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1992 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 47th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2]

1992 Individual Speedway World Championship
Gary Havelock (champion)
VenueOlympic Stadium
LocationWrocław, Poland
End date29 August 1992
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Gary Havelock scored 14 points to become England's first Speedway World Champion since Michael Lee in 1980. Sweden's Per Jonsson, the 1990 World Champion, finished second with 11 points with Denmark's Gert Handberg third on 10 points.[3][4]

Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen failed to qualify for a World Final for the first time since 1979 after only finishing 12th in the Nordic Final.[5]

First round edit

British qualifiers edit

Main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round edit

British semi-finals edit

Main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 16 to British final

Australian qualification edit

Date Championship Venue Winner
? Northern Territory ? ?
? Queensland Brisbane Exhibition Ground Troy Butler
? Victorian Olympic Park, Mildura Leigh Adams
? New South Wales Nepean Speedway, Sydney Mick Poole
? Western Australian Collie Speedway, Collie Glenn Doyle
? South Australian North Arm Speedway, Gillman Craig Hodgson

New Zealand qualification edit

Date Championship Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
14 Dec '91 South Island Final Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch Mark Thorpe Mark Jamieson Justin Monk
?? North Island Final Waikaraka Park, Auckland ?? ?? ??

Third round edit

Continental preliminary round edit

  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
26 Apr   Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško   Andreas Bössner   Igor Dubinin   Armando Dal Chiele
26 Apr   Speedwaystadion, Ludwigslust   Mirosław Kowalik   Philippe Bergé   Pavel Karnas
26 Apr   Volán Sporttelep, Nyiregyhaza   Sandor Tihanyi   Laszlo Bodi   Jacek Woźniak
26 Apr   Sportplatz St. Johann, St.Johann/Pg   Rene Aas   Toni Pilotto   Borivoj Hadek

Swedish qualification edit

  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

Australian Final edit

Main article: 1992 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
  • First 4 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

British Final edit

Main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final edit

Pos. Rider Total
1 Gary Allan 15
2 Mark Thorpe 14
3 Paul Atkins 11
4 Chris Martin 10
5 John Roberts 9
6 Mark Jamieson 9
7 Trevor Chapman 9
8 Mike Wilson 9
9 Steve Mundgeway 6
10 Barry Free 6
11 Dean Sullivan 6
12 Glen Sole 5
13 Robbie Price 4
14 Rhys Hamburger 3
15 Ricky Meehan (res) 2
16 Dean Ornsby 0
17 Justin Monk 0

Fourth round edit

Continental quarter-finals edit

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
24 May   Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund   Sandor Tihanyi   Antonín Kasper Jr.   Laszlo Bodi
24 May   Speedway Stadium, Zielona Góra   Zoltán Adorján   Andrzej Huszcza   Roman Matousek
24 May   Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica   Bohumil Brhel   Tomasz Gollob   Jozsef Petrikovics
24 May   Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt   Gerd Riss   Antal Kocso   Oleg Kurguskin

Swedish Final edit

Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Per Jonsson 14+14+10 38
2 Jimmy Nilsen 11+13+12 36
3 Tony Rickardsson 13+10+12 35
4 Peter Nahlin 10+12+13 35
5 Jörgen Johansson 9+9+9 27
6 Conny Ivarsson 9+5+11 25
7 Christer Rohlén 6+10+7 23
8 Niklas Karlsson 5+11+6 22
9 Dennis Löfqvist 5+7+9 21
10 Tony Olsson 8+3+9 20
11 Erik Stenlund 9+6+5 20
12 Kenneth Lindby 8+5+2 15
13 Mikael Ritterwall 6+1+5 12
14 Stefan Dannö 3+8+0 11
15 Joakim Karlsson 0+4+5 9
16 Patrik Olsson 4+2+2 8

Finland Final edit

Pos. Rider Total
1 Vesa Ylinen 14+3
2 Juha Moksunen 14+2
3 Mika Pellinen 13
4 Aki Ala Riihimäki 10
5 Petri Nurmesniemi 9
6 Tomi Havu 8
7 Janne Koivula 8
8 Arto Orjo 7
9 Janne Moksunen 7
10 Marko Hyyryläinen 7
11 Petri Vaatsio 6
12 Aarre Soivuori 5
13 Niklas Finne 4
14 Petri Kokko 3
15 Jari Kortelainen 3
16 Roy Malminheimo 1
17 Jounko Jarvi (res) 1

Norwegian qualifying edit

Danish Final edit

Pos. Rider Total
1 Gert Handberg 27
2 Brian Karger 23+3
3 John Jörgensen 23+2
4 Tommy Knudsen 21
5 Claus Jacobsen 19+3
6 Peter Ravn 19+2
7 Allan Johansen 18
8 Brian Andersen 18
9 Bo Eriksen 11
10 Jan Staechmann 10
11 Jan Andersen 10
12 Tom P. Knudsen 9
13 Jan Pedersen 8
14 Lars-Henrik Jørgensen 7
15 Hans Clausen 7
16 René Madsen 4
17 Jacob Olsen (Res) 4
18 Jens-Peter Nielsen (Res) 2

