1986 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 41st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Hans Nielsen finally won his first world title after finishing in second place during the two previous Championships. [5] He lost his first ride to arch rival and defending champion Erik Gundersen but then won his next four rides to be crowned the champion. Fellow Dane Jan O. Pedersen took silver and England's Kelvin Tatum took the bronze while Gundersen faded into tenth place. [6]

It was the fourth final to be held at the Silesian Stadium in Poland. [7]

First round

British qualification

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
Preliminary Round
8 April Milton Keynes Stadium, Milton Keynes Malcolm Simmons Barry Thomas Andy Campbell
9 April Wimbledon Stadium, London Dave Jessup Andrew Silver Roger Johns
Quarter-Finals
13 April Berrington Lough Stadium, Berwick Paul Thorp Rob Grant Paul Stead
13 April Boston Sports Stadium, Boston Doug Wyer Les Collins Andy Hines
15 April Wimborne Road, Poole Steve Schofield Neil Middleditch Eric Monaghan
27 April King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Andy Campbell Steve Schofield Les Collins

Second round

British semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Alan Grahame 14
2 Phil Collins 10
3 Richard Knight 10
4 Kelvin Tatum 10
5 Malcolm Simmons 9
6 John Davis 9
7 Andrew Silver 9
8 Marvyn Cox 9
9 Peter Collins
10 Andy Smith
11 Neil Collins
12 Peter Carr
13 Sean Willmott
14 Steve Schofield
15 Martin Hagon
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Simon Wigg 14
2 Jeremy Doncaster 14
3 Neil Evitts 13
4 Chris Morton 11
5 Simon Cross 10
6 Paul Thorp 9
7 Kenny Carter 8
8 Carl Blackbird 8
9 Louis Carr 8
10 Les Collins 7
11 Andy Grahame 6
12 Kenny McKinna 5
13 Andy Campbell 3
14 Alan Mogridge 3
15 Andy Hines 1
16 Michael Lee 0

Swedish qualification

Australian qualification

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
Queensland Championship
Dec 1985 Pioneer Park, Ayr John Titman Troy Butler Steve Regeling
New South Wales Championship
Dec 1985 Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago Stephen Davies Chris Watson  ?
Northern Territory Championship
Dec 1985 Arunga Park Speedway Brent Nott David Jackson  ?
Victorian Championship
Dec 1985 Olympic Park, Mildura Phil Crump John McNeil  ?
South Australian Championship
Dec 1985 North Arm Speedway, Adelaide Steve Baker Mark Fiora  ?
Western Australian Championship
Dec 1985 Claremont Speedway, Perth Mick McKeon Glyn Taylor David Cheshire

Third round

Continental preliminary round

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
Preliminary Round
11 May Flag of Germany.svg Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Matoušek Flag of Germany.svg Heinz Huber Flag of Germany.svg Erich Shafferer
11 May Flag of Bulgaria.svg Speedway Stadium, Targovishte Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valery Gordeev Flag of Italy.svg Armando Dal Chiele Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ladislav Hradecky
11 May Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana Flag of Poland.svg Zenon Plech Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rinat Mardanshin Flag of Poland.svg Zbignew Blazejczak
11 May Flag of Hungary.svg Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Kucera Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Famari Flag of Hungary.svg József Petrikovics

Australian Final

New Zealand Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 David Bargh 14+3
2 Larry Ross 14+2
3 Mitch Shirra 12+3
4 Mike Fullerton 12+2
5 Kym Mauger 11
6 Chris Martin 9
7 Trevor Chapman 9
8 Craig Monk 7
9 Peter Nightingale 6
10 Spencer Timmo 5
11 Mike Hollows 5
12 Craig Blackett 4
13 Craig Wilkkie 4
14 Lee Chappell 3
15 Steve Brown 3
16 Jamie Martin 1

British Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos2122
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg (13) Neil Evitts 1433233141
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg (2) Phil Collins 1323323132
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg (15) Jeremy Doncaster 10032231033
4 Flag of England.svg (3) Marvyn Cox 10113321042
5 Flag of England.svg (9) Chris Morton 10222311051
6 Flag of England.svg (7) Malcolm Simmons 91233096
7 Flag of England.svg (10) Richard Knight 812122873
8 Flag of England.svg (1) Paul Thorp 8313T1882
9 Flag of England.svg (8) Kelvin Tatum 833110891
10 Flag of England.svg (16) Louis Carr 812212810F
11 Flag of England.svg (14) Simon Wigg 72E023711
12 Flag of England.svg (11) Andy Smith 5300F2512
13 Flag of England.svg (5) Andrew Silver 320001313
14 Flag of England.svg (6) Carl Blackbird 301101314
15 Flag of England.svg (4) Simon Cross 201E10215
16 Flag of England.svg (12) John Davis 2E011T216
R1 Flag of England.svg (R1) Dave Clark 000R1
TR Flag of England.svg (TR) Mike Bacon 000TR
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos2122

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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

Danish Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Hans Nielsen 14
2 Erik Gundersen 13+3
3 Bo Petersen 13+2
4 Jan O. Pedersen 12
5 John Jørgensen 12
6 Sam Nikolajsen 7
7 Per Sørensen 7
8 John Eskildsen 7
9 Jens Rasmussen 7
10 Peter Glanz 5
11 Tommy Knudsen 5
12 Peter Ravn 5
13 Fleming Pedersen 4
14 Kurt Hansen 4
15 Preben Eriksen 3
16 Aksel Jepsen 0

Norwegian Final

Pos.RiderPoints
1Ingvar Skogland14
2Robert Langeland13
3 Arnt Førland 12
4Per Magne Levang11
5Thor Gunnar Halvorsröd9
6Gjermund Aas9

Finland Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Ari Koponen 14
2Juha Moksunen13+3
3Roy Malminheimo13+2
4 Olli Tyrvainen 13+1
5 Pekka Hautamaki 12
6Aki Ala Riihimaki9
7Janne Moksunen8
8 Veijo Tuoriniemi 8
9Ossi Henriksson8
10Heimo Kaikko7
11Esa Reijo4
12Aarre Soivuori3
13Marko Hyyrylainen3
14Mikael Back2
15Markku Haapala2
16Hannu Lehtonen0

Swedish Finals

Pos.RiderR1R2R3Tota
1 Tommy Nilsson 14131239
2 Jimmy Nilsen 10131134
3 Mikael Blixt 814931
4 Erik Stenlund 9111030
5 Kenneth Nyström 1161128
6 Conny Ivarsson 109827
7 Per Jonsson 513826
8 Tony Olsson 610824
9 Roland Dannö 115824
10 Dennis Löfqvist 106521
11 Christer Rohlén 64919
12 Mikael Teurnberg 63615
13 Uno Johansson 56314
14 Tommy Lindgren 72514
15 Patrik Karlsson 14611
16 Anders Kling 0101

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
24 May Flag of Poland.svg Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Żabiałowicz Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Dzikowski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rif Saitgareev
25 May Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Stadium, Prague Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Kuznetsov Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper, Jr. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Vandirek
26 May Flag of the Netherlands.svg Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam [8] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Matoušek Flag of Poland.svg Roman Jankowski Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna
29 May Flag of Germany.svg Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching Flag of Austria.svg Heinrich Schatzer Flag of Hungary.svg József Petrikovics Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Starostin

American Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos2122
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg (12) Shawn Moran 1433332141
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg (10) Lance King 13133331323
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg (11) Sam Ermolenko 13223331332
4 Flag of the United States.svg (3) Bobby Schwartz 13332231341
5 Flag of the United States.svg (4) Kelly Moran 1122232115
6 Flag of the United States.svg (16) Rick Miller 92121396
7 Flag of the United States.svg (1) Alan Christian 81311287
8 Flag of the United States.svg (14) Keith Christo 81232088
9 Flag of the United States.svg (5) Mike Faria 72220179
10 Flag of the United States.svg (6) Steve Lucero 531010510
11 Flag of the United States.svg (15) John Cook 630021611
12 Flag of the United States.svg (7) Bobby Ott 301002312
13 Flag of the United States.svg (13) Robert Pfetzing 300120313
14 Flag of the United States.svg (2) Brad Oxley 200110214
15 Flag of the United States.svg (8) Shawn McConnell 210100215
16 Flag of the United States.svg (9) Ed Castro 201001216
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos2122

