1958 Individual Speedway World Championship

13th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship December 2023 December 2023 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship 1957 1959 The 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 13th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 20–21 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5http://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 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 5 July 2021 In the World final New Zealander Barry Briggs successfully defended his title and was unbeaten after five heat wins. Ove Fundin took the silver medal but there was an incident filled ride off for the bronze medal. Aub Lawson won that ride off after both Peter Craven and Ken McKinlay fell, Craven remounted to take fourth place.World Speedway, It's Briggs Weekly Dispatch London 21 September 1958 6 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19580921/176/0012 British Newspaper Archive subscription Qualifying Qualification started in 1957.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/58_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1958.htm 1958 World Championship Metal Speedway 18 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/58.htm#1958 1958 World Championship Speedway.org 18 January 2024 Stage 1 Norwegian round 20 October 1957 NOR Tønsberg Stadion, Tønsberg Top 4 (+4 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1958 Pos. Rider Points1 Aage Hansen152 Reidar Kristoffersen 123 Roger Steen 114 Roger Hansen 105 Egil Bratvold 106 Arne Kristiansen 107 Rolf Westerberg 78 Gunnar Hemsaeter79 Erling Simonsen 710 Oddvar Wold 711 Thorbjorn Nygaard 512 Fred Carlsen 413 Jan Svaleng414 Roald Kjolso 215 Havard Gulbjornrud 216 Kjell Berg117 Oystein Mellerud 1 Finnish round 27 October 1957 FIN Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki Top 4 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1958 Pos. Rider Points1 Antti Pajari 14+32 Aulis Tuominen 14+23 Turkka Silvan 124 Lasse Mylläri 95 Heikki Sorri 96 Valle Selivestov 87 Kauko Jousanen 78 Antero Salasto 79 Petti Mikkola 710 Kalevi Lahtinen 711 Pekka Tenko 612 Timo Laine 613 Reino Niemi 514 Olle Helander 215 Esko Koponen 216 Timo Pirkkalanniemi 0 Swedish round 1 May 1958 SWE Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Top 7 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Rune Sörmander 152 Per-Olof Söderman 133 Evert Andersson 124 Joel Jansson 125 Bernt Nilsson 116 Kjell Wårenius 107 Lars Pettersson108 Björn Knutson 79 Göte Nordin 610 Olle Andersson IV 511 Hans Hallberg 512 Åke Andersson 413 Olle Andersson II 314 Per Sjöholm 315 Thorsten Carlsson 316 Curt Eldh 117 Sven-Gunnar Karlstén 01 May 1958 SWE Hammarby IP, Stockholm Top 7 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Birger Forsberg 132 Olle Nygren 123 Ove Fundin 124 Dan Forsberg 125 Bengt Eriksson 106 Curt Nyqvist 87 Olle Segerström 88 Göran Norlén 7+39 Bert Lindarw 7+210 Rune Claesson 711 Arne Carlsson 612 Alf Jonsson 613 Sune Karlsson 314 Bengt Brannefors 315 Roland Krantz 216 Georg Duneborn 117 Thorvald Karlsson 018 Per-Tage Svensson 0 Stage 2 Nordic qualification 