1986 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season February 2024 February 2024 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship 1985 1987 The 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 41st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html World Championship 1936-1994 Edinburgh Speedway 10 July 2021https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 10 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 10 July 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021 Hans Nielsen finally won his first world title after finishing in second place during the two previous Championships.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19860901/038/0038 Nielsen conquers the world at last Manchester Evening News 1 September 1986 British Newspaper Archive subscription 8 September 2024 He lost his first ride to arch rival and defending champion Erik Gundersen but then won his next four rides to be crowned the champion. Fellow Dane Jan O. Pedersen took silver and England's Kelvin Tatum took the bronze while Gundersen faded into tenth place.Great Dane Sunday Mirror 31 August 1986 10 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002454/19750907/374/0038 British Newspaper Archive subscription It was the fourth final to be held at the Silesian Stadium in Poland.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021 First round British qualification Riders progress to British semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd Preliminary Round 9 April Wimbledon Stadium, London Dave Jessup Andrew Silver Roger Johns 13 April Berrington Lough Stadium, Berwick Paul Thorp Rob Grant Paul Stead 13 April Boston Sports Stadium, Boston Doug Wyer Les Collins Andy Hines 15 April Wimborne Road, Poole Steve Schofield Neil Middleditch Eric Monaghan 22 April Milton Keynes Stadium, Milton Keynes Malcolm Simmons Barry Thomas Andy Campbell Quarter-Final 27 April King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Andy Campbell Steve Schofield Les Collins Second round British semi-finals 11 May ENG Abbey Stadium, Swindon Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 Alan Grahame142 Phil Collins103 Richard Knight104 Kelvin Tatum 105 Malcolm Simmons96 John Davis97 Andrew Silver98 Marvyn Cox99 Peter Collins10 Andy Smith11 Neil Collins12 Peter Carr13 Sean Willmott14 Steve Schofield15 Martin Hagon18 May ENG Odsal Stadium, Bradford Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 Simon Wigg142 Jeremy Doncaster143 Neil Evitts134 Chris Morton 115 Simon Cross106 Paul Thorp 97 Kenny Carter88 Carl Blackbird89 Louis Carr810 Les Collins711 Andy Grahame612 Kenny McKinna513 Andy Campbell314 Alan Mogridge315 Andy Hines116 Michael Lee0 Swedish qualification Top 8 in heat 1, top 7 in heat 2 to Swedish final (1 May, Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved)PosRider Points 1 Tommy Nilsson 152 Per Jonsson `33 Patrik Karlsson 124 Conny Ivarsson 115 Dennis Löfqvist 106 Roland Dannö 107 Anders Kling 98 Tommy Lindgren 89 Patrik Åhlund 710 Mikael Löfqvist 511 Christer Jonsson 512 Jan Ericsson 413 Lars Hammarberg 314 Johan Zackrisson 315 Thomas Ek 316 Claes Ivarsson 2 (9 May, Kalvholmen Motorstadion, Karlstad)PosRider Points 1 Tony Olsson 142 Jimmy Nilsen 13+33 Mikael Blixt 13+24 Kenneth Nyström 125 Christer Rohlén 96 Mikael Teurnberg 97 Uno Johansson 8+38 Lillebror Johansson 8+29 Pierre Brannefors 610 Hans Wahlström 611 Lars Andersson 512 Per-Ove Gudmundsson 513 Johan Staaf 514 Börje Ring 515 Mikael Messing 216 Kent Rickardsson 117 Hans Hallén 0 Australian qualification DateVenueWinner2nd3rd Queensland Championship Dec 1985Pioneer Park, Ayr John Titman Troy Butler Steve Regeling New South Wales Championship Dec 1985 Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago Stephen Davies Chris Watson ? Northern Territory Championship Dec 1985Arunga Park Speedway Brent Nott David Jackson ? Victorian Championship Dec 1985 Olympic Park, Mildura Phil Crump John McNeil ? South Australian Championship Dec 1985 North Arm Speedway, Adelaide Steve Baker Mark Fiora ? Western Australian Championship Dec 1985Claremont Speedway, Perth Mick McKeon Glyn Taylor David Cheshire Third round Continental preliminary round DateVenueWinner2nd3rd Preliminary Round 11 MayFRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg CSK Roman Matoušek FRG Heinz Huber FRG Erich Shafferer 11 MayBUL Speedway Stadium, Targovishte USSR Valery Gordeev ITA Armando Dal Chiele CSK Ladislav Hradecky 11 MayYUG Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana POL Zenon Plech USSR Rinat Mardanshin POL Zbignew Blazejczak 11 MayHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc CSK Petr Kucera ITA Gianni Famari HUN József Petrikovics Australian Final 1986 Australian Individual Speedway Championship Top 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve New Zealand Final 25 January 1986 NZL Gisborne Speedway, Gisborne Top 3 to Commonwealth Final Pos. Rider Total1 David Bargh 14+32 Larry Ross 14+23 Mitch Shirra 12+34 Mike Fullerton 12+25 Kym Mauger 116 Chris Martin97 Trevor Chapman 98 Craig Monk 79 Peter Nightingale 610 Spencer Timmo 511 Mike Hollows 512 Craig Blackett 413 Craig Wilkkie414 Lee Chappell 315 Steve Brown 316 Jamie Martin 1 British Final 1 June 1986 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry Top 9 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve x x P1 13 ENG Neil Evitts 3 3 2 3 3 x x P2 2 ENG Phil Collins 2 3 3 2 3 x x P3 15 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 0 3 2 2 3 x x 3 4 3 ENG Marvyn Cox 1 1 3 3 2 x x 2 5 9 ENG Chris Morton 2 2 2 3 1 x x 1 6 7 ENG Malcolm Simmons 1 2 3 3 0 x x 7 10 ENG Richard Knight 1 2 1 2 2 x 3 x 8 1 ENG Paul Thorp 3 1 3 1 x 2 x T 9 8 ENG Kelvin Tatum 3 3 1 1 0 x 1 x 10 16 ENG Louis Carr 1 2 2 1 2 x F x 11 14 ENG Simon Wigg 2 0 2 3 x x E 12 11 ENG Andy Smith 3 0 0 2 x x F 13 5 ENG Andrew Silver 2 0 0 0 1 x x 14 6 ENG Carl Blackbird 0 1 1 0 1 x x 15 4 ENG Simon Cross 0 1 1 0 x x E 16 12 ENG John Davis 0 1 1 x x E T R1 R1 ENG Dave Clark y 0 TR TR ENG Mike Bacon b 0 Danish Final 8 May 1986 DEN Hele Fyns Speedway Center, Fjelsted Top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve Tommy Knudsen seeded to Nordic Final Pos. Rider Total1 Hans Nielsen 142 Erik Gundersen 13+33 Bo Petersen 13+24 Jan O. Pedersen 125 John Jørgensen 126 Sam Nikolajsen77 Per Sørensen 78 John Eskildsen 79 Jens Rasmussen 710 Peter Glanz 511 Tommy Knudsen 512 Peter Ravn 513 Fleming Pedersen414 Kurt Hansen 415 Preben Eriksen 316 Aksel Jepsen 0 Norwegian Final NOR Elgane Speedway, Varhaug Top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Ingvar Skogland 142 Robert Langeland 133 Arnt Førland 124 Per Magne Levang 115 Thor Gunnar Halvorsröd 96 Gjermund Aas 9 Finland Final FIN Varkaus Speedway Stadion, Varkaus 18 August 1985, top 2 (+1 seeded rider) to 1986 Nordic final Pos. Rider Total1 Ari Koponen 142 Juha Moksunen 13+33 Roy Malminheimo 13+24 Olli Tyrvainen 13+15 Pekka Hautamaki 126 Aki Ala Riihimaki 97 Janne Moksunen 88 Veijo Tuoriniemi 89 Ossi Henriksson 810 Heimo Kaikko 711 Esa Reijo 412 Aarre Soivuori 313 Marko Hyyrylainen 314 Mikael Back 215 Markku Haapala 216 Hannu Lehtonen 0 Swedish Finals SWE Top 4 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve Jan Andersson seeded to Nordic Final R1 (21 May, Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna) R2 (22 May, Nässjö Motorstadion, Nässjö) R3 (23 May, Sannaheds Motorstadion, Kumla) Pos. Rider R1R2R3Tota1 Tommy Nilsson 141312 392 