1989 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1989 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 44th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3] It was the second time the championship was held in West Germany after previously being held in Norden in 1983.[4]

The World Final was held at the Olympic Stadium in Munich. Hans Nielsen made up for his 1988 run-off defeat to Erik Gundersen by scoring a 15-point maximum to take his third World Championship.[5] Nielsen joined fellow Danes Ole Olsen and Erik Gundersen as a three time speedway world champion.[6]

Simon Wigg from England finished second with the slick, 400 metres (440 yards) track suiting his long track style. Wigg defeated fellow Englishman Jeremy Doncaster in a run-off for second and third places.[7] In what would prove to be his last World Final before his career ending crash in the World Team Cup Final at the Odsal Stadium in England just two weeks later, Erik Gundersen finished in fourth place. His chances of an outright second-place finish (after having finished second behind Nielsen in Heat 4) ended when his bike's engine seized while leading heat 9 causing him to not finish the race. In a sad twist, it was also seized engine in Heat 1 of the World Team Cup Final that would cause Gundersen's career ending crash.

Australian rider Troy Butler had a lucky passage to the World Final. After being seeded to the Commonwealth Final, he finished eighth to qualify for the Overseas Final. He then finished tenth in the Overseas Final to be the first reserve for the Intercontinental Final. He then got a start in the Intercontinental Final at Bradford when Overseas champion Sam Ermolenko injured his back in a horrific Long track motorcycle racing crash and was forced to withdraw (the American would be out for over 6 months). Butler would finish twelfth in the IC Final to become a reserve for the World Final where he once again came in as an injury replacement when Dane Jan O. Pedersen was forced to pull out. The 1986 Australian Champion ultimately finished twelfth in Munich, finishing with 4 points (two second places) from his 5 rides.

First round

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British qualification

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  • Top 32 riders to British semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
8 April Arena Essex Raceway, Purfleet Andy Buck Martin Goodwin Neville Tatum
8 April Loomer Road Stadium, Chesterton Louis Carr Nigel Crabtree Graham Jones
13 April Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough Les Collins Sean Wilson Mark Courtney

Second Round

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Austrian Final

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  • Austria Riders progress to Continental qualification 1989
  • 3 rounds
Pos. Rider Total
1 Heinrich Schatzer 40
2 Walter Nebel 36
3 Robert Funk 35
4 Andreas Bossner 33
5 Thomas Stadler 33
6 Toni Pilotto 32
7 Siegfried Eder 31
8 Christian Hochtl 21
9 Anton Wannasek 7
10 Manfred Trisko 6
11 Paul Ager 4
12 Josef Faching 2
13 Thaddaus Walach 2
14 Hans Kogler 2
15 Erich Hackl 1
16 Rainer Selb 1
17 Franz Penz 0

West German Final

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Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Klaus Lausch 3,3,3,3,2 14+3
2 Tommy Dunker 3,3,2,3,3 14+2
3 Karl Maier 2,2,3,3,2 12
4 Gerd Riss E,3,3,2,3 11
5 Carsten Pelzmann 3,2,2,2,1 10
6 Andre Pollehn 2,1,2,2,1 8
7 Klaus Freundorfer 1,3,3,F,- 7
8 Peter Schrock 0,2,0,2,3 7
9 Peter Hehlert 3,0,1,1,2 7
10 Andreas Rahn 1,0,1,1,3 6
11 Andreas Marynowski 1,2,2,F,- 5
12 Andreas Schapfl 2,1,1,E,0 4
13 Hans Faltermeier 2,0,0,F,1 3
14 Michael Domes 1,F,0,0,2 3
15 Alois Bachhuber 0,1,1,1,0 3
16 Egon Muller F,-,-,-,- 0
R1 Bernhard Osterlocher 1,0,3,1,1 6

Hungarian Final

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  • Hungary
  • 5 rounds, riders progress to Continental qualification 1989
Pos. Rider Total
1 Zoltán Adorján 56
2 Antal Kocso 49
3 Róbert Nagy 47
4 Zoltan Hajdu 47
5 József Petrikovics 46
6 Sándor Tihanyi 45
7 Robert Csilik 38
8 Sandor Ujhelyi 30
9 Janoš Sereš 30
10 Janoš Bologh 28
11 Andraš Kovacs 26
12 Sandor Kabai 19
13 Atilla Kovacs 15
14 Laszlo Bodi 12

Yugoslavian Final

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  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  • 8 rounds, riders progress to Continental qualification 1989
Pos. Rider Total
1 Zvonko Pavlič 110
2 Artur Horvat 96
3 Gregor Pintar 83
4 Franc Kalin 79
5 Kreso Omerzel 78
6 Martin Peterca 76
7 Darko Tominač 70
8 Zdravko Tominač 62
9 Andrej Matjašeč 57
10 Lazar Csaba 54
11 Goran Hoblaj 54
12 Igor Hauptman 33
13 Rudi Spitaler 27
14 Zelkjo Feher 23
15 Drago Dolinšek 22
16 Josip Lehki 10
17 Mitja Pungašič] 8
18 Niko Klavzar 6
19 Gorazd Vinšek 1

Czechoslovakian Final

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  • Riders progress to Continental qualification 1989
  • 6 rounds
Pos. Rider Total
1 Roman Matoušek 76
2 Antonín Kasper Jr. 72
3 Zdenek Schneiderwind 68
4 Lubomir Jedek 63
5 Petr Vandirek 54
6 Bohumil Brhel 53
7 Stanislav Urban 53
8 Pavel Karnas 39
9 Josef Fejfar 38
10 Jan Schinagl 35
11 Jan Holub II 26
12 Zdeněk Tesař 26
13 Borivoj Hadek 25
14 Jiri Svoboda 23
15 Vladimir Kalina 21
16 Jindrich Dominik 16
17 Vaclav Milik, Sr. 10
18 Ladislav Hradecky 10
19 Karel Prusa 10

Soviet Union Final

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Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Vladimir Trofimov 3,3,3,3,3 15
2 Rif Saitgareev 3,3,3,2,3 14
3 Rinat Mardanshin 3,2,2,3,2 12
4 Mikhail Starostin 2,2,2,3,2 11
5 Pavel Chernov 2,1,3,2,2 10
6 Igor Dubinin E,3,2,3,1 9
7 Flyur Kalimullin 3,0,0,1,3 7
8 Igor Zverev 1,E,3,2,1 7
9 Arkady Kononec 1,0,1,1,3 6
10 Andrej Korzhevoy 1,3,1,0,1 6
11 Oleg Volokhov 1,2,1,0,2 6
12 Valery Sokolov 2,2,F,1,1 6
13 Grigory Kharchenko 0,1,1,2,0 4
14 Aleksandr Pawlov 2,F,0,1,- 3
15 Fjodor Zakharov 0,T,2,0,- 2
16 Ruslan Koval ns

Nederlands/Belgium Final

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  • Netherlands Belgium
  • 4 rounds, riders progress to Continental Qualification
Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Henk Steman 24+22+20+24 90
2 Rene Elzinga 21+21+24+23 89
3 Robert Jan Munnecom 19+24+23+22 88
4 Peter Seur 17+19+22+20 78
5 Ron Koppe 20+20+19+19 78
6 Rikus Gorter 18+14+17+21 70
7 Ron Van Dam 15+17+18+17 67
8 Rob Steman 22+18+21+ns 61
9 Fokke Van Der Walle 16+13+14+15 58
10 Henk Bangma 8+15+16+18 57
11 Patrick Pino 14+11+15+16 56
12 John Lispet 13+12+13+9 47
13 Henny Kroeze 23+23+ns+ns 46
14 Rias Kazemeier 9+10+11+10 40
15 Gerard Kok 10+ns+12+12 34
16 Harry Kuipers 6+8+8+11 33
17 Hilbert Tel ns+7+10+13 30
18 Rene Van Merkenstein 7+9+9+2 27
19 Mans Kok 3+6+ns+7 16
20 Wil Stroes ns+16+ns+ns 16
21 Jim Groen ns+ns+7+8 15
22 Rob Dolman ns+ns+ns+14 14
23 Jan Dijkema 12+ns+ns+ns 12
24 Chris Slager 11+ns+ns+ns 11
25 Roy Wervaard 5+5+ns+ns 10
26 Herman Hulseboch ns+ns+5+4 9
27 Han Hendriks 4+4+ns+ns 8
28 Jan Tjassing ns+ns+3+1 4
29 Martinus Bikema +ns+ns+ns+6 6
30 Jacco Valentejn +ns+ns+ns+5 5
31 Michel Bolt ns+ns+ns+3 3

