1984 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season February 2024 February 2024 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship 1983 1985 The 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 39th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 10 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021 Without former champions Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Peter Collins, Michael Lee, and Bruce Penhall, the 1984 World Final, held for the eighth time at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden, was seen by some as the battle of the second tier riders. Though history would ultimately prove the first and second placed riders as among the best Motorcycle speedway has ever seen, winning every World Final between them until the end of the 1980s.https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 10 July 2021 Dane Erik Gundersen won his first Speedway World Championship from countryman Hans Nielsen who defeated American Lance King in a run-off for second and third places.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002454/19840902/047/0047 Little Erik's a king The People 2 September 1984 British Newspaper Archive subscription 1 September 2024 Defending champion Egon Müller of West Germany could not reproduce his 1983 World Final form and finished 14th with just 3 points from his 5 rides. 1983 runner-up Billy Sanders of Australia, the track record holder at Ullevi, fared marginally better, finishing 11th with just 5 points.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html World Championship 1936-1994 Edinburgh Speedway 10 July 2021 First round British qualification DateVenueWinner2nd3rd Preliminary Round 8 AprilMildenhall Stadium, Mildenhall Richard Knight Kevin Jolly Robert Henry 8 AprilBoston Sports Stadium, Boston Dave Perks Colin Cook Steve Lomas 10 AprilWessex Stadium, Weymouth Marvyn Cox Martin Yeates Alun Rossiter 13 AprilPowderhall Stadium, Edinburgh Kenny McKinna Dave Trownson Charlie McKinna 17 AprilMilton Keynes Stadium, Milton Keynes Trevor Banks Barry Thomas Keith White Quarter-Final 29 AprilThe Shay, Halifax Kevin Jolly Marvyn Cox Barry Thomas Swedish qualification Top 6 in each heat to Swedish final (6 May, Gamla Målilla Motorstadion Målilla)PosRider Points 1 Björn Andersson 142 Anders Kling 133 Alf Trofast 114 Hans Danielsson 115 Mikael Blixt 116 Lillebror Johansson 107 Kenneth Nyström 108 Erik Stenlund 99 Hans Wahlström 710 Tony Gudbrand 611 Thomas Hydling 512 Conny Ivarsson 513 Gert Carlsson 414 Dick Jegård 215 Tommy Celander 116 Roger Gustavsson 0 (5 May, Linköping Motorstadion Linköping)PosRider Points 1 Jan Andersson 152 Per Jonsson 143 Uno Johansson 114 Mikael Aniander 115 Tommy Johansson 116 Patrik Karlsson 87 Göran Waltersson 88 Lars Andersson 89 Jan Davidsson 810 [Jan Ericsson 711 Tony Olsson 712 Mikael Reinholdsson 413 Åke Fridell 314 Bengt Jansson 215 Sören Brolin 216 Mats Olsson 0 (6 May, Orionparken StadiumHallstavik)PosRider Points 1 Pierre Brannefors 152 Leif Wahlman 133 Mikael Messing 124 Tommy Nilsson 125 Magnus Jonsson 116 Lars Hammarberg 97 Börje Ring 98 Per-Ove Gudmundsson 99 Ulf Blomqvist 710 Lars Ericsson 611 Patric Ericsson 612 Kent Rickardsson 413 Niclas Johansson 314 Jimmie Magnusson 215 Stefan Karlsson 116 Mikael Löfqvist 1 Second round Continental preliminary round DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 22 