1988 Intercontinental final

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The 1988 Intercontinental Final was the fourteenth running of the Intercontinental Final as part of the qualification for the 1988 Speedway World Championship. The 1988 Final was run on 6 August at the Vetlanda Speedway in Vetlanda, Sweden, and was the last qualifying stage for riders from Scandinavia, the USA and from the Commonwealth nations for the World Final to be held at the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark. [1]

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Intercontinental Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan O. Pedersen 14
2 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen 12+3
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Erik Gundersen 12+2
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Per Jonsson 12+1
5 Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum 11
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Conny Ivarsson 9
7 Flag of England.svg Chris Morton 8
8 Flag of England.svg John Davis 8
9 Flag of Denmark.svg John Jørgensen 7
10 Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg 7
11 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko 7
12 Flag of England.svg Simon Cross 5
13 Flag of England.svg Peter Ravn 3
14 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Shirra 2
15 Flag of England.svg Marvyn Cox 2
16 Flag of England.svg Richard Knight 1

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