1955 Individual Speedway World Championship

10th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship December 2023 December 2023 1955 Individual Speedway World Championship 1954 1956 The 1955 Individual Speedway World Championship was the tenth 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 a very competitive World final Peter Craven of England finished one point ahead of three other riders who had to ride off for the silver medal. The defending champion Ronnie Moore won the ride off to claim silver from fellow countryman Barry Briggs and Welshman Eric Williams who both crashed leaving Moore an easy victory, Briggs took third place from Williams who missed out on a medal.Craven Wins Speedway's World Title Bradford Observer 16 September 1955 5 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003150/19550916/316/0009 British Newspaper Archive subscription Qualification Qualification started on 29 April.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/55_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1955.htm 1955 World Championship Metal Speedway 18 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/55.htm#1955 1955 World Championship Speedway.org 18 January 2024 Stage 1 Norwegian round 26 September 1954 NOR Briskebyen Utstillingsplassen, Hamar Top 3 (+2 seeded) to Nordic round 1955 Pos. Rider Points1 Reidar Kristoffersen 152 Rolf Westerberg 143 Nils Paulsen 134 Sverre Gjomesli115 Rolf Solberg 96 Odd Johansen87 Erling Simonsen 88 Gunnar Hilsen79 Aage W. Jensen 710 Tore Meiner 611 Erling Cae 512 Oddvar Wold 513 Tor Bjorkkvist 414 Odd Kleiven 415 Knut Bjorge 216 Jens Georg Walle 0 Swedish round 29 April 1955 SWE Linköping Motorstadion (Ryd), Linköping Top 6 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Ove Fundin 152 Ulf Ericsson 123 Lars Pettersson 124 Kjell Carlsson 115 Rune Claesson 106 Gunnar Johansson 97 Olle Andersson II 88 Stig Pramberg 89 Olle Segerström 810 Kaj Forsberg811 Göte Nordin 512 Thorsten Carlsson 513 Allan Nilsson 314 Rune Stenström 315 Bert Engman 316 Bertil Carlsson II 017 Stig Sköldberg 029 April 1955 SWE Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna Top 6 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Bert Lindarw 142 Göran Norlén 143 Birger Forsberg 134 Olle Andersson I 115 Joel Jansson 96 Olle Heyman 97 Sven Fahlén 98 Bernt Nilsson 99 Per-Tage Svensson 810 Bengt Nilsson 811 Göte Olsson 412 Dan Forsberg 413 Alf Jonsson 314 Evert Andersson 315 Sven Skoglund 216 Olle Broms 017 Sten Cederlöv 0 Stage 2 Nordic round 1 May 1955 FIN Turku Speedway track, Turku Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Ove Fundin 152 Ulf Ericsson 143 Sven Fahlén 114 Kaukko Jousanen 105 Reidar Kristoffersen 106 Olle Heyman107 Birger Forsberg 108 Antti Pajari 109 Olle Andersson I 810 Reino Niemi 511 Rauno Aaltonen 512 Aulis Tuominen 413 Aage Hansen 314 Simo Ylänen 315 Antti Mattila 216 Ilkka Helminen 04 May 1955 DEN Amager Speedway Stadium, Copenhagen Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Göran Norlén 152 Joel Jansson 123 Lars Pettersson 114 Basse Hveem 