1987 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season February 2024 February 2024 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship 1986 1988 thumb|The 1987 Speedway World Final programme. The 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 42nd 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.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 10 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 10 July 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021 It was contested for the one and only time over two days in the Netherlands. The scores from both meetings were combined to produce the eventual winner.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021 With the chances of a surprise winner reduced due to two races being held it was the favourite Hans Nielsen that duly obliged with his second World crown. Nielsen had trailed after day one by 1 point to great rival Erik Gundersen and the American Sam Ermolenko. However, in trademark style Nielsen produced a 15-point maximum on day two to wrap up the World Title, with Gundersen claiming silver and Ermolenko bronze.Erik truce Sandwell Evening Mail 7 September 1987 10 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002487/19870907/448/0032 British Newspaper Archive subscription Hans roars to world triumph Sandwell Evening Mail 7 September 1987 10 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002487/19870907/392/0027 British Newspaper Archive subscription First round British preliminary round Top 32 riders to British semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd Preliminary Round 5 AprilArlington Stadium, Eastbourne Andy Galvin Malcolm Holloway Martin Dugard 5 AprilMildenhall Stadium, Mildenhall Alan Mogridge Melvyn Taylor Martin Goodwin 11 April Loomer Road Stadium, Chesterton Nigel Crabtree Martin Yeates Doug Wyer 16 April Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough Gary Havelock Martin Dixon Les Collins 24 AprilEast of England Arena, Peterborough Andrew Silver Trevor Banks Ian Barney Quarter-Final 4 May Brough Park, Newcastle Andrew Silver Ian Barney David Blackburn Second round British semi-finals Top 16 riders to British semi-finals 17 May ENG Abbey Stadium, Swindon Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 Jeremy Doncaster152 Marvyn Cox123 Andy Grahame104 Simon Cross105 Alun Rossiter96 Kelvin Tatum97 Andrew Silver98 John Davis8+39 Steve Bastable8+210 Melvyn Taylor711 David Blackburn512 Richard Knight513 Malcolm Simmons514 Sean Wilson315 Andy Campbell216 Doug Wyer117 Matthew Cross (res)117 May ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 Simon Wigg12+32 Neil Evitts12+23 Neil Collins12+14 Paul Thorp105 Andy Smith106 Chris Morton107 Gary Havelock98 Peter Carr99 Les Collins810 Ian Barney511 Kenny McKinna512 Trevor Banks413 Andy Galvin414 Carl Blackbird415 Sean Willmott316 Alan Grahame3 Third round Continental preliminary round DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 1 MayFRG Pfaffenhofen Speedwaybahn, Pfaffenhofen CSK Bohumil Brhel POL Ryszard Francsyszyn USSR Vladimir Voronkov 17 MayYUG Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško ITA Valentino Furlanetto CSK Lubomir Jedek ITA Gianni