25 May 1958 SWE Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Ove Fundin 152 Olle Nygren 143 Birger Forsberg 124 Dan Forsberg 115 Bengt Eriksson 106 Göran Norlén 97 Timo Laine 8+38 Curt Nyqvist 8+29 Björn Knutson 8+110 Sverre Harrfeldt 611 Antti Pajari 512 Kalevi Lahtinen 513 Lasse Mylläri 414 Timo Pirkalanniemi 315 Roger Hansen 116 Turkka Silvan 15 June 1958 NOR Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Per-Olof Söderman 152 Rune Sörmander 133 Nils Paulsen 124 Aage Hansen 115 Kjell Wårenius 116 Arne Pander 97 Bernt Nilsson 88 Reidar Kristoffersen 89 Evert Andersson 710 Rolf Westerberg 611 Arne Kristiansen 512 Lars Pettersson 413 Roger Steen 414 Kurt W Petersen 415 Svend Nissen 216 Poul Hansen 1 Continental semi-final 18 May 1958 FRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Josef Seidl 132 Josef Hofmeister 123 Joel Jansson 114 Edward Kupczynski 115 Stanislaw Tkocz 116 Janusz Koscielak 107 Joachim Maj 108 Konstanty Pociejkowicz 99 Olle Segerström 10 Florian Kapała 11 Tadeusz Teodorowicz 12 Paweł Waloszek 13 Albin Aberl 14 Nick van Gorcum 15 Albin Siegl 16 Thei Bischops 18 May 1958 AUT Wiener Stadion, Vienna Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Marian Kaiser 132 Janusz Suchecki 133 Henryk Zyto 124 Stefan Kwoczala 125 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 106 Jaroslav Volf 97 Karl Killmeyer 88 Josef Bössner 79 Valentin Unterköfler 710 Ligor Dusanek 711 Vladimir Uher 612 Otto Holoubek 413 Hans Sidlo 414 Alois Dürrenhammer 415 Erich Sidlo 216 Ernst Strasser 1 Stage 3 Nordic Final 8 June 1958 SWE Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö First 8 to European final Pos. Rider Points1 SWE Rune Sörmander 152 SWE Ove Fundin 123 SWE Olle Nygren 124 SWE Dan Forsberg 115 SWE Göran Norlén 96 SWE Per Olof Söderman 97 NOR Nils Paulsen 88 SWE Birger Forsberg 79 NOR Aage Hansen 710 SWE Bengt Eriksson 611 DEN Arne Pander 512 FIN Timo Laine 413 SWE Bernt Nilsson 414 SWE Curt Nyqvist 315 SWE Evert Andersson 216 SWE Kjell Wårenius 217 SWE Björn Knutson 218 NOR Reidar Kristoffersen dnrContinental Final 1 June 1958 FRG Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen First 8 to European Final Pos. Rider Points1 SWE Joel Jansson 142 FRG Josef Hofmeister 143 FRG Josef Seidl 114 TCH Luboš Tomíček Sr. 95 POL Stanisław Tkocz 96 POL Marian Kaiser 97 POL Joachim Maj 88 POL Edward Kupczyński 89 POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz 810 POL Janusz Suchecki 711 POL Henryk Żyto 612 AUT Alfred Aberl 613 POL Janusz Koscielak 314 TCH Jaroslav Volf 315 AUT Josef Bössner 316 AUT Karl Killmeyer 1176 AUT Valentin Unterköfler (res) 0 British & Commonwealth qualifying Top 32 from 80 qualify for British & Commonwealth semi-finals.