1954 Individual Speedway World Championship

9th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship December 2023 June 2013 1954 Individual Speedway World Championship 1953 1955 In the 1954 Individual Speedway World Championship was the ninth 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 Ronnie Moore a 21-year-old New Zealander won his first World Championship with a 15-point maximum in front of a 90,000 attendance. He defeated his main rival Olle Nygren in the final heat. Nygren then lost the silver medal ride off to Wembley's teenager Brian Crutcher.Moore Wins World Speedway Title Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 17 September 1954 5 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19540917/197/0008 British Newspaper Archive subscription Moore's success was made all the more remarkable because he rode the meeting while still recovering from a broken leg.http://www.mooreparkspeedway.co.nz/ronniemoore.php Profile Moore Park Speedway 5 July 2021 Moore's win made him New Zealand's first ever World Champion in all forms of motor racing.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19540917/356/0012 Speedway Star Confounded The Doctors Edinburgh Evening News 17 September 1954 British Newspaper Archive subscription 27 August 2024 Qualification Qualification started on 1 May.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/54_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1954.htm 1954 World Championship Metal Speedway 13 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/54.htm#1954 1954 World Championship Speedway.org 13 January 2024 Stage 1 Norwegian round 27 September 1953 NOR Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim Top 2 (+2 seeded) to Nordic final 1954 Pos. Rider Points1 Basse Hveem 152 Reidar Kristoffersen 143 Sverre Gjömesli 134 Odd Johansen 95 Erling Simonsen 96 Anders Röhme 87 Oddvar Gundersgaard 88 Rolf Solberg 79 Rolf Westerberg 710 Nils Kristian Paulsen 611 Arne Kristiansen 612 Gunnar Dyrseth 513 Aage Hansen 514 Tore Meiner 515 Gunnar Hamsaeter 216 Aage W. Jensen 1 Swedish round Top 16 to Swedish final 1 May 1954 SWE Dagsbergsfältet, Norrköping Pos. Rider Points1 Rune Sörmander 152 Ove Fundin 123 Bertil Carlsson II 104 Curt Fredlund 95 Georg Duneborn 96 Rune Stenström 97 Per Olof Söderman 88 Dan Forsberg 89 Lars Pettersson 710 Bert Lindarw 611 Olle Heyman612 Bernt Nilsson613 Gunnar Johansson 514 Gunnar Karlsson 415 Ove Bodin 316 Ulf Ericsson 21 May 1954 SWE Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad Pos. Rider Points1 Olle Nygren 112 Olle Segerström 113 Allan Nilsson 114 Thorsten Carlsson 105 Sune Karlsson 106 Joel Jansson 107 Harry Lindgren 108 Evert Hägg 8+39 Göte Olsson 8+210 Sven Fahlén 711 Stig Pramberg 712 Birger Forsberg 513 Gunnar Hellqvist 414 Per-Tage Svensson 215 Göran Norlén 216 Jan Johnsson 2 Stage 2 Swedish final 9 May 1954 Örebro Motorstadion Adolfsberg, Örebro Top 8 to Nordic final, 3 to Continental qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Olle Nygren 142 Göte Olsson 123 Ove Fundin124 Rune Sörmander 115 Dan Forsberg 106 Joel Jansson 107 Sune Karlsson 108 Georg Duneborn 89 Per Olof