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1958 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 13th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

In the World final New Zealander Barry Briggs successfully defended his title and was unbeaten after five heat wins. Ove Fundin took the silver medal but there was an incident filled ride off for the bronze medal. Aub Lawson won that ride off after both Peter Craven and Ken McKinlay fell, Craven remounted to take fourth place.[7]

Qualifying edit

Qualification started in 1957.[8][9]

Stage 1 edit

Norwegian round edit

Pos. Rider Points
1 Aage Hansen 15
2 Reidar Kristoffersen 12
3 Roger Steen 11
4 Roger Hansen 10
5 Egil Bratvold 10
6 Arne Kristiansen 10
7 Rolf Westerberg 7
8 Gunnar Hemsaeter 7
9 Erling Simonsen 7
10 Oddvar Wold 7
11 Thorbjorn Nygaard 5
12 Fred Carlsen 4
13 Jan Svaleng 4
14 Roald Kjolso 2
15 Havard Gulbjornrud 2
16 Kjell Berg 1
17 Oystein Mellerud 1

Finnish round edit

Pos. Rider Points
1 Antti Pajari 14+3
2 Aulis Tuominen 14+2
3 Turkka Silvan 12
4 Lasse Mylläri 9
5 Heikki Sorri 9
6 Valle Selivestov 8
7 Kauko Jousanen 7
8 Antero Salasto 7
9 Petti Mikkola 7
10 Kalevi Lahtinen 7
11 Pekka Tenko 6
12 Timo Laine 6
13 Reino Niemi 5
14 Olle Helander 2
15 Esko Koponen 2
16 Timo Pirkkalanniemi 0

Swedish round edit

Pos. Rider Points
1 Rune Sörmander 15
2 Per-Olof Söderman 13
3 Evert Andersson 12
4 Joel Jansson 12
5 Bernt Nilsson 11
6 Kjell Wårenius 10
7 Lars Pettersson 10
8 Björn Knutson 7
9 Göte Nordin 6
10 Olle Andersson IV 5
11 Hans Hallberg 5
12 Åke Andersson 4
13 Olle Andersson II 3
14 Per Sjöholm 3
15 Thorsten Carlsson 3
16 Curt Eldh 1
17 Sven-Gunnar Karlstén 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Birger Forsberg 13
2 Olle Nygren 12
3 Ove Fundin 12
4 Dan Forsberg 12
5 Bengt Eriksson 10
6 Curt Nyqvist 8
7 Olle Segerström 8
8 Göran Norlén 7+3
9 Bert Lindarw 7+2
10 Rune Claesson 7
11 Arne Carlsson 6
12 Alf Jonsson 6
13 Sune Karlsson 3
14 Bengt Brannefors 3
15 Roland Krantz 2
16 Georg Duneborn 1
17 Thorvald Karlsson 0
18 Per-Tage Svensson 0

Stage 2 edit

Nordic qualification edit

Pos. Rider Points
1 Ove Fundin 15
2 Olle Nygren 14
3 Birger Forsberg 12
4 Dan Forsberg 11
5 Bengt Eriksson 10
6 Göran Norlén 9
7 Timo Laine 8+3
8 Curt Nyqvist 8+2
9 Björn Knutson 8+1
10 Sverre Harrfeldt 6
11 Antti Pajari 5
12 Kalevi Lahtinen 5
13 Lasse Mylläri 4
14 Timo Pirkalanniemi 3
15 Roger Hansen 1
16 Turkka Silvan 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Per-Olof Söderman 15
2 Rune Sörmander 13
3 Nils Paulsen 12
4 Aage Hansen 11
5 Kjell Wårenius 11
6 Arne Pander 9
7 Bernt Nilsson 8
8 Reidar Kristoffersen 8
9 Evert Andersson 7
10 Rolf Westerberg 6
11 Arne Kristiansen 5
12 Lars Pettersson 4
13 Roger Steen 4
14 Kurt W Petersen 4
15 Svend Nissen 2
16 Poul Hansen 1

Continental semi-final edit

Pos. Rider Points
1 Josef Seidl 13
2 Josef Hofmeister 12
3 Joel Jansson 11
4 Edward Kupczynski 11
5 Stanislaw Tkocz 11
6 Janusz Koscielak 10
7 Joachim Maj 10
8 Konstanty Pociejkowicz 9
9 Olle Segerström
10 Florian Kapała
11 Tadeusz Teodorowicz
12 Paweł Waloszek
13 Albin Aberl
14 Nick van Gorcum
15 Albin Siegl
16 Thei Bischops
Pos. Rider Points
1 Marian Kaiser 13
2 Janusz Suchecki 13
3 Henryk Zyto 12
4 Stefan Kwoczala 12
5 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 10
6 Jaroslav Volf 9
7 Karl Killmeyer 8
8 Josef Bössner 7
9 Valentin Unterköfler 7
10 Ligor Dusanek 7
11 Vladimir Uher 6
12 Otto Holoubek 4
13 Hans Sidlo 4
14 Alois Dürrenhammer 4
15 Erich Sidlo 2
16 Ernst Strasser 1

Stage 3 edit

Nordic Final edit

Pos. Rider Points
1   Rune Sörmander 15
2   Ove Fundin 12
3   Olle Nygren 12
4   Dan Forsberg 11
5   Göran Norlén 9
6   Per Olof Söderman 9
7   Nils Paulsen 8
8   Birger Forsberg 7
9   Aage Hansen 7
10   Bengt Eriksson 6
11   Arne Pander 5
12   Timo Laine 4
13   Bernt Nilsson 4
14   Curt Nyqvist 3
15   Evert Andersson 2
16   Kjell Wårenius 2
17   Björn Knutson 2
18   Reidar Kristoffersen dnr

Continental Final edit

Pos. Rider Points
1   Joel Jansson 14
2   Josef Hofmeister 14
3   Josef Seidl 11
4   Luboš Tomíček Sr. 9
5   Stanisław Tkocz 9
6   Marian Kaiser 9
7   Joachim Maj 8
8   Edward Kupczyński 8
9   Konstanty Pociejkewicz 8
10   Janusz Suchecki 7
11   Henryk Żyto 6
12   Alfred Aberl 6
13   Janusz Koscielak 3
14   Jaroslav Volf 3
15   Josef Bössner 3
16   Karl Killmeyer 1
176   Valentin Unterköfler (res) 0

British & Commonwealth qualifying edit

  • Top 32 from 80 qualify for British & Commonwealth semi-finals.[10]
Date Venue Winner
14 July Wimborne Road Jack Biggs
14 July Wimbledon Stadium Ronnie Moore
15 July Banister Court Stadium Ronnie Genz
17 July Foxhall Stadium Peter Moore
17 July Oxford Stadium Gordon McGregor
18 July Leicester Stadium Ken McKinlay
19 July Hyde Road Ron Johnston
19 July Brandon Stadium Jack Young
19 July The Firs Stadium Billy Bales
19 July Abbey Stadium Ron How

Stage 4 edit

British/Commonwealth semi-final edit

  • Barry Briggs seeded to World final
  • First 10 to World final + 1 reserve
Date Venue Winner
16 August Hyde Road Ken McKinklay
18 August Wimbledon Stadium Peter Craven
19 August Banister Court Stadium Jack Geran
22 August Leicester Stadium Brian Crutcher
Pos. Rider Points
1   Ken McKinlay 27
2   Peter Craven 27
3   Mike Broadbanks 25
4   Ron How 24
5   Peter Moore 24
6   Ronnie Moore 23
7   Aub Lawson 22
8   Ron Johnston 22
9   Gerry Hussey 22
10   Jack Geran 22
11   Brian Crutcher 22
12   Gordon McGregor 20
13   George White 17
14   Dick Bradley 15
15   Billy Bales 14
16   Neil Street 14
Pos. Rider Total pts
17   Chum Taylor 13
18   Jack Young 13
19   Alf Hagon 13
20   Jack Unstead 12
21   Jack Biggs 11
22   Bob Duckworth 8
23   Harry Edwards 8
24   Ronnie Genz 7
25   Gerald Jackson 6
26   Charlie New 6
27   Arthur Forrest 5
28   Eric Boothroyd 4
29   Ray Cresp 3
30   Phil Clarke 3
31   Ron Mountford 1

European Final edit

Pos. Rider Total
1   Ove Fundin 15
2   Josef Hofmeister 13
3   Rune Sörmander 12
4   Olle Nygren 11
5   Joel Jansson 10
6   Per Olof Söderman 9
7   Marian Kaiser 9
8   Joseph Seidl 7
9   Joachim Maj 6
10   Nils Paulsen 6
11   Luboš Tomíček Sr. 5
12   Stanisław Tkocz 4
13   Edward Kupczyński 4
14   Dan Forsberg 3
15   Göran Norlén 2
16   Birger Forsberg 2

World final edit

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1   Barry Briggs (3,3,3,3,3) 15
2   Ove Fundin (3,3,2,3,2) 13
3   Aub Lawson (1,3,3,1,3) 11+3
4   Peter Craven (2,3,0,3,3) 11+2
5   Ken McKinlay (2,2,3,2,2) 11+1
6   Ronnie Moore (3,2,0,1,3) 9
7   Olle Nygren (3,2,2,2,0) 9
8   Ron Johnston (1,1,1,3,2) 8
9   Gerry Hussey (2,0,2,2,1) 7
10   Ron How (1,1,2,2,1) 7
11   Peter Moore (0,1,3,1,0) 5
12   Mike Broadbank (2,0,1,0,2) 5
13   Rune Sörmander (0,2,1,0,1) 4
14   Jack Geran (0,1,1,0,1) 3
15   Josef Hofmeister (1,0,0,1,0) 2
16   Joel Jansson (0,0,0,0,0) 0
R1   Brian Crutcher did not ride -
R2   Per Olof Söderman did not ride -

Classification edit

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos
1   (4) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2   (13) Ove Fundin 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
3   (2) Aub Lawson 11+3 1 3 3 1 3 11 3
4   (3) Peter Craven 11+2 2 3 e 3 3 11 4
5   (11) Ken McKinlay 11+0 2 2 3 2 2 11 5
6   (10) Ronnie Moore 9 3 2 0 1 3 9 6
7   (5) Olle Nygren 9 3 2 2 2 e 9 7
8   (7) Ron Johnston 8 1 1 1 3 2 8 8
9   (6) Gerry Hussey 7 2 0 2 2 1 7 9
10   (14) Ron How 7 1 1 2 2 1 7 10
11   (9) Peter Moore 5 f 1 3 1 0 5 11
12   (15) Mike Broadbank 5 2 0 1 0 2 5 12
13   (16) Rune Sörmander 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 13
14   (8) Jack Geran 3 f 1 1 0 1 3 14
15   (12) Josef Hofmeister 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 15
16   (1) Joel Jansson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
  (17) Brian Crutcher 0 0
  (18) Per Olof Söderman 0 0
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

References edit

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  7. ^ "World Speedway, It's Briggs". Weekly Dispatch London. 21 September 1958. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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