1983 Individual Speedway World Championship

World motorcycle speedway competition November 2023 November 2023 1983 Individual Speedway World Championship 1982 1984 The 1983 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 38th 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 2021http://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 It was the first time the World Final had been held in West Germany.https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 10 July 2021 Final summary A near-capacity crowd of around 50,000 at the 400 m yd off long Motodrom Halbemond circuit, saw local favourite Egon Müller became the first German rider to win the World Championship. Australian champion Billy Sanders, scored his best ever World Championship placing by finishing second, with England's 1980 World Champion Michael Lee finishing third.Egon tops the bill with his champion act Daily Mirror 5 September 1983 4 June 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19830905/151/0029 British Newspaper Archive subscription With both Sanders and former champion Lee in good form, and with the winner of the previous two world finals Bruce Penhall having retired from speedway while on the podium at the 1982 world final, the 1983 final was expected to be one of the most open in years. Others including Kenny Carter, Dennis Sigalos, and Danes Ole Olsen, Hans Nielsen and Erik Gundersen, were all expected to challenge. Like surprise winner Jerzy Szczakiel who won at home in Poland in 1973, Egon Müller was expected to do well in front of his home crowd, but wasn't among the pre-meeting favourites. In his last world final appearance Ole Olsen, the 1971, 1975 and 1978 World Champion, finished 6th with 10 points. Olsen won his last ride, defeating Gundersen, Czechoslovakia's Jiří Štancl, and American Lance King in heat 18. First round New Zealand qualification DateEventVenueWinner2nd3rd ??South Island finalOreti Park Speedway, Invercargill Ivan Mauger Larry Ross Alan Mason ??North Island finalMeeanee Speedway, Napier David Bargh Mitch Shirra Craig Pendlebury British qualification DateVenueWinner2nd3rd Preliminary Round 12 AprilWessex Stadium, Weymouth Kevin Smith Mike Ferreira Melvyn Taylor 15 AprilPowderhall Stadium, Edinburgh Alan Emerson Martin Dixon Bobby Beaton 19 AprilMilton Keynes Stadium, Milton Keynes Charlie McKinna Neil Middleditch Peter Carr 21 AprilOxford Stadium, Oxford Simon Wigg Barry Thomas Sean Willmott 27 AprilLong Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton Colin Richardson David Gagen Joe Owen Quarter-Final 30 AprilKing's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Simon Wigg Sean Willmott Melvyn Taylor Swedish qualification Top 6 in each heat to Swedish final (7 May, Nässjö Motorstadion Nässjö)PosRider Points 1 Hans Danielsson 142 Lennart Bengtsson 123 Björn Andersson 124 Kent Bäär 115 Karl-Erik Claesson 9+36 Dick Jegård 9+27 Per-Ove Gudmundsson 9+18 Lars Hammarberg 89 Börje Klingberg 610 Kenneth Gustafsson 611 Kent Björk 612 Anders Eriksson 513 Jon Hovind 314 Stefan Andersson 315 Håkan Andersson 216 Peder Messing 2 (9 May, Motala Arena Motala)PosRider Points 1 Lillebror Johansson 132 Bernt Persson 123 Conny Samuelsson 124 Tommy Nilsson 115 Ulf Blomqvist 116 Hans Hallén 107 Erik Stenlund 88 Jan Ericsson 89 Magnus Jonsson 810 Börje Ring 611 Per Blom 612 Alf Trofast 513 Sören Brolin 514 Jan Davidsson 415 Eddie Davidsson 116 Sören Karlsson 0 (9 May, Gamla Målilla Motorstadion Målilla)PosRider Points 1 Uno Johansson 132 Pierre Brannefors 123 Mikael Blixt 124 Anders Kling 115 Gert Carlsson 116 Göran Waltersson 107 Mikael Messing 88 Mats Olsson 79 Lars Rosberg 610 Lars Carlsson 611 Åke Fridell 412 Lars Ericsson 413 Karl-Henry Boo 414 Bengt Jansson 415 Steinar Rydén 416 Conny Gustafsson 4 Second round Continental preliminary round DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 23 AprilFRG Ruhpoldinger Stadion, Ruhpolding ITA Giuseppe Marzotto CSK Petr Kucera POL Andrzej Huszcza 24 AprilHUN Napos út, Szeged CSK Milan Špinka POL Boleslaw Proch POL Jerzy Rembas 24 AprilYUG Petišovci Stadium, Lendava CSK Petr Ondrašík ITA Armando Dal Chiele HUN János Oreskó 24 AprilFRG Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt USSR Vladimir Klychkov USSR Piotr Belyaev FRG Peter Wurterle British semi-finals 8 May ENG Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 John Davis132 Paul Woods123 Dave Jessup10+34 Malcolm Simmons10+25 Gordon Kennett10+16 Phil Collins97 Sean Willmott98 Colin Richardson8+39 Alan Grahame8+210 Joe Owen8+111 Jeremy Doncaster712 John Louis513 Louis Carr414 Kevin Smith315 Neil Middleditch216 Kevin Jolly217 May ENG Leicester Stadium, Leicester Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 Peter Collins132 Simon Wigg123 Neil Collins11+34 Michael Lee11+25 Kenny Carter11+16 Chris Morton107 Les Collins9+38 Andy Grahame9+29 Mark Courtney9+f10 Steve Bastable611 Melvyn Taylor512 Reg Wilson413 Malcolm Holloway414 Tim Hunt315 Mike Ferreira216 Nigel Flatman1 Third round Continental quarter-finals Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 6 MayAUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt FRG Karl Maier CSK Jiří Štancl POL Marek Kepa 8 MayHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc USSR Mikhail Starostin POL Bogusław Nowak USSR Rif Saitgareev 8 MayBUL Shumen Motopista, Shumen CSK Petr Ondrašík USSR Viktor Kuznetsov ITA Armando Dal Chiele 8 MayITA Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo FRG Egon Muller POL Roman Jankowski POL Zenon Plech Sweden Finals SWE Top 5 over three meetings + Jan Andersson (seeded) to Nordic final R1 (24 May, Kalvholmen Motorstadion, Karlstad) R2 (25 May, Gubbängens IP, Stockholm) R3 (27 May, Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna) Pos. Rider R1R2R3Total1 Tommy Nilsson 131314 402 Pierre Brannefors 101513383 Uno Johansson 12 11 10334 Anders Kling 10128305 Bernt Persson 51014296 Lillebror Johansson 1359277 Karl Erik Claesson 1392248 Hans Danielsson 3911239 Conny Samuelsson 7481910 Gert Carlsson 6841811 Goran Waltersson 8431512 Per Ove Gudmundsson -96 1513 Ulf Blomqvist 8331414 Lennart Bengtsson 1-91015 Hans Hallén 260816 Bent Baar 420617 Dick Jaglard 220418 Mikael Messing 4--4 Norwegian qualifying NOR Elgane Speedway, Varhaug 24 April, top 2 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Tormod Langli 152 Dag Haland 11+33 Dagfinn Jorgensen 11+24 Roy Otto 11+15 Asgeir Bjerga 106 Jörn Haugvaldstad 97 Geir Aasland 78 Kurt Ueland 79 Sigvart Pedersen 710 Kjell Gimre 611 Tom Fjeldberg 612 Arne Svendsen 613 Ingve Madland 514 Roy Martinsen 415 Lars Otto Holt316 Nils O. Haraldsen 0 Finland Final FIN Iinat Motor Sports Center, Oulu 8 August 1982, top 3 to 1983 Nordic final Pos. Rider Total1 Kai Niemi 152 Ari Koponen 143 Olli Tyrvainen 134 Veijo Tuoriniemi 115 Hannu Lehtonen 116 Pekka Hautamaki 87 Jari Kortelainen 88 Markku Haapala 79 Heimo Kaikko 710 Seppo Keskinen 711 Timo Kiansten 712 Kari Valtonen 413 Ismo Kivela 314 Ari Heinonen 315 Pasi Valtonen 116 Pekka Turkia 117 Markku Parkkari (res) 018 Isto Maja (res) 0 19 Seppo Nykanen (res) 0 Danish Final 9 May 1983 DEN Fjelsted Speedway Stadium, Harndrup First 6 