1957 Individual Speedway World Championship

12th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship February 2024 December 2023 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship 1956 1958 The 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 12th 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 The event was sponsored by the Sunday Dispatchhttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19570609/194/0011 Wembley have new track for final Weekly Dispatch (London) 9 June 1957 British Newspaper Archive subscription 8 September 2024 and the attendance was 51,000. New Zealander Barry Briggs won the title after a ride off against defending champion Ove Fundin after the pair tied on 14 points after five rides each. In the ride off Fundin took the lead before Briggs forced his way to the front and with a lap to go Fundin lost control and crashed into the safety fence. Briggs duly won the £500 first prize with Fundin bruised but collecting £200. Peter Craven won the bronze and £100 after another ride off for third place.Speedway ace crashes in Final battle Weekly Dispatch London 22 September 1957 6 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19570922/010/0001 British Newspaper Archive subscription Qualifying Qualification started in 1956https://dlprezes.pl.tl/57_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1957.htm 1957 World Championship Metal Speedway 18 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/57.htm#1957 1957 World Championship Speedway.org 18 January 2024 and featured an extra round.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19570428/204/0013 Speedway world title has an extra round Weekly Dispatch (London) 28 April 1957 British Newspaper Archive subscription 23 February 2025 Stage 1 Norwegian qualification 21 October 1956 NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien Top 8 to Nordic qualification 1957 Pos. Rider Points1 Aage Hansen152 Rolf Westerberg143 Reidar Kristoffersen134 Nils Paulsen125 Erling Simonsen116 Odd Johansen107 Arne Kristiansen98 Roger Steen 99 Gunnar Dyrseth710 Oddbjorn Blaasmo 511 Thorbjorn Nygaard 4 Finnish qualification 7 October 1956 FIN Turku Hippodrome, Turku Top 8 to Nordic qualification 1957 Pos. Rider Points1 Antti Pajari 152 Simo Ylanen 143 Kauko Jousanen 124 Reino Niemi 105 Pekka Tenko 96 Raimo Kivinen 87 Erkki Ala Sippola 88 Timo Laine 89 Paavo Mikkola 710 Kalevi Lahtinen 711 Rauno Aaltonen 612 Heikki Sorii 413 Aulis Tuominen 314 Valle Seliverstov 315 Jorma Rihkajarvi 216 Nils Staaf 217 Orvo Ahlqvist 1 Swedish qualification 10 May 1957 SWE Hammarby IP, Stockholm Top 6 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Per-Olof Söderman 142 Olle Nygren 143 Olle Segerström 114 Göte Nordin 105 Sven Fahlén 106 Lars Pettersson 107 Sune Karlsson 98 Kjell Wårenius 79 Bernt Nilsson 710 Roger Forsberg 711 Evert Andersson512 Alf Jonsson 513 Thorsten Carlsson 514 Roland Krantz 415 Bo Sandin 216 Nils Johansson 017 Per-Åke Lundgren 012 May 1957 SWE Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda Top 6 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Rune Sörmander 152 Dan Forsberg 113 Bengt Eriksson 114 Bertil Carlsson II105 Olle Andersson