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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

Commonwealth Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg (16) Jeremy Doncaster 1432333141
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg (15) Kelvin Tatum 1223313122
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg (5) Chris Morton 1123123113
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (4) Steve Baker 91133194
5 Flag of England.svg (13) Neil Evitts 91113395
6 Flag of England.svg (8) Richard Knight 93022296
7 Flag of New Zealand.svg (14) Larry Ross 80033287
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (6) Phil Crump 813X2288
9 Flag of England.svg (2) Marvyn Cox 83121189
10 Flag of England.svg (9) Paul Thorp 832102810
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg (1) Mitch Shirra 720221711
12 Flag of New Zealand.svg (12) David Bargh 613F11612
13 Flag of England.svg (10) Phil Collins 522010513
14 Flag of England.svg (7) Malcolm Simmons 301200314
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (11) Steve Regeling 3021E0315
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (3) Alan Rivett 0000E0016
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos21

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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Kuznetsov 13
2 Flag of Germany.svg Georg Hack 12+3
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Michail Starostin 12+2
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper Jr. 12+1
5 Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier 11
6 Flag of Austria.svg Heinrich Schatzer 10
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Vandírek 9
8 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Lausch 8+3
9 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján 8+2
10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Karnas 6
11 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Trofimov 6
12 Flag of Hungary.svg Sandor Tihanyi 5
13 Flag of Poland.svg Zenon Plech 4
14 Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Huszcza 3
15 Flag of Poland.svg Zbigniew Blazejczak 1
16 Flag of Hungary.svg József Petrikovics 0
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna 12
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Stanislav Urban 10+3
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Matoušek 10+2
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valerij Gordeev 10+1
5 Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Zabialowicz 10+0
6 Flag of Poland.svg Ryszard Dolomisiewicz 9
7 Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Jaworek 9
8 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nikolaj Manev 8
9 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lubomir Jedek 7
10 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Biginato 7
11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Schneiderwind 7
12 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rif Saitgareev
13 Flag of Poland.svg Ryszard Franczyszyn
14 Flag of Poland.svg Roman Jankowski
15 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Salvatelli
16 Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Dzikowski

Nordic Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen 14
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Nilsen 13
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan O. Pedersen 11
4 Flag of Denmark.svg Erik Gundersen 10
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Andersson 10
6 Flag of Denmark.svg Tommy Knudsen 10
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Tommy Nilsson 9
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Bo Petersen 9
9 Flag of Finland.svg Kai Niemi 9
10 Flag of Denmark.svg John Jørgensen 8
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Erik Stenlund 6
12 Flag of Norway.svg Einar Kyllingstad 3
13 Flag of Finland.svg Ari Koponen 3
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Blixt 2
15 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Moksunen 2
16 Flag of Norway.svg Ingvar Skogland 0
Res Flag of Sweden.svg Kenneth Nyström 1

Overseas Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg (7) Sam Ermolenko 1433332141
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg (4) Jeremy Doncaster 1233123122
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg (14) Neil Evitts 1132321113
4 Flag of England.svg (1) Marvyn Cox 1013312104
5 Flag of England.svg (2) Chris Morton 1023221105
6 Flag of New Zealand.svg (8) Mitch Shirra 90213396
7 Flag of England.svg (12) Kelvin Tatum 9213X397
8 Flag of the United States.svg (15) Kelly Moran 82213088
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (5) Steve Baker 72203079
10 Flag of England.svg (13) Paul Thorp 611211610
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (10) Phil Crump 5310F1511
12 Flag of the United States.svg (11) Bobby Schwartz 510202512
13 Flag of New Zealand.svg (3) Larry Ross 5012E2513
14 Flag of England.svg (6) Malcolm Simmons 210100214
15 Flag of the United States.svg (9) Lance King 100010115
16 Flag of the United States.svg (16) Shawn Moran 0F----016
R1 Flag of the United States.svg (R1) Rick Miller 50235R1
R2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (R2) Steve Regeling 0F0R2
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos21

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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

Sixth round

Continental Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos2122
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (7) Viktor Kuznetsov 13323321313
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (15) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 13331331322
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg (12) Armando Castagna 1233312123
4 Flag of Germany.svg (2) Karl Maier 11132231143
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (11) Petr Vandirek 11212331152
6 Flag of Poland.svg (6) Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 82210386
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (5) Stanislav Urban 71303077
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (8) Roman Matoušek 7X23X278
9 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (9) Valery Gordeev 71122179
10 Flag of Bulgaria.svg (3) Nikolai Manev 62E121610
11 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Wojciech Żabiałowicz 622110611
12 Flag of Germany.svg (16) Klaus Lausch 501310512
13 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (4) Mikhail Starostin 50E212513
14 Flag of Germany.svg (14) Georg Hack 41E021414
15 Flag of Austria.svg (1) Heinrich Schatzer 33F---315
16 Flag of Poland.svg (10) Maciej Jaworek 101000116
R1 Flag of Hungary.svg (R1) Zoltan Adorjan 000R1
R2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (R2) Lubomir Jedek 1011R2
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos2122

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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

Intercontinental Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg (9) Erik Gundersen 1533333151
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg (14) Hans Nielsen 1433233142
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg (4) Tommy Knudsen 1223322123
4 Flag of England.svg (5) Neil Evitts 1131331114
5 Flag of England.svg (1) Kelvin Tatum 83020385
6 Flag of the United States.svg (2) Sam Ermolenko 81123186
7 Flag of Sweden.svg (8) Jimmy Nilsen 82212187
8 Flag of New Zealand.svg (3) Mitch Shirra 70302278
9 Flag of England.svg (13) Chris Morton 70211379
10 Flag of Denmark.svg (6) Jan O. Pedersen 702311710
11 Flag of England.svg (15) Marvyn Cox 6121026113
12 Flag of Sweden.svg (7) Jan Andersson 6102126122
13 Flag of England.svg (12) Paul Thorp 411E20413
14 Flag of England.svg (16) Jeremy Doncaster 320010314
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (10) Steve Baker 22X000215
16 Flag of Sweden.svg (11) Tommy Nilsson 101000116
R1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (R1) Phil Crump 00R1
R2 Flag of Denmark.svg (R2) John Jørgensen 00R2
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos21

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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

World Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos21
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg (5) Hans Nielsen 1423333141
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg (11) Jan O. Pedersen 1333232132
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of England.svg (12) Kelvin Tatum 1222233123
4 Flag of Sweden.svg (1) Jimmy Nilsen 1131322114
5 Flag of Denmark.svg (10) Tommy Knudsen 10133X3105
6 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (13) Viktor Kuznetsov 1032221106
7 Flag of the United States.svg (6) Sam Ermolenko 91213297
8 Flag of England.svg (4) Neil Evitts 82311188
9 Flag of England.svg (16) Chris Morton 82102389
10 Flag of Denmark.svg (8) Erik Gundersen 73031E710
11 Flag of Poland.svg (15) Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 612021611
12 Flag of England.svg (14) Marvyn Cox 301200312
13 Flag of Germany.svg (2) Karl Maier 300102313
14 Flag of Italy.svg (3) Armando Castagna 2110F-214
15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (9) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 200101215
16 Flag of New Zealand.svg (7) Mitch Shirra 100010116
R1 Flag of Sweden.svg (R1) Jan Andersson 00R1
R2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (R2) Petr Vandirek 1101R2
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos21

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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

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