105 Henry Andersen 106 Kjell Carlsson 97 Rune Claesson 88 Bert Lindarw 89 Kiehn Berthelsen 610 Leif Bech 611 Arne Pander 612 Nils Paulsen 513 Erling Simonsen 414 Eivind Petersen 415 Rolf Westerberg 316 Axel Möller 3 Continental round 1 May 1955 YUG City Garden Stadium, Osijek Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Karel Kiendl 132 Fred Aberl 123 Sebastian Wiesent 124 Nicola Snjaric 115 Valentin Medved 116 Drago Regvart107 Branko Regvart 98 Max Aebi 99 Josip Klemencic 810 Cornel Bijman 711 Gerhard Hofemeister 512 Josef Sinzinger 513 Alois Strasser 414 Moritz Künzl 215 Leo Petzwinkler 216 Jakob Dietrich 08 May 1955 FRG Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Josef Seidl 142 Per-Olof Söderman 123 Sune Karlsson 124 Georg Duneborn 115 Josef Hofmeister 96 Karl Killmeyer 87 Marius Metzelaar 88 Albin Siegl 89 T van Gorcum 810 Anton Kroeze 711 Howdy Byford 712 Alan Smith 413 Leopold Killmeyer 314 J van der Sluis 315 Thei Bischops 216 Alex Jakob 117 Kurt Pieper1 Stage 3 Nordic Final 8 June 1955 NOR Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim First 6 to European final Pos. Rider Points1 SWE Ove Fundin 142 NOR Henry Andersen 143 NOR Basse Hveem 124 SWE Ulf Ericsson 105 SWE Birger Forsberg 106 SWE Kjell Carlsson 97 SWE Sven Fahlén 98 SWE Joel Jansson 89 SWE Rune Claesson 710 SWE Bert Lindarw 711 SWE Olle Heyman 612 SWE Lars Pettersson 513 NOR Reidar Kristoffersen 514 SWE Göran Norlén 315 FIN Antti Pajari 216 FIN Kaukko Jousanen 1 Continental Final 13 June 1955 FRG Altes Stadion, Abensberg First 6 to European Final Pos. Rider Points1 AUT Fritz Dirtl 152 AUT Josef Kamper 123 SWE Georg Duneborn 124 FRG Josef Hofmeister 115 FRG Josef Seidl 116 SWE Per Olof Söderman 10+37 AUT Karl Killmeyer 10+28 SWE Sune Karlsson 89 NED Nicvan Gorcum710 FRG Fred Aberl 611 FRG Sebastian Wiesent 612 YUG Branko Regvart 413 NED Tinus Metzelaar 314 FRG Karl Kiendl 215 YUG Drago Regvart 216 YUG Nicola Snjaric 1 British & Commonwealth round Top 21 qualify for Championship round.Speedway Stars bid for World Title Weekly Dispatch (London) 3 July 1955 13 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19550703/397/0015 British Newspaper Archive subscription DateVenueWinner4 July Wimborne Road Ken Middleditch5 July Banister Court Stadium Dick Bradley7 July Foxhall Stadium Junior Bainbridge7 July Oxford Stadium Ronnie Genz8 July Leicester Stadium Ken Middleditch9 July Brandon Stadium Tommy Miller9 July Rayleigh Weir Stadium Bert Roger9 July Abbey Stadium Ian Williams11 July County Ground Stadium Ken McKinlay Stage 4 Championship Round Top 12 qualify for World final + 2 reserves DateVenueWinner8 August Wimbledon Stadium Barry Briggs9 August West Ham Stadium Jack Young11 August Wembley Stadium Brian Crutcher13 August Perry Barr Stadium Doug Davies13 August Odsal Stadium Arthur Wright20 August Hyde Road Stadium Peter Craven20 August The Firs Stadium Aub Lawson Scores First 12 to World final + 2 reserves Pos. Rider Total pts1 ENG Peter Craven 292 AUS Jack Young 293 NZL Barry Briggs 284 NZL Ron Johnston 265 NZL Ronnie Moore 266 ENG