IV 96 Per-Tage Svensson 8+37 Bert Lindarw 8+28 Stig Pramberg 8+19 Allan Nilsson 8+010 Thorvald Karlsson 711 Rune Claesson 612 Kaj Forsberg 613 Björn Knutson 514 Gunnar Johansson 315 Göran Norlén 216 Bengt Brannefors 2 Stage 2 Nordic qualification 24 May 1957 NOR Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Olle Nygren 152 Reidar Kristoffersen 113 Sune Karlsson 114 Bertil Carlsson II 105 Olle Segerström 106 Rolf Westerberg 107 Aage Hansen 98 Bengt Eriksson 99 Olle Andersson IV 810 Arne Pander 811 Erik Kastebo512 Erling Simonsen 413 Arne Kristiansen 414 Erik Wincentz 315 Fred Carlsen 116 Svend Nissen 126 May 1957 FIN Kärpänen speedway track, Lahti Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Per-Olof Söderman 132 Dan Forsberg 133 Lars Pettersson 124 Rune Sörmander 125 Bert Lindarw 116 Nils Paulsen 117 Aulis Tuominen 88 Kauko Jousanen 89 Roger Steen 610 Raimo Kivinen 611 Sven Fahlén 512 Erkki Ala-Sippola 513 Pertti Mikkola 514 Timo Laine 315 Esko Koponen 216 Kalevi Lahtinen 0 Continental round 26 May 1958 FRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Josef Hofmeister 152 Josef Seidl 143 Andrzej Krzesinski 134 Birger Forsberg 105 Josef Kamper 106 Josef Kysilka 107 Joel Jansson 88 Simo Ylänen 79 Tony Kroeze610 Alfred Aberl 611 Jarosłav Wolf 612 Mieczysław Połukard 513 Antti Pajari 414 Leopold Killmeyer 315 Albin Siegl 216 Thei Bishops 126 May 1958 POL Army Stadium, Warsaw Top 7 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Florian Kapała 142 Rudolf Havelka 13.53 Joachim Maj 124 Marian Kaiser 10.55 Marian Philipp 96 Janusz Suchecki 97 Stanislaw Tkocz 98 Milan Spinka89 Tadeusz Teodorowicz 710 Richard Janicek 711 Edward Kupczyński 712 Valentin Unterköfler 513 Jaroslav Machac 414 Erich Sidlo 215 Hans Sidlo 216 Franz Schenk 0 Stage 3 Nordic Final 7 June 1957 NOR Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo First 8 to European final Pos. Rider Points1 NOR Aage Hansen 142 SWE Per Olof Söderman 133 SWE Rune Sörmander 124 SWE Dan Forsberg 115 NOR Nils Paulsen 116 SWE Olle Nygren 107 NOR Reidar Kristoffersen 108 NOR Rolf Westerberg 79 SWE Bert Lindarw 710 DEN Arne Pander 711 SWE Lars Pettersson 612 SWE Bengt Eriksson 513 SWE Ole Andersson 314 SWE Sune Karlsson 215 FIN Kauko Jousanen 216 FIN Aulis Tuominen 017 SWE Bertil Carlsson dnr18 SWE Olle Segerström dnrContinental Final 23 June 1957 AUT Stadion Wien, Vienna First 8 to European Final Pos. Rider Points1 FRG Josef Hofmeister 152 FRG Josef Seidl 123 POL Stanisław Tkocz 114 SWE Birger Forsberg 105 SWE Joel Jansson 106 AUT Josef Kamper 107 POL Florian Kapała 108 POL Marian Kaiser 99 POL Janusz Suchecki 810 TCH Jaroslav Volf 711 POL Joachim Maj 512 TCH Josef Kysilka 513 POL Tadeusz Teodorowicz 414 AUT Erich Sidlo 215 TCH Rudolf Havelka 116 AUT Otto Holoubek 017 POL Marian Philipp 018 POL Andrzej Krzesiński dnr19 FIN Simo Ylänen dnr British & Commonwealth qualifying Top 32 qualify for British & Commonwealth semi-final.Hunters beaten Leicester Evening Mail 1 July 1957 13 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003330/19570701/160/0015 British Newspaper Archive subscription DateVenueWinner13 July Brandon Stadium Ron Johnston13 July The Firs Stadium Brian Crutcher13 