1952 Polish speedway season

1952 Polish speedway season
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The 1952 Polish Speedway season was the 1952 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland. ^{[1] [2]}

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1952 Individual Speedway Polish Championship was held in Wrocław on 17 August 1952.

Pos.	Rider	Club	Points	Total
1	Edward Kupczyński	Wrocław	14	(3,2,3,3,3)
2	Tadeusz Fijałkowski	Warszawa	13	(3,3,2,2,3)
3	Janusz Suchecki	Wrocław	12	(2,2,3,2,3)
4	Stanisław Glapiak	Leszno	11	(3,1,3,3,1)
5	Bolesław Bonin	Bydgoszcz	10	(u,3,3,2,2)
6	Włodzimierz Szwendrowski	Łódź	9	(u,3,0,3,3)
7	Mieczysław Kosierb	Wrocław	8	(2,3,2,1,wu)
8	Zbigniew Raniszewski	Bydgoszcz	7	(1,wu,3,2,1)
9	Paweł Dziura	Rybnik	5	(3,0,1,1,d)
10	Jan Krakowiak	Wrocław	5	(1,2,2,0,0)
11	Józef Olejniczak	Leszno	4	(d,u,ns,2,2)
12	Marian Kaznowski	Częstochowa	4	(2,0,1,1,wu)
13	Joachim Maj	Rybnik	4	(u,1,1,wu,2)
14	Roman Wielgosz	Ostrów Wlkp.	4	(0,2,1,d,1)
15	Bolesław Puper	Łódź	3	(2,1,0,0,0)
16	Henryk Ignasiak	Rawicz	3	(1,1,0,1,0)

Criterium of Aces

The Criterium of Aces was won by Bolesław Bonin.

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1952 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the fifth edition of the Team Polish Championship. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Rules In First League, matches were played with part two teams, without it playing it matches return. Teams consisted of 6 drivers plus 2 reserves. The score of heat: 3–2–1–0. Mecz consisted with 9 heats. For winning game team received 2 points, lost – 0 points. The drivers from the main squad started in a match three times. The quantity of small points was added up.

Before the season it was established that only 4 full rounds would take place with the 5th round consisting of only the first 8 teams. After playing 5 rounds the first 4 teams played a "Play-Off" (Semi-Final and Final).

Ogniwo Bytom was moved to Łódź, and CWKS from Warszawa to Wrocław.

First League

Pos	Team	Match	Points	Won	Lost	+/-
1	Unia Leszno	5	10	5	0	+68
2	CWKS Wrocław	5	10	5	0	+68
3	Spójnia Wrocław	5	8	4	0	+63
4	Gwardia Bydgoszcz	5	6	3	2	+28
5	Ogniwo Łódź	5	6	3	2	+1
6	Górnik Rybnik	5	4	2	3	+8
7	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	5	2	1	4	−47
8	Włókniarz Częstochowa	5	2	1	0	−72
9	Kolejarz Rawicz	4	0	0	4	−31
10	Budowlani Warszawa	4	0	0	4	−86

Play-Offs

Semi-Finals in Wrocław (3 August) Unia Leszno – Spójnia Wrocław 29:23 CWKS Wrocław – Gwardia Bydgoszcz 33:17

Third place in Łódź (10 August) Spójnia Wrocław – Gwardia Bydgoszcz 45:00 (wo) Final in Rybnik (10 August) Unia Leszno – CWKS Wrocław 35:19

Medalists

Unia Leszno	Józef Olejniczak, Stanisław Glapiak, Marian Kuśnierek, Kazimierz Bentke, Henryk Woźniak, Mieczysław Cichocki, Władysław Okoniewski, Marian Kwarciński, Stanisław Przybylski, Stanisław Kowalski, Teodor Pogorzelski
CWKS Wrocław	Jan Krakowiak, Eugeniusz Wróżyński, Janusz Suchecki, Władysław Orwat, Witold Kołeczek, Zdzisław Smoczyk, Jan Kwaśniewski, Białkowski, Mieczysław Połukard
Spójnia Wrocław	Edward Kupczyński, Mieczysław Kosierb, Tadeusz Teodorowicz, Jerzy Sałabun, Albin Tomczyszyn, Adolf Słaboń

References

1. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
2. "Historia Speedway Polsce 1952". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
3. "1952 Polish leagues". Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 October 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
4. "Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
5. "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 3 March 2023.