Arthur Wright 267 SAF 1928 Doug Davies 268 ENG Cyril Roger 259 ENG Arthur Forrest 2410 AUS Aub Lawson 2411 ENG Phil Clarke 2412 ENG Brian Crutcher 2313 WAL Eric Williams 2314 ENG Billy Bales 2315 ENG Gerry Hussey 2216 SCO Ken McKinlay 2217 WAL Freddie Williams 2118 ENG Alf Hagon 1919 ENG Ken Middleditch1920 ENG Ron Mountford 1821 AUS Jack Geran 1822 AUS Jack Biggs 1723 ENG Alan Hunt 1724 ENG Les McGillivray1725 AUS Peter Moore 1526 ENG Ron How1427 ENG Harry Bastable1428 NZL Peter Clark 14Pos. Rider Total pts29ENG Tommy Price 1430 ENG Fred Rogers1431 ENG Dick Bradley 1232 SCO Bob Mark 1133 WAL Ian Williams 1134 ENG Split Waterman 1135 NZL Bob Duckworth 1136 ENG Tommy Miller 1037 ENG Reg Reeves1038 AUS Allan Kidd 1039 ENG Alan Smith 940 ENG Fred Brand 941 AUS Neil Street 942 ENG Guy Allott 843 AUS Junior Bainbridge844 ENG Harry Edwards745 SCO Gordon McGregor 746 ENG Bob Roger647 NZL Charlie New648 ENG Jimmy Gooch549 ENG Bill Holden550 ENG Eric French451 ENG Ron Clarke 352GGY John Fitzpatrick 353 ENG Ken Sharples154 AUS Bob Sharp 155ENG Eddie Rigg 056 ENG Jim Lightfoot0 European Final 4 July 1955 NOR Bislett Stadium, Oslo First 4 to World finalhttp://www.speedway.org/history/55.htm#1955 1955 Speedway.org 20 July 2021 Pos. Rider Total1 NOR Henry Andersen 142 SWE Olle Nygren 123 SWE Kjell Carlsson 114 SWE Ove Fundin 115 SWE Per Olof Söderman 116 NOR Basse Hveem 107 AUT Josef Kamper 98 SWE Ulf Ericsson 89 AUT Fritz Dirtl 710 SWE Birger Forsberg 711 SWE Georg Duneborn 612 ENG Alf Hagon 513 SWE Rune Sörmander 414 ENG Cyril Maidment315 AUT Josef Seidl 216 FRG Josef Hofmeister 017 NOR Reidar Kristoffersen 0 World final 15 September 1955 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 ENG Peter Craven (3,3,2,3,2)132 NZL Ronnie Moore (3,1,3,2,3)12+33 NZL Barry Briggs (3,2,3,2,2)12+24 WAL Eric Williams(3,1,2,3,3)12+15 ENG Brian Crutcher (2,2,3,Fx,3) 106 SWE Ove Fundin (2,1,1,3,3) 107 AUS Jack Young (1,3,1,3,2) 108 SWE Olle Nygren (0,3,2,2,2) 99 ENG Arthur Forrest (0,2,3,1,1) 710 ENG Arthur Wright (1,3,0,1,1) 611 ENG Billy Bales (2,0,1,2,1) 612 NZL Ron Johnston (1,1,2,1,1) 613 SWE Kjell Carlsson (0,2,0,1,0) 314 ENG Phil Clarke (2,0,0,0,0) 215 NOR Henry Andersen(1,0,1,0,0) 216 ENG Cyril Roger(0,0,0,0,Fx) 0R1 ENG Gerry Hussey did not ride-R2 SCO Ken McKinlay did not ride- Note - Aub Lawson withdrew injured, Doug Davies withdrew with meningitis, Classification 1 8 ENG Peter Craven 3 3 2 3 2 13 2 2 NZL Ronnie Moore 3 1 3 2 3 12+3 3 14 NZL Barry Briggs 3 2 3 2 2 12+2 4 12 WAL Eric Williams 3 1 2 3 3 12+1 5 1 ENG Brian Crutcher 2 2 3 - 3 10 6 5 SWE Ove Fundin 2 1 1 3 3 10 7 9 AUS Jack Young 1 3 1 3 2 10 8 6 SWE Olle Nygren 0 3 2 2 2 9 9 4 ENG Arthur Forrest 0 2 3 1 1 7 10 3 ENG Arthur Wright 1 3 0 1 1 6 11 10 ENG Billy Bales 2 0 1 2 1 6 12 7 NZL Ron Johnston 1 1 2 1 1 6 13 11 SWE Kjell Carlsson 0 2 0 1 0 3 14 13 ENG Phil Clarke 2 0 0 0 0 2 15 16 NOR Henry Andersen 1 0 1 0 0 2 16 15 ENG Cyril Roger 0 0 0 0 - 0 17 ENG Gerry Hussey 0 18 SCO Ken McKinlay 0 References 1955 Individual World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom