1988 Danish speedway season

1988 Danish speedway season
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The 1988 Danish speedway season was the 1988 season of motorcycle speedway in Denmark. ^[1]

Individual

Danish Final (world championship round)

Seven riders from the Danish final would progress to the Nordic Final as part of the 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship. The final was held on 8 May at Outrup and was won by Hans Nielsen. ^[2]

Final

Pos.	Rider	Team	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	Brovst	15
2	Jan O. Pedersen	Fjelsted	14
3	Erik Gundersen	Esbjerg	13
4	Peter Ravn	Randers	10
5	Peter Glanz		9
6	Per Sørensen	Slangerup	9
7	John Jørgensen	Fjelsted	8+3
8	Tommy Knudsen	Vojens	8+2
9	Jan Stæchmann	Vojens	7
10	Frank Andersen		6
11	John Eskildsen		6
12	Flemming Pedersen		6
13	Sam Nikolajsen		5
14	Aksel Jepsen		4
15	Jan Pedersen	Fjelsted	0
16	Finn Rune Jensen		0

Individual Championship

The 1988 Danish Individual Speedway Championship was the 1988 edition of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship. ^[3] The final was held at Brovst on 14 August. The title was won by Jan O. Pedersen. ^{[4] [5]}

Final

Pos.	Rider	Team	Total
1	Jan O. Pedersen	Fjelsted	15
2	Erik Gundersen	Esbjerg	13
3	Jan Stæchmann	Vojens	11
4	Hans Nielsen	Brovst	11
5	Tommy Knudsen	Vojens	11
6	Jens Henry Nielsen	Brovst	8
7	Allan Johansen		8
8	Brian Karger		7
9	Kenneth Arnfred	Esbjerg	6
10	Jan Jacobsen	Fjelsted	5
11	Preben Eriksen		4
12	John Eskildsen		3
13	Torben Hansen		3
14	Henrik Kristensen	Esbjerg	2
15	Lars Munkedal		2
16	John Jørgensen	Fjelsted	0

Key - Each heat has four riders, 3 points for a heat win, 2 for 2nd, 1 for third and 0 for last

Junior Championship

Jan Mikkelsen won the Junior Championship. ^{[6] [7]}

Team

Danish Superliga

The 1988 Superliga was won by Slangerup for the first time. ^{[8] [9] [10]} Eight teams competed in the 1988 Superliga after Holstebro joined the league.

League table

Pos	Team	P	Pts
1	Slangerup
2	Frederikshavn
3	Fjelsted
u	Holstebro
u	Brovst
u	Esbjerg
u	Vojens
u	Fredericia

• Key - u (not placed in top three)

Teams

Slangerup

• Svend Mortensen
• Jesper Olsen
• Kurt Hansen
• Per Sørensen

Frederikshavn

Fjelsted

• Jan O Pedersen
• Ole Hansen
• Jan Jacobsen
• Allan Hansen
• Jan Pedersen

Holstebro

• John Jørgensen
• Henka Gustafsson
• Tom P. Knudsen
• Kristian Ager
• Lars Hammer

Brovst

• Hans Nielsen
• Jens H Nielsen
• Keld Hansen
• Jess Frederiksen
• Henrik Ziegler

Esbjerg

• Erik Gundersen
• Lars Henrik Jørgensen
• Kenneth Arnfred
• Robert Csillik
• Brian Koch

Vojens

• Tommy Knudsen
• Jan Stæchmann

Fredericia

References

1. "1985 to 1989". Dansk Speedway. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
2. "1988 season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
3. "Danish Individual Championships". Speedway History. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
4. "Danish Speedway Champions". Speedway Life. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
5. "Danish Champions". wwosbackup. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
6. "Dansk Junior Mesterskab 1965 - 2022". Dansk Speedway. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
7. "DANISH JUNIOR CHAMPIONS". Speedway Life. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
8. "Super League". Speedway Life. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
9. "Danish Superliga". Dansk Speedway. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
10. "Danish Team Championships". Speedway History. Retrieved 6 April 2023.