AprilYUG Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško POL Edward Jancarz FRG Georg Gilgenreiner POL Jerzy Rembas 22 AprilHUN Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen CSK Jiří Štancl POL Wojciech Żabiałowicz HUN János Oreskó 22 AprilCSK Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný CSK Václav Verner POL Maciej Jaworek CSK Stanislav Urban 22 AprilFRG Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching FRG Josef Aigner FRG Peter Wurtele ITA Armando Castagna British semi-finals 16 May ENG Wimborne Road, Poole Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 Michael Lee152 Chris Morton133 Phil Collins124 Les Collins115 Dave Jessup96 Jeremy Doncaster97 Mark Courtney98 John Davis89 Gordon Kennett810 Kevin Smith711 Kevin Jolly612 Colin Richardson513 Kenny McKinna414 Alun Rossiter315 Barry Thomas116 John Barker025 May ENG Oxford Stadium, Oxford Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 Neil Evitts12+32 Andy Grahame12+23 Kenny Carter 114 Martin Yeates105 John Louis106 Alan Grahame107 Malcolm Simmons108 Peter Collins99 Simon Wigg810 Marvyn Cox711 Steve Bastable712 Neil Collins513 Richard Knight314 Dave Perks315 Colin Cook216 Sean Willmott1 Third round Continental quarter-finals Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 5 MayPOL Stadion Wybrzeże, Gdańsk CSK Antonín Kasper Jr. POL Boleslaw Proch CSK Petr Ondrašík 5 MayFRG Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut FRG Egon Muller FRG Karl Maier CSK Jiří Štancl 6 MayAUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt FRG Josef Aigner POL Andrzej Huszcza FRG Alois Wiesböck 6 MayHUN Napos út, Szeged USSR Mikhail Starostin POL Edward Jancarz CSK Aleš Dryml Sr. British Final 20 June 1984 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry First 8 to Overseas final x P1 5 ENG Kenny Carter 3 3 1 3 3 x P2 10 ENG Andy Grahame 3 2 3 1 3 x P3 15 ENG Dave Jessup 2 3 2 2 2 x 4 4 ENG Les Collins 2 3 1 3 1 x 5 2 ENG Martin Yeates 1 3 3 1 2 x 6 1 ENG Alan Grahame 3 3 0 3 x T 7 3 ENG Simon Wigg 0 3 2 3 x E 8 7 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 0 2 2 1 3 x 9 14 ENG Peter Collins 1 1 1 2 2 x 3 10 16 ENG Neil Evitts 3 2 2 0 0 x 2 11 11 ENG Gordon Kennett 2 1 1 2 0 x 12 9 ENG Chris Morton 1 2 1 1 x E 13 13 ENG John Louis 2 0 0 2 x X 14 8 ENG Phil Collins 0 3 x X E E 15 12 ENG John Davis 1 1 0 0 1 x 16 6 ENG Mark Courtney 2 0 0 0 0 x R1 R1 ENG Kevin Hawkins r 1 American Final 9 June 1984 USA Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach, First 3 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve x P1 11 USA Bobby Schwartz 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 6 USA Kelly Moran 3 3 2 3 3 x P3 12 USA Shawn Moran 2 3 3 3 2 x 4 1 USA Lance King 3 3 1 1 3 x 5 4 USA John Cook 2 2 3 2 1 x 6 7 USA Rick Miller 1 2 2 2 3 x 7 13 USA Mike Faria 3 2 1 2 1 x 8 8 USA Sam Ermolenko 2 3 0 1 x E 9 5 USA Robert Pfetzing 0 1 2 3 x F 10 15 USA Mike Curosco 1 1 0 1 2 x 11 14 USA Dennis Sigalos 2 2 x F - - 12 3 USA Brad Oxley 0 2 1 0 x E 13 9 USA Buddy Robinson 0 0 1 0 2 x 14 2 USA John Sandoma 1 0 1 1 1 x 15 10 USA Dubb Farrell 1 1 0 0 0 x 16 16 USA Alan Christian x X - - - - R1 R1 USA Jim Lawson b 0 w 0 r 2 b 2 R2 R2 USA Keith Christo y 1 y 0 Australian Final 29 January 1984 AUS Olympic Park, Mildura First 2 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 Phil Crump (3,3,3,3,3) 152 Billy Sanders (3,2,3,2,3) 133 Gary Guglielmi (F,3,3,3,2) 114 John Titman (3,3,2,1,1) 105 