Famari 17 MayFRG Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Donau HUN Antal Kocso POL Andrzej Huszcza HUN Laszlo Bodi 17 MayBUL Speedway Stadium, Targovishte POL Grzegorz Dzikowski HUN Josef Sereš POL Dariusz Baliński Swedish qualification Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final (3 May, Nässjö Motorstadion, Nässjö)PosRider Points 1 Jan Andersson 13+32 Per Jonsson 13+23 Mikael Blixt 124 Johan Staaf 115 Roland Dannö 116 Dennis Löfqvist 107 Tony Olsson 108 Claes Ivarsson 89 Thomas Ek 710 Pierre Brannefors 611 Jörgen Johansson 612 Lennart Bengtsson 613 Tony Gudbrand 214 Patrik Olsson 215 Leif Jonsson 216 Anders Kling 1 (3 May, Motorbanen Hagalund, Lindesberg)PosRider Points 1 Tommy Nilsson 132 Erik Stenlund 113 Niklas Karlsson 114 Conny Ivarsson 105 Patrik Karlsson 106 Bo Arrhén 97 Christer Rohlén 98 Lillebror Johansson 99 Kenneth Nyström 810 Mikael Ritterwall 811 Peter Nahlin 712 Börje Ring 413 Lars Andersson 414 Mikael Teurnberg 315 Mikael Messing 316 Anders Condé 1 British Final 31 May 1987 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry Top 9 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve x x P1 11 ENG Kelvin Tatum 3 3 2 3 2 x x P2 2 ENG Neil Evitts 3 1 2 2 3 x x P3 14 ENG Simon Wigg 3 2 3 1 1 x x 3 4 13 ENG Marvyn Cox 2 2 2 1 3 x x 2 5 12 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 0 3 3 3 0 x x 6 5 ENG Paul Thorp 3 3 3 x x F X 7 15 ENG Andrew Silver 1 2 1 2 3 x x 8 6 ENG Simon Cross 3 3 1 1 x x F 9 3 ENG Chris Morton 1 1 2 2 2 x x 10 4 ENG John Davis 0 1 3 3 0 x x 11 1 ENG Andy Grahame 2 0 3 0 1 x x 12 10 ENG Gary Havelock 2 0 1 1 2 x x 13 8 ENG Andy Smith 2 2 0 1 x x F 14 7 ENG Peter Carr 1 0 0 2 1 x x 15 9 ENG Alun Rossiter 1 1 1 1 0 x x 16 16 ENG Neil Collins 0 0 0 0 2 x x TR TR ENG David Clarke b 0 Australian Final 24 January 1987 AUS Olympic Park, Mildura First 4 to Commonwealth Final Pos. Rider Total1 Steve Regeling 142 Steve Baker 123 Glyn Taylor 104 Ashley Norton 105 Craig Hodgson 106 Mick Poole 97 David Jackson 98 Tony Butler 89 Tony Rose 810 Stephen Davies 711 David Cheshire 612 Mark Fiora 413 Andy Barret 414 Nigel Adlerton 315 Chris Watson 216 Nigel Tramelling 2 New Zealand Final 21 February 1987 NZL Western Springs Stadium, Auckland Top 3 riders + 1 reserve to Commonwealth Final Pos. Rider Total1 David Bargh 142 Mitch Shirra 133 Larry Ross 124 Alan Mason 105 Mike Fullerton 106 Richard Price97 Mark Long88 Chris Martin 89 Steve Rose 810 John Roberts 611 Mark Lyndon 612 Chris Monk 513 Les Chappell414 Don Hopewell315 Dave Cotton 2 Fourth round Continental quarter-finals Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 24 MayAUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt HUN József Petrikovics ITA Armando Castagna AUT Toni Pilotto 31 MayHUN Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen USSR Mikhail Starostin USSR Viktor Kuznetsov HUN Zoltan Adorjan 31 MayUSSR Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne CSK Roman Matoušek CSK Jiří Svoboda USSR Valery Gordeev 31 MayCSK Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný CSK Antonín Kasper, Jr. FRG Gerd Riss FRG Karl Maier Commonwealth Final 14 June 1987 ENG Hyde Road, Manchester First 11 to the Overseas Final x P1 4 ENG Kelvin Tatum 3 2 3 3 3 x P2 12 ENG Simon Cross 3 3 3 3 1 x P3 14 ENG Marvyn Cox 3 3 3 1 0 x 4 10 ENG Neil Evitts 2 1 1 3 3 x 5 3 ENG Chris Morton 1 3 2 2 2 x 6 11 NZL David Bargh 1 2 2 3 2 x 7 13 NZL Mitch Shirra 1 2 2 2 3 x 8 16 AUS Steve Regeling 2 1 1 1 3 x 9 2 ENG Andrew Silver 2 2 2 2 x E 10 5 ENG Paul Thorp 3 3 0 1 x F 11 7 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 2 1 0 2 1 x 3 12 6 ENG Simon Wigg 1 0 3 2 0 x 2 13 9 AUS Steve Baker 0 1 1 1 0 x 14 15 AUS Glyn Taylor 0 1 0 2 x X 15 1 NZL Alan Mason 0 0 0 0 1 x 16 8 AUS Ashley Norton 0 1 0 0 x E R1 R1 NZL Larry Ross R2 R2 ENG Glenn Hornby r 0 American Final 13 June 1987 USA Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach Top 5 to Overseas Final Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 Sam Ermolenko 3,4,4,4,4 192 Kelly Moran 4,4,3,4,3183 John Cook 4,2,4,3,2 15+44 Robert Pfetzing 4,4,4,2,2 15+35 Mike Faria 2,4,3,4,215+26 Lance King 4,2,3,2,415+17 Rick Miller 3,3,2,4,315+08 Shawn Moran 3,0,4,3,4149 Bobby Schwartz 0,4,2,3,31210 Gary Hicks 2,1,1,3,41111 Steve Lucero 1,3,3,2,11012 John Sandona 1,3,2,0,3813 Jim Sisemore 2,0,1,2,3814 Brad Oxley 3,1,1,1,1715 Eddie Ingels 2,1,2,0,0516 Mark Dwyer 1,2,0,1,1517 Tuff McBridge 1,2,1,1,F 518 John Kehoe 0,1,0,0,1219 Gary Ford 0,0,0,1,0 120 Bart Bast 0,0,0,0,00 Swedish Finals SWE Top 4 + 1 reserve (+ Jimmy Nilsen, seeded) to Nordic Final R1 (19 May, Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad) R2 (20 May, Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna) R3 (21 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda) Pos. Rider R1R2R3Total1 Jan Andersson 151414 432 Per Jonsson 141513 423 Roland Danno 91111 314 Tommy Nilsson 81210 305 Patrik Karlsson 10811 296 Conny Ivarsson 999 277 Christer Rohlen 7108 258 Niklas Karlsson 8310 219 Tony Olsson 695 2010 Dennis Löfqvist 763 1611 Jan Staan 355 1312 Bo Arhhen 282 1213 Claes Ivarsson 317 1114 Kenneth Nystrom 360 915 Erik Stenlund 62- 816 Lillebror Johansson 313 717 Mikael Blixt 61- 718 Pierre Brannefors -07 719 Mikael Rittewall --1 116 Jorgen Johansson --0 0 Finnish Final FIN 2 riders selected for Nordic Final Norway Final NOR 2 riders selected for Nordic Final Danish Final 17 May 1987 DEN Slangerup Speedway Center, Slangerup First 6 + Jan O Pedersen (seeded) to the Nordic Final x P1 7 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 15 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 1 3 3 3 x P3 13 DEN John Jørgensen 1 3 2 2 3 x 4 5 DEN Jan Jacobsen 2 2 2 3 2 x 5 14 DEN Tommy Knudsen 2 3 3 2 x - 6 4 DEN Peter Ravn 2 3 1 1 3 x 7 11 DEN Jens Rasmussen 3 2 2 1 1 x 8 2 DEN Per Sorensen 1 1 0 3 2 x 9 9 DEN Peter Glanz 2 1 2 2 0 x 10 10 DEN Fleming Rasmussen 1 2 0 1 2 x 11 12 DEN John Eskilden 0 2 1 1 1 x 12 1 DEN Kurt Hansen 3 0 0 0 1 x 13 16 DEN Aksel Jepsen 0 0 1 2 1 x 14 6 DEN Frank Andersen 0 0 3 0 x - 15 8 DEN Ole Hansen 1 1 1 0 0 x 16 3 DEN Sam Nikolajsen 0 0 0 0 2 x Fifth round Continental semi-finals 13 June POL Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Roman Jankowski 142 POL Wojciech Zabialowicz 133 HUN Zoltán Adorján 11+34 USSR Vladimir Trofimov 11+25 TCH Roman Matoušek 106 USSR Michail Starostin 107 HUN Sandor Tihanyi 98POL Janusz Stachyra 89 USSR Viktor Kuznetsov 710 USSR Valerij Gordeev 611 TCH Zdeněk Schneiderwind 612 POL Grzegorz Dzikowski 513 ITA Gianni Famari 514 ITA Giorgio Zaramella 315 TCH Jiří Svoboda 216 TCH Zdeněk Tesař 017 TCH Josef Fejfar (res) 014 June FRG Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 FRG Gerd Riss 142 ITA Armando Castagna 133 TCH Antonín Kasper Jr. 11+34 TCH Petr Vandírek 11+25 ITA Armando Dal Chiele 106 FRG Karl Maier 97 POL Jan Krzystyniak 98HUN Antal Kocso 89 AUT Toni Pilotto 610 POL Ryszard Franczyszyn 611 HUN Janos Balogh 512 POL Andrzej Huszcza 413 HUN Zoltan Hajdu 414 POL Dariusz Stenka 415 HUN József Petrikovics 316 FRG Michael Datzmann 317 TCH Bohumil Brhel 018 AUT Heinrich Schatzer (res) 0 Overseas Final 5 July 1987 ENG Odsal Stadium, Bradford First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve x P1 7 NZL Mitch Shirra 3 0 3 3 3 x P2 11 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 3 2 2 3 1 x P3 14 USA Kelly Moran 3 2 2 1 2 x 3 4 12 USA Sam Ermolenko 0 2 3 2 3 x 2 5 6 AUS Steve Regeling 2 0 3 3 1 x 6 10 ENG Simon Cross 2 3 2 2 0 x 7 1 ENG Neil Evitts 3 1 1 0 3 x 8 8 ENG Marvyn Cox 0 3 3 1 1 x 9 13 USA John Cook 1 2 1 2 2 x 10 3 ENG Chris Morton 2 1 1 3 x 3 X 11 15 ENG Kelvin Tatum 0 3 0 2 2 x 2 12 4 NZL David Bargh 1 1 1 3 x X 13 5 USA Robert Pfetzing 1 3 1 0 0 x 14 16 USA Mike Faria 2 0 0 1 2 x 15 2 ENG Paul Thorp 0 1 2 0 x E 16 9 ENG Andrew Silver 1 0 0 0 1 x Nordic Final 14 June 1987 SWE Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping First 7 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve x P1 2 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 2 3 3 3 x P2 14 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 1 2 x 3 P3 12 DEN Peter Ravn 3 2 2 2 3 x 2 4 4 SWE Per Jonsson 1 3 3 1 3 x 5 9 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 2 3 2 2 2 x 6 6 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 2 1 3 3 1 x 7 1 FIN Kai Niemi 2 1 0 3 3 x 3 8 8 DEN John Jørgensen 3 1 1 2 2 x 2 9 16 SWE Jan Andersson 2 0 2 3 1 x 10 11 DEN Tommy Knudsen 1 3 1 1 1 x 11 5 SWE Roland Danno 1 2 1 2 0 x 12 3 DEN Jan Jacobsen 1 0 1 2 x E 13 7 SWE Tommy Nilsson 2 1 0 0 x F 14 15 FIN Olli Tyrväinen 1 0 0 0 1 x 15 13 NOR Arne Svendsen 0 0 0 0 0 x 16 10 NOR Einar Kyllingstad 0 0 x F X F R1 R1 FIN Vesa Ylinen w 2 Sixth round Сontinental Final 26 July 1987 ITA Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo First 4 to the World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 1 FRG Gerd Riss 3 3 1 3 3 x 3 P2 11 POL Roman Jankowski 2 3 2 3 3 x 2 P3 8 CSK Antonín Kasper, Jr. 2 3 2 2 2 x 3 4 4 CSK Roman Matoušek 1 2 3 3 2 x 2 5 2 USSR Vladimir Trofimov 2 3 2 1 2 x 3 6 7 ITA Armando Dal Chiele 3 2 1 1 3 x 2 7 13 ITA Armando Castagna 2 2 2 0 3 x 8 6 POL Janusz Stachyra 1 2 3 2 1 x 9 9 HUN Zoltan Adorjan 3 1 3 x F X 10 12 FRG Karl Maier 1 1 2 2 x E 11 5 HUN Antal Kocso 0 3 2 x F E 12 16 USSR Mikhail Starostin 3 0 1 x X E 13 14 CSK Petr Vandirek 1 1 1 0 1 x 14 3 POL Wojciech Żabiałowicz 0 0 0 3 0 x 15 15 HUN Sandor Tihanyi 0 1 0 1 1 x 16 10 POL Jan Krzystyniak 1 0 0 0 0 x Intercontinental Final 27 July 1987 DEN Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens First 11 to the World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 