1992 Individual Speedway World Championship

1992 Individual Speedway World Championship
Gary Havelock (champion)
VenueOlympic Stadium
LocationWrocław, Poland
End date29 August 1992

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

Gary Havelock scored 14 points to become England's first Speedway World Champion[3] 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.[4][5]

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.[6]

First round

British qualifiers

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

Second round

British semi-finals

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

Australian qualification

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

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

Continental preliminary round

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

Swedish qualification

  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

Australian Final

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

British Final

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

New Zealand Final

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

Continental quarter-finals

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

Swedish Final

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

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

Danish Final

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

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

American Final

  • First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

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

Nordic Final

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

Overseas Final

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

Sixth round

World Semi-Finals

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

World final

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
1 England (8) Gary Havelock 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 Sweden (6) Per Jonsson 11 0 3 2 3 3 11 2
3 Denmark (13) Gert Handberg 10 3 2 3 2 0 10 3
4 Denmark (3) Tommy Knudsen 9 3 3 0 1 2 9 4
5 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 9 1 0 2 3 3 9 5
6 Denmark (1) John Jørgensen 8 2 1 0 3 2 8 6
7 Sweden (12) Jimmy Nilsen 7 3 X 3 0 1 7 7
8 United States (9) Sam Ermolenko 7 1 3 1 X 2 7 8
9 Poland (4) Sławomir Drabik 6 E 3 2 1 X 6 9
10 England (11) Kelvin Tatum 6 0 0 3 1 2 6 10
11 United States (14) Rick Miller 6 0 2 2 2 X 6 11
12 United States (7) Ronnie Correy 6 2 2 0 1 1 6 12
13 New Zealand (15) Mitch Shirra 6 2 1 1 2 0 6 13
14 Sweden (10) Tony Rickardsson 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 14
15 Czechoslovakia (16) Zdeněk Tesař 5 1 1 1 2 0 5 15
16 Denmark (2) Brian Karger 4 1 0 0 0 3 4 16
R1 Hungary (R1) Antal Kocso 0 0 R1
R2 England (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

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