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Total1 Hans Nielsen 152 Erik Gundersen 133 Ole Olsen 12+34 Tommy Knudsen 12+25 Peter Ravn 116 Finn Rune Jensen 87 Preben Eriksen 88 Hans Ove Cristinsen 79 Kent Noer 710 Jens Rasmussen 611 Finn Thomsen 612 Flemming Pedersen 613 Alf Busk 614 Hans Albert Klinge 215 Bent Juul Larsen 116 Kjeld Hansen 0 British Final 1 June 1983 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry First 8 to Overseas final x P1 4 ENG Chris Morton 2 2 3 2 3 x P2 12 ENG Michael Lee 0 3 2 3 3 x P3 9 ENG Andy Grahame 2 0 2 3 3 x 3 4 5 ENG Kenny Carter 2 3 0 3 2 x 2 5 1 ENG Peter Collins 1 1 3 2 3 x 1 6 13 ENG John Davis 2 2 2 2 2 x 0 7 2 ENG Phil Collins 0 3 1 3 2 x 8 15 ENG Les Collins 0 2 3 1 2 x 9 3 ENG Paul Woods 3 1 1 1 1 x 10 11 ENG Dave Jessup 3 3 x F M M 11 14 ENG Simon Wigg 3 0 3 0 x E 12 6 ENG Gordon Kennett 3 1 2 0 0 x 13 16 ENG Colin Richardson 1 1 1 2 1 x 14 10 ENG Malcolm Simmons 1 2 1 0 1 x 15 7 ENG Sean Willmott 1 0 0 1 0 x 16 8 ENG Neil Collins 0 0 1 0 x E R1 R1 ENG Kevin Hawkins y 0 w 1 American Final 11 June 1983 USA Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach First 4 to Overseas final Pos. Rider Total1 Dennis Sigalos 152 Mike Faria 11+33 Lance King 11+24 Shawn Moran 10+35 Rick Miller 10+26 John Cook 10+17 Dubb Ferrell 98 Ron Preston 89 Mike Bast 710 Kelly Moran 711 Bobby Schwartz 712 Brad Oxley 513 Steve Lucero 314 Shawn McConnell 315 Alan Christian 216 Gene Woods 1 Australian Final 21 January 1983 AUS Speedway Park, Adelaide First 2 to Overseas final Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 Billy Sanders (3,3,3,3,3) 152 Glyn Taylor (3,2,2,3,3) 133 Phil Crump (3,3,3,X,3) 124 Gary Guglielmi (2,1,3,2,3+3) 11+35 Rod Hunter (2,2,2,3,2+2) 11+26 Danny Kennedy (1,1,3,3,0) 87 Les Sawyer (1,3,1,2,1) 88 Steve Baker (3,0,2,0,2) 79 Mark Fiora (2,2,0,1,2) 710 John Titman (X,2,1,2,2) 711 Steve Regeling (0,3,0,2,1) 612 David Jackson (1,2,0,1,0) 413 Dean Johnson (0,1,1,2,1) 414 Rob Ashton (2,0,1,1,0) 415 Kevin O'Connell (Res) (-,-,2,-,-) 216 Wayne Baxter (0,0,0,0,1) 117 Tony Boyle (Res) (1,-,-,-,-) 118 Chris Higgs (0,0,0,0,0) 0 New Zealand final 21 February 1983 NZL Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch First 2 to overseas final Pos. Rider Total1 Mitch Shirra 142 Larry Ross 143 David Bargh 134 Ivan Mauger 135 Alan Mason 116 Chris Martin 107 Robin Hampton 78 Roger Wright 79 Barry Free 710 Craig Blackett 611 Max Brown 612 Peter Nightingale 513 Craig Williamson 314 Merv Salt 215 Martin Waygang 216 Alan Crosbie 0 Fourth round Continental semi-finals 12 July FRG Rottalstadion, Pocking Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 FRG Egon Müller 152 NED Henny Kroeze 133 POL Roman Jankowski 104 HUN Zoltan Hajdu 105 USSR Michail Starostin 106 TCH Aleš Dryml Sr. 97 USSR Rif Saitgareev 98TCH Emil Sova 8+39 POL Zenon Plech 8+210 TCH Milan Špinka 711 POL Boguslaw Nowak 712 ITA Ottaviano Righetto 13 POL Jerzy Rembaz 314 HUN Zoltán Adorján 315 POL Zbignew Zabialowicz 116 FRG Georg Hack 112 July TCH Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 FRG Karl Maier 152 TCH Jiří Štancl 123 TCH Antonín Kasper Jr. 124 POL Andrzej Huszcza 125 ITA Armando Dal Chiele 116 USSR Valerij Gordeev 107 USSR Viktor Kuznetsov 98TCH Petr Ondrašík 89 POL Miroslaw Berlinski 710 TCH Pavel Karnas 711 POL Marek Kepa 712 BUL Nikolaj Manev 313 BUL Angel Eftimov 314 TCH Stanislav Urban 115 BUL Orlin Jankiev 116 FRG Christian Brandt 117 HUN Janos Oresko (res) 1 Overseas Final 17 July 1983 ENG Hyde Road, Manchester First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve x P1 11 ENG Phil Collins 1 3 3 2 3 x P2 16 