July Rayleigh Weir Stadium Ken McKinlay13 July Abbey Stadium Ian Williams 15 July Wimbledon Stadium Peter Craven16 July Banister Court Stadium Brian Crutcher18 July Foxhall Stadium Cyril Roger18 July Oxford Stadium Jack Geran19 July Leicester Stadium Ken McKinlay Stage 4 British/Commonwealth semi-final 24 August 1958 ENG Hyde Road, Manchester First 5 to World final Pos. Rider Total1 ENG Peter Craven 132 NZL Ron Johnston 133 WAL Ian Williams 124 AUS Aub Lawson 125 ENG Ron How 116 ENG Brian Crutcher 107 ENG Ken Middleditch 108 ENG Billy Bales 99 ENG Les McGillivray 710 ENG Gerald Jackson 611 ENG Brian Hanham 512 NZL Charlie New 513 ENG Maurice McDermott 314 ENG Arthur Forrest 315 ENG Cyril Maidment 116 ENG Ronnie Genz 117 ENG Eric French 024 August 1958 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 ENG Bob Roger 142 SCO Ken McKinlay 143 NZL Barry Briggs 134 ENG George White 125 AUS Jack Geran 116 AUS Jack Biggs 107 ENG Alf Hagon 98 AUS Neil Street 79 ENG Ron Mountford 710 ENG Eric Boothroyd 611 ENG Dick Bradley 512 ENG Phil Clarke 513 ENG Jim Lightfoot 414 AUS Peter Moore 315 ENG Jack Unstead 216 ENG Mike Broadbank 0 European Final 7 July 1957 SWE Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö Ove Fundin seeded to World final First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 SWE Rune Sörmander 142 SWE Per Olof Söderman 133 FRG Josef Hofmeister 124 SWE Olle Nygren 115 NOR Aage Hansen 116 SWE Dan Forsberg 97 NOR Rolf Westerberg 98 POL Stanisław Tkocz 79 AUT Josef Kamper 610 POL Florian Kapała 611 AUT Josef Seidl 512 POL Marian Kaiser 413 SWE Joel Jansson 314 NOR Nils Paulsen 315 NOR Reidar Kristoffersen 216 SWE Birger Forsberg 217 SWE Bert Lindarw 2 Note: Olle Nygren injured and replaced by Dan Forsberg in final World final 21 September 1957 ENG Wembley Stadium, LondonBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 NZL Barry Briggs (3,2,3,3,3)14+32 SWE Ove Fundin (3,3,2,3,3)14+23 ENG Peter Craven (2,1,3,2,3)11+34 AUS Aub Lawson(3,3,1,2,2)11+25 SWE Rune Sörmander (1,3,3,1,3) 11+16 NZL Ron Johnston (3,2,1,1,2) 97 SCO Ken McKinlay (0,0,3,3,2) 88 ENG Bob Roger (2,1,2,2,1) 89 SWE Per Olof Söderman (1,2,0,3,1) 710 AUS Jack Geran (1,3,1,1,1) 711 ENG Ron How (1,2,2,0,2) 712 NOR Aage Hansen (0,0,2,2,0) 413 ENG George White (2,1,0,1,0) 414 WAL Ian Williams (2,0,1,0,0) 315 SWE Dan Forsberg(0,1,0,0,1) 216 FRG Josef Hofmeister(0,0,0,0,0) 0R1 AUS Jack Biggs did not ride-R2 NOR Rolf Westerberg did not ride- Classification 1 10 NZL Barry Briggs 3 2 3 3 3 14+3 2 4 SWE Ove Fundin 3 3 2 3 3 14+2 3 2 ENG Peter Craven 2 1 3 2 3 11+3 4 5 AUS Aub Lawson 3 3 1 2 2 11+2 5 3 SWE Rune Sörmander 1 3 3 1 3 11+1 6 13 NZL Ron Johnston 3 2 1 1 2 9 7 1 SCO Ken McKinlay 0 0 3 3 2 8 8 15 ENG Bob Roger 2 1 2 2 1 8 9 11 SWE Per Olof Söderman 1 2 0 3 1 7 10 6 AUS Jack Geran 1 3 1 1 1 7 11 16 ENG Ron How 1 2 2 0 2 7 12 14 NOR Aage Hansen 0 0 2 2 0 4 13 12 ENG George White 2 1 0 1 0 4 14 8 WAL Ian Williams 2 0 1 0 0 3 15 9 SWE Dan Forsberg 0 1 0 0 1 2 16 7 GER Josef Hofmeister 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 NOR Rolf Westerberg 0 18 AUS Jack Biggs 0 References 1957 Individual World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom