1988 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season February 2024 February 2024 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship 1987 1989 The 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 43rd 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 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021 The final was held at the Vojens Speedway Center,https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002139/19880902/055/0055 Battle of the Danes Birmingham Mail 2 September 1988 British Newspaper Archive subscription 3 September 2024 owned by former World Champion Ole Olsen. Despite the country having won seven World Individual Championships between three riders since 1971 (Olsen, Erik Gundersen and Hans Nielsen), it was the first time Denmark hosted the World Final.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021 Gundersen renewed his fierce rivalry with Nielsen as both finished on 14 points to tie for the lead of the Championship. However it was Gundersen that won the toss to choose his starting gate for the run-off. He chose the outside and on a wet track he won his third title by defeating Nielsen in the run-off. Fellow Dane Jan O. Pedersen completed a clean sweep for Denmark by taking the bronze medal.Great Dane world champ Sandwell Evening Mail 5 September 1988 10 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002487/19880905/278/0031 British Newspaper Archive subscription First round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/88-_-World-Speedway-Championship-_-1988.htm 1988 World Championship Metal Speedway 2 March 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/88.htm#1988 1988 World Championship Speedway.org 2 March 2024 British qualification Top 32 riders to British semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 8 April Powderhall Stadium, Edinburgh Mark Courtney Rob Grant Les Collins 10 April Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne Martin Dugard 11 April County Ground Stadium, Exeter Andrew Silver Steve Schofield Andy Campbell 14 April Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough Darren Sumner Steve Wilcock Neville Tatum 16 April Loomer Road Stadium, Chesterton Graham Jones Nigel Crabtree Andy GalvinQuarter-finalCollins wins in dramatic style Edinburgh Evening News 27 April 1988 9 February 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000740/19880427/580/0023 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 April Wimborne Road, Poole Les Collins Neville Tatum Steve Schofield Second round West German Final 4 September '87 FRG Rottalstadion, Pocking Riders progress to Continental qualification Pos. Rider Scores Total1 Tommy Dunker 3,3,3,3,3 152 Gerd Riss 3,3,3,2,3 143 Karl Maier 2,3,2,3,3 134 Carsten Pelzmann 3,2,1,3,1 105 Andreas Marynowski 2,2,1,3,2 106 Peter Schrock 2,1,3,2,2 107 Berndt Traunspurger 1,0,3,2,1 78 Tommy Broch 2,E,1,1,3 79 Klaus Freundorfer 1,2,2,F,2 710 Peter Hehlert 1,3,0,2,0 611 Alois Bachuber 0,1,2,1,1 512 Andre Pollehn 0,1,1,0,2 413 Hans Faltermeier 1,1,2,F,- 414 Heinz Huber 3,F,-,-,- 315 Hans Kressirer 0,2,0,1,E 316 Mario Trupkovic 0,0,0,0,1 1 Netherlands/Belgium Final Riders progress to