1994 Individual Speedway World Championship

1994 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1994 Speedway World Final programme.

The 1994 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 49th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. ^{[1] [2]}

It was the last championship to be staged in the traditional single meeting World Final format before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995. The Final was held on 20 August at the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark. ^[3]

Sweden's Tony Rickardsson won the first of what would prove to be a record equalling 6 World Championships, defeating Danish former triple champion Hans Nielsen and Australia's Craig Boyce in a runoff after all three riders finished on 12 points. ^{[4] [5]}

First round

British qualifiers

Main article: 1994 British Speedway Championship

• Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

British semi-finals

Main article: 1994 British Speedway Championship

• Top 16 to British final

Australian qualification

Date	Championship	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
Dec '93	Queensland	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Troy Butler	Jason Crump	Tony Rose
27 Dec '93	New South Wales	Gosford Showground, Gosford	Craig Boyce	Stephen Davies	Tony Primmer
Dec '93	Victorian	Olympic Park, Mildura	Leigh Adams	Mark Lemon	Jason Lyons
Dec '93	South Australian	North Arm Speedway, Gillman	Shane Parker	Brett Woodifield	Steve Graetz
Dec '93	Western Australian	Claremont Speedway, Perth	Steve Johnston	?	?

New Zealand qualification

Date	Championship	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
??	South Island	Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch	Mark Thorpe	Mark Jamiesson	Trevor Chapman
?	North Island	Stratford Speedway, Stratford	Nathan Murray	Mike Wilson	Tony Nagel

Third round

Swedish qualification

• Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

(8 May, Nyköpings Motorstadion, Nyköping) Pos Rider Points 1 Erik Stenlund 12 2 Niklas Klingberg 12 3 Tony Rickardsson 11 4 Conny Ivarsson 11 5 Peter Nahlin 11 6 Tony Olsson 9 7 Jimmy Nilsen 9 8 Patrik Olsson 9 9 Robert Eriksson 7 10 Mikael Ritterwall 7 11 Peter Karlsson 6 12 Stefan Ekberg 6 13 Jörgen Hultgren 4 14 Dennis Löfqvist 3 15 Magnus Zetterström (res) 3 16 John Jensen 0 17 Patrik Karlsson 0

(8 May, Målilla Motorstadion, Målilla) Pos Rider Points 1 Per Jonsson 15 2 Henrik Gustafsson 13 3 Christer Rohlén 10 4 Mikael Karlsson 10 5 Stefan Dannö 10 6 Claes Ivarsson 9 7 Niklas Karlsson 9 8 Jörgen Johansson 8 9 Stefan Andersson 8 10 Joakim Karlsson 7 11 Anders Kling 6 12 Jonathan Forsgren 5 13 Jimmy Engman 4 14 Mikael Olsson 3 15 Raymond Smedh 3 16 Kenneth Lindby 0

Continental Preliminary round

• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
24 April	Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško	Sándor Tihanyi	Andrea Maida	Gabor Roth
24 April	Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo	Rinat Mardanshin	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	Robert Barth
24 April	Pfaffenhofen Speedway, Pfaffenhofen	Simon Wigg	Vladimir Voronkov	George Štancl
24 April	Stadion Polonii Piła, Piła	Grigory Kharchenko	Adam Pawliczek	Andrey Korolev

British Final

Main article: 1994 British Speedway Championship

• Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Australian Final

Main article: 1994 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

• First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

• 5 February 1994
• Stratford Speedway, Stratford
• Top 1 (+ Mitch Shirra seeded) to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Mark Thorpe	15
2	Tony Nagel	14
3	Mark Jamieson	13
4	Steve Mudgway	11
5	Nathan Murray	9
6	Mike Wilson	8
7	Galvin Stone	8
8	Craig Barker	8
9	Trevor Chapman	6
10	Justin Monk	6
11	Dean Cooper	5
12	Rhys Hamburger	4
13	Jacqui Mauger	4
14	Chris Penny	4
15	Scott Mitchell	2
16	Daniel Burberry	1

Fourth round

Continental Quarter-finals

• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
8 May	Marmande Speedway, Marmande	Grzegorz Rempala	Roman Matoušek	Massimo Mora
8 May	Rhein-Main Arena, Diedenbergen	Roman Jankowski	Armando Castagna	Antonín Kasper, Jr.
8 May	Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt	Marvyn Cox	Marián Jirout	Róbert Nagy
8 May	Stadion Polonii Piła, Piła	Piotr Świst	Jacek Rempala	Simon Wigg

Danish Final

• - 2 rounds, top 6 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
• R1 (28 May, Skave Speedway, Holstebro)
• R2 (29 May, Fladbro Speedway, Randers)

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Hans Nielsen		24
2	Claus Jacobsen		22
3	Gert Handberg		21
4	Jan Staechmann		20
5	Tommy Knudsen		20
6	Martin Vinther		18
7	John Jørgensen		17
8	Jacob Olsen		16
9	Brian Karger		16
10	Brian Andersen		13
11	Frede Schött		13
12	Ole Hansen		11
13	Jan Andersen		8
Res	Ronni Pedersen		7
14	Morten Andersen		6
Res	Soren Damgärd		6
15	Bo Skov Eriksen		1
16	Kjed Mikkelsen		0

Finland Final

• Kaanaa Speedway, Tampere
• 22 Aug '93, top 1 (+2 nominations) to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Mika Pellinen	15
2	Petri Nurmesniemi	14
3	Kai Laukkanen	11
4	Jarno Kosonen	11
5	Vesa Ylinen	10
6	Janne Koivula	9
7	Marko Hyyrylãinen	8
8	Juha Moksunen	8
9	Sam Myllymäki	6
10	Petri Vaatsio	6
11	Marko Laine	6
12	Mika Laukkanen	5
13	Marko Junisko (res)	4
14	Tomi Havu	3
15	Jarmo Mäkinen	3
16	Tomi Kalliomäki	1
17	Roy Malmineheimo	0

Norwegian Final

• Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
• 8 May, top 2 to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Lars Gunnestad	14+3
2	Rune Holta	14+2
3	Arnt Forland	13
4	Björn Arild Tönnesen	11
5	Einar Kyllingstad	10
6	Ignar Hvamstad	10
7	John Pollestad	9
8	Robert Langeland	8
9	Arvid Ardal	7
10	Kjell Roine Heia	5
11	Kjell Öyvind Sola	5
12	Willy Tjessem	4
13	Jörn Arve Aardal	3
14	Eivind Reppen	3
15	Trygve Jensen	2
16	Pal Christiansen Hasselgren	2

Swedish Final

• 24 May 1994
• Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla
• First 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve

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
	(2) Henrik Gustafsson	13	1					3				3				3				3			13	1
	(5) Per Jonsson	13		3			3					2					3					2	13	2
	(13) Tony Rickardsson	12				3	2							2		2					3		12	3
4	(15) Stefan Danno	10				2			3			0						3	2				10	4
5	(3) Jimmy Nilsen	10	2						1				3				2				2		10	5
6	(11) Niklas Klingberg	9			2				2		1					1						3	9	6	3
7	(1) Mikael Karlsson	9	3				1				0				2				3				9	7	2
8	(7) Erik Stenlund	9		1					0					3	3					2			9	8	1
9	(12) Tony Olsson	7			1					3		1			1						1		7	9
10	(10) Peter Nahlin	6			3			1						1			1		0				6	10
11	(14) Jorgen Johansson	6				1		2					2		0							1	6	11
12	(16) Christer Rohlen	5				0				1	3						0			1			5	12
13	(4) Claes Ivarsson	4	0							2				0				2				E	4	13
14	(8) Conny Ivarsson	4		2						F			1			0			1				4	14
15	(6) Niklas Karlsson	3		0				0			2							1			0		3	15
16	(9) Patrick Olsson	0			0		0						-					-		-			0	16
R1	(R1) Robert Eriksson	0											0					0		0			0	R1
R2	(R2) Anders Kling	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

Commonwealth Final

Main article: 1994 Commonwealth final

• First 10 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

American Final

• 22 May 1994
• Ventura Raceway, Ventura
• First 5 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve
• Sam Ermolenko seeded to Overseas Final

