1993 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1993 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 48th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3]

"Sudden" Sam Ermolenko of the United States won his only Speedway World Championship[4] to become the first American winner since Bruce Penhall in 1982.[5] Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen finished second with England's Chris Louis finishing third.[6][7][8]

First round

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British qualifiers

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Main article: 1993 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

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British semi-finals

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Main article: 1993 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 16 to British final

Australian qualification

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Date Championship Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
? Victorian Olympic Park, Mildura Mark Lemon Leigh Adams Jason Lyons
? Queensland Townsville Speedway, Townsville Troy Butler Tony Langdon Mark Carlson
? Northern Territory Tennant Creek Speedway Wayne Bridgeford Glen Baxter Wayne Lorymer
? South Australian North Arm Speedway, Gillman Scott Norman Shane Bowes Shane Parker
12 Jan New South Wales Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago Craig Boyce Mick Poole Stephen Davies
? West Australian Claremont Speedway, Perth Glenn Doyle Craig Hodgson David Cheshire

Third round

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Continental Preliminary round

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Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
25 April Slovenia Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana Slovenia Gregor Pintar Italy Paolo Salvatelli Russia Anatoly Khlynov
25 April Poland Tarnów Municipal Stadium, Tarnów Poland Jacek Rempala Russia Rif Saitgareev Poland Dariusz Stenka
25 April France Marmande Speedway, Marmande Germany Marvyn Cox Poland Marek Hucko Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka
25 April Germany Ludwigslust Speedway, Ludwigslust Hungary Csaba Hell Italy Armando Castagna Austria Toni Pilotto

British Final

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Main article: 1993 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Swedish qualification

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  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

Australian Final

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Main article: 1993 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
  • First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Mark Thorpe 15
2 Mark Lyndon 14
3 Andy Waker 13
4 Craig Wilkie 11
5 Daniel Ornsby 10
6 Paul Atkins 9
7 Justin Monk 9
8 Mike Wilson 9
9 Jacqui Mauger 6
10 Rhys Hamburger 6
11 Daniel Burbery 5
12 Steve Mudgway 4
13 Scott Boyce 4
14 Graham Hartshome 0
15 Mark Jamiesson 0
16 Darrin Wilson 0

Fourth round

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Continental Quarter-finals

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  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
22 May Germany Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut Poland Jacek Krzyzaniak Hungary Antal Kocso Hungary Robert Nagy
22 May Austria Stadion Wiener Neustadt Italy Armando Castagna Poland Dariusz Stenka Hungary Zoltán Adorján
23 May Poland Speedway Stadium, Gorzów Poland Tomasz Gollob Poland Piotr Świst Czech Republic Antonín Kasper, Jr.
23 May Hungary Cserénfa Speedway, Cserénfa Hungary Zoltán Hajdú Hungary László Bódi Italy Paolo Salvatelli

Commonwealth Final

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Main article: 1993 Commonwealth final
  • First 11 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

American Final

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  • United States top 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Danish Final

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Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Hans Nielsen 28
2 Tommy Knudsen 27
3 John Jørgensen 22
4 Brian Karger 21
5 Jan Staechmann 21
6 Hans Clausen 17
7 Jacob Olsen 15
8 Kenneth Arnfred 14
9 Peter Ravn 13
10 Tom P. Knudsen 13
11 Ole Hansen 11
12 Ronni Pedersen 10
13 Morten Andersen 10
14 Kurt Hansen 8
15 Allan Johansen 4
16 Lars - Henrik Jorgensen 2

Norwegian Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Lars Gunnestad 14+3
2 Arnt Forland 14+2
3 Rune Holta 12+3
4 Odd Pettersen 12+2
5 Einar Kyllingstad 12+1
6 Robert Langeland 9
7 Atle Knutse 8
8 Ronny Erga 7
9 Ingvar Hvamstad 7
10 Ingvar Skoglund 6
11 John A. Pollestad 5
12 Eivind Reppen 5
13 Jorn Arve Ardal 3
14 Gjermund Aas 3
15 Björn Arild Tonnesen 2
16 Jan Arild Slatta 1

Finland Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Vesa Ylinen 15
2 Roy Malminheimo 13
3 Arto Orjo 12
4 Petri Nurmesniemi 11
5 Mika Pellinen 10
6 Kai Laukkanen 10
7 Petri Vaatsio 10
8 Tomi Havu 9
9 Janne Koivula 7
10 Aarre Soivuori 6
11 Petri Kokko 4
12 Jarno Kosonen 3
13 Petri Hyvönen 2
14 Kai Pohjasniemi 1
15 Marko Jumisko (res) 2
16 Marko Laine (res) 2
17 Tomi Kalliomäki (res) 2
18 Mika Laukkanen 1
19 Jyri Viemerö 1

Swedish Final

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Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Henrik Gustafsson 11+14+15 40
2 Per Jonsson 14+12+13 39
3 Tony Rickardsson 12+14+11 37
4 Jimmy Nilsen 13+9+13 35
5 Peter Karlsson 10+10+12 32
6 Stefan Andersson 7+10+10 27
7 Peter Nahlin 9+10+6 25
8 Claes Ivarsson 9+6+7 22
9 Dennis Löfqvist 5+8+9 22
10 Niklas Klingberg 5+5+6 16
11 Conny Ivarsson 3+6+6 15
12 Stefan Dannö 6+7+2 15
13 Kenneth Lindby 5+4+5 14
14 Mikael Karlsson 7+1+ns 8
15 Marcus Andersson (Res) ns+1+4 5
16 Robert Johansson 2+1+1 4
17 Kenneth Nyström 2+0+ns 2
18 Christer Rohlén (Res) ns+0+ns 0