Jimmy Nilsen 101311 343 Mikael Blixt 8149 314 Erik Stenlund 91110 305 Kenneth Nyström 11611 286 Conny Ivarsson 1098 277 Per Jonsson 5138 268 Tony Olsson 6108 249 Roland Dannö 1158 2410 Dennis Löfqvist 1065 2111 Christer Rohlén 649 1912 Mikael Teurnberg 636 1513 Uno Johansson 563 1414 Tommy Lindgren 725 1415 Patrik Karlsson 146 1116 Anders Kling 010 1 Fourth round Continental quarter-finals Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 24 MayPOL Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz POL Wojciech Żabiałowicz POL Grzegorz Dzikowski USSR Rif Saitgareev 25 MayCSK Markéta Stadium, Prague USSR Viktor Kuznetsov CSK Antonín Kasper, Jr. CSK Petr Vandirek 26 MayNED Olympic Stadium, AmsterdamBank Holiday Bonanza Reading Evening Post 24 May 1986 9 February 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19860524/312/0044 British Newspaper Archive subscription CSK Roman Matoušek POL Roman Jankowski ITA Armando Castagna 29 MayFRG Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching AUT Heinrich Schatzer HUN József Petrikovics USSR Mikhail Starostin American Final 23 June 1986 USA Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach Top 5 + 1 reserve to the Overseas Final x x P1 12 USA Shawn Moran 3 3 3 3 2 x x P2 10 USA Lance King 1 3 3 3 3 x 3 x P3 11 USA Sam Ermolenko 2 2 3 3 3 x 2 x 4 3 USA Bobby Schwartz 3 3 2 2 3 x 1 x 5 4 USA Kelly Moran 2 2 2 3 2 x x 6 16 USA Rick Miller 2 1 2 1 3 x x 7 1 USA Alan Christian 1 3 1 1 2 x x 8 14 USA Keith Christo 1 2 3 2 0 x x 9 5 USA Mike Faria 2 2 2 0 1 x x 10 6 USA Steve Lucero 3 1 0 1 0 x x 11 15 USA John Cook 3 0 0 2 1 x x 12 7 USA Bobby Ott 0 1 0 0 2 x x 13 13 USA Robert Pfetzing 0 0 1 2 0 x x 14 2 USA Brad Oxley 0 0 1 1 0 x x 15 8 USA Shawn McConnell 1 0 1 0 0 x x 16 9 USA Ed Castro 0 1 0 0 1 x x Commonwealth Final 8 June 1986 ENG Hyde Road, Manchester Top 11 to the Overseas Final plus 1 reserve x P1 16 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 3 2 3 3 3 x P2 15 ENG Kelvin Tatum 2 3 3 1 3 x P3 5 ENG Chris Morton 2 3 1 2 3 x 4 4 AUS Steve Baker 1 1 3 3 1 x 5 13 ENG Neil Evitts 1 1 1 3 3 x 6 8 ENG Richard Knight 3 0 2 2 2 x 7 14 NZL Larry Ross 0 0 3 3 2 x 8 6 AUS Phil Crump 1 3 2 2 x X 9 2 ENG Marvyn Cox 3 1 2 1 1 x 10 9 ENG Paul Thorp 3 2 1 0 2 x 11 1 NZL Mitch Shirra 2 0 2 2 1 x 12 12 NZL David Bargh 1 3 1 1 x F 13 10 ENG Phil Collins 2 2 0 1 0 x 14 7 ENG Malcolm Simmons 0 1 2 0 0 x 15 11 AUS Steve Regeling 0 2 1 0 x E 16 3 AUS Alan Rivett 0 0 0 0 x E Fifth round Continental semi-finals 8 June FRG Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 USSR Viktor Kuznetsov 132 FRG Georg Hack 12+33 USSR Michail Starostin 12+24 TCH Antonín Kasper Jr. 12+15 FRG Karl Maier 116 AUT Heinrich Schatzer 107 TCH Petr Vandírek 98FRG Klaus Lausch 8+39 HUN Zoltán Adorján 8+210 TCH Pavel Karnas 611 USSR Vladimir Trofimov 612 HUN Sandor Tihanyi 513 POL Zenon Plech 414 POL Andrzej Huszcza 315 POL Zbigniew Blazejczak 116 HUN József Petrikovics 08 June ITA Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 ITA Armando Castagna 122 TCH Stanislav Urban 10+33 TCH Roman Matoušek 10+24 USSR Valerij Gordeev 10+15 POL Wojciech Zabialowicz 10+06 POL Ryszard Dolomisiewicz 97 POL Maciej Jaworek 98BUL Nikolaj Manev 89 TCH Lubomir Jedek 710 ITA Francesco Biginato 711 TCH Zdeněk Schneiderwind 712 USSR Rif Saitgareev 13 POL Ryszard Franczyszyn 14 POL Roman Jankowski 15 ITA Paolo Salvatelli 16 POL Grzegorz Dzikowski Nordic Final 4 July 1986 SWE Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla Top 7 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 DEN Hans Nielsen 142 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 133 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 114 DEN Erik Gundersen 105 SWE Jan Andersson 