£650 for 25 miles Sunday Mirror 13 July 1958 13 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000844/19580713/147/0019 British Newspaper Archive subscription DateVenueWinner14 July Wimborne Road Jack Biggs14 July Wimbledon Stadium Ronnie Moore15 July Banister Court Stadium Ronnie Genz17 July Foxhall Stadium Peter Moore17 July Oxford Stadium Gordon McGregor18 July Leicester Stadium Ken McKinlay19 July Hyde Road Ron Johnston19 July Brandon Stadium Jack Young19 July The Firs Stadium Billy Bales19 July Abbey Stadium Ron How Stage 4 British/Commonwealth semi-final Barry Briggs seeded to World final First 10 to World final + 1 reserve DateVenueWinner16 August Hyde Road Ken McKinklay18 August Wimbledon Stadium Peter Craven19 August Banister Court Stadium Jack Geran22 August Leicester Stadium Brian Crutcher Pos. Rider Points1 SCO Ken McKinlay 272 ENG Peter Craven 273 ENG Mike Broadbanks 254 ENG Ron How 245 AUS Peter Moore 246 NZL Ronnie Moore 237 AUS Aub Lawson 228 NZL Ron Johnston 229 ENG Gerry Hussey 2210 AUS Jack Geran 2211 ENG Brian Crutcher 2212 SCO Gordon McGregor 2013 ENG George White 1714 ENG Dick Bradley 1515 ENG Billy Bales 1416 AUS Neil Street 14Pos. Rider Total pts17 AUS Chum Taylor 1318 AUS Jack Young 1319 ENG Alf Hagon 1320 ENG Jack Unstead 1221 AUS Jack Biggs 1122 NZL Bob Duckworth 823 ENG Harry Edwards 824 ENG Ronnie Genz 725 ENG Gerald Jackson 626 NZL Charlie New 627 ENG Arthur Forrest 528 ENG Eric Boothroyd 429 AUS Ray Cresp 330 ENG Phil Clarke 331 ENG Ron Mountford 1 European Final 22 July 1958 POL Army Stadium, Warsaw First 5 to World final plus 1 reservehttp://www.speedway.org/history/58.htm#1958 1958 Speedway.org 20 July 2021 Pos. Rider Total1 SWE Ove Fundin 152 FRG Josef Hofmeister 133 SWE Rune Sörmander 124 SWE Olle Nygren 115 SWE Joel Jansson 106 SWE Per Olof Söderman 97 POL Marian Kaiser 98 FRG Josef Seidl 79 POL Joachim Maj 610 NOR Nils Paulsen 611 CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. 512 POL Stanisław Tkocz 413 POL Edward Kupczyński 414 SWE Dan Forsberg 315 SWE Göran Norlén 216 SWE Birger Forsberg 2 World final 20 September 1958 ENG London, Wembley StadiumBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 Referee: (ENG) E. G. Cope Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 NZL Barry Briggs (3,3,3,3,3)152 SWE Ove Fundin (3,3,2,3,2)133 AUS Aub Lawson (1,3,3,1,3)11+34 ENG Peter Craven(2,3,0,3,3)11+25 SCO Ken McKinlay (2,2,3,2,2) 11+16 NZL Ronnie Moore (3,2,0,1,3) 97 SWE Olle Nygren (3,2,2,2,0) 98 NZL Ron Johnston (1,1,1,3,2) 89 ENG Gerry Hussey (2,0,2,2,1) 710 ENG Ron How (1,1,2,2,1) 711 AUS Peter Moore (0,1,3,1,0) 512 ENG Mike Broadbank (2,0,1,0,2) 513 SWE Rune Sörmander (0,2,1,0,1) 414 AUS Jack Geran (0,1,1,0,1) 315 DEU Josef Hofmeister (1,0,0,1,0) 216 SWE Joel Jansson (0,0,0,0,0) 0R1 ENG Brian Crutcher did not ride-R2 SWE Per Olof Söderman did not ride- Classification 1 4 NZL Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 15 2 13 SWE Ove Fundin 3 3 2 3 2 13 3 2 AUS Aub Lawson 1 3 3 1 3 11+3 4 3 ENG Peter Craven 2 3 3 3 11+2 e 5 11 SCO Ken McKinlay 2 2 3 2 2 11+0 6 10 NZL Ronnie Moore 3 2 0 1 3 9 7 5 SWE Olle Nygren 3 2 2 2 9 e 8 7 NZL Ron Johnston 1 1 1 3 2 8 9 6 ENG Gerry Hussey 2 0 2 2 1 7 10 14 ENG Ron How 1 1 2 2 1 7 11 9 AUS Peter Moore 1 3 1 0 5 f 12 15 ENG Mike Broadbank 2 0 1 0 2 5 13 16 SWE Rune Sörmander 0 2 1 0 1 4 14 8 AUS Jack Geran 1 1 0 1 3 f 15 12 GER Josef Hofmeister 1 0 0 1 0 2 16 1 SWE Joel Jansson 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 ENG Brian Crutcher 0 18 SWE Per Olof Söderman 0 References 1958 Individual World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom