1990 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 45th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The final was held at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England. It would be the 28th and last time the world final would be held in England under the traditional single meeting format. [5]

Sweden's Per Jonsson won his only World Individual Championship [6] to become the first Swedish World Champion since Anders Michanek in 1974 and became the first rider to win both the Under-21 and Senior World Championships having previously won the 1985 Under-21 World Championship. Jonsson defeated Shawn Moran from the United States in a run-off after both finished the meeting on 13 points. Moran was later stripped of his second place by the FIM for failing a drug test taken at the Overseas Final. After Moran's disqualification, the FIM did not upgrade the placings, thus records show no second place rider for the 1990 World Final. Australian youngster Todd Wiltshire, believed by many judges to be one who would be making up the numbers in his first World Final, finished third with 12 points after winning his first two rides. [7]

After having won each World Final since 1984, including five 1-2 finishes and taking all podium places in 1988, the 1990 World Final saw no Danish riders finishing on the podium for the first time since 1983. Defending champion Hans Nielsen, the only Dane in the field following an injury to Jan O. Pedersen which kept him from riding, finished in 4th place with 11 points. [8]

First round

British qualifiers

Second round

New Zealand qualification

DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd
JanSouth Island Final Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch Mark Thorpe+ [9] Larry Ross David Bargh
 ??North Island Final Meeanee Speedway, Napier Craig Wilkie Gary Allan  ??

Australian qualification

DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd
 ??Northern Territory Northline Speedway, Darwin Glen Baxter  ?? ??
 ??Victorian Myrtleford Speedway, Myrtleford Leigh Adams Phil Crump  ??
 ??New South Wales Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago Todd Wiltshire Craig Boyce Stephen Davies
 ??South Australian North Arm Speedway, Gillman Scott Norman Shane Parker  ??
 ??Queensland Townsville Speedway, Townsville Troy Butler  ?? ??
 ??Western Australian Claremont Speedway, Perth Glenn Doyle Glyn Taylor David Cheshire

British semi-finals

Third round

Continental preliminary round

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
5 May Flag of Poland.svg Arena Częstochowa, Częstochowa Flag of Poland.svg Jacek Woźniak Flag of Germany.svg Tommy Dunker Flag of Poland.svg Jacek Rempała
6 May Flag of Germany.svg Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Flag of Germany.svg Alois Bachhuber Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lubomir Jedek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Schinagl
6 May Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Marko Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Świst Flag of Hungary.svg Laszlo Bodi
6 May Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Furlanetto Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimir Kalina Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Jaworek

Swedish qualification

British final

New Zealand final

Flag of New Zealand.svg Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch

Pos.RiderPts
1 Larry Ross 14+3
2 Mark Thorpe 14+2
3 Craig Wilkie 14+1
4James Martin11
5Justin Monk10
6Michael Long9
7Stephen Rose8
8Darrin Wilson8
9Mark Jamieson8
10Max Brown5
11Philip Barakat4
12Kenny Webley3
13Alan Mason2
14Rhys Hamburger3
15Greg Fisher2
16Gary Marsh0
17Trevor Chapman0
18John Tuffley0

Australian final

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brisbane Exhibition Ground

Pos.RiderPts
1 Glenn Doyle 14+3
2 Leigh Adams 14+2
3 Stephen Davies 13
4 Phil Crump 12
5 Shane Bowes 10
6 Mick Poole 9
7 Jamie Fagg 8
8 Glen Baxter 7
9 Steve Regeling 6
10Steve Langdon5
11 Shane Parker 5
12 Sean Willmott 4
13Scott Norman4
14 Troy Butler 4
15Chris Watson2
16 Glyn Taylor 1
17Darren Winkler (res)1

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
3 June Flag of Poland.svg Municipal Stadium, Rzeszów Flag of Poland.svg Ryszard Dołomisiewicz Flag of Hungary.svg Jozsef Petrikovics Flag of Poland.svg Jan Krzystyniak
3 June Flag of Austria.svg Speedway Natschbach Loipersbach Flag of Hungary.svg Antal Kocso Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdenek Tesar Flag of Austria.svg Heinrich Schatzer
3 June Flag of Hungary.svg Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Hajdu Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Świst Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rif Saitgareev
4 June Flag of Germany.svg Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Adorjan Flag of Hungary.svg Sandor Tihanyi Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Lausch

Danish Final

Norway Final

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Arnt Førland 12+3
2 Lars Gunnestad 12+2
3Robert Langeland12+1
4Ingvar Skogland12+0
5Per Jörgensen11
6Arne Svensen9
7Jan Arid Slatta9
8Atle Knutsen7
9 Einar Kyllingstad 6
10Tor Einar Hielm6
11Odd Pettersen5
12Stag Bergersen4
13Jorn Arve Ardal4
14Jorn Vidar Aasen4
15Kjell Oyvind Sola3
16Gjermund Aas2
17Rolf Netland (res)1

Finland Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Juha Moksunen14
2 Olli Tyrvainen 13+3
3 Kai Niemi 13+2
4 Vesa Ylinen 11+3
5Janne Moksunen11+2
6 Ari Koponen 10
7Jari Kortelainen8
8Seppo Keskinen7
9Tomi Havu7
10Aarre Soivuori7
11Roy Malminheimo7
12 Petri Kokko 5
13Pekka Eerikainen2
14Jarmo Makinen2
15Petri Nurmesniemi (res)1
16Mika Pellinen (res)1
17Janne Koivula (res)1
18Esa Reijo0
19Nicklas Finne0

Swedish Final

Pos.RiderScoresTotal
1 Per Jonsson 12+13+1338
2 Jimmy Nilsen 12+12+1034
3 Dennis Löfqvist 9+12+1334
4Conny Ivarsson3+9+1133
5 Henka Gustafsson 9+11+1333
6 Peter Nahlin 14+8+1032
7 Niklas Karlsson 8+9+825
8 Tony Rickardsson 6+5+1021
9 Peter Karlsson 8+6+620
10 Erik Stenlund 4+6+717
11 Claes Ivarsson 9+6+ns15
12 Mikael Teurnberg 4+4+715
13 Mikael Ritterwall 6+6+214 14
14 Tony Olsson 5+5+ns10
15 Kenneth Lindby 1+4+38
16 Stefan Dannö 0+2+46
17 Christer Rohlén (res)ns+1+01

Commonwealth Final

North American Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Shawn Moran 18+3
2 Billy Hamill 18+2
3 Rick Miller 18+1
4 Greg Hancock 18+0
5 Ronnie Correy 16+3
6 Kelly Moran 16+2
7 Bobby Schwartz 14
8 Mike Faria 12
9 Robert Pfetzing 12
10 Lance King 11
11 Steve Lucero 8
12 Jim Sisemore 8
13 Josh Larsen 7
14 Brad Oxley 5
15 Tony Bienert 5
16 Charles Ermolenko 3
17 Eddie Castro 3
18 Shawn McConnell (res)3
19 Sam Ermolenko 2
20 Don Odom (res)2
21 John Kehoe 1
22 Fred Legault 0

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper Jr. 14
2 Flag of Poland.svg Jan Krzystyniak 13
3 Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Gollob 12+3
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Tesař 12+2
5 Flag of Hungary.svg Antal Kocso 9
6 Flag of Hungary.svg József Petrikovics 8
7 Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Zaluski 7+3
8 Flag of Austria.svg Heinrich Schatzer 7+2
9 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Marko 7+1
10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lubomir Jedek 6
11 Flag of Hungary.svg Róbert Nagy 6
12 Flag of Hungary.svg Laszlo Bodi 6
13 Flag of Poland.svg Ryszard Dolomisiewicz 5
14 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Trofimov 5
15 Flag of Austria.svg Walter Nebel 2
16 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Gajdym 1
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján 15
2 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Lausch 11+3
3 Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna 11+2
4 Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss 11+1
5 Flag of Hungary.svg Sandor Tihanyi 10
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Matoušek 9
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohumil Brhel 9
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimir Kalina 9
9 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Vandírek 8
10 Flag of Germany.svg Andre Pollehn7
11 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rif Saitgareev 7
12 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Hajdu 6
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Karnas 3
14 Flag of Hungary.svg Sandor Ujhelyi 2
15 Flag of Austria.svg Robert Funk 1
16 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Böszermenyi 1

Overseas Final

Nordic Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan O. Pedersen 14
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Per Jonsson 12
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Gustafsson 11+3
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Conny Ivarsson 11+2
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Nilsen 11+1
6 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen 11+0
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Dennis Löfqvist 9+3
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Brian Karger 9+2
9 Flag of Finland.svg Kai Niemi 6
10 Flag of Denmark.svg Bo Petersen 6
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Nahlin 5
12 Flag of Norway.svg Einar Kyllingstad 5
13 Flag of Denmark.svg Jens Henry Nielsen 3
14 Flag of Finland.svg Olli Tyrväinen 2
15 Flag of Norway.svg Arnt Førland 2
16 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Pedersen 2
17 Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Ylinen (res)1

Sixth round

Intercontinental Final

Continental Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss (3,2,2,3,3)13
2 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján (2,3,1,3,3)12+3
3 Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna (3,3,x,3,3)12+2
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Matoušek (3,1,3,2,2)11
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Tesař (3,0,2,3,2)10+3
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper Jr. (1,3,3,2,1)10+2
7 Flag of Hungary.svg Sándor Tihanyi (0,3,2,2,2)9
8 Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Załuski (2,1,F,1,3)7
9 Flag of Hungary.svg Antal Kocso (2,2,2,0,1)7
10 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Lausch (2,1,3,R,ns)6
11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohumil Brhel (1,2,EF,2,0)5
12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimir Kalina (1,1,1,0,2)5
13 Flag of Hungary.svg József Petrikovics (0,2,1,1,1)5
14 Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Gollob (0,0,3,1,0)4
15 Flag of Austria.svg Heinrich Schatzer (1,0,0,1,1)3
16 Flag of Poland.svg Jan Krzystyniak (0,0,1,0,0)1

World final

Classification

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos
1 Flag of Sweden.svg (9) Per Jonsson 13+333223131
2 Flag of the United States.svg (15) Shawn Moran 13+213333132
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (6) Todd Wiltshire 1233213123
4 Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Hans Nielsen 1131322114
5 Flag of Sweden.svg (12) Jimmy Nilsen 1021232105
6 Flag of Sweden.svg (13) Henrik Gustafsson 93230196
7 Flag of England.svg (16) Kelvin Tatum 92303197
8 Flag of Italy.svg (2) Armando Castagna 80213288
9 Flag of the United States.svg (8) Rick Miller 82231-89
10 Flag of England.svg (11) Richard Knight 712121710
11 Flag of England.svg (4) Martin Dugard 620103611
12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (5) Roman Matoušek 51-022512
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (10) Zdeněk Tesař 200200213
14 Flag of the United States.svg (7) Ronnie Correy 201010214
15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (14) Antonín Kasper Jr. 201100215
16 Flag of Hungary.svg (3) Zoltán Adorján 21-010216
Flag of Hungary.svg (17) Sándor Tihanyi 00
Flag of Sweden.svg (18) Dennis Löfqvist 00
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos

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
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Per Jonsson (3,3,2,2,3)13+3
2 Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Moran a (1,3,3,3,3)13+2
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Wiltshire (3,3,2,1,3)12
4 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen (3,1,3,2,2)11
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Nilsen (2,1,2,3,2)10
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Gustafsson*(3,2,3,0,1)9
7 Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum (2,3,0,3,1)9
8 Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna (F,2,1,3,2)8
9 Flag of the United States.svg Rick Miller (2,2,3,1,x)8
10 Flag of England.svg Richard Knight (1,2,1,2,1)7
11 Flag of England.svg Martin Dugard (2,0,1,0,3)6
12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Matoušek (1,R,0,2,2)5
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Tesař (0,0,2,0,R)2
14 Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Correy (1,0,x,1,0)2
15 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján (1,R,0,1,0)2
16 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper Jr.*(0,1,1,0,0)2
Res Flag of Hungary.svg Sándor Tihanyi did not ride-
Res Flag of Sweden.svg Dennis Löfqvist did not ride-

* Henrik Gustafsson and Antonín Kasper Jr. replaced injured qualifiers Jan O. Pedersen and Gerd Riss

Notes:
a. Shawn Moran scored 13 points and lost the run-off to Per Jonsson. However, Moran had failed a random drug and alcohol test taken three months earlier at the Overseas Final, and was subsequently disqualified from second place. The FIM did not upgrade the standings and the official records show no second place rider.

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