Continental qualification NED BEL R1 (20 Apr '87, Stichting Baansport Blijham, Blijham) R2 (26 Apr '87, Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam) R3 (24 May '87, Veenoord Speedway, Veenoord) R4 (4 Jul '87, Stadionlaan, Heusden-Zolder) R5 (12 Jul '87, Veenoord Speedway, Veenoord) Pos. Rider Scores Total1 Henk Steman 13+15+1+13,5+13 54,52 Rene Elzinga 3,5+8+15+15+15 533 Peter Seur 12+11,5+9+11,5+9,5 44,54 Geert Cools ns+9+9+13,5+12 43,55 Wil Stoes 11+10+ns+7,5+14 42,56 Rob Steman 0,5+11,5+14+6+6,5 38,57 Robert Jam Munnecom 10+14+13+ns+ns 378 Rikus Gorter 8,5+3+11,5+9+5 349 Frans Cools 0,5+5,5+5,5+10+11 3110 Ron Koppe 3,5+7+5,5+11,5+6,5 30,511 Frits Koppe 14+13+ns+ns+ns 2712 Vital Cardeynaels 7+4+11,5+1+ns 23,513 Henny Kroeze 15+5,5+ns+ns+ns 20,514 Ron Van Dam 2+ns+7+7,5+3,5 2015 Patrick Pino 5+ns+3,5+3,5+8 2016 Aage Lucardie ns+1+9+5+2 1717 Fokke Van Der Walle 8,5+2+2+3,5+3,5 16,518 Hylke Dijkema ns++ns+ns+ns+9,5 9,519 Willy Heremans 6+ns+3,5+ns+ns 9,520 Herman Heremans ns+ns+ns+2+ns 2 Italian Final ITA Top 4 to Continental qualification Riders progress to Continental qualification R1 (29 Mar '87, Giavera del Montello, Treviso) R2 (5 Apr '87, Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo) R3 (24 Apr '87, Pista Olimpia Terenzano, Terenzano) R4 (10 May '87, Stadio Ottorino Verzaro, Badia Polesine) R5 (4 Jul '87, Castiglione Olona, Varese) Pos. Rider Scores Total1 Valentino Furlanetto 16+14+15+16 612 Armando Castagna 14+15+15+14 583 Paolo Salvatelli 12+11+13+9 454 Armando Dal Chiele 13+8+11+10 425 Ottaviano Righetto 11+12+10+9 426 Giuseppe Scalzolaro 9+10+9+5 337 Giorgio Zaramello ns+10+8+12 308 Gianni Famari ns+9+10+10 299 Giovanni Cragnolini 9+5+0+7 2110 Fabrizio Vesperini 8+5+5+4 2111 Gaetano Bressan ns+7+8+5 2012 Davide Guarise 4+6+ns+8 1813 Amerigo Milanese 5+4+1+4 1414 Mario Andriolo 6+3+3+0 1215 Daniele Doro 6+0+4+1 1116 Fabrizio Maggio ns+2+5+3 1017 Giuseppe Marzotto ns+ns+4+ns 418 Domenico Solda 3+ns+ns+ns 3 Hungarian Final HUN Riders progress to Continental qualification R1 (26 Apr '87, Christián László Municipal Sports Complex, Gyula) R2 (27 Jun '87, Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc) R3 (28 Jun '87, Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen) Pos. Rider Total1 Zoltan Adorjan 302 József Petrikovics 283 Laszlo Bodi 244 Sandor Tihanyi 225 Antal Kocso 216 Zoltan Hajdu 217 Janoš Bologh 218 Janoš Sereš 199 Robert Nagy 1610 Joszef Sziracky 1411 Ferenc Juhaš 1412 Ištvan Rušz 1313 Andraš Kovacs 814 Robert Csilik 815 Sandor Ujhelyi 416 Janoš Oreško 3 Australian qualification DateEventVenueWinner2nd3rd ??Northern Territory ChampionshipArunga Park Speedway, Alice Springs Glen Baxter ?? ?? ??Victorian ChampionshipOlympic Park, Mildura Phil Crump Leigh Adams ?? ??New South Wales ChampionshipNewcastle Motordrome, Tomago Stephen Davies David Hamnett Brian Dixon ??South Australian ChampionshipMurray Bridge Speedway, Murray Bridge Craig Hodgson Mark Fiora Darrell Branford ??Queensland ChampionshipRockhampton Showgrounds, Rockhampton Steve Regeling Troy Butler ?? ?? Western Australian ChampionshipClaremont Speedway, Perth Rob Woffinden* Glenn Doyle ?? * Due to the rules, England's Rob Woffinden did not progress to the Australian Championship New Zealand qualification DateEventVenueWinner2nd3rd? South Island Final Nelson Speedway, Richmond Larry Ross Alan Mason Mark Lyndon ??North Island Final Kihikihi Speedway, Kihikihi Gary Allan John Roberts Chris Martin British semi-finals 8 May ENG Oxford Stadium, Oxford Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 Simon Wigg132 Jeremy Doncaster123 John Davis124 Andrew Silver115 Marvyn Cox116 Steve Schofield97 Simon Cross98 Andy Galvin99 Alun Rossiter810 Malcolm Holloway711 Alan Grahame12 David Walsh13 14 15 16 8 May ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 Kelvin Tatum14+3Breezy Tatum in classy mood Coventry Evening Telegraph 9 May 1988 8 February 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19880509/027/0027 British Newspaper Archive subscription 2 Chris Morton14+23 Neil Evitts114 Neil Collins 105 Richard Knight106 Sean Wilson97 Gary Havelock98 Andy Smith99 Paul Thorp810 Sean Willmott811 Neville Tatum412 Mark Loram413 Les Collins414 Michael Graves315 Daz Sumner316 Mark Courtney0 Swedish qualification Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final (7 May, Huddinge Motorstadion, Huddinge)PosRider Points 1 Tony Olsson 152 Peter Karlsson 133 Conny Ivarsson 12+34 Mikael Ritterwall 12+25 Dennis Löfqvist 116 Christer Rohlén 107 Peter Nahlin 108 Tommy Nilsson 79 Erik Stenlund 610 Lars Andersson 611 Jörgen Johansson 512 Krister Gardell 513 Roger Söderberg 414 Sören Brolin 315 Kent Rickardsson 116 Mats Boström (res) 117 Tommy Lindgren 018 Teddie Jönsson 0 (7 May, Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved)PosRider Points 1 Claes Ivarsson 152 Jan Andersson 123 Bo Arrhén 114 Mikael Teurnberg 105 Niklas Karlsson 106 Kenneth Nyström 9+37 Roland Dannö9+28 Patrik Karlsson 9+19 Mikael Blixt 9+010 Tony Gudbrand 611 Thomas Ek 612 Tony Zetterström 613 Patrik Palovaara 314 Christer Jonsson 315 Patrik Åhlund 216 Åke Fridell 017 Kristian Hultgren 0 Third round Continental preliminary round DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 7 MayPOL Municipal Stadium, Ostrów POL Mirosław Korbel POL Ryszard Dołomisiewicz USSR Valery Gordeev 7 MayAUT Speedway Natschbach-Loipersbach ITA Paolo Salvatelli AUT Heinrich Sczatzer HUN Zoltan Hajdu 8 MayYUG Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana HUN József Petrikovics HUN Janosh Bologh BUL Nikolai Manev 8 MayGER Stadion Lindenau, Petershagen USSR Viktor Kuznetsov NED Henny Kroeze CSK Lubomir Jedek British Final 22 May 1988 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry First 9 to Commonwealth Final x x P1 6 ENG Simon Wigg 3 2 3 3 3 x x P2 14 ENG Kelvin Tatum 3 3 2 2 3 x x P3 13 ENG Chris Morton 2 2 3 3 1 x x 3 4 3 ENG Simon Cross 1 3 3 2 2 x x 2 5 5 ENG Neil Evitts 1 3 3 3 x x X 6 12 ENG Richard Knight 3 2 2 3 0 x x 7 16 ENG John Davis 1 3 1 1 3 x x 8 2 ENG Marvyn Cox 3 1 1 1 2 x x 9 1 ENG Andy Smith 2 1 2 1 2 x x 10 8 ENG Steve Schofield 0 1 2 3 x x E 11 11 ENG Andrew Silver 2 2 0 2 x x F 12 7 ENG Neil Collins 2 1 1 0 1 x x 13 4 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 0 1 0 2 1 x x 14 10 ENG Andy Galvin 1 2 0 0 x x F 15 15 ENG Sean Wilson 0 0 1 1 x x E 16 9 ENG