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	22
	(15) Greg Hancock	15				3			3			3						3	3				15	1
	(13) Billy Hamill	13				2	2							3		3					3		13	2		3
	(9) Josh Larsen	13			3		3						3					2		2			13	3		2
4	(11) Mike Faria	11			2				2		2					2						3	11	4	3
5	(2) Charles Ermolenko	11	3					2				2				1				3			11	5	2
6	(6) Chris Manchester	10		3				3			3							1			F		10	6
7	(7) Charlie Venegas	8		2					1					2	3					F			8	7
8	(1) Bobby Schwartz	7	2				1				1				1				2				7	8
9	(5) Jim Sisemore	6		1			0					1					2					2	6	9
10	(14) Ed Castro	6				1		1					2		2							0	6	10
11	(16) Brent Werner	5				0				3	0						1			1			5	11
12	(3) John Aden	5	1						0				1				3				E		5	12
13	(4) Bobby Hedden	4	0							2				1				0				1	4	13
14	(12) Andy Northrup	2			1					0		0			0						1		2	14
15	(8) Josh Kehoe	2		T						1			T			0			1				2	15
16	(10) Brad Oxley	0			0			T						0			0		0				0	16
R1	(R1) Jeam Eastes	0		0				F															0	R1
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	22

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

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

12 June Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points 1 Tomasz Gollob 15 2 Marvyn Cox 13+3 3 Jacek Gollob 13+2 4 Bohumil Brhel 10 5 Róbert Nagy 10 6 Dariusz Sledz 9 7 Tomáš Topinka 9 8 Roman Matoušek 8 9 Laszlo Bodi 7 10 Massimo Mora 6 11 Marian Jirout 6 12 Andrea Maida 4 13 Rinat Mardanschin 3 14 Grzegorz Rempala 3 15 József Petrikovics 3 16 Marek Hucko (res) 1 17 Franz Leitner 0 18 Sandor Tihanyi (res) 0

12 June Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points 1 Antonín Kasper Jr. 12+3 2 Armando Castagna 12+2 3 Roman Jankowski 11+3 4 Piotr Swist 11+2 5 Zoltán Adorján 10 6 Ryszard Franczyszyn 10 7 Simon Wigg 10 8 Grigorij Charchenko 8 9 Petr Vandírek 7 10 Zoltan Hajdu 6 11 Jacek Rempala 6 12 Michail Starostin 6 13 Oleg Kurguskin 5 14 Jiří Štancl 5 15 Václav Milík Sr. 1 16 Walter Nebel 0

Overseas Final

Main article: 1994 Overseas final

• First 9 plus 1 reserve to World Semi-final

Nordic Final

• 12 June 1994
• Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna
• First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

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
	(3) Hans Nielsen	13	2						3				2				3				3		13	1
	(9) Tommy Knudsen	12			3		0						3					3		3			12	2	3
	(5) Tony Rickardsson	12		1			3					3					2					3	12	3	2
4	(1) Henrik Gustafsson	10	0				2				3				2				3				10	4
5	(2) Per Jonsson	10	1					3				1				3				2			10	5
6	(4) Lars Gunnestad	10	3							3				2				1				1	10	6
7	(7) Stefan Danno	8		0					2					3	3					0			8	7
8	(6) Gert Handberg	8		3				1										2			2		8	8
9	(16) Jan Staechmann	8				2				2	2						1			1			8	9
10	(8) Claus Jacobsen	7		2						1			1			1			2				7	10
11	(15) Jimmy Nilsen	5				3			X			2						0	X				5	11
12	(14) Vesa Ylinen	5				1		2					0		0							2	5	12
13	(11) Rune Holta	4			T				1		1					2						F	4	13
14	(13) Mika Pellinen	4				2	1							1		0					0		4	14
15	(12) Marko Huyyrylainen	3			1					0		0			1						1		3	15
16	(10) Martin Vinther	1			0			0						0			0		1				1	16
R1	(R1) Magnus Zetterstrom	0																					0	R1
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

