1992 Individual Speedway World Championship

1992 Individual Speedway World Championship
Gary Havelock (champion)
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Wrocław, Poland
End date	29 August 1992
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The 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 47th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. ^{[1] [2]}

Gary Havelock scored 14 points to become England's first Speedway World Champion ^[3] since Michael Lee in 1980. Sweden's Per Jonsson, the 1990 World Champion, finished second with 11 points with Denmark's Gert Handberg third on 10 points. ^{[4] [5]}

Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen failed to qualify for a World Final for the first time since 1979 after only finishing 12th in the Nordic Final. ^[6]

First round

British qualifiers

Main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship

• Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

British semi-finals

Main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship

• Top 16 to British final

Australian qualification

Date	Championship	Venue	Winner
?	Northern Territory	?	?
?	Queensland	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Troy Butler
?	Victorian	Olympic Park, Mildura	Leigh Adams
?	New South Wales	Nepean Speedway, Sydney	Mick Poole
?	Western Australian	Collie Speedway, Collie	Glenn Doyle
?	South Australian	North Arm Speedway, Gillman	Craig Hodgson

New Zealand qualification

Date	Championship	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
14 Dec '91	South Island Final	Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch	Mark Thorpe	Mark Jamieson	Justin Monk
??	North Island Final	Waikaraka Park, Auckland	??	??	??

Third round

Continental preliminary round

• Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
26 Apr	Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško	Andreas Bössner	Igor Dubinin	Armando Dal Chiele
26 Apr	Speedwaystadion, Ludwigslust	Mirosław Kowalik	Philippe Bergé	Pavel Karnas
26 Apr	Volán Sporttelep, Nyiregyhaza	Sandor Tihanyi	Laszlo Bodi	Jacek Woźniak
26 Apr	Sportplatz St. Johann, St.Johann/Pg	Rene Aas	Toni Pilotto	Borivoj Hadek

Swedish qualification

• Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

(9 May, Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla) Pos Rider Points 1 Kenneth Lindby 12 2 Henrik Gustafsson 12 3 Jimmy Nilsen 11 4 Christer Rohlén 10 5 Tony Olsson 10 6 Erik Stenlund 9 7 Patrik Olsson 8 8 Mikael Ritterwall 8 9 Joakim Karlsson 7 10 Claes Ivarsson 7 11 Lillebror Johansson 7 12 Peter Karlsson 7 13 Mikael Teurnberg 5 14 Magnus Oscarsson 4 15 Jimmy Engman 1 16 Stefan Lardner 1 17 Peter Johansson (res) 1 18 Kent Rickardsson (res) 0

(9 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda) Pos Rider Points 1 Per Jonsson 12 2 Conny Ivarsson 12 3 Tony Rickardsson 11 4 Jörgen Johansson 11 5 Niklas Karlsson 11 6 Stefan Dannö 10 7 Peter Nahlin 9 8 Dennis Löfqvist 8 9 Patrik Karlsson 6 10 Mikael Karlsson 6 11 Tommy Lindgren 5 12 Niklas Klingberg 5 13 Stefan Andersson 5 14 Jörgen Hultgren 5 15 Niklas Johansson 4 16 Göran Flood 1

Australian Final

Main article: 1992 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

• First 4 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

British Final

Main article: 1992 British Speedway Championship

• Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

• Meeanee Speedway, Napier
• 25 January, First (+Mitch Shirra seeded) to Commonwealth final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Gary Allan	15
2	Mark Thorpe	14
3	Paul Atkins	11
4	Chris Martin	10
5	John Roberts	9
6	Mark Jamieson	9
7	Trevor Chapman	9
8	Mike Wilson	9
9	Steve Mundgeway	6
10	Barry Free	6
11	Dean Sullivan	6
12	Glen Sole	5
13	Robbie Price	4
14	Rhys Hamburger	3
15	Ricky Meehan (res)	2
16	Dean Ornsby	0
17	Justin Monk	0

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
24 May	Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund	Sandor Tihanyi	Antonín Kasper Jr.	Laszlo Bodi
24 May	Speedway Stadium, Zielona Góra	Zoltán Adorján	Andrzej Huszcza	Roman Matousek
24 May	Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica	Bohumil Brhel	Tomasz Gollob	Jozsef Petrikovics
24 May	Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt	Gerd Riss	Antal Kocso	Oleg Kurguskin

Swedish Final

• 3 Rounds, first 4 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve
• Henrik Gustafsson seeded to Nordic final
• R1 (19 May, Målilla Motorstadion, Målilla)
• R2 (20 May, Tallhult Motorstadion, Hagfors)
• R3 (21 May, Örebro Motorstadion, Örebro)

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Per Jonsson	14+14+10	38
2	Jimmy Nilsen	11+13+12	36
3	Tony Rickardsson	13+10+12	35
4	Peter Nahlin	10+12+13	35
5	Jörgen Johansson	9+9+9	27
6	Conny Ivarsson	9+5+11	25
7	Christer Rohlén	6+10+7	23
8	Niklas Karlsson	5+11+6	22
9	Dennis Löfqvist	5+7+9	21
10	Tony Olsson	8+3+9	20
11	Erik Stenlund	9+6+5	20
12	Kenneth Lindby	8+5+2	15
13	Mikael Ritterwall	6+1+5	12
14	Stefan Dannö	3+8+0	11
15	Joakim Karlsson	0+4+5	9
16	Patrik Olsson	4+2+2	8

Finland Final

• Yyterin speedwaystadion, Pori
• 18 Aug '91, top 2 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Vesa Ylinen	14+3
2	Juha Moksunen	14+2
3	Mika Pellinen	13
4	Aki Ala Riihimäki	10
5	Petri Nurmesniemi	9
6	Tomi Havu	8
7	Janne Koivula	8
8	Arto Orjo	7
9	Janne Moksunen	7
10	Marko Hyyryläinen	7
11	Petri Vaatsio	6
12	Aarre Soivuori	5
13	Niklas Finne	4
14	Petri Kokko	3
15	Jari Kortelainen	3
16	Roy Malminheimo	1
17	Jounko Jarvi (res)	1

Norwegian qualifying

• Einar Kyllingstad & Lars Gunnestad to Nordic final

Danish Final

• - 2 rounds, first 6 to Nordic final
• R1 (16 May, Uhre Speedway, Karup)
• R2 (17 May, Speedway Center, Holsted)
• Hans Nielsen seeded to Nordic Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Gert Handberg	27
2	Brian Karger	23+3
3	John Jörgensen	23+2
4	Tommy Knudsen	21
5	Claus Jacobsen	19+3
6	Peter Ravn	19+2
7	Allan Johansen	18
8	Brian Andersen	18
9	Bo Eriksen	11
10	Jan Staechmann	10
11	Jan Andersen	10
12	Tom P. Knudsen	9
13	Jan Pedersen	8
14	Lars-Henrik Jørgensen	7
15	Hans Clausen	7
16	René Madsen	4
17	Jacob Olsen (Res)	4
18	Jens-Peter Nielsen (Res)	2

Commonwealth Final

Main article: 1992 Commonwealth final

• First 11 to Overseas final

American Final

• First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

14 June Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points 1 Zdeněk Tesař 11+3 2 Slawomir Drabik 11+2 3 Roman Matoušek 11+1 4 Antonín Kasper Jr. 11+0 5 Piotr Swist 10 6 Piotr Paluch 10 7 Zdeněk Schneiderwind 10 8 Mikhail Starostin 9 9 Zoltan Hajdu 8 10 Václav Milík Sr. 8 11 Zsolt Böszermenyi 7 12 Laszlo Bodi 3 13 Andrzej Huszcza 3 14 Karel Průša 3 15 Zoltán Adorján 2 16 Jacek Wozniak 1

14 June Holsteinring Brokstedt, Brokstedt Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points 1 Antal Kocso 14 2 Róbert Nagy 12 3 Bohumil Brhel 9 4 Gerd Riss *+3 5 József Petrikovics 8+2 6 Petr Vandírek 8+1 7 Mirosław Kowalik 8+0 8 Robert Sawina 8+0 9 Vladimir Kalina 7 10 Borivoj Hadek 6 11 Tomasz Gollob 6 12 Armando Castagna 6 13 Jacek Krzyzaniak 5 14 Jaroslaw Olszewski 5 15 Valentino Furlanetto 5 16 Oleg Kurguskin 4

Nordic Final

• 14 June 1992
• Elgane Speedway, Elgane
• First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Tony Rickardsson	12
2	Per Jonsson	10+3
3	Brian Karger	10+2
4	John Jörgensen	10+1
5	Jimmy Nilsen	10+0
6	Gert Handberg	9+
7	Henrik Gustafsson	9+
8	Tommy Knudsen	9+
9	Einar Kyllingstad	9+
10	Peter Nahlin	9+
11	Lars Gunnestad	8
12	Hans Nielsen	6
13	Claus Jacobsen	4
14	Vesa Ylinen	3
15	Jörgen Johansson (Res)	1
16	Peter Ravn	0
17	Juha Moksunen	0
18	Arnt Førland (Res)	0

Overseas Final

Main article: 1992 Overseas final

• First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Sixth round

World Semi-Finals

9 August 1992 Odsal Stadium, Bradford First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Points 1 Per Jonsson 14+3 2 Gary Havelock 14+2 3 Kelvin Tatum 11 4 Jimmy Nilsen 9 5 Ronnie Correy 8+ 6 Zdeněk Tesař 8+ 7 John Jörgensen 8+ 8 Henrik Gustafsson 8+ 9 Antal Kocso 8+ 10 Bohumil Brhel 8+ 11 Andy Smith 7 12 Mirosław Kowalik 5 13 Jason Lyons 5 14 Roman Matoušek 4 15 Piotr Świst 2 16 Piotr Paluch 1

15 August 1992 Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt First 7 to World final plus 1 reserve Sławomir Drabik seeded to World Final Pos. Rider Points 1 Gert Handberg 15 2 Sam Ermolenko 14 3 Tommy Knudsen 11 4 Rick Miller 10 5 Tony Rickardsson 10 6 Brian Karger 9 7 Mitch Shirra 9 8 Martin Dugard 7+3 9 Róbert Nagy 7+2 10 Gerd Riss 7+1 11 Sławomir Drabik 7+0 12 Antonín Kasper Jr. 5 13 József Petrikovics 3 14 Einar Kyllingstad 3 15 Petr Vandírek 2 16 Zdeněk Schneiderwind 1 17 Peter Nahlin (Res) 0

World final

• 29 August 1992
• Olympic Stadium, Wrocław ^[7]

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(8) Gary Havelock	14		3						2			3			3			3				14	1
	(6) Per Jonsson	11		0				3			2							3			3		11	2
	(13) Gert Handberg	10				3	2							3		2					0		10	3
4	(3) Tommy Knudsen	9	3						3				0				1				2		9	4
5	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	9		1			0					2					3					3	9	5
6	(1) John Jørgensen	8	2				1				0				3				2				8	6
7	(12) Jimmy Nilsen	7			3					X		3			0						1		7	7
8	(9) Sam Ermolenko	7			1		3						1					X		2			7	8
9	(4) Sławomir Drabik	6	E							3				2				1				X	6	9
10	(11) Kelvin Tatum	6			0				0		3					1						2	6	10
11	(14) Rick Miller	6				0		2					2		2							X	6	11
12	(7) Ronnie Correy	6		2					2					0	1					1			6	12
13	(15) Mitch Shirra	6				2			1			1						2	0				6	13
14	(10) Tony Rickardsson	5			2			1						1			0		1				5	14
15	(16) Zdeněk Tesař	5				1				1	1						2			0			5	15
16	(2) Brian Karger	4	1					0				0				0				3			4	16
R1	(R1) Antal Kocso	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Martin Dugard	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

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 - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

References

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