Fifth round

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Overseas Final

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Main article: 1993 Overseas final
  • First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final

Nordic Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Denmark Tommy Knudsen 14
2 Sweden Per Jonsson 13
3 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 12
4 Denmark Brian Karger 11
5 Sweden Peter Karlsson 10
6 Denmark Hans Nielsen 9
7 Sweden Henrik Gustafsson 9
8 Denmark John Jørgensen 9
9 Denmark Gert Handberg 7
10 Sweden Jimmy Nilsen 6
11 Denmark Hans Clausen 5
12 Norway Einar Kyllingstad 4
13 Finland Roy Malminheimo 2
14 Denmark Jan Staechmann 2
15 Norway Lars Gunnestad 2
16 Finland Vesa Ylinen 1
Res Sweden Peter Nahlin ns
Res Norway Rune Holta ns

Continental Semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Italy Armando Castagna 13
2 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 12
3 Hungary Antal Kocso 11
4 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 10
5 Poland Jacek Krzyzaniak 10
6 Poland Slawomir Drabik 9
7 Germany Gerd Riss 9
8 Hungary Róbert Nagy 8+3
9 Czech Republic Petr Vandírek 8+2
10 Poland Dariusz Stenka 8+1
11 Czech Republic Roman Matoušek 6
12 Hungary József Petrikovics 5
13 Poland Jaroslaw Olszewski 4
14 Latvia Nikolaj Kokins 3
15 Poland Mirosław Kowalik 3
16 Poland Jacek Rempala 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Tomasz Gollob 12+3
2 Poland Piotr Swist 12+2
3 Germany Marvyn Cox* 11
4 Czech Republic Václav Milík Sr. 10
5 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 10
6 Hungary Zoltan Hajdu 9
7 Poland Piotr Paluch 9
8 Hungary Laszlo Bodi 8+3
9 Russia Mikhail Starostin 8+2
10 Poland Slawomir Dudek 8+1
11 Poland Krzysztof Kuczwalski 7
12 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 6
13 Hungary Zsolt Böszermenyi 5
14 Russia Flur Kalimulin 3
15 Italy Paolo Salvatelli 2
16 Italy Valentino Furlanetto 0
17 Poland Marek Hucko (res) 0
  • Cox rode on a Polish licence

Sixth round

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World Semi-Finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Denmark Hans Nielsen 13+3
2 United States Billy Hamill 13+2
3 United States Greg Hancock 12
4 Australia Leigh Adams 11
5 Italy Armando Castagna 9
6 England Gary Havelock 9
7 Germany Gerd Riss 9
8 England Andy Smith 8+3
9 Denmark Brian Karger 8+2
10 England Martin Dugard 7
11 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper, Jr. 6
12 Denmark John Jørgensen 6
13 Hungary Zoltán Hajdú 6
14 Poland Sławomir Drabik 2
15 Czech Republic Václav Milík, Sr. 1
16 Poland Piotr Paluch 0
Res Hungary Robert Nagy 0
Res Sweden Jimmy Nilsen 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 England Joe Screen 12
2 Poland Tomasz Gollob 11+3
3 Sweden Henrik Gustafsson 11+2
4 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 10
5 United States Sam Ermolenko 10
6 Sweden Per Jonsson 10
7 England Chris Louis 9+3
8 Sweden Peter Karlsson 9+2
9 United States Ronnie Correy 9+1
10 Denmark Tommy Knudsen 7
11 Germany Marvyn Cox 6
12 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 5
13 Poland Jacek Krzyzaniak 4
14 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 3
15 Hungary Antal Kocso 2
16 Poland Piotr Świst 1
Res Denmark Hans Clausen 1
Res Hungary László Bódi 0

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 21
1 United States (5) Sam Ermolenko 12 3 3 3 3 0 12 1
2 Denmark (10) Hans Nielsen 11 3 3 2 0 3 11 2 3
3 England (13) Chris Louis 11 3 2 1 2 3 11 3 2
4 Sweden (4) Henrik Gustafsson 10 3 1 0 3 3 10 4
5 England (16) Andy Smith 10 0 2 3 2 3 10 5
6 England (14) Gary Havelock 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 6
7 Poland (15) Tomasz Gollob 8 1 3 2 2 0 8 7
8 Sweden (7) Peter Karlsson 8 2 0 3 2 1 8 8
9 Sweden (8) Per Jonsson 7 0 3 2 1 1 7 9
10 United States (3) Billy Hamill 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 10
11 Germany (1) Gerd Riss 6 0 0 1 3 2 6 11
12 Italy (2) Armando Castagna 5 1 0 1 3 0 5 12
13 England (6) Joe Screen 5 1 1 2 0 1 5 13
14 Sweden (11) Tony Rickardsson 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 14
15 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 4 0 1 0 1 2 4 15
16 United States (12) Greg Hancock 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 16
R1 United States (R1) Ronnie Correy 0 0 R1
R2 Denmark (R2) Brian Karger 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

References

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  1. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Sam's on top of the world". Birmingham Mail. 30 August 1993. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "'Ermolenko takes title'". The Times. 30 August 1993. Retrieved 10 April 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
  6. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Speedway". Western Daily Press. 30 August 1993. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "1993 - Speedway Individual World Final - Pocking (Germany) - Sam Ermolenko (USA)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
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