Australian qualification

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Date Championship Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
26 Nov '88 Northern Territory Tennant Creek Speedway Jamie Fagg Glen Baxter Robbie War
26 Dec '88 Victorian Olympic Park, Mildura Leigh Adams Phil Crump Nigel Alderton
21 Dec '88 New South Wales Liverpool City Raceway, Green Valley Stephen Davies Craig Boyce Tony Primmer
23 Dec '88 South Australian North Arm Speedway, Gillman Craig Hodgson Mark Fiora Shane Parker
12 Nov '88 Queensland Rockhampton Showground Troy Butler Steve Regeling Mark Pearce
25 Nov '88 Western Australian Claremont Speedway, Perth Glenn Doyle Andy Smith+ Glyn Taylor

+ Rode as a guest

British semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Simon Wigg 13
2 John Davis 12+3
3 Andrew Silver 12+2
4 Jeremy Doncaster 11
5 Martin Dugard 11
6 Marvyn Cox 10
7 Mark Courtney 9
8 Andy Grahame 9
9 Neville Tatum 6
10 Carl Blackbird 5
11 Dave Mullett 5
12 Richard Knight 4
13 Gordon Kennett 4
14 Alan Mogridge 3
15 Andy Buck 2
16 Daz Summer 2
17 Kevin Pitts (res) 2
Pos. Rider Points
1 Alan Grahame 13+3
2 Andy Smith 13+2
3 Kelvin Tatum 11
4 Les Collins 10
5 Neil Collins 10
6 Neil Evitts 10
7 Graham Jones 10
8 Andy Phillips 8+2
9 Simon Cross 8+2
10 Martin Goodwin 7
11 Sean Wilson 7
12 Chris Morton 5
13 Gary Chessell 3
14 Nigel Crabtree 3
15 Louis Carr 2
16 Paul Thorp 0
17 Ade Hoole (res) 0

Third round

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Continental preliminary round

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  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
22 April Poland Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium Poland Piotr Świst Poland Jacek Gomólski Czechoslovakia Václav Milík Sr.
23 April Czechoslovakia Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Czechoslovakia Stanislav Urban Poland Andrzej Marynowski Czechoslovakia Bohumil Brhel
22 April Hungary Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Hungary Jozsef Petrikovics Hungary Robert Csillik Hungary Janos Seres
7 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Poland Antoni Skupień Czechoslovakia Zdenek Tesar Czechoslovakia Jan Schinagl

Swedish qualification

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  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

British Final

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Pos. Rider Points Details
Simon Wigg 14 (2,3,3,3,3)
Kelvin Tatum 12+3 (3,3,3,0,3)
Alan Grahame 12+2 (3,2,1,3,3)
4 Les Collins 11 (1,3,2,3,2)
5 Andy Phillips 10 (3,1,3,1,2)
6 Andy Grahame 7 (2,3,X,2,0)
7 Martin Dugard 7 (0,2,3,2,0)
8 Neil Collins 7 (3,2,1,X,1)
9 Andy Smith 7 (2,0,1,2,2)
10 Jeremy Doncaster 7 (1,2,2,X,2)
11 Neil Evitts 6 (2,1,2,X,1)
12 John Davis 5 (X,0,0,2,3)
13 Mark Courtney 5 (1,1,1,1,1)
14 Graham Jones 4 (0,1,0,3,X)
15 Andrew Silver 4 (1,0,2,1,0)
16 Marvyn Cox 2 (0,X,0,1,1)

Australian Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Glenn Doyle 13
2 Stephen Davies 12
3 Jamie Fagg 11
4 Mick Poole 11
5 Steve Regeling 11
6 Phil Crump 10
7 Craig Boyce 10
8 Troy Butler 7
9 Leigh Adams 6
10 Glyn Baxter 6
11 Craig Hodgson 6
12 Glyn Taylor 6
13 Chris Watson 5
14 Mark Fiora 3
15 Shane Parker 2
16 Tony Primmer 1
17 Brian Nixon (res) 0