Gary Havelock x x F - - - - R1 R1 ENG Andy Hackett y 0 r E R2 R2 ENG David Clarke b 0 r 0 Australian Final 23 January 1988 AUS Murray Bridge Speedway, Murray Bridge Top 4 to Commonwealth Final Pos. Rider Total1 Phil Crump 152 Steve Regeling 113 Craig Hodgson 114 Mark Fiora 105 Troy Butler 106 David Jackson 97 Glen Baxter 88 Leigh Adams 89 Stephen Davies 710 Chris Watson 711 Steve Baker 612 Scott Fisher 613 Darrel Bradford 514 Glenn Doyle 415 Dave Hammett 116 Nigel Tramelling 1 New Zealand Final NZL Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch Riders selected for Commonwealth Final Pos. Rider Total1 Larry Ross 152 David Bargh 143 Garry Allan 134 Mark Lyndon 115 Alan Mason 116 Mitch Shirra97 Craig Wilkie 78 Nathan Murray 79 Justin Monk 710 John Roberts 711 Chris Martin 412 Mark Thorpe 413 Sam Morice314 Mark Jamieyson 315 David Claydon 216 Spencer Timmo217 Lens Chappell 018 Daren Hopewell 0 Fourth round Continental quarter-finals To 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 22 MayFRG Motodrom Halbemond, Norden HUN Antal Kocso ITA Paolo Salvatelli FRG Gerd Riss 5 JuneITA Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo USSR Viktor Kuznetsov ITA Armando Dal Chiele POL Roman Jankowski 5 JuneUSSR Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne CSK Antonín Kasper Jr. HUN Zoltán Adorján CSK Petr Vandirek 5 JuneCSK Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica CSK Roman Matoušek FRG Klaus Freundorfer POL Miroslaw Korbel Danish Final 8 May DEN Outrup Speedway Center, Outrup, First 7 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 Hans Nielsen 15 2 Jan O. Pedersen 143 Erik Gundersen 134 Peter Ravn 105 Peter Glanz 96 Per Sorensen 97 John Jørgensen 8+38 Tommy Knudsen 8+29 Jan Stæchmann 710 Frank Andersen 611 John Eskildsen 612 Flemming Pedersen 613 Sam Nikolajsen 514 Aksel Jepsen 415 Jan Pedersen 016 Finn Rune Jensen 0 Norway Final NOR Elgane Speedway, Varhaug 30 August 1987, top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1988 Pos. Rider Points1 Tor Einar Hielm142 Arnt Førland12+33 Jan Arid Slatta 12+24 Robert Lengland 115 Ingvar Skogland 10 Finland Final FIN Pippo Speedway, Lahti 26 August 1987, top 1 (+1 seeded) riders to Nordic Final 1988 Pos. Rider Total1 Ari Koponen 152 Vesa Ylinen143 Roy Malminheimo 134 Aki Ala Riihimaki 115 Olli Turkia116 Aarre Soivuori 77 Juha Moksunen 68 Jorma Frantila 69 Janne Moksunen 510 Markku Haapala 511 Mikael Back 512 Esa Einola 513 Marko Hyyrylainen (res)514 Petri Kokko 315 Jari Kortelainen316 Jari Moisio317 Tapio Suutari (res) 118 Janne Koivula019 Reijo Mattila (res)0 Swedish Final SWE First 3 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve Per Jonsson and Jimmy Nilsen seeded to Nordic Final R1 (17 May, Malmö Motorstadion, Malmö) R2 (18 May, Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping) R3 (19 May, Orionparken, Hallstavik) Pos. Rider R1R2R3Total1 Conny Ivarsson 121314 392 Peter Nahlin 111413 383 Mikael Blixt 121313 384 Christer Rohlén 14109 335 Tony Olsson 91210 316 Mikael Ritterwall 8312 237 Peter Karlsson 887 238 Kenneth Nyström 1094 239 Mikael Teurnberg 488 2010 Dennis Löfqvist 784 1911 Claes Ivarsson 684 1812 Bo Arréhn 467 1713 