1994 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season February 2024 February 2024 1994 Individual Speedway World Championship 1993 1995 thumb|The 1994 Speedway World Final programme. The 1994 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 49th 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.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021 It was the last championship to be staged in the traditional single meeting World Final format before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995. The Final was held on 20 August at the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 10 July 2021 Sweden's Tony Rickardsson won the first of what would prove to be a record equalling 6 World Championships, defeating Danish former triple champion Hans Nielsen and Australia's Craig Boyce in a runoff after all three riders finished on 12 points.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 10 July 2021 First round British qualifiers 1994 British Speedway Championship Top 32 to British-Semi finals Second round British semi-finals 1994 British Speedway Championship Top 16 to British final Australian qualification DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd Dec '93Queensland Brisbane Exhibition Ground Troy Butler Jason Crump Tony Rose 27 Dec '93 New South Wales Gosford Showground, Gosford Craig Boyce Stephen Davies Tony Primmer Dec '93Victorian Olympic Park, Mildura Leigh Adams Mark Lemon Jason Lyons Dec '93South Australian North Arm Speedway, Gillman Shane Parker Brett Woodifield Steve Graetz Dec '93Western Australian Claremont Speedway, Perth Steve Johnston ? ? New Zealand qualification DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd ??South IslandRuapuna Speedway, Christchurch Mark Thorpe Mark Jamiesson Trevor Chapman ?North IslandStratford Speedway, Stratford Nathan Murray Mike Wilson Tony Nagel Third round Swedish qualification Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final (8 May, Nyköpings Motorstadion, Nyköping)PosRider Points 1 Erik Stenlund 122 Niklas Klingberg 123 Tony Rickardsson 114 Conny Ivarsson 115 Peter Nahlin 116 Tony Olsson 97 Jimmy Nilsen 98 Patrik Olsson 99 Robert Eriksson 710 Mikael Ritterwall 711 Peter Karlsson 612 Stefan Ekberg 613 Jörgen Hultgren 414 Dennis Löfqvist 315 Magnus Zetterström (res) 316 John Jensen 017 Patrik Karlsson 0 (8 May, Målilla Motorstadion, Målilla)PosRider Points 1 Per Jonsson 152 Henrik Gustafsson 133 Christer Rohlén 104 Mikael Karlsson 105 Stefan Dannö 106 Claes Ivarsson 97 Niklas Karlsson 98 Jörgen Johansson 89 Stefan Andersson 810 Joakim Karlsson 711 Anders Kling 612 Jonathan Forsgren 513 Jimmy Engman 414 Mikael Olsson 315 Raymond Smedh 316 Kenneth Lindby 0 Continental Preliminary round Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 24 AprilSVN Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško HUN Sándor Tihanyi ITA Andrea Maida HUN Gabor Roth 24 AprilITA Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo RUS Rinat Mardanshin CZE Zdeněk Schneiderwind GER Robert Barth 24 AprilGER Pfaffenhofen Speedway, Pfaffenhofen GER Simon Wigg LVA Vladimir Voronkov CZE George Štancl 24 AprilPOL Stadion Polonii Piła, Piła RUS Grigory Kharchenko POL Adam Pawliczek LVA Andrey Korolev British Final 1994 British Speedway Championship Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve Australian Final 1994 Australian Individual Speedway Championship First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve New Zealand Final 5 February 1994 NZL Stratford Speedway, Stratford Top 1 (+ Mitch Shirra seeded) to Commonwealth Final Pos. Rider Total1 Mark Thorpe 152 Tony Nagel 143 Mark Jamieson 134 Steve Mudgway 115 Nathan Murray 96 Mike Wilson 87 Galvin Stone 88 Craig Barker 89 Trevor Chapman 610 Justin Monk 611 Dean Cooper 512 Rhys Hamburger 413 Jacqui Mauger 414 Chris Penny 415 Scott Mitchell 216 Daniel Burberry 1 Fourth round Continental Quarter-finals Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 8 MayFRA Marmande Speedway, Marmande POL Grzegorz Rempala CZE Roman Matoušek ITA Massimo Mora 8 MayGER Rhein-Main Arena, Diedenbergen POL Roman Jankowski ITA Armando Castagna CZE Antonín Kasper, Jr. 8 MayGER Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt GER Marvyn Cox CZE Marián Jirout HUN Róbert Nagy 8 MayPOL Stadion Polonii Piła, Piła POL Piotr Świst POL Jacek Rempala GER Simon Wigg Danish Final DEN - 2 rounds, top 6 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve R1 (28 May, Skave Speedway, Holstebro) R2 (29 May, Fladbro Speedway, Randers) Pos. Rider Scores Total1 Hans Nielsen 242 Claus Jacobsen 223 Gert Handberg 214 Jan Staechmann 205 Tommy Knudsen 206 Martin Vinther 187 John Jørgensen 178 Jacob Olsen 169 Brian Karger 1610 Brian Andersen 1311 Frede Schött 1312 Ole Hansen 1113 Jan Andersen 8Res Ronni Pedersen 714 Morten Andersen 6Res Soren Damgärd 615 Bo Skov Eriksen 116 Kjed Mikkelsen 0 Finland Final FIN Kaanaa Speedway, Tampere 22 Aug '93, top 1 (+2 nominations) to Nordic final Pos. Rider Total1 Mika Pellinen 152 Petri Nurmesniemi 143 Kai Laukkanen 114 Jarno Kosonen 115 Vesa Ylinen 106 Janne Koivula 97 Marko Hyyrylãinen 88 Juha Moksunen 89 Sam Myllymäki 610 Petri Vaatsio 611 Marko Laine 612 Mika Laukkanen 513 Marko Junisko (res) 414 Tomi Havu 3 15 Jarmo Mäkinen 316 Tomi Kalliomäki 117 Roy Malmineheimo 0 Norwegian Final NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien 8 May, top 2 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Total1 Lars Gunnestad 14+32 Rune Holta 14+23 Arnt Forland 134 Björn Arild Tönnesen 115 Einar Kyllingstad 106 Ignar Hvamstad 107 John Pollestad 98 Robert Langeland 89 Arvid Ardal 710 Kjell Roine Heia 511 Kjell Öyvind Sola 512 Willy Tjessem 413 Jörn Arve Aardal 314 Eivind Reppen 315 Trygve Jensen 216 Pal Christiansen Hasselgren 2 Swedish Final 24 May 1994 SWE Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla First 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve x P1 2 SWE Henrik Gustafsson 1 3 3 3 3 x P2 5 SWE Per Jonsson 3 3 2 3 2 x P3 13 SWE Tony Rickardsson 3 2 2 2 3 x 4 15 SWE Stefan Danno 2 3 0 3 2 x 5 3 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 2 1 3 2 2 x 6 11 SWE Niklas Klingberg 2 2 1 1 3 x 3 7 1 SWE Mikael Karlsson 3 1 0 2 3 x 2 8 7 SWE Erik Stenlund 1 0 3 3 2 x 1 9 12 SWE Tony Olsson 1 3 1 1 1 x 10 10 SWE Peter Nahlin 3 1 1 1 0 x 11 14 SWE Jorgen Johansson 1 2 2 0 1 x 12 16 SWE Christer Rohlen 0 1 3 0 1 x 13 4 SWE Claes Ivarsson 0 2 0 2 x E 14 8 SWE Conny Ivarsson 2 1 0 1 x F 15 6 SWE Niklas Karlsson 0 0 2 1 0 x 16 9 SWE Patrick Olsson 0 0 x - - - R1 R1 SWE Robert Eriksson b 0 r 0 r 0 R2 R2 SWE Anders Kling Commonwealth Final 1994 Commonwealth final First 10 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve American Final 22 May 1994 USA Ventura Raceway, Ventura First 5 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve Sam Ermolenko seeded to Overseas Final x x P1 15 USA Greg Hancock 3 3 3 3 3 x x P2 13 USA Billy Hamill 2 2 3 3 3 x x 3 P3 9 USA Josh Larsen 3 3 3 2 2 x x 2 4 11 USA Mike Faria 2 2 2 2 3 x 3 x 5 2 USA Charles Ermolenko 3 2 2 1 3 x 2 x 6 6 USA Chris Manchester 3 3 3 1 x x F 7 7 USA Charlie Venegas 2 1 2 3 x x F 8 1 USA Bobby Schwartz 2 1 1 1 2 x x 9 5 USA Jim Sisemore 1 0 1 2 2 x x 10 14 USA Ed Castro 1 1 2 2 0 x x 11 16 USA Brent Werner 0 3 0 1 1 x x 12 3 USA John Aden 1 0 1 3 x x E 13 4 USA Bobby Hedden 0 2 1 0 1 x x 14 12 USA Andy Northrup 1 0 0 0 1 x x 15 8 USA Josh Kehoe 1 0 1 x x T T 16 10 USA Brad Oxley 0 0 0 0 x x T R1 R1 USA Jeam Eastes y 0 b F Fifth round Continental semi-finals 12 June POL Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Tomasz Gollob 152 GER Marvyn Cox 13+33 POL Jacek Gollob 13+24 CZE Bohumil Brhel 105 HUN Róbert Nagy 106 POL Dariusz Sledz 97 CZE Tomáš Topinka 98CZE Roman Matoušek 89 HUN Laszlo Bodi 710 ITA Massimo Mora 611 CZE Marian Jirout 612 ITA Andrea Maida 413 RUS Rinat Mardanschin 314 POL Grzegorz Rempala 315 HUN József Petrikovics 316 POL Marek Hucko (res) 117 AUT Franz Leitner 018 HUN Sandor Tihanyi (res) 012 June HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points1 CZE Antonín Kasper Jr. 12+32 ITA Armando Castagna 12+23 POL Roman Jankowski 11+34 POL Piotr Swist 11+25 HUN Zoltán Adorján 106 POL Ryszard Franczyszyn 107 GER Simon Wigg 108RUS Grigorij Charchenko 89 CZE Petr Vandírek 710 HUN Zoltan Hajdu 611 POL Jacek Rempala 612 RUS Michail Starostin 613 RUS Oleg Kurguskin 514 CZE Jiří Štancl 515 CZE Václav Milík Sr. 116 AUT Walter Nebel 0 Overseas Final 1994 Overseas final First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final Nordic Final 12 June 1994 SWE Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve x P1 3 DEN Hans Nielsen 2 3 2 3 3 x P2 9 DEN Tommy Knudsen 3 0 3 3 3 x 3 P3 5 SWE Tony Rickardsson 1 3 3 2 3 x 2 4 1 SWE Henrik Gustafsson 0 2 3 