New Zealand Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Larry Ross 15
2 Gary Allan 14
3 Mark Thorpe 12
4 Nathan Murray 12
5 Stephen Rose 10
6 Craig Wilkie 9
7 John Roberts 8
8 Justin Monk 7
9 Mark Jamieson 6
10 Greg Fisher 6
11 David Claydon 6
12 Rex Brosnan 5
13 Richard Davdison 3
14 Bradley Sockton 3
15 Darren Hopewell 2
16 Scott Mitchell 1
17 Geoff Tomkins 1

Fourth Round

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Continental quarter-finals

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  • To 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
14 May Austria Stadion Wiener Neustadt Hungary Sandor Tihanyi Hungary Zoltán Adorján Italy Armando Castagna
3 June Poland Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium Hungary Antal Kocso Poland Ryszard Franczyszyn Poland Andrzej Huszcza
4 June Czechoslovakia Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice Czechoslovakia Pavel Karnas Hungary Jozsef Petrikovics Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek
3 June West Germany Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Donau West Germany Karl Maier Hungary Zoltan Hajdu West Germany Gerd Riss

American Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Sam Ermolenko 19+3
2 Shawn Moran 19+2
3 Ronnie Correy 19+1
4 Lance King 17
5 Rick Miller 16
6 Bobby Schwartz 14
7 Mike Faria 14
8 Gary Hicks 12
9 Bart Bast 12
10 Billy Hamill 10
11 Louis Kossuth 8
12 Greg Hancock 7
13 Ed Castro 7
14 Alan Christian 7
15 Steve Lucero 7
16 Brad Oxley 5
17 John Sizemore 3
18 Shawn Venables 1
19 Scotty Brown 1
20 John Kehoe 1

Commonwealth Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 England Simon Wigg 13
2 New Zealand Mitch Shirra 12+3
3 England Neil Collins 12+2
4 England Andy Grahame 9
5 England Kelvin Tatum 9
6 England Andy Smith 9
7 England Jeremy Doncaster 8
8 Australia Troy Butler 7
9 England Andy Phillips 7
10 England Martin Dugard 7
11 Australia Stephen Davies 7
12 England Andy Grahame 7
13 England Les Collins 6
14 New Zealand Gary Allan 5
15 Australia Glenn Doyle 0
16 New Zealand Darren Wilson* 0

*Darren Wilson replaced Larry Ross.

Swedish Final

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Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Per Jonsson 13+15+14 42
2 Mikael Blixt 13+13+11 37
3 Jan Andersson 11+12+11 34
4 Jimmy Nilsen 14+11+8 33
5 Erik Stenlund 9+10+13 32
6 Tony Olsson 11+8+11 30
7 Niklas Karlsson 7+8+9 24
8 Peter Karlsson 8+9+5 22
9 Christer Rohlén 6+6+8 20
10 Conny Ivarsson 8+4+7 19
11 Dennis Löfqvist 5+7+3 15
12 Mikael Teurnberg 1+4+10 15
13 Mikael Ritterwall 6+1+3 10
14 Peter Nahlin 4+6+ns 10
15 Tommy Nilsson 3+5+0 8
16 Kenneth Lindby ns+ns+5 5
17 Tommy Lindgren 1+1+ns 2

Norway Final

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Lars Gunnestad 14+3
2 Tor Einar Hielm 14+2
3 Arnt Førland 11
4 Ingvar Skogland 10
5 Gjermund Aas 10
6 Willy Tjessem 8
7 Atle Knutsen 8
8 Arne Svendsen 8
9 Ronny Erga 6

Finland Final

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Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Kai Niemi 3,3,3,3,3 15
2 Ari Koponen 3,3,3,2,3 14
3 Vesa Ylinen 3,3,1,3,2 12+3
4 Petri Kokko 2,2,3,3,2 12+2
5 Aki Ala Riihimaki 2,3,3,2,1 11
6 Janne Moksunen 2,2,2,E,3 9
7 Jonko Jarvi 0,1,2,2,3 8
8 Roy Malminhelmo 3,2,2,X,1 8
9 Janne Koivula 1,1,1,1,2 6
10 Jari Moisio 2,0,0,3,F 5
11 Ossi Henriksson 1,1,2,1,0 5
12 Tomi Havu 0,F,0,2,2 4
13 Olli Turkia 1,2,0,1,- 4
14 Esa Reijo 1,1,1,E,1 4
15 Petri Hurmisniemi 0,0,1,0,- 1
16 Esa Einola 0,-,-,-,- 0
R1 Jarno Kosonen 1 1
R2 Jouni Ala Koskela 0 0
R3 Kaj Kujala 0,0,0 0
R4 Markku Haapala X 0

Danish Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Erik Gundersen 14+3
2 Jan O. Pedersen 14+2
3 Brian Karger 14+1
4 Hans Nielsen 12
5 John Jørgensen 11
6 Peter Ravn 9
7 Allan Johansen 9
8 Ole Hansen 7+3
9 Kenneth Arnfred 7+2
10 Jan Stæchmann 6
11 Per Sorensen 5
12 John Eskildsen 3
13 Jan Jakobsen 3
14 Henrik Kristensen 3
15 Jens-Henry Nielsen 2
16 Jan Pedersen (Res) 1
17 Torben Hansen 0

Fifth Round

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Continental semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Tesař 14
2 Hungary Antal Kocso 12
3 Soviet Union Rif Saitgareev 11
4 Poland Roman Jankowski 10
5 Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper, Jr. 10
6 Poland Ryszard Franczyszyn 10
7 West Germany Gerd Riss 9
8 Czechoslovakia Bohumil Brhel 10
9 West Germany Karl Maier 8
10 Poland Andreas Marynowski 7
11 Hungary Zoltan Hajdu 6
12 Poland Stanisław Urban 4
13 Italy Armando Dal Chiele 4
14 Hungary Sandor Ujhelyi 3
15 Poland Andrzej Huszcza 2
16 Italy Giorgio Zaramella 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek 14
2 Czechoslovakia Petr Vandírek 12
3 Poland Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 11
4 Soviet Union Igor Dubinin 11
5 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 10
6 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 9
7 Italy Armando Castagna 9
8 Hungary József Petrikovics 9
9 Czechoslovakia Pavel Karnas 8
10 Soviet Union Igor Zverev 6
11 Poland Wojciech Załuski 5
12 Poland Zbigniew Krakowski 5
13 Hungary Róbert Nagy 4
14 Soviet Union Vladimir Trofimov 4
15 Czechoslovakia Václav Milík Sr. 1
16 Austria Heinrich Schatzer 1

Nordic Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Denmark Hans Nielsen 14+3
2 Denmark Jan O. Pedersen 14+2
3 Denmark Erik Gundersen 12
4 Denmark Peter Ravn 10
5 Sweden Tony Olsson 9
6 Denmark John Jørgensen 8+3
7 Finland Olli Tyrväinen 8+2
8 Sweden Erik Stenlund 8+1
9 Sweden Mikael Blixt 7
10 Finland Kai Niemi 7
11 Norway Lars Gunnestad 6
12 Sweden Per Jonsson 5
13 Denmark Brian Karger 5
14 Sweden Jimmy Nilsen 4
15 Sweden Peter Karlsson 2
16 Norway Arne Svendsen 1

Overseas Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 United States Sam Ermolenko 13
2 England Kelvin Tatum 12
3 United States Ronnie Correy 11+3
4 England Simon Wigg 11+2
5 England Andy Grahame 9
6 New Zealand Mitch Shirra 9
7 England Andy Grahame 8
8 England Jeremy Doncaster 8
9 England Andy Smith 8
10 Australia Troy Butler 6+3
11 England Martin Dugard 6+2
12 United States Lance King 5
13 Australia Stephen Davies 5
14 United States Rick Miller* 4
15 England Neil Collins 4
16 England Andy Phillips 1

* Rick Miller replaced Shawn Moran. Bobby Schwartz came in as the reserve rider

Sixth Round

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Continental Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 14
2 West Germany Karl Maier 10+
3 Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek 10+
4 West Germany Gerd Riss 10+
5 Czechoslovakia Bohumil Brhel 10+
6 Hungary József Petrikovics 10+
7 Soviet Union Rif Saitgareev 10+
8 Hungary Antal Kocso 10+
9 Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper, Jr. 8
10 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 8
11 Poland Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 7
12 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Tesař 4
13 Soviet Union Igor Zverev 3
14 Poland Wojciech Załuski (Res) 3
15 Soviet Union Igor Dubinin 2
16 Czechoslovakia Pavel Karnas 1
17 Poland Roman Jankowski 0

Intercontinental Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 England Kelvin Tatum 13+3
2 Denmark Erik Gundersen 13+2
3 Denmark Hans Nielsen 12+3
4 New Zealand Mitch Shirra 12+2
5 Denmark Jan O. Pedersen 9
6 England Simon Wigg 9
7 Sweden Tony Olsson 8
8 England Jeremy Doncaster 7
9 England Andy Smith 6
10 Finland Olli Tyrväinen 5+3
11 United States Ronnie Correy 5+2
12 Australia Troy Butler* 5+1
13 England Andy Grahame 5+0
14 Denmark Peter Ravn 4
15 England Alan Grahame 3
16 Denmark John Jørgensen 3
R1 England Martin Dugard 1
R2 Sweden Erik Stenlund 0

*Troy Butler replaced the injured Sam Ermolenko. Martin Dugard came in as the reserve rider.

World Final

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Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Denmark Hans Nielsen (3,3,3,3,3) 15
2 England Simon Wigg (1,3,3,3,2) 12+3
3 England Jeremy Doncaster (3,2,1,3,3) 12+2
4 Denmark Erik Gundersen (2,3,R,3,3) 11
5 England Kelvin Tatum (3,3,2,2,Fx) 10
6 New Zealand Mitch Shirra (2,2,3,2,1) 10
7 England Andy Smith (1,2,2,2,3) 10
8 Sweden Tony Olsson (1,1,3,1,2) 8
9 West Germany Gerd Riss (3,1,1,0,Fx) 5
10 Czechoslovakia Roman Matoušek (0,2,0,1,2) 5
11 West Germany Karl Maier (2,1,1,0,1) 5
12 Australia Troy Butler* (2,0,2,0,0) 4
13 Finland Olli Tyrväinen (0,0,2,0,2) 4
14 United States Ronnie Correy (0,0,1,2,1) 4
15 Hungary Zoltán Adorján (1,1,0,1,1) 4
16 Czechoslovakia Bohumil Brhel (0,0,0,1,0) 1
R1 England Andy Grahame did not ride -
R2 Hungary József Petrikovics did not ride -

* Troy Butler replaced the injured Jan O. Pedersen. Andy Grahame came in as the reserve rider.

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 Denmark (13) Hans Nielsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 England (6) Simon Wigg 12+3 1 3 3 3 2 12 2
3 England (1) Jeremy Doncaster 12+2 3 2 1 3 3 12 3
4 Denmark (16) Erik Gundersen 11 2 3 e 3 3 11 4
5 England (11) Kelvin Tatum 10 3 3 2 2 Fx 10 5
6 New Zealand (3) Mitch Shirra 10 2 2 3 2 1 10 6
7 England (4) Andy Smith 10 1 2 2 2 3 10 7
8 Sweden (15) Tony Olsson 8 1 1 3 1 2 8 8
9 West Germany (8) Gerd Riss 5 3 1 1 0 Fx 5 9
10 Czechoslovakia (14) Roman Matoušek 5 0 2 0 1 2 5 10
11 West Germany (5) Karl Maier 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 11
12 Australia (12) Troy Butler 4 2 0 2 0 0 4 12
13 Finland (9) Olli Tyrväinen 4 0 0 2 0 2 4 13
14 United States (7) Ronnie Correy 4 0 0 1 2 1 4 14
15 Hungary (10) Zoltán Adorján 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 15
16 Czechoslovakia (2) Bohumil Brhel 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 16
England (17) Andy Grahame 0 0
Hungary (18) József Petrikovics 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

References

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  1. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. ^ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 5. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  6. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Nielsen topples King Eric". Sandwell Evening Mail. 4 September 1989. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. pp. 7–9. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  9. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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