1 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 3 3 1 3 x P2 11 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 3 2 2 2 3 x P3 4 DEN Hans Nielsen 0 3 3 3 2 x 4 3 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 2 1 3 2 2 x 5 2 NZL Mitch Shirra 1 2 0 3 3 x 6 7 USA Sam Ermolenko 1 3 0 3 2 x 7 10 USA John Cook 1 3 1 3 1 x 8 5 SWE Per Jonsson 3 1 3 0 1 x 9 12 ENG Simon Cross 2 1 2 0 3 x 10 15 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 3 0 1 2 2 x 11 13 ENG Chris Morton 2 2 2 0 1 x 12 8 DEN Peter Ravn 2 2 1 0 x 3 X 13 6 ENG Neil Evitts 2 1 1 1 0 x 2 14 14 FIN Kai Niemi 1 0 1 2 0 x 15 16 ENG Marvyn Cox 0 0 0 1 0 x 16 9 AUS Steve Regeling 0 0 x X - - R1 R1 ENG Kelvin Tatum r 1 R2 R2 DEN John Jørgensen r E World Final Scores accumulated from 2 days Day 1 5 September 1987 NED Amsterdam, Olympic StadiumBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 Referee: Roman Cheladze x P1 6 USA Sam Ermolenko 3 1 3 3 3 x P2 13 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 3 3 3 1 x P3 2 DEN Hans Nielsen 1 3 3 2 3 x 4 15 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 2 3 2 2 3 x 5 12 SWE Per Jonsson 3 2 1 3 2 x 6 10 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 2 2 1 3 2 x 7 4 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 3 3 2 0 1 x 8 5 NZL Mitch Shirra 2 0 0 2 3 x 9 11 USA John Cook 1 2 1 1 2 x 10 1 ENG Simon Cross 2 1 2 1 1 x 11 14 CSK Antonín Kasper, Jr. 1 0 2 2 0 x 12 9 ENG Chris Morton 0 2 0 1 2 x 13 3 FRG Gerd Riss 1 3 0 x F T 14 8 CSK Roman Matoušek 1 1 1 0 0 x 15 7 NED Henny Kroeze 0 0 0 1 x F 16 16 POL Roman Jankowski 0 0 0 0 0 x R1 R1 DEN Peter Ravn b 1 Day 2 6 September 1987 NED Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam Referee: Roman Cheladze x P1 10 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 5 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 3 3 2 2 3 x P3 12 DEN Erik Gundersen 1 1 3 3 3 x 3 4 2 USA Sam Ermolenko 3 2 1 3 2 x 2 5 7 SWE Per Jonsson 2 2 2 2 3 x 6 4 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 1 3 1 2 2 x 7 16 USA John Cook 3 0 3 1 1 x 8 6 POL Roman Jankowski 1 1 1 3 2 x 9 8 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 0 2 2 2 2 x 10 1 GER Gerd Riss 2 2 2 1 1 x 11 15 NZL Mitch Shirra 2 3 0 0 0 x 12 9 CSK Antonín Kasper, Jr. 0 0 3 1 0 x 13 13 ENG Chris Morton 1 1 0 1 1 x 14 11 ENG Simon Cross 2 0 0 0 1 x 15 3 CSK Roman Matoušek 0 1 1 0 0 x 16 14 NED Henny Kroeze 0 0 0 x E E R1 R1 DEN Peter Ravn Final standings Pos. Rider Scores Total1 DEN Hans Nielsen 12+15272 DEN Erik Gundersen 13+1124+33 USA Sam Ermolenko 13+1124+24 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 9+13225 SWE Per Jonsson 11+11226 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 12+8207 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 10+9198 USA John Cook 7+8159 NZL Mitch Shirra 7+51210 GER Gerd Riss 4+81211 ENG Simon Cross 7+31012 CZE Antonín Kasper, Jr. 5+4913 ENG Chris Morton 5+4914 POL Roman Jankowski 0+8815 CZE Roman Matoušek 3+2516 NED Henny Kroeze 1+01R1 DEN Peter Ravn 11R2 SUN Vladimir Trofimov did not ride- See also References 1987 Individual Individual Category:Motorsport competitions in the Netherlands Category:Speedway competitions in the Netherlands