1952 Individual Speedway World Championship

7th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship December 2023 December 2023 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship 1951 1953 The 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship was the seventh edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 20–21 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5https://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html World Championship 1936-1994 Edinburgh Speedway 5 July 2021https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 5 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 5 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 5 July 2021 Australian rider Jack Young became the first rider to win a second title (and the first to win two in a row) when he won his second straight World Championship after scoring 14 points.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19520919/160/0006 Jack Young wins speed title for second time Birmingham Daily Gazette 19 September 1952 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 February 2025 Second was Welshman Freddie Williams on 13 points, with England's Bob Oakley third on 12 points.https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX British Speedway 5 July 2021 Qualification Qualification started on 26 May.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/52_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1952.htm 1952 World Championship Metal Speedway 13 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/52.htm#1952 1952 World Championship Speedway.org 13 January 2024 Stage 1 Swedish round 1952 SWE Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping First 8 to Nordic Final Pos. Rider Points1 Rune Sörmander 14+32 Sune Karlsson 14+23 Bert Lindarw 104 Helge Brinkeback 95 Göte Olsson 96 Stig Pramberg 97 Evert Fransson 88 Olle Nygren 89 Bo Andersson 810 Einar Lindqvist 711 Linus Eriksson 612 Lars-Erik Österberg 513 Lars Thaung414 Eskil Carlsson 315 Lennart Carlström 216 Kjell Carlsson 217 Joel Jansson 1 Stage 2 Continental qualifier 15 June 1952 FRG BBM Stadium, Munich First 4 to Continental round Pos. Rider Points1 AUT Fritz Dirtl 152 AUT Josef Kamper 143 SWE Sven Skoglund 114 NED Tinus Metzelaar 115 AUT Leopold Killemeyer 116 FRG Albin Siegl 97 SWE Åke Lindqvist 88 SCO Bob Mark 79 NED Thei Bischops 710 AUT Karl Killmeyer 611 FRG Josef Hofmeister 612 NED Gerrit Jonker 513 FRG Alfred Aberl 514 FRG Franz Neubauer 115 ENG Reg Morgan 016 AUT Walter Dirtl 0 Nordic Final 20 June 1952 SWE Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö First 8 to Continental Final Pos. Rider Points1 NOR Basse Hveem 142 SWE Bo Andersson 133 SWE Rune Sörmander 124 SWE Olle Nygren 125 SWE Sune Karlsson 106 SWE Stig Pramberg 97 SWE Göte Olsson 98 DEN Kiehn Berthelsen 89 NOR Werner Lorentzen 710 SWE Evert Fransson 611 NOR Reidar Kristoffersen 612 SWE Bert Lindarw 513 NOR Rolf Naess 514 FIN Leo Helminen 215 FIN Yrjö Heikkilä 216 DEN Morian Hansen 017 SWE Helge Brinkeback dnr Stage 3 Continental Final 22 June 1952 SWE Falköping Motorbanan, Falköping First 8 to International Round Pos. Rider Points1 SWE Rune Sörmander 142 SWE Olle Nygren 123 SWE Stig Pramberg 114 ENG Jim Gregory 115 NOR Basse Hveem 116 SWE Bo Andersson 117 SWE Sune Karlsson 98 AUT Fritz Dirtl 79 AUT Josef Kamper 710 AUS Ron Phillips 611 SWE Göte Olsson 612 SCO Ken McKinlay 513 SWE Sven Skoglund 514 NOR Edvin Fredriksen 215 ENG Tony Lewis 216 DEN Kiehn Berthelsen 017 NED Tinus Metzelaar dnr British national round Top riders qualify for the International round DateVenueWinner 26 May County Ground Stadium Goog Hoskin 29 May Penarth Road Stadium Gerald Pugh 29 May Foxhall Stadium Noel Watson 30 May Monmore Green Stadium Benny King 31 May Aldershot Stadium Jock Grierson 31 May Abbey Stadium Harry Bastable Stage 4 International round The top 62 riders qualify for the Championship round. DateVenueWinner7 July Wimborne Road Ken Middleditch 8 July Yarmouth Stadium Cyril Roger9 July White City Stadium, Glasgow Tommy Miller10 July Oxford Stadium Harry Saunders11 July The Stadium, Motherwell Tommy