ENG Kenny Carter 3 3 0 2 3 x 3 P3 1 NZL Mitch Shirra 2 2 1 3 3 x 2 4 8 NZL Larry Ross 3 2 2 3 0 x 5 2 AUS Billy Sanders 3 3 3 1 x F 6 6 USA Dennis Sigalos 0 2 2 2 3 x 7 7 ENG Chris Morton 1 2 3 1 2 x 8 4 ENG Andy Grahame 1 1 2 3 2 x 9 5 ENG Michael Lee 2 3 1 1 1 x 10 15 USA Lance King 2 1 2 1 2 x 11 14 USA Shawn Moran 1 1 3 2 0 x 12 10 ENG Les Collins 2 0 0 3 1 x 13 12 ENG John Davis 3 0 0 0 1 x 14 3 ENG Peter Collins 0 1 0 2 x E 15 9 AUS Glyn Taylor 1 0 0 1 x E 16 13 USA Mike Faria 0 0 1 x E F Nordic Final 12 June 1983 NOR Elgane Speedway, Varhaug First 6 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve x P1 4 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 12 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 2 3 3 3 x P3 14 DEN Ole Olsen 2 3 3 2 2 x 4 5 DEN Peter Ravn 3 3 1 3 1 x 5 9 SWE Jan Andersson 2 2 2 2 3 x 6 13 SWE Pierre Brannefors 3 1 2 2 2 x 3 7 2 FIN Kai Niemi 2 1 2 3 2 x 2 8 6 DEN Tommy Knudsen 1 2 3 1 1 x 9 15 DEN Finn Rune Jensen 1 3 0 3 x F 10 8 FIN Ari Koponen 2 0 1 0 2 x 11 11 SWE Tommy Nilsson 0 2 2 1 0 x 12 3 NOR Tormod Langli 0 1 0 2 0 x 13 16 SWE Uno Johansson 0 1 1 0 1 x 14 10 FIN Olli Tyrväinen 1 0 1 1 0 x 15 1 NOR Dag Haaland 1 0 0 0 1 x 16 7 SWE Anders Kling 0 0 0 1 0 x Fifth round Continental Final 6 August 1983 POL Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 2 POL Zenon Plech 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 11 FRG Egon Muller 3 3 3 2 3 x P3 4 CSK Jiří Štancl 1 3 3 3 2 x 4 3 CSK Petr Ondrašík 2 2 2 3 2 x 5 13 CSK Antonín Kasper Jr. 3 3 2 1 1 x 6 16 FRG Karl Maier 2 2 1 2 2 x 3 7 14 NED Henny Kroeze 1 1 3 3 1 x 2 8 6 POL Andrzej Huszcza 3 2 3 x E E 9 9 USSR Valery Gordeev 2 1 1 2 1 x 10 7 USSR Mikhail Starostin 2 0 1 2 0 x 11 5 CSK Aleš Dryml Sr. 2 2 1 0 x E 12 8 HUN Zoltan Hajdu 1 1 0 0 2 x 13 10 CSK Emil Sova 1 2 0 0 1 x 14 1 USSR Rif Saitgareev 0 0 0 0 3 x 15 12 USSR Viktor Kuznetsov 0 0 1 1 0 x 16 15 ITA Armando Dal Chiele 0 1 0 1 x X Intercontinental Final 7 August 1983 ENG White City Stadium, London First 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 1 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 2 3 x P2 8 ENG Michael Lee 3 2 3 2 2 x P3 7 DEN Erik Gundersen 0 3 3 3 2 x 4 14 USA Dennis Sigalos 3 2 2 3 x X 5 4 ENG Kenny Carter 0 3 2 3 2 x 6 13 AUS Billy Sanders 1 2 1 3 3 x 7 2 DEN Ole Olsen 2 3 3 1 0 x 8 16 NZL Mitch Shirra 2 1 2 1 3 x 9 6 ENG Chris Morton 2 1 0 2 2 x 10 3 USA Lance King 1 2 1 3 0 x 11 12 ENG Phil Collins 2 0 2 1 1 x 12 10 DEN Peter Ravn 3 0 2 1 x E 13 9 SWE Jan Andersson 0 1 0 1 1 x 14 11 SWE Pierre Brannefors 1 0 1 0 1 x 15 15 ENG Andy Grahame 0 1 1 0 0 x 16 5 NZL Larry Ross 1 0 0 0 x E World Final 4 September 1983 FRG Motodrom Halbemond, Norden.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 Referee: (SWE) Rolf Randborg 1 12 FRG Egon Müller 3 3 3 3 3 15 2 5 AUS Billy Sanders 3 3 2 2 2 12 3 4 ENG Michael Lee 3 2 0 3 3 11 4 16 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 0 2 3 2 10 5 10 ENG Kenny Carter 2 3 3 1 1 10 6 7 DEN Ole Olsen 1 3 1 2 3 10 7 13 DEN Hans Nielsen 2 2 2 3 e 9 8 1 USA Dennis Sigalos 2 1 3 0 2 8 9 15 FRG Karl Maier 1 1 1 2 3 8 10 8 ENG Chris Morton 2 1 3 1 0 7 11 3 NZL Mitch Shirra 1 2 2 0 2 7 12 2 USA Lance King 0 2 0 2 0 4 13 14 ENG Phil Collins 0 1 1 1 1 4 14 6 TCH Antonín Kasper Jr. 0 0 1 1 1 3 15 11 POL Zenon Plech 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 9 TCH Jiří Štancl 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 DEN Peter Ravn 0 18 NED Henny Kroeze 0 References 1983 Individual Speedway World Individual Speedway World Category:Speedway competitions in Germany