30 England Les Owen 6
31 England Alf Hagon 5
32 England Dick Bradley 4
33 England Cyril Maidment 1

European Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Sweden(12) Ove Fundin 14 3,2,3,3,3
2 West Germany(4) Josef Hofmeister 13 2,3,2,3,3
3 Poland(3) Mieczysław Połukard 12 3,3,2,2,2
4 Sweden(16) Rune Sörmander 11 2,1,3,3,2
5 Sweden(13) Olle Nygren 10 3,2,3,2,0
6 Sweden(8) Arne Carlsson 9 3,0,3,3,t
7 Poland(9) Florian Kapała 9 2,3,1,0,3
8 Sweden(15) Björn Knutson 7 0,1,1,2,3
9 Norway(14) Aage Hansen 7 1,3,0,2,1
10 Poland(11) Konstanty Pociejkewicz 6 1,2,2,1,0
11 Czechoslovakia(5) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 6 f,1,2,1,2
12 Sweden(6) Alf Jonsson 5 f,2,1,1,1
13 Finland(10) Kalevi Lahtinen 4 0,1,1,0,2
14 Czechoslovakia(7) Miloslav Špinka 3 2,0,0,1,0
15 Sweden(1) Åke Andersson 2 1,0,0,0,1
16 Czechoslovakia(2) Bohumír Bartoněk 1 0,0,0,0,1
R1 Sweden(17) Ulf Ericsson - dnr
R2 Sweden(18) Thorvald Karlsson - dnr

World Final

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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 New Zealand (13) Ronnie Moore 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Sweden (14) Ove Fundin 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
3 New Zealand (10) Barry Briggs 11+3 3 1 1 3 3 11 3
4 Sweden (16) Olle Nygren 11+2 1 2 3 2 3 11 4
5 Australia (6) Aub Lawson 11+1 3 3 2 2 1 11 5
6 England (3) Brian Crutcher 10 3 2 2 1 2 10 6
7 Sweden (11) Arne Carlsson 8 2 3 1 1 1 8 7
8 England (7) Peter Craven 7 0 1 2 2 2 7 8
9 England (2) George White 7 1 0 3 2 1 7 9
10 New Zealand (4) Geoff Mardon 6 2 3 0 1 E 6 10
11 Sweden (5) Rune Sörmander 6 2 1 1 0 2 6 11
12 Poland (1) Mieczysław Połukard 5 0 2 0 1 2 5 12
13 West Germany (9) Josef Hofmeister 4 0 E 1 3 F 4 13
14 England (8) Ron How 3 1 1 E E 1 3 14
15 New Zealand (12) Peter Moore 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 15
16 England (15) Cyril Roger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Scotland (R1) Ken McKinlay 0 0 R1
R2 Poland (R2) Florian Kapała 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

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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  6. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Craven can crown it". Sunday Pictorial. 13 September 1959. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Speedway Champion". Sunday Post. 20 September 1959. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Ronnie Moore wins speedway title". Sunday Independent Dublin. 20 September 1959. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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