Miller14 July Stanley Stadium Peter Robinson19 July Ashfield Stadium Ron Johnston19 July Brandon Stadium Vic Emms19 July Old Meadowbank Ron Mountford19 July Sun Street Stadium Ken Adams25 July Dudley Wood Stadium Les Tolley25 July Leicester Stadium Arthur Payne Stage 5 Championship Round Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final DateVenueWinner11 August Wimbledon Stadium Ronnie Moore12 August West Ham Stadium Jack Young14 August Wembley Stadium Jeff Lloyd16 August Hyde Road Stadium Ron How16 August Odsal Stadium Arthur Forrest23 August Perry Barr Stadium Arthur Payne23 August The Firs Stadium Bob Oakley27 August New Cross Stadium Split Waterman29 August Knowle Stadium Dick Bradley29 August Harringay Stadium Jack Biggs Scores Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final Pos. Rider Total pts1 ENG Bob Oakley 282 AUS Jack Young 273 ENG Split Waterman 274 NZL Ronnie Moore 275 WAL Freddie Williams 276 ENG Ron How 267 ENG Dick Bradley 258 ENG Cyril Roger 259 ENG Arthur Forrest 2410 ENG Jeff Lloyd 2411 ENG Brian Crutcher 2412 AUS Arthur Payne 2413 ZAF 1928 Henry Long 2314 ENG Derick Close 2315 ENG Bert Roger 2316 AUS Graham Warren 2217 SWE Dan Forsberg 2218 NOR Basse Hveem 2219 NZL Trevor Redmond 2220 ENG Alan Hunt 2221 SWE Olle Nygren 2122 ENG Cyril Brine 2123 ENG Ken Sharples 2124 ENG Tommy Price 2125 NZL Geoff Mardon 2126 ENG Eddie Rigg 2027 ENG Peter Robinson 1828 ENG Don Cuppleditch 1829 ENG Harry Bastable 1830 ENG Chris Boss 1731 ENG Harry Edwards 1632 AUS Jack Biggs 1633 SWE Sune Karlsson 1634 ENG Eric French 1635 SCO Willie Wilson 1536 WAL Eric Williams 1537 ENG Wally Green 1438 ENG Pat Clarke 1439 ENG George Wilks 1440 SCO Gordon McGregor 13Pos. Rider Total pts41 NZL Dick Campbell 1342 ENG Vic Emms 1343 ENG Les Tolley 1344 ENG Ken Adams 1345 ENG Ron Mountford 1346 ENG Ken Middleditch 1347 ENG Geoff Pymar 1348 SWE Rune Sörmander 1249 ENG Sid Clark 1250 ENG Len Williams 1151 ENG Jack Parker 1052 NZL Les Hewitt 1053 ENG Nobby Stock 1054 ENG Ivor Powell 1055 ENG Billy Hole 1056 SCO Tommy Miller 1057 ENG Terry Small 1058 NZL Charlie New 959 NZL Harold Fairhurst 960 ENG Phil Malpass 961 SCO Jock Grierson 962 AUS Lionel Benson 863 ENG Gerald Jackson 864 SWE Stig Pramberg 865 WAL Tom Oakley 766 ENG Fred Brand 767 SCO Larry Lazarus 768 ENG Louis Lawson 769 ENG Reg Duval 670 ENG Jim Gregory 671 ENG Fred Pawson 672 ENG Bruce Semmens 573 ENG Bill Gilbert 574 ENG Roy Craighead 575 ENG Harry Saunders 476 ENG George Wall 477 ENG Bob Baker 378 AUT Fritz Dirtl 279 ENG Harry Welch 1 World final thumb|Nr. 3 Bob Oakley winning a race in the Netherlands in 1949 18 September 1952 ENG Wembley Stadium, London Pos. Rider Points Heats1 AUS Jack Young 14 (3,3,3,3,2)2 WAL Freddie Williams 13 (3,2,3,2,3)3 ENG Bob Oakley 12 (3,3,2,1,3)4 NZL Ronnie Moore 10 (2,2,3,F,3)5 AUS Arthur Payne 9 (0,1,2,3,3)6 SWE Dan Forsberg 9 (2,3,1,3,F)7 ENG Dick Bradley 9 (3,2,3,1,0)8 ENG Jeff Lloyd 7 (2,2,0,2,1)9 ENG Arthur Forrest 7 (1,1,0,3,2)10 ZAF 1928 Henry Long 7 (1,0,2,2,2)11 ENG Brian Crutcher 6 (1,3,1,0,1)12 ENG Split Waterman 6 (2,1,0,1,2)13 AUS Graham Warren 5 (0,1,1,2,1)14 ENG Derick Close 4 (1,0,2,0,1)15 ENG Cyril Roger 2 (0,Ex,1,1,0)16 ENG Ron How 0 (0,d,0,0,0) NOR Basse Hveem (res) – – NZL Trevor Redmond (res) – – Classification 1 10 AUS Jack Young 3 3 3 3 2 14 2 2 WAL Freddie Williams 3 2 3 2 3 13 3 8 ENG Bob Oakley 3 3 2 1 3 12 4 3 NZL Ronnie Moore 2 2 3 - 3 10 5 4 AUS Arthur Payne 0 1 2 3 3 9 6 11 SWE Dan Forsberg 2 3 1 3 - 9 7 16 ENG Dick Bradley 3 2 3 1 0 9 8 5 ENG Jeff Lloyd 2 2 0 2 1 7 9 7 ENG Arthur Forrest 1 1 0 3 2 7 10 12 RSA Henry Long 1 0 2 2 2 7 11 13 ENG Brian Crutcher 1 3 1 0 1 6 12 14 ENG Split Waterman 2 1 0 1 2 6 13 9 AUS Graham Warren 0 1 1 2 1 5 14 1 ENG Derek Close 1 0 2 0 1 4 15 15 ENG Cyril Roger 0 - 1 1 0 2 16 6 ENG Ron How 0 - 0 0 0 0 17 NOR Basse Hveem (res) 0 18 NZL Trevor Redmond (res) 0 Podium 16px|Gold AUS Jack Young (Australia) 16px|Silver WAL Freddie Williams (Wales) 16px|Bronze ENG Bob Oakley (England) References 1952 Individual Speedway Individual Speedway Individual Speedway Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom