1958 Individual Speedway World Championship

1958 Individual Speedway World Championship

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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

Qualification started in 1957. ^{[8] [9]}

Stage 1

Norwegian round 20 October 1957 Tønsberg Stadion, Tønsberg Top 4 (+4 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1958 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 27 October 1957 Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki Top 4 (+2 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1958 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

1 May 1958 Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Top 7 to Nordic qualification 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

1 May 1958 Hammarby IP, Stockholm Top 7 to Nordic qualification 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

Nordic qualification

25 May 1958 Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad Top 8 to Nordic final 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

5 June 1958 Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo Top 8 to Nordic final 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

18 May 1958 Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Top 8 to Continental final 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

18 May 1958 Wiener Stadion, Vienna Top 8 to Continental final 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

Nordic Final 8 June 1958 Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö First 8 to European final 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 1 June 1958 Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen First 8 to European Final 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

• 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

British/Commonwealth semi-final

• 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

• 22 July 1958
• Army Stadium, Warsaw
• First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve ^[11]

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

• 20 September 1958
• London, Wembley Stadium ^[12]
• Referee: ( ) E. G. Cope

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

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

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