Sixth round

World Semi-Final 1

• Odsal Stadium, Bradford
• 10 July 1994, top 8 to World final plus 1 reserve

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	22
	(9) Mark Loram	14			2		3						3					3		3			14	1
	(2) Hans Nielsen	13	3					3				3				3				1			13	2
	(11) Henrik Gustafsson	12			3				2		3					1						3	12	3
4	(6) Josh Larsen	11		3				2			1							2			3		11	4
5	(4) Marvyn Cox	11	2							3				3				1				2	11	5
6	(5) Chris Louis	9		2			2					2					2					1	9	6
7	(16) Piotr Świst	8				1				2	0						3			2			8	7
8	(1) Craig Boyce	8	1				1				2				2				2				8	8
9	(15) Roman Jankowski	7				3			3			1						0	0				7	9
10	(10) Claus Jacobsen	6			1			1						1			0		3				6	10
11	(3) Bohumil Brhel	6	0						1				2				1				2		6	11
12	(8) Lars Gunnestad	6		1						1			1			2			1				6	12
13	(12) Jacek Gollob	4			0					0		0			3						1		4	13
14	(14) Armando Castagna	3				2		0					0		1							0	3	14
15	(13) Leigh Adams	2				0	0							2		0					-		2	15
16	(7) Robert Nagy	0		0					0					0	-					-			0	16
R1	(R1) Joe Screen	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Roman Matoušek	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	22

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

World Semi-final 2

• Markéta Stadium, Prague
• 10 July 1994, top 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

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	22
	(5) Tomasz Gollob	14		3			3					3					3					2	14	1
	(8) Tony Rickardsson	12		1						3			3			3			2				12	2
	(16) Jan Staechmann	11				2				2	3						2			2			11	3		3
4	(7) Sam Ermolenko	11		2					1					2	3					3			11	4		2
5	(11) Stefan Danno	11			3				3		1					1						3	11	5		1
6	(15) Tommy Knudsen	11				3			2			2						1	3				11	6		0
7	(1) Jason Crump	9	3				2				2				1				1				9	7
8	(12) Greg Hancock	8			2					0		1			2						3		8	8	3
9	(13) Billy Hamill	8				1	T							3		2					2		8	9	2
10	(4) Tomáš Topinka	8	2							1				1				3				1	8	10
11	(14) Zoltán Adorján	5				0		3					2		0							X	5	11
12	(9) Ryszard Franczyszyn	5			0		1						1					2		1			5	12
13	(2) Dariusz Sledz	2	0					2				0				0				0			2	13
14	(6) Simon Wigg	2		0				1			0							0			1		2	14
15	(3) Gert Handberg	2	1						0				0				1				0		2	15
16	(10) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	1			1			E						E			-		-				1	16
R1	(R1) Grigory Kharchenko	0															0		0				0	R1
R2	(R2) Petr Vandírek	0					F																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	22

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

World Final

• 20 August 1994
• Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens

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
	(6) Tony Rickardsson	12		2				2			2							3			3		12	1	3
	(11) Hans Nielsen	12			3				3		3					X						3	12	2	2
	(13) Craig Boyce	12				2	2							3		3					2		12	3	1
4	(12) Greg Hancock	11			1					3		3			3						1		11	4
5	(1) Tommy Knudsen	10	3				3				1				0				3				10	5
6	(14) Marvyn Cox	9				3		0					3		2							1	9	6
7	(10) Henrik Gustafsson	9			2			3						2			1		1				9	7
8	(8) Mark Loram	9		1						2			2			2			2				9	8
9	(2) Josh Larsen	7	2					1				0				1				3			7	9
10	(15) Jan Stæchmann	7				1			2			2						2	0				7	10
11	(7) Jason Crump	6		3					0					0	1					2			6	11
12	(3) Chris Louis	6	1						1				1				3				0		6	12
13	(5) Sam Ermolenko	6		0			1					1					2					2	6	13
14	(4) Stefan Dannö	2	0							1				1				0				0	2	14
15	(16) Piotr Świst	1				0				0	0						0			1			1	15
16	(9) Tomasz Gollob	0			0		0						-					-		-			0	16
R1	(R1) Billy Hamill	0																1					0	R1
R2	(R2) Roman Jankowski	0											0							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

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