2 3 x 5 2 SWE Per Jonsson 1 3 1 3 2 x 6 4 NOR Lars Gunnestad 3 3 2 1 1 x 7 7 SWE Stefan Danno 0 2 3 3 0 x 8 6 DEN Gert Handberg 3 1 2 2 x F 9 16 DEN Jan Staechmann 2 2 2 1 1 x 10 8 DEN Claus Jacobsen 2 1 1 1 2 x 11 15 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 3 2 0 x X X 12 14 FIN Vesa Ylinen 1 2 0 0 2 x 13 11 NOR Rune Holta 1 1 2 x T F 14 13 FIN Mika Pellinen 2 1 1 0 0 x 15 12 FIN Marko Huyyrylainen 1 0 0 1 1 x 16 10 DEN Martin Vinther 0 0 0 0 1 x R1 R1 SWE Magnus Zetterstrom Sixth round World Semi-Final 1 ENG Odsal Stadium, Bradford 10 July 1994, top 8 to World final plus 1 reserve x x P1 9 ENG Mark Loram 2 3 3 3 3 x x P2 2 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 3 1 x x P3 11 SWE Henrik Gustafsson 3 2 3 1 3 x x 4 6 USA Josh Larsen 3 2 1 2 3 x x 5 4 ENG Marvyn Cox 2 3 3 1 2 x x 6 5 ENG Chris Louis 2 2 2 2 1 x x 7 16 POL Piotr Świst 1 2 0 3 2 x x 8 1 AUS Craig Boyce 1 1 2 2 2 x x 9 15 POL Roman Jankowski 3 3 1 0 0 x x 10 10 DEN Claus Jacobsen 1 1 1 0 3 x x 11 3 CZE Bohumil Brhel 0 1 2 1 2 x x 12 8 NOR Lars Gunnestad 1 1 1 2 1 x x 13 12 POL Jacek Gollob 0 0 0 3 1 x x 14 14 ITA Armando Castagna 2 0 0 1 0 x x 15 13 AUS Leigh Adams 0 0 2 0 x x - 16 7 HUN Robert Nagy 0 0 0 x x - - R1 R1 ENG Joe Screen R2 R2 CZE Roman Matoušek World Semi-final 2 CZE Markéta Stadium, Prague 10 July 1994, top 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve x x P1 5 POL Tomasz Gollob 3 3 3 3 2 x x P2 8 SWE Tony Rickardsson 1 3 3 3 2 x x P3 16 DEN Jan Staechmann 2 2 3 2 2 x x 3 4 7 USA Sam Ermolenko 2 1 2 3 3 x x 2 5 11 SWE Stefan Danno 3 3 1 1 3 x x 1 6 15 DEN Tommy Knudsen 3 2 2 1 3 x x 0 7 1 AUS Jason Crump 3 2 2 1 1 x x 8 12 USA Greg Hancock 2 0 1 2 3 x 3 x 9 13 USA Billy Hamill 1 3 2 2 x 2 x T 10 4 CZE Tomáš Topinka 2 1 1 3 1 x x 11 14 HUN Zoltán Adorján 0 3 2 0 x x X 12 9 POL Ryszard Franczyszyn 0 1 1 2 1 x x 13 2 POL Dariusz Sledz 0 2 0 0 0 x x 14 6 ENG Simon Wigg 0 1 0 0 1 x x 15 3 DEN Gert Handberg 1 0 0 1 0 x x 16 10 CZE Antonín Kasper, Jr. 1 x x E E - - R1 R1 RUS Grigory Kharchenko w 0 y 0 R2 R2 CZE Petr Vandírek y F x x World Final 20 August 1994 DEN Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens x P1 6 SWE Tony Rickardsson 2 2 2 3 3 x 3 x P2 11 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 3 x 2 X P3 13 AUS Craig Boyce 2 2 3 3 2 x 1 4 12 USA Greg Hancock 1 3 3 3 1 x 5 1 DEN Tommy Knudsen 3 3 1 0 3 x 6 14 ENG Marvyn Cox 3 0 3 2 1 x 7 10 SWE Henrik Gustafsson 2 3 2 1 1 x 8 8 ENG Mark Loram 1 2 2 2 2 x 9 2 USA Josh Larsen 2 1 0 1 3 x 10 15 DEN Jan Stæchmann 1 2 2 2 0 x 11 7 AUS Jason Crump 3 0 0 1 2 x 12 3 ENG Chris Louis 1 1 1 3 0 x 13 5 USA Sam Ermolenko 0 1 1 2 2 x 14 4 SWE Stefan Dannö 0 1 1 0 0 x 15 16 POL Piotr Świst 0 0 0 0 1 x 16 9 POL Tomasz Gollob 0 0 x - - - R1 R1 USA Billy Hamill r 1 x R2 R2 POL Roman Jankowski b 0 r 0 x References External links 1994 World I Category:Speedway competitions in Denmark Category:1994 in Danish motorsport