Söderman 810 Olle Segerström 711 Rune Stenström 612 Thorsten Carlsson 413 Allan Nilsson214 Bertil Carlsson II 215 Evert Hägg 216 Harry Lindgren 1 Continental Qualification 23 May 1954 Altes Stadion Abensberg, Abensberg 8 to Continental semifinal Pos. Rider Points1 SWE Kjell Carlsson 14+32 AUT Josef Kamper 14+23 FRG Josef Hofmeister 14+14 AUT Fritz Dirtl 115 FRG Albin Siegl 116 NED Thei Bisschops 97 AUT Karl Killmeyer 98 AUT Josef Seidl79 SWE Sven Skoglund 510 AUT Franz Aigner 511 FRG Fred Aberl 412 YUG Nicola Snjaric413 AUT Leopold Killmeyer314 FRG Sebastian Wiesent 315 FRG Karl Kiendl 316 YUG Valentin Medved 0 Stage 3 Nordic Final 3 June 1954 NOR Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo First 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 SWE Olle Nygren 152 SWE Rune Sörmander 143 SWE Georg Duneborn 124 SWE Sune Karlsson 105 SWE Dan Forsberg 106 SWE Ove Fundin 97 SWE Göte Olsson 98 SWE Joel Jansson 99 NOR Reidar Kristoffersen 710 DEN Kiehn Berthelsen 611 DEN Leif Bech 612 NOR Aage Hansen 513 NOR Werner Lorentzen 414 FIN Simo Ylänen 215 FIN Kaukko Jousanen 116 NOR Erling Simonsen 1 Continental semi-final 13 June 1954 FRG Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 SWE Kjell Carlsson 142 FRG Albin Siegl 123 ENG Bill Kitchen 114 SWE Sven Skoglund 115 FRG Josef Hofmeister 106 SWE Olle Segerström 87 ENG Jack Parker 88 AUT Josef Seidl 89 AUT Karl Killmeyer 710 NED Jan Kesselmans 711 SWE Per Olof Söderman 512 NED Hans van der Sluis 513 NED Tonny Kroeze 414 NED Thei Bisschops 415 NED Gerrit Kops 216 NED H. van Rijswijk 1 Stage 4 British round Top 24 to Championship Round104 riders in Wembley bid Weekly Dispatch (London) 20 June 1954 11 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19540620/139/0010 British Newspaper Archive subscription DateVenueWinner1 July Foxhall Stadium Tommy Miller1 July Oxford Stadium Peter Robinson5 July County Ground Stadium Goog Hoskin5 July Wimborne Road Ken Middleditch6 July Banister Court Stadium Charlie May8 July Pennycross Stadium Brian McKeown9 July Knowle Stadium Dick Bradley9 July Leicester Stadium Ken McKinlay9 July The Stadium, Motherwell Derek Close10 July Brandon Stadium Ernie Brecknell10 July Old Meadowbank Ken McKinlay10 July Rayleigh Weir Stadium Peter Clark10 July Abbey Stadium Bob Roger Continental Final 20 June 1954Monarchs bid for help went unheeded Edinburgh Evening News 1 July 1954 12 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19540701/297/0009 British Newspaper Archive subscription SWE Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping First 8 to Championship Round Pos. Rider Points1 SWE Ove Fundin 142 SWE Rune Sörmander 143 SWE Sune Karlsson 124 SWE Olle Nygren 105 SWE Kjell Carlsson 96 AUT Fritz Dirtl 97 SWE Joel Jansson 98 SWE Olle Segerström 99 ENG Bill Kitchen 810 SWE Dan Forsberg 711 SWE Göte Olsson 612 RSA 1928 Fred Lang 413 SWE Georg Duneborn 314 SWE Sven Skoglund 315 SWE Thorsten Carlsson 216 AUT Josef Kamper 117 SWE Per Olof Söderman 1 Stage 5 Championship Round Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final DateVenueWinner14 August Hyde Road Stadium Peter Craven14 August Perry Barr Stadium Jack Young16 August Wimbledon Stadium Barry Briggs18 August Harringay Stadium Split Waterman21 August The Firs Stadium Aub Lawson26 August Wembley Stadium Edie Rigg31 August West Ham Stadium Jack Young1 September Odsal Stadium Arthur Forrest Scores Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th-18th reserves for World final Pos. Rider Total pts1 AUS Jack Young 292 ENG Peter Craven 283 ENG Eddie Rigg 284 SWE Ove Fundin 265 ENG Brian Crutcher 266 NZL Ronnie Moore 267 NZL Geoff Mardon268 AUS Aub Lawson 269 ENG Arthur Forrest 2610 AUS Jack Biggs 2411 ENG Fred Brand 2412 ENG Split Waterman 2313 NZL Barry Briggs 2314 ENG Tommy Price 2315 SWE Olle Nygren 2216 NZL Trevor Redmond 2217 ENG Alan Hunt 2218 WAL Freddie Williams2119 ENG Gerry Hussey2120 WAL Eric Williams1921 NZL Ron Johnston1822 ENG Arthur Wright1723 AUS Dick Campbell1724 ENG Dick Bradley1725 SWE Rune Sörmander 1626 ENG Cyril Roger1627 ENG Derick Close1628 SWE Sune Karlsson1529ENG Harry Edwards1530 ENG Bert Roger1531 ENG Tommy Miller1432 ENG Alan Smith 14Pos. Rider Total pts33 ENG Cyril Brine 1434 GGY John Fitzpatrick 1335 IRE Don Perry1336 ENG Ken Sharples1337 SCO Ken McKinlay1238 AUS Alan Quinn1239 ENG Fred Rogers1240 WAL Ian Williams 1241 ENG Bob Roger1142 ENG Peter Robinson1143 ENG Ken Middleditch1144 AUS Jack Geran1045 SWE Kjell Carlsson946 ENG Ron Mountford947 ENG Dent Oliver948 SWE Joel Jansson849 ENG Eric Boothroyd850 ENG Charlie May851 NZL Brian McKeown852ENG Jim Lightfoot 953 ENG Pete Lansdale854 SWE Olle Segerström755AUT Fritz Dirtl 756 ENG Bob Oakley757 AUS Junior Bainbridge 758ENG Wally Green659 ENG Phil Clarke660 ENG Billy Bales561ENG Les McGillivray462 ENG Jimmy Squibb463AUS Dick Seers 464 AUS Ernie Brecknell2 World final 16 September 1954 ENG London, Wembley StadiumBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 NZL Ronnie Moore (3,3,3,3,3)152 ENG Brian Crutcher (3,2,2,3,3)13+33 SWE Olle Nygren (2,3,3,3,2)13+24 AUS Jack Young(3,1,3,3,1)115 ENG Split Waterman (2,1,3,1,2) 96 NZL Barry Briggs (1,2,2,2,2) 97 ENG Eddie Rigg (0,3,2,2,0) 78 ENG Fred Brand (3,1,0,2,1) 79 AUS Jack Biggs (1,3,1,1,1) 710 ENG Arthur Forrest (0,1,0,2,3) 511 ENG Tommy Price (1,0,2,0,2) 512 NZL Geoff Mardon (2,2,1,0,0) 513 NZL Trevor Redmond (0,2,1,1,1) 514 AUS Aub Lawson (2,0,0,2,0) 415 ENG Peter Craven(F,0,0,0,3) 316 SWE Ove Fundin(1,0,1,0,F) 2R1 ENG Alan Hunt did not ride –R2 WAL Freddie Williams did not ride – Classification 1 14 NZL Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 3 15 2 6 ENG Brian Crutcher 3 2 2 3 3 13+3 3 11 SWE Olle Nygren 2 3 3 3 2 13+2 4 10 AUS Jack Young 3 1 3 3 1 11 5 15 ENG Split Waterman 2 1 3 1 2 9 6 7 NZL Barry Briggs 1 2 2 2 2 9 7 5 ENG Eddie Rigg 0 3 2 2 0 7 8 4 ENG Fred Brand 3 1 0 2 1 7 9 16 AUS Jack Biggs 1 3 1 1 1 7 10 1 ENG Arthur Forrest 0 1 0 1 3 5 11 3 ENG Tommy Price 1 0 2 0 2 5 12 8 NZL Geoff Mardon 2 2 1 0 0 5 13 13 NZL Trevor Redmond 0 2 1 1 1 5 14 2 AUS Aub Lawson 2 0 0 2 0 4 15 9 ENG Peter Craven - 0 0 0 3 3 16 12 SWE Ove Fundin 1 0 1 0 - 2 17 ENG Alan Hunt 0 18 WAL Freddie Williams 0 References 1954 Speedway Category:1954 in London Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom