1991 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 46th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. [1] [2] [3]

Diminutive Danish rider Jan O. Pedersen won his first and only World Championship with a 15-point maximum from his five rides, the last time a rider would have a perfect score in the Final. [4] Local favourite Tony Rickardsson finished second with 12 points, with triple champion Hans Nielsen of Denmark finishing third on 11 points after defeating fellow Dane Tommy Knudsen in a run-off. Defending champion Per Jonsson finished in ninth place with 7 points. [5]

First round

British qualifiers

Second round

Australian qualification

DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd
17 Nov '90Northern Territory Tennant Creek Speedway Wayne Bridgeford Glen Baxter Trevor O'Brien
1 Dec '90Queensland Mac's Speedway, Mackay Troy Butler Darren Winkler Alan Rivett
23 Dec '90Victorian Olympic Park, Mildura Leigh Adams Jason Lyons Phil Crump
26 Dec '90New South Wales Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago Craig Boyce Todd Wiltshire Stephen Davies
28 Dec '90Western Australian Claremont Speedway, Perth Glenn Doyle David Cheshire Michael Carter
29 Dec '90South Australian Riverview Speedway, Murray Bridge Shane Parker Damon Richardson Brett Tomkins
19 Jan 1991Last Chance Arunga Park Speedway, Alice Springs Shane Bowes Scott Norman Mark Lemon

New Zealand qualification

DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd
 ??South Island Final Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch Mark Lyndon  ?? ??
 ??North Island Final Gisborne Speedway, Gisborne David Bargh  ?? ??

British semi-finals

Third round

Continental preliminary round

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
4 May Flag of Poland.svg Olympic Stadium, Wrocław Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Holub II Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Verner Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Oleg Kurguskin
5 May Flag of Austria.svg Stadion Wiener Neustadt Flag of Poland.svg Dariusz Śledź Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Schneiderwind Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Bössner
5 May Flag of Germany.svg Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Starostin Flag of Germany.svg Robert Barth
5 May Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Gregor Pintaro Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizzio Vesprini Flag of Germany.svg Markus Jans

Swedish qualification

Australian Final

New Zealand Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 David Bargh 15
2 Chris Martin 14
3 Mark Thorpe 12
4John Tuffley11
5Justin Monk10
6Michael Long10
7Greg Fisher8
8John Roberts7
9Nathan Murray5
10Ricky Bennett5
11Jacqui Mauger5
12Dean Sullivan5
13Nick Young4
14Michael Hollow3
15Gary Marsh3
16Steve Etches0

British Final

Fourth round

Danish Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Jan O. Pedersen 15
2 Tommy Knudsen 14
3 Hans Nielsen 12+3
4 John Jörgensen 12+2
5 Gert Handberg 10
6 Bo Petersen 9
7 Jan Jacobsen 8
8 Brian Karger 6
9 Jan Staechmann 6
10 Jens-Henry Nielsen 6
11 Allan Johansen 6
12 Tom P. Knudsen 5
13 Per Sorensen 4
14 Jan Pedersen 3
15 Lars Munkedal 3
16 Lars-Henrik Jörgensen 1

Finnish qualifying

Norwegian Final

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Lars Gunnestad 15
2Kjell Øyvind Sola13
3Willy Tjessem12
4Robert Langeland11
5Atle Knutsen11
6Odd Pettersen11
7Jorn Arve Arda9
8Gjermund Aas9
9Bjorn Ivar Fauske5
10Marten Tunheim5
11Ingvar Hvamstad4
12Rolf Netland4
13 Arnt Førland 3
14Nils Mellomstrand1
15Anders Bjorkqvist1
16Per Erga0

Swedish Final

Pos.RiderScoresTotal
1 Henrik Gustafsson 15+14+1140
2 Per Jonsson 11+11+1437
3 Tony Rickardsson 12+12+933
4 Jimmy Nilsen 13+12+833
5 Mikael Blixt 8+9+1229
6 Erik Stenlund 11+6+1027
7 Conny Ivarsson 3+11+1226
8 Peter Karlsson 8+8+723
9 Stefan Dannö 10+5+419
10 Claes Ivarsson 4+3+1118
11 Tony Olsson 2+7+615
12 Mikael Karlsson 5+5+515
13 Mikael Teurnberg 7+1+513
14 Peter Nahlin 3+9+113
15 Mikael Löfqvist 5+4+110
16 Mikael Ritterwall 3+3+28

Continental quarter-finals

DateVenueWinner2nd3rd
1 June Flag of Poland.svg Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik Flag of Poland.svg Eugeniusz Skupień Flag of Hungary.svg Róbert Nagy Flag of Poland.svg Ryszard Dołomisiewicz
2 June Flag of Germany.svg Günter Harder Stadion, Neubrandenburg Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík Sr. Flag of Hungary.svg Antal Kocso
2 June Flag of Hungary.svg Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Hajdu Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Gollob Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna
2 June Flag of Germany.svg Pfaffenhofen Speedway, Pfaffenhofen Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohumil Brhel Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Starostin Flag of Poland.svg Jarosław Olszewski

American Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Rick Miller 15
2 Sam Ermolenko 14
3 Ronnie Correy 13
4 Kelly Moran 11
5 Billy Hamill 10+3
6 Bobby Ott 10+2
7 Gary Hicks 9
8 Bobby Schwartz 7
9 Mike Faria 7
10 Greg Hancock 6
11 Lance King 5
12 Louis Kossuth 4
13 Steve Lucero 3
14 Brad Oxley 3
15Andy Northrup2
16 Josh Larsen (Res)1
17John Kehoe0

Commonwealth Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Flag of England.svg Jeremy Doncaster 14
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Adams 10+3
3 Flag of England.svg Joe Screen 10+2
4 Flag of England.svg Paul Thorp 10+1
5 Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum 9
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Doyle 9
7 Flag of England.svg Neil Collins 8
8 Flag of England.svg Gary Havelock 8
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Wiltshire*7
10 Flag of England.svg Andy Smith 7
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Shirra 7
12 Flag of England.svg Chris Louis 6
13 Flag of England.svg Sean Wilson 5
14 Flag of New Zealand.svg Gary Allan 4
15 Flag of England.svg Martin Dugard 4
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Boyce 1

* Todd Wiltshire replaced Glyn Taylor

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna 15
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Matoušek 14
3 Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss 11+3
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Starostin 11+2
5 Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Zaluski 10
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimir Kalina 9
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Vandírek 8+3
8 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Lausch 8+2
9 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Hajdu 8+1
10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Karnas 7
11 Flag of Germany.svg Robert Barth 6
12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohumil Brhel 4
13 Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Gollob 3
14 Flag of Hungary.svg Robert Csillik 3
15 Flag of Hungary.svg Csaba Hell 2
16 Flag of Poland.svg Jaroslaw Olszewski 1
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of Poland.svg Ryszard Dolomisiewicz 12
2 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján 11+3
3 Flag of Hungary.svg Róbert Nagy 11+2
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rif Saitgareev 11+1
5 Flag of Poland.svg Václav Milík Sr. 11+0
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Schneiderwind 10
7 Flag of Hungary.svg József Petrikovics 10
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper Jr. 9
9 Flag of Hungary.svg Antal Kocso 8
10 Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Swist 8
11 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Oleg Kurguskin 5
12 Flag of Austria.svg Franz Leitner 3
13 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Kovacs 3
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lubomir Jedek 3
15 Flag of Poland.svg Eugeniusz Skupien 2
16 Flag of Germany.svg Tommy Dunker 1
17 Flag of Poland.svg Miroslaw Kowalik (res)1

Nordic Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen 13
2 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan O. Pedersen 12
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Nilsen 11
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Gustafsson 10
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Per Jonsson 9
6 Flag of Norway.svg Lars Gunnestad 9
7 Flag of Denmark.svg Gert Handberg 8
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Tommy Knudsen 8
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Blixt 8
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson 7+3
11 Flag of Norway.svg Einar Kyllingstad 7+2
12 Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Ylinen 7+1
13 Flag of Denmark.svg Bo Petersen 4
14 Flag of Denmark.svg John Jörgensen 4
15 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Moksunen 1
16 Flag of Norway.svg Tor Einar Hielm 1

Overseas Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum 13
2 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko 12+3
3 Flag of the United States.svg Billy Hamill 12+2
4 Flag of England.svg Andy Smith 11
5 Flag of England.svg Paul Thorp 10
6 Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Correy 9
7 Flag of England.svg Jeremy Doncaster 7
8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Shirra 7
9 Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Moran 7
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Wiltshire 6+3
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Doyle 6+2
12 Flag of England.svg Joe Screen 5
13 Flag of the United States.svg Rick Miller 4
14 Flag of England.svg Gary Havelock 4
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Adams 4
16 Flag of England.svg Neil Collins 3

Sixth round

World Semi-Finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of the United States.svg Billy Hamill 12
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Nilsen 11
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Per Jonsson 10+3
4 Flag of England.svg Paul Thorp 10+2
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Matoušek 9
6 Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna 9
7 Flag of England.svg Jeremy Doncaster 9
8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Shirra 9
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Blixt 8+3
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Gustafsson 8+2
11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimír Kalina 7
12 Flag of Norway.svg Lars Gunnestad 6
13 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján 4
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Vandírek 4
15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Res)2
16 Flag of Hungary.svg Róbert Nagy 1
17 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rif Saitgareev 1
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen 15
2 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan O. Pedersen 14
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Tommy Knudsen 12
4 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko 11
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson*10
6 Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Correy 8
7 Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum 8
8 Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss 8
9 Flag of Denmark.svg Gert Handberg 7+3
10 Flag of Hungary.svg József Petrikovics 7+2
11 Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Moran 6
12 Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Załuski 5
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík, Sr. 3
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Schneiderwind 3
15 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Lausch 2
16 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Starostin 1

* First reserve Tony Rickardsson replaced injured qualifier Andy Smith

World final

Classification

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos
1 Flag of Denmark.svg (15) Jan O. Pedersen 1533333151
2 Flag of Sweden.svg (6) Tony Rickardsson 1223322122
3 Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Hans Nielsen 11+323132113
4 Flag of Denmark.svg (2) Tommy Knudsen 11+231133114
5 Flag of Sweden.svg (3) Jimmy Nilsen 1002233105
6 Flag of England.svg (10) Paul Thorp 1032221106
7 Flag of the United States.svg (16) Sam Ermolenko 92320297
8 Flag of England.svg (13) Kelvin Tatum 81232088
9 Flag of Sweden.svg (4) Per Jonsson 71201379
10 Flag of the United States.svg (5) Ronnie Correy 630012610
11 Flag of Italy.svg (8) Armando Castagna 611310611
12 Flag of the United States.svg (12) Billy Hamill 62-211212
13 Flag of New Zealand.svg (7) Mitch Shirra 400121413
14 Flag of England.svg (11) Jeremy Doncaster 211000214
15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (9) Roman Matoušek 201100215
16 Flag of Germany.svg (14) Gerd Riss 100001116
Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Mikael Blixt 000
Flag of Denmark.svg (18) Gert Handberg 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
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan O. Pedersen (3,3,3,3,3)15
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson (2,3,3,2,2)12
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen (2,3,1,3,2)11+3
4 Flag of Denmark.svg Tommy Knudsen (3,1,1,3,3)11+2
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Nilsen (0,2,2,3,3)10
6 Flag of England.svg Paul Thorp (3,2,2,2,1)10
7 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko (2,3,2,0,2)9
8 Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum (1,2,3,2,0)8
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Per Jonsson (1,2,0,1,3)7
10 Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Correy (3,0,0,1,2)6
11 Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna (1,1,3,1,0)6
12 Flag of the United States.svg Billy Hamill (2,X,2,1,1)6
13 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Shirra (0,0,1,2,1)4
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Matoušek (0,1,1,0,0)2
15 Flag of England.svg Jeremy Doncaster (1,1,0,0,0)2
16 Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss (0,0,0,0,1)1
R1 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Blixt (-,0,-,-,-)0
R2 Flag of Denmark.svg Gert Handberg (-,-,-,-,-)-

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