Tommy Nilsson 352 1014 Tony Gudbrand --8 815 Roland Dannö 42- 616 Tony Zetterström (res) 3-3 617 Patrik Karlsson 50- 518 Krister Gardell (res) -01 1 American Final 11 June USA Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 Sam Ermolenko 4,4,4,4,4 202 Robert Pfetzing 4,2,4,3,4 17+33 Rick Miller 4,4,3,4,2 17+24 Mike Faria 3,3,2,3,4 155 Bobby Schwartz 1,4,4,2,3 146 Shawn Moran 3,4,3,F,3 137 Ronnie Correy 3,3,3,3,0 128 Kelly Moran 2,3,4,0,2 119 Randy Green 0,3,2,2,4 1110 Steve Lucero 2,2,3,2,1 1011 Ed Castro 2,2,2,1,3 1012 Lance King 4,2,E,0,3 913 Brad Oxley 1,1,1,4,2 914 Shawn Venables 1,0,2,4,1 815 Dub Ferrell 3,0,E,2,2 716 Bart Bast 1,1,1,3,0 617 Billy Hamill 0,1,0,1,1 318 Gary Hicks 2,0,0,-,- 219 Scotty Brown (res) 0,1,-,-,- 120 Alan Christian 0,0,0,1,0 121 Len Dillon 1 Commonwealth Final 12 June 12 Norfolk Arena, King's Lynn First 11 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 ENG Kelvin Tatum 3,2,3,3,3 142 NZL Mitch Shirra 2,3,3,2,3 133 ENG Simon Wigg 3,3,3,3,0 124 ENG John Davis 3,1,2,2,3 115 ENG Simon Cross 3,0,3,X,3 96 ENG Chris Morton 1,3,2,2,1 97 ENG Neil Evitts 2,1,0,3,2 88 ENG Andy Smith 1,3,1,1,2 89 ENG Richard Knight F,X,2,3,2 710 AUS Craig Hodgson 2,2,1,1,1 711 ENG Marvyn Cox 2,1,1,1,2 712 AUS Mark Fiora 0,2,0,2,1 513 NZL David Bargh 0,2,1,0,0 314 AUS Steve Baker 0,0,2,1,0 315 AUS Steve Regeling 1,1,0,0,1 316 NZL Mark Lyndon 1,0,0,E,0 1 Fifth round Continental semi-finals 18 June POL Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium, Rzeszów Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 TCH Roman Matoušek 14+32 POL Zenon Kasprzak 14+23 POL Roman Jankowski 104 TCH Lubomír Jedek 95 POL Andrzej Huszcza 86 POL Miroslaw Korbel 87 POL Ryszard Franczyszyn 88POL Dariusz Stenka 89 ITA Armando Castagna 810 ITA Armando Dal Chiele 811 POL Slawomir Drabik 712 USSR Viktor Kuznetsov 613 ITA Valentino Furlanett 414 POL Janusz Stachyra 315 TCH Gaspar Forgac 216 FRG Klaus Freundorfer 218 June HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 FRG Gerd Riss 152 HUN Sandor Tihanyi 123 HUN Antal Kocso 124 TCH Antonín Kasper Jr. 105 ITA Paolo Salvatelli 106 HUN Janos Balogh 107 TCH Zdeněk Schneiderwind 98HUN Zoltán Adorján 99 HUN Zoltan Hajdu 810 AUT Heinrich Schatzer 811 HUN Sandor Ujhelyi 512 USSR Fedor Sacharov 513 USSR Igor Marko 514 TCH Petr Vandírek 215 FRG Hans Faltermeier 116 BUL Nikolaj Manev 117 FRG Mario Trupkovic (res) 0 Nordic Final 25 July NOR Sandnes Stadion, Sandnes First 7 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve x P1 7 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 13 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 3 2 2 3 x P3 12 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 3 3 3 1 2 x 4 1 SWE Per Jonsson 3 3 2 3 x E 5 5 DEN Peter Ravn 2 2 2 2 3 x 6 10 DEN John Jørgensen 2 2 1 3 2 x 7 2 SWE Conny Ivarsson 2 3 0 1 2 x 3 8 8 NOR Ingvar Skogland 1 2 1 3 1 x 2 9 9 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 1 1 3 2 x E 10 11 SWE Peter Nahlin 0 2 2 0 2 x 11 3 DEN Peter Glanz 1 0 2 1 1 x 12 4 FIN Kai Niemi 0 1 0 3 x E 13 16 NOR Tor Einar Hielm 1 0 1 0 1 x 14 15 DEN Per Sorensen 0 1 1 1 0 x 15 14 SWE Mikael Blixt 2 0 x E E E 16 6 FIN Ari Koponen 0 1 0 x - - R1 R1 SWE Christer Rohlen b 0 R2 R2 NOR Arnt Forland y 0 Overseas Final 12 July ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry First 9 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve x P1 6 ENG Simon Cross 2 3 3 3 2 x 3 P2 10 ENG Kelvin Tatum 3 1 3 3 3 x 2 P3 8 ENG Simon Wigg 3 2 3 3 2 x 1 4 2 ENG Chris Morton 2 2 3 2 3 x 5 14 ENG Marvyn Cox 3 0 1 3 3 x 6 3 NZL Mitch Shirra 3 1 2 1 3 x 7 4 ENG Richard Knight 0 3 2 2 1 x 8 5 USA Sam Ermolenko 0 3 2 2 x F 9 13 ENG John Davis 2 2 1 1 1 x 10 15 ENG Andy Smith 1 3 1 0 1 x 3 11 11 USA Mike Faria 1 2 1 0 2 x 2 12 7 USA Robert Pfetzing 1 0 2 2 x F 13 16 USA Rick Miller 0 1 2 0 1 x 14 9 USA Bobby Schwartz 2 0 0 1 0 x 15 1 ENG Neil Evitts 1 1 1 0 x F 16 12 AUS Craig Hodgson 0 0 0 0 0 x Sixth round Continental Final 16 August 1988 POL Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve x x P1 15 POL Zenon Kasprzak 3 3 3 2 3 x x P2 10 HUN Antal Kocso 3 3 2 3 2 x x P3 3 POL Roman Jankowski 3 2 3 2 2 x x 3 4 2 CSK Roman Matoušek 2 2 2 3 3 x x 2 5 9 HUN Sándor Tihanyi 2 2 2 3 2 x 3 x 6 13 POL Andrzej Huszcza 2 3 3 2 1 x 2 x 7 6 FRG Gerd Riss 3 0 2 1 3 x x 8 4 CSK Antonín Kasper Jr. 1 3 1 0 3 x x 9 5 ITA Paolo Salvatelli 2 1 1 2 x x F 10 8 POL Dariusz Stenka 1 2 0 1 1 x x 11 7 CSK Lubomir Jedek 0 1 0 3 0 x x 12 11 HUN Zoltán Adorján 0 3 0 x x X X 13 14 POL Ryszard Franczyszyn 1 1 1 x x F - 14 1 HUN Janosh Bologh 0 1 1 1 0 x x 15 12 CSK Zdenek Schneiderwind 0 0 2 0 x x X 16 16 POL Mirosław Korbel 0 1 0 1 x x F R1 R1 ITA Armando Castagna b 1 Intercontinental Final 6 August SWE Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda First 11 to the World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 6 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 3 3 3 3 2 x P2 1 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 2 1 3 x 3 P3 15 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 3 3 2 1 x 2 4 5 SWE Per Jonsson 2 2 3 1 3 x 1 5 7 ENG Kelvin Tatum 2 2 3 3 1 x 6 10 SWE Conny Ivarsson 1 2 2 2 2 x 7 3 ENG Chris Morton 1 1 0 3 3 x 8 8 ENG John Davis 1 3 2 2 0 x 9 2 DEN John Jørgensen 2 0 0 3 2 x 10 11 ENG Simon Wigg 2 0 1 1 3 x 11 12 USA Sam Ermolenko 0 2 2 2 1 x 12 14 ENG Simon Cross 2 1 1 0 1 x 13 9 DEN Peter Ravn 0 0 1 2 x E 14 4 NZL Mitch Shirra 0 1 1 0 0 x 15 13 ENG Marvyn Cox 1 1 0 0 0 x 16 16 ENG Richard Knight 0 0 1 0 x E World Final 3 September 1988 DEN Speedway Center, Vojens x P1 1 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 3 3 3 2 x 3 P2 9 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 2 3 3 3 x 2 P3 10 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 2 2 3 3 3 x 4 14 USA Sam Ermolenko 3 3 2 1 3 x 5 12 SWE Per Jonsson 3 1 2 3 x X 6 2 ENG Simon Wigg 2 0 3 2 2 x 7 13 CSK Roman Matoušek 1 1 2 3 1 x 8 16 ENG Kelvin Tatum 2 2 1 2 1 x 9 3 SWE Conny Ivarsson 1 3 1 0 2 x 10 5 ENG Chris Morton 3 0 0 1 2 x 11 11 HUN Antal Kocso 1 2 2 0 1 x 12 7 ENG John Davis 2 1 0 x F E 13 6 DEN John Jørgensen 0 1 2 x E E 14 15 POL Zenon Kasprzak 0 0 2 1 0 x 15 8 HUN Sándor Tihanyi 1 0 0 1 1 x 16 4 POL Roman Jankowski 0 1 1 0 x E R1 R1 ENG Simon Cross R2 R2 POL Andrzej Huszcza References 1988 Individual Individual Category:Speedway competitions in Denmark