Commonwealth Final edit

Main article: 1992 Commonwealth final
  • First 11 to Overseas final

American Final edit

  • First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Fifth round edit

Continental semi-finals edit

Pos. Rider Points
1   Zdeněk Tesař 11+3
2   Slawomir Drabik 11+2
3   Roman Matoušek 11+1
4   Antonín Kasper Jr. 11+0
5   Piotr Swist 10
6   Piotr Paluch 10
7   Zdeněk Schneiderwind 10
8   Mikhail Starostin 9
9   Zoltan Hajdu 8
10   Václav Milík Sr. 8
11   Zsolt Böszermenyi 7
12   Laszlo Bodi 3
13   Andrzej Huszcza 3
14   Karel Průša 3
15   Zoltán Adorján 2
16   Jacek Wozniak 1
Pos. Rider Points
1   Antal Kocso 14
2   Róbert Nagy 12
3   Bohumil Brhel 9
4   Gerd Riss *+3
5   József Petrikovics 8+2
6   Petr Vandírek 8+1
7   Mirosław Kowalik 8+0
8   Robert Sawina 8+0
9   Vladimir Kalina 7
10   Borivoj Hadek 6
11   Tomasz Gollob 6
12   Armando Castagna 6
13   Jacek Krzyzaniak 5
14   Jaroslaw Olszewski 5
15   Valentino Furlanetto 5
16   Oleg Kurguskin 4

Nordic Final edit

Pos. Rider Total
1   Tony Rickardsson 12
2   Per Jonsson 10+3
3   Brian Karger 10+2
4   John Jörgensen 10+1
5   Jimmy Nilsen 10+0
6   Gert Handberg 9+
7   Henrik Gustafsson 9+
8   Tommy Knudsen 9+
9   Einar Kyllingstad 9+
10   Peter Nahlin 9+
11   Lars Gunnestad 8
12   Hans Nielsen 6
13   Claus Jacobsen 4
14   Vesa Ylinen 3
15   Jörgen Johansson (Res) 1
16   Peter Ravn 0
17   Juha Moksunen 0
18   Arnt Førland (Res) 0

Overseas Final edit

Main article: 1992 Overseas final
  • First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Sixth round edit

World Semi-Finals edit

Pos. Rider Points
1   Per Jonsson 14+3
2   Gary Havelock 14+2
3   Kelvin Tatum 11
4   Jimmy Nilsen 9
5   Ronnie Correy 8+
6   Zdeněk Tesař 8+
7   John Jörgensen 8+
8   Henrik Gustafsson 8+
9   Antal Kocso 8+
10   Bohumil Brhel 8+
11   Andy Smith 7
12   Mirosław Kowalik 5
13   Jason Lyons 5
14   Roman Matoušek 4
15   Piotr Świst 2
16   Piotr Paluch 1
Pos. Rider Points
1   Gert Handberg 15
2   Sam Ermolenko 14
3   Tommy Knudsen 11
4   Rick Miller 10
5   Tony Rickardsson 10
6   Brian Karger 9
7   Mitch Shirra 9
8   Martin Dugard 7+3
9   Róbert Nagy 7+2
10   Gerd Riss 7+1
11   Sławomir Drabik 7+0
12   Antonín Kasper, Jr. 5
13   József Petrikovics 3
14   Einar Kyllingstad 3
15   Petr Vandírek 2
16   Zdeněk Schneiderwind 1
17   Peter Nahlin (Res) 0

World final 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 21
    (8) Gary Havelock 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
    (6) Per Jonsson 11 0 3 2 3 3 11 2
    (13) Gert Handberg 10 3 2 3 2 0 10 3
4   (3) Tommy Knudsen 9 3 3 0 1 2 9 4
5   (5) Henrik Gustafsson 9 1 0 2 3 3 9 5
6   (1) John Jørgensen 8 2 1 0 3 2 8 6
7   (12) Jimmy Nilsen 7 3 X 3 0 1 7 7
8   (9) Sam Ermolenko 7 1 3 1 X 2 7 8
9   (4) Sławomir Drabik 6 E 3 2 1 X 6 9
10   (11) Kelvin Tatum 6 0 0 3 1 2 6 10
11   (14) Rick Miller 6 0 2 2 2 X 6 11
12   (7) Ronnie Correy 6 2 2 0 1 1 6 12
13   (15) Mitch Shirra 6 2 1 1 2 0 6 13
14   (10) Tony Rickardsson 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 14
15   (16) Zdeněk Tesař 5 1 1 1 2 0 5 15
16   (2) Brian Karger 4 1 0 0 0 3 4 16
R1   (R1) Antal Kocso 0 0 R1
R2   (R2) Martin Dugard 0 0 R2
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 21

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

  1. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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