Rod Hunter (0,2,2,3,3) 106 Steve Regeling (1,3,0,3,2) 97 Steve Baker (2,F,1,2,3) 88 Stan Bear (2,1,0,2,2) 79 Glyn Taylor (3,2,0,F,1) 610 Mark Fiora (1,1,3,0,0) 511 David Jackson (2,2,1,F,X) 512 Ray Palmer (2,X,2,0,1) 513 Brent Nott (0,2,2,1,0) 514 David Cheshire (1,0,0,1,2) 415 Ashley Norton (F,-,-,-,-) 016 John McNeill (-,-,-,-,-) 0R1 Greg Barrett (1,1,1,0) 318 Chris Schmidt (0,1,0,1,0) 2 New Zealand Final 4 February 1984 NZL Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch First 2 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 Mitch Shirra 152 Larry Ross 143 David Bargh 134 Barry Briggs 115 Alan Mason 116 Peter Nightingale 97 Chris Martin 98 Mike Fullerton 89 Robin Hampton 710 Alan Fisher 611 Greg de Kok 512 Steve Duckworth 513 Alan Crosbie 414 Wayne Brown 215 Greg Holloway 116 Mark Richards 0 Danish Final 1984 Danish speedway season DEN Fladbro Speedway, Randers Top 6 to Nordic final DateWinner2nd3rd 6 MayBo Petersen Erik Gundersen Hans Nielsen Norwegian Final NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien 11 May 1984, first 2 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Total1 Tormod Langli 152 Einar Kyllingstad 13+33 Roy Otto13+24 Ingvar Skogland 115 Dag Haland 116 Arne Svendsen 97 Kurt Ualand88 Willy Tjessem 89 Asgeir Bjerga 710 Geir Aasland 7 Finland Final FIN Yyterin speedwaystadion, Pori 25 August 1983, top 1 (+2 seeded riders) to 1984 Nordic final Pos. Rider Total1 Ari Koponen 152 Juha Moksunen 143 Olli Tyrvainen 134 Kai Niemi 115 Pekka Hautamaki 116 Heimo Kaikko 117 Esa Mattila 98 Jorma Reima 89 Seppo Keskinen 810 Henry Kivela 511 Ossi Henriksson 312 Hannu Larronmaa 313 Harri Lankinen 314 Pentti Kallio (res) 315 Veli Pekka Kunelius 216 Rauli Makinen 117 Isto Maja 0 Swedish Finals SWE Top 5 to Nordic final R1 (22 May, Sannaheds Motorstadion, Kumla) R2 (23 May, Ljungheden, Vastervik) R3 (24 May, Ullevi, Gothenburg) Pos. Rider R1R2R3Total1 Jan Andersson 151514 442 Pierre Brannefors 121414403 Björn Andersson 13 12 11364 Mikael Blixt 11129325 Tommy Nilsson 12108306 Leif Wahlman 710825+37 Per Jonsson 861125+28 Patrik Karlsson 897249 Hans Danielsson 8882410 Alf Trofast 6882211 Uno Johansson 4681812 Anders Kling 534 1213 Göran Waltersson 224814 Magnus Jonsson 420615 Lillebror Johansson 5--516 Mikael Aniander 0303 Fourth round Continental semi-finals 10 June FRG Motodrom Halbemond, Norden Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 FRG Egon Müller 142 TCH Jiří Štancl 123 FRG Karl Maier 124 TCH Václav Verner 125 FRG Peter Würtele 106 FRG Georg Hack 107 FRG Josef Aigner 98NED Henny Kroeze 89 POL Andrzej Huszcza 710 ITA Armando Dal Chiele 711 POL Roman Jankowski 512 POL Leonard Raba 413 USSR Igor Stolyarov 414 POL Jan Krzystyniak 315 ITA Armando Castagna 316 TCH Emil Sova 010 June TCH Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Zenon Kasprzak 132 TCH Petr Ondrašík 113 TCH Lubomir Jedek 114 USSR Michail Starostin 115 TCH Aleš Dryml Sr. 106 POL Edward Jancarz 97 TCH Zdeněk Schneiderwind 98POL Zenon Plech 8+39 POL Boleslaw Proch 8+210 HUN Istvan Rusz 8+111 TCH Antonín Kasper Jr. 612 POL Wojciech Zabialowicz 513 FRG Fritz Bauer 514 TCH Petr Kucera 415 USSR Gennady Potechin 1 Nordic Final 12 June 1984 SWE Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping First 6 +1 reserve to Intercontinental final x P1 13 DEN Hans Nielsen 2 3 3 3 3 x P2 11 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 2 3 2 2 x P3 15 SWE Mikael Blixt 3 1 