106 DEN Tommy Knudsen107 SWE Tommy Nilsson 98 DEN Bo Petersen 99 FIN Kai Niemi 910 DEN John Jørgensen 811 SWE Erik Stenlund 612 NOR Einar Kyllingstad 313 FIN Ari Koponen314 SWE Mikael Blixt 215 FIN Juha Moksunen 216 NOR Ingvar Skogland 0Res SWE Kenneth Nyström 1 Overseas Final 19 June 1986 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry Top 9 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve x P1 7 USA Sam Ermolenko 3 3 3 3 2 x P2 4 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 3 3 1 2 3 x P3 14 ENG Neil Evitts 3 2 3 2 1 x 4 1 ENG Marvyn Cox 1 3 3 1 2 x 5 2 ENG Chris Morton 2 3 2 2 1 x 6 8 NZL Mitch Shirra 0 2 1 3 3 x 7 12 ENG Kelvin Tatum 2 1 3 3 x X 8 15 USA Kelly Moran 2 2 1 3 0 x 9 5 AUS Steve Baker 2 2 0 3 0 x 10 13 ENG Paul Thorp 1 1 2 1 1 x 11 10 AUS Phil Crump 3 1 0 1 x F 12 11 USA Bobby Schwartz 1 0 2 0 2 x 13 3 NZL Larry Ross 0 1 2 2 x E 14 6 ENG Malcolm Simmons 1 0 1 0 0 x 15 9 USA Lance King 0 0 0 1 0 x 16 16 USA Shawn Moran x F - - - - R1 R1 USA Rick Miller y 0 r 2 y 3 R2 R2 AUS Steve Regeling b F Sixth round Continental Final 20 July 1986 AUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt Top 4 to World Final plus 1 reserve Ryszard Dołomisiewicz seeded to World Final x x P1 7 USSR Viktor Kuznetsov 3 2 3 3 2 x x 3 P2 15 CSK Antonín Kasper, Jr. 3 3 1 3 3 x x 2 P3 12 ITA Armando Castagna 3 3 3 1 2 x x 4 2 FRG Karl Maier 1 3 2 2 3 x 3 x 5 11 CSK Petr Vandirek 2 1 2 3 3 x 2 x 6 6 POL Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 2 2 1 0 3 x x 7 5 CSK Stanislav Urban 1 3 0 3 0 x x 8 8 CSK Roman Matoušek 2 3 2 x x X X 9 9 USSR Valery Gordeev 1 1 2 2 1 x x 10 3 BUL Nikolai Manev 2 1 2 1 x x E 11 13 POL Wojciech Żabiałowicz 2 2 1 1 0 x x 12 16 FRG Klaus Lausch 0 1 3 1 0 x x 13 4 USSR Mikhail Starostin 0 2 1 2 x x E 14 14 FRG Georg Hack 1 0 2 1 x x E 15 1 AUT Heinrich Schatzer 3 x x F - - - 16 10 POL Maciej Jaworek 0 1 0 0 0 x x R1 R1 HUN Zoltan Adorjan w 0 R2 R2 CSK Lubomir Jedek y 0 r 1 Intercontinental Final 20 July 1986 ENG Odsal Stadium, Bradford Top 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 9 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 14 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 2 3 3 x P3 4 DEN Tommy Knudsen 2 3 3 2 2 x 4 5 ENG Neil Evitts 3 1 3 3 1 x 5 1 ENG Kelvin Tatum 3 0 2 0 3 x 6 2 USA Sam Ermolenko 1 1 2 3 1 x 7 8 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 2 2 1 2 1 x 8 3 NZL Mitch Shirra 0 3 0 2 2 x 9 13 ENG Chris Morton 0 2 1 1 3 x 10 6 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 0 2 3 1 1 x 11 15 ENG Marvyn Cox 1 2 1 0 2 x 3 12 7 SWE Jan Andersson 1 0 2 1 2 x 2 13 12 ENG Paul Thorp 1 1 2 0 x E 14 16 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 2 0 0 1 0 x 15 10 AUS Steve Baker 2 0 0 0 x X 16 11 SWE Tommy Nilsson 0 1 0 0 0 x R1 R1 AUS Phil Crump R2 R2 DEN John Jørgensen World Final 30 August 1986 POL Silesian Stadium, Chorzów x P1 5 DEN Hans Nielsen 2 3 3 3 3 x P2 11 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 3 3 2 3 2 x P3 12 ENG Kelvin Tatum 2 2 2 3 3 x 4 1 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 3 1 3 2 2 x 5 10 DEN Tommy Knudsen 1 3 3 3 x X 6 13 USSR Viktor Kuznetsov 3 2 2 2 1 x 7 6 USA Sam Ermolenko 1 2 1 3 2 x 8 4 ENG Neil Evitts 2 3 1 1 1 x 9 16 ENG Chris Morton 2 1 0 2 3 x 10 8 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 0 3 1 x E 11 15 POL Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 1 2 0 2 1 x 12 14 ENG Marvyn Cox 0 1 2 0 0 x 13 2 FRG Karl Maier 0 0 1 0 2 x 14 3 ITA Armando Castagna 1 1 0 x F - 15 9 CSK Antonín Kasper, Jr. 0 0 1 0 1 x 16 7 NZL Mitch Shirra 0 0 0 1 0 x R1 R1 SWE Jan Andersson R2 R2 CSK Petr Vandirek b 1 r 0 References 1986 Individual Speedway World World Category:Speedway competitions in Poland