1 3 3 x 3 4 5 SWE Jan Andersson 3 3 2 3 x 2 X 5 14 FIN Kai Niemi 1 3 3 3 1 x 1 6 3 DEN Bo Petersen 1 3 2 3 2 x 0 7 2 SWE Tommy Nilsson 3 2 2 3 x X 8 8 FIN Ari Koponen 2 2 1 1 2 x 9 16 DEN Peter Ravn 0 3 2 0 2 x 10 1 DEN Jens Rasmussen 2 2 0 2 1 x 11 6 SWE Pierre Brannefors 1 1 1 2 1 x 12 12 SWE Bjorn Andersson 2 1 0 1 0 x 13 10 DEN John Eskildsen 2 1 0 x F X 14 4 FIN Pekka Hautamaki 0 0 1 1 0 x 15 9 NOR Einar Kyllingstad 1 1 0 0 0 x 16 7 NOR Ray Otto 0 0 0 0 1 x R1 R1 SWE Patrick Karsson b 0 Overseas Final 15 July 1984 ENG Hyde Road, Manchester First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve x P1 2 USA Lance King 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 7 AUS Phil Crump 3 3 3 2 1 x P3 10 USA Shawn Moran 3 3 2 3 x E 4 4 AUS Billy Sanders 1 3 1 3 2 x 5 8 ENG Alan Grahame 2 2 1 3 2 x 6 9 NZL Mitch Shirra 1 3 3 2 0 x 7 11 ENG Kenny Carter 2 2 3 0 1 x 8 14 ENG Simon Wigg 1 1 2 1 3 x 9 16 NZL Larry Ross 2 1 1 1 2 x 10 5 USA Kelly Moran 1 1 2 2 0 x 3 11 15 ENG Les Collins 3 1 0 1 1 x 2 12 13 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 0 2 3 x X E 13 1 ENG Andy Grahame 2 1 2 0 0 x 14 12 USA Bobby Schwartz 0 0 1 2 x E 15 6 ENG Dave Jessup 0 2 0 0 1 x 16 3 ENG Martin Yeates 0 0 0 0 0 x R1 R1 USA John Cook Fifth round Continental Final 22 July 1984 USSR Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 14 FRG Egon Muller 2 3 3 3 3 x 3 P2 5 FRG Karl Maier 3 3 3 3 2 x 2 P3 2 CSK Jiří Štancl 3 2 2 3 1 x 3 4 11 CSK Václav Verner 3 3 2 2 1 x 2 5 9 POL Edward Jancarz 2 2 2 2 2 x 6 16 CSK Petr Ondrašík 0 1 3 2 3 x 7 6 FRG Georg Hack 1 1 3 3 x F 8 13 CSK Aleš Dryml Sr. 1 1 2 1 2 x 9 8 CSK Lubomir Jedek 0 3 1 0 2 x 10 10 NED Henny Kroeze 1 3 1 1 x F 11 7 USSR Mikhail Starostin 2 2 2 0 x F 12 4 POL Andrzej Huszcza 1 2 1 0 x X 13 15 POL Zenon Plech 3 0 x F X - 14 1 CSK Zdenek Schneiderwind 2 0 0 0 x F 15 3 FRG Peter Wurtele 0 1 0 x - X 16 12 POL Zenon Kasprzak 1 0 x - - - R1 R1 POL Boleslaw Proch r 1 b 1 w 3 Intercontinental Final 20 July 1984 DEN Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens First 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 12 USA Shawn Moran 3 3 2 3 2 x P2 10 ENG Simon Wigg 1 2 3 3 3 x P3 9 USA Lance King 2 3 2 2 2 x 4 14 DEN Bo Petersen 3 3 0 2 1 x 5 15 NZL Mitch Shirra 1 3 1 3 1 x 6 5 USA Kelly Moran 3 3 2 0 x F 7 16 FIN Kai Niemi 2 0 3 0 3 x 8 13 DEN Hans Nielsen 0 2 3 3 x E 9 8 DEN Erik Gundersen 2 2 3 1 0 x 10 1 SWE Jan Andersson 2 2 1 0 2 x 11 11 AUS Billy Sanders 0 1 2 2 2 x 12 4 ENG Alan Grahame 1 1 1 0 3 x 3 13 3 ENG Kenny Carter 3 0 1 1 1 x 2 14 7 AUS Phil Crump 1 2 0 1 1 x 15 2 NZL Larry Ross 0 1 0 0 0 x 16 6 SWE Mikael Blixt 0 0 1 0 x F World Final 1 September 1984 SWE Ullevi, Gothenburg.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 x P1 5 DEN Erik Gundersen 2 3 3 3 3 x P2 3 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 1 3 x 3 P3 14 USA Lance King 3 3 2 3 2 x 2 4 10 USA Kelly Moran 2 2 2 2 3 x 5 7 NZL Mitch Shirra 3 2 1 1 3 x 6 11 ENG Simon Wigg 3 1 2 3 0 x 7 2 DEN Bo Petersen 2 1 2 2 2 x 8 6 USA Shawn Moran 1 0 3 1 2 x 9 12 FRG Karl Maier 0 3 1 2 1 x 10 4 SWE Jan Andersson 0 2 3 0 1 x 11 1 AUS Billy Sanders 1 2 1 0 1 x 12 9 FIN Kai Niemi 1 1 0 2 0 x 13 16 CSK Petr Ondrašík 2 0 0 1 x E 14 8 FRG Egon Muller 0 1 1 1 x F 15 13 CSK Jiří Štancl 1 0 0 0 0 x 16 15 CSK Václav Verner 0 0 x E - - R1 R1 ENG Alan Grahame y 3 w 2 